Please see release from Superintendent, Dr. Michael D. Sander.

Please see press release from Mrs. Fromm, principal at Franklin High School. 

Join Gerke staff and students for a fun morning filled with breakfast and Santa Claus! Santa will be there from 10-12.

Franklin High School will hold its annual Veterans Day program on Friday, Nov. 12, at 9 a.m. All area veterans are invited and encouraged to attend the event, which will be in the FHS auditorium. The theme for this year's program is

The COVID-19 vaccination is a key to keeping Ohio’s students in the classroom, and that’s why the Ohio Department of Health has launched Ohio Vax-2-School. Ohioans between the ages of 12 and 25 who have received at least one dose of the

October 1, 2021 Franklin City Schools Calamity Day Communications While the weather is still beautiful, we know colder days are coming and want to update students and families on how the district will communicate about school closings and delays. Please be

  Franklin City Schools rebrands with new Wildcat, paw, and wordmark A modern, red, black, and white wildcat with alert ears and open eyes is part of Franklin City Schools’ new district brand that was unveiled at the September 12

Oct. 22 & 23 @ 7 p.m. and Oct. 24 @ 2 p.m. Story by Robert Louis Stevenson, adapted by Bryony Lavery. It’s a dark, stormy night. The stars are out. Jim, the innkeeper’s granddaughter, opens the door to a terrifying stranger. At the old

Blue Star Welcome Week 2021 with Blue Star Families of Dayton & Southwestern Ohio in partnership with CSX   In honor of the 2nd annual Blue Star Welcome Week, the Blue Star Families of Dayton & Southwestern Ohio Chapter is grateful for the

September is Suicide Prevention Month.  To help support our students and community, FHS has partnered with Talbert House to provide QPR Training.  QPR  stands for Question, Persuade and Refer, and is an evidence-based universal prevention

  Homecoming Tickets are $20 each. Dance is 8pm-11pm at Franklin High School   To Order Tickets: https://www.franklincityschools.com/athletics/general-information-28/purchase-tickets-134/   Guest Forms must be approved

Check out the upcoming schedule for the 2021 Homecoming week!

  Fraternal Order of Orioles Nest #263 recently donated $15,000 to Franklin City Schools to support the athletic department. Due to COVID restrictions, gate receipts for athletic events were down for the 2020-21 school year and the

  Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Gavin Crase, our new staff member at the high school in the social studies department. His family was raised right here in Franklin. He graduated from FHS in 2016 and still has family

  Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today introduces us to Ms. Martha Janik-Landgraf, who joins the staff at FJHS and FHS teaching Spanish in the World Languages department. She is married to an engineer (Mike) and has two children and a new

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet a familiar face to our Wildcat community. Ms. Jennifer Hillard is a 2009 graduate that will be joining the staff at Franklin Junior High School as a seventh grade English/Language Arts teacher.

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today’s edition introduces Mr. Ryan Welt. Ryan will be joining the social studies department at FHS. His mother also happens to be a teacher. He looks forward to being able to share his excitement over

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today’s edition introduces us to Ms. Addie Focht. Addie will be joining the staff at Schenck Elementary where she will be teaching sixth grade math and science. She grew up in a family full of educators. Her

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today’s edition introduces us to Sarah Witzeman. Sarah joins the staff at Pennyroyal Elementary as an Intervention Specialist. She is recently married and has a pomchi puppy named Cooper. She loves spending

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Ms. Khenady Leonard. Khenady will be joining the staff at Gerke Elementary teaching kindergarten. She has son, Knoxx, who is 9-months old, along with two dogs. Due to both her positive and negative

Do you need before and after school enrichment for your students? The YMCA serves all elementary buildings in the district at Hampton Bennett.

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Ms. Sabrina Raisch. Sabrina will be joining the staff at Hunter Elementary as a third grade teacher. She loves to travel with her husband, John, and their dogs, Semper and Harley. She has wanted to

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet long-time Wildcat, Ms. Katrina Hillard. Katrina recently joined our district staff at Hampton Bennett as the Assistant to the Treasurer. She is married with three children - two current Wildcats and

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today introduces us to Ms. Sarah Cumby. Sarah will be joining the staff at Pennyroyal as an Intervention Specialist. She has been married for 10 years to her husband, Brad. Her son, Carter, is a third grader, and

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet a familiar face in the district - Mrs. Kimberly Irgens. Kimberly has been in the district as a teacher for 21 years. Her new role will be as Assistant Elementary Principal serving primarily Hunter

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Ms. Chelsea Jewell. Chelsea will be joining us at FJHS as an Intervention Specialist. She is married with a daughter named Josie along with two dogs named Captain and Leia. She works in education for

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Ms. Lindsey Sandhoff. Lindsey will joining the staff at Anthony Wayne as an Intervention Specialist for our K-2 population. Her family loves to be outdoors exploring new places. She enjoys teaching

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Ms. Paige Baldrick. Paige will be joining us at FJHS as an Intervention Specialist. She has two children of her own - Chayton is 6 and Brynn is almost 2. She loves learning and helping others

Braden Rogers, who just finished his junior year at FHS, notched quite an accomplishment this spring: he scored in the 99th percentile on the ASVAB test. The Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery measures a young adult’s strengths and

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Mr. Larry Cox. Mr. Cox will be joining the high school staff as the BIP Coordinator. He is also our new head football coach. He has been married for 27 years and has two daughters that are also

Welcome back to “Meet-a-Wildcat!” Today we meet Brock Wysong, new Assistant Principal at FHS. Brock is both a golfer and disc golfer in his free time, and also enjoys cooking. His goal as an administrator is to make a positive impact on young

Amy Hudson Estepp, Franklin City Schools' Director of Educational Technology since July 2016, capped off a busy, unusual school year by receiving her CETL (Certified Education Technology Leader) certificate in May. Earning the certification is fairly

SAPC, in partnership with VFC, GOVS, Talbert House Prevention Services, ESC, and the Teen Alliance Council, are sponsoring a FREE Movie Event on Thursday, July 29th at Armco Park. Dinner will be provided. The documentary being shown is Audrie & Daisy

Franklin City Schools was a co-winner with Carlisle Local Schools at the Franklin Area Chamber of Commerce's annual award ceremony on June 22.    FCS received the President's Award, which is given for service to the community and/or the

Today’s edition of “Meet-a-Wildcat” welcomes Ms. Kristina Short. Kristina will be joining the staff at Pennyroyal Elementary as an Intervention Specialist for grades 5 and 6. She keeps busy outside of school with the activities of her own

Today’s edition of “Meet-a-Wildcat” introduces us to Ms. Mikaela McWhinnie. Mikaela joins the staff at Gerke in the Tier 3 unit as an Intervention Specialist. She is a brand new teacher. She made her choice in education to show each student

MCF grant to support new theater lighting A generous $9,000 grant from Middletown Community Foundation is a big step toward funding new lighting in the FHS Auditorium. The $12,024 project will fund LED cyc lights for background lighting behind

Today’s edition of “Meet-a-Wildcat” welcomes Mr. Joshua Pohl. Josh will be the new principal at Gerke Elementary School. He is married with four children - two sons and two daughters! He loves helping people. He is looking forward to helping

It’s that time of year again where we get to introduce you to our new staff for the first time. Today’s edition of “Meet-a-Wildcat” introduces us to Landen Brown. Landen will be an Intervention Specialist at FJHS. Landen is married to

During the 2021-2022 school year we will have grades 7-12 on the same campus.  In preparation for this change, we would like to get a better idea of everyone's intentions for transportation.  Can you please take a brief moment and complete the form

Congratulations to our EMIS Coordinator, Novalee Hillard, for graduating from the SEAL (SWOCA EMIS Advanced Leadership) program. This is a 2-year program that requires advanced skills, training, and communication.

At its April 26 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education presented a high school diploma to veteran Floyd Clay Cassidy.    Cassidy was drafted by the United States Marine Corps on January 29, 1954; he withdrew from Franklin High School just

Board presents diploma to Vietnam veteran At its March 22 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education presented a diploma to veteran Arthur Greene, Jr.    Greene, 76, of Franklin Township, should have graduated with the Class of 1963 but left school

  Senior Tyler Woods qualified for the OHSAA state tournament this weekend taking 2nd place in the district wrestling tournament at Wilmington High School. Tyler's record this year is 29-1 at the 132lb weight class. He has accumulated 136 career

“Every Child Reads Every Day” is the theme of the Warren County Imagination Library.  As of February 26, 2021, we have 7,383 or 55.8% percent of the eligible children in Warren County registered to receive free age-appropriate books monthly

Please see important information from Dr. Sander, Superintendent, about an upcoming schedule change for students. 

Franklin Board of Education elects 2021 officers Andrew Fleming took the oath as President of the Franklin Board of Education at the Board's Jan. 11 reorganizational meeting. Fleming is currently serving his first full term on the Board (which started Jan.

Please see the WCCHD media release concerning vaccinations efforts in Warren County.

FHS instructor Dawn Harris to present at national conference  Dawn Harris, English Language Arts Instructor at Franklin High School, will present two sessions at the Impact Education Conference: Leading by Learning: Grit, Equity, Antiracism,

FHS students to participate in annual art show   Miamisburg Art Gallery will host its 30th annual student show March 6-March 28, showcasing work by students from Carlisle, Franklin, John Lazares Alternative School, Madison, Miamisburg, Monroe,

Board honors students for achievement   At its Feb. 22 meeting, the Franklin Board of Education recognized six students for achievement, all having earned 10 quarters of straight As. Students honored were from left, Lanee Imfeld, Bryley Wulff, Cooper