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Afeefa Malik of Franklin Park was named to the University of Utah’s Fall 2020 Dean’s List. Malik’s major is listed as Engineering BS. Malik was among more than 9,700 students named to the Fall 2020 Dean’s List at the U. To qualify, students must earn a GPA of 3.5 or higher in at least 12 graded credit hours during any …

More than 55 percent of Claremont Road Elementary School’s students will learn remotely once the hybrid plan is put into effect on November 30. (File photo). More than half of the district’s students will be learning from home when schools open for hybrid in-person learning on November 30. As of November 24, 3,758 students, about 55 percent of the district’s …

A program to test students and staff in township schools for the coronavirus on an ongoing basis began in two schools on October 28. The tests were given to staff and students at Franklin High School and Claremont Elementary School, said district spokeswoman Mary Clark. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

The Franklin Township High School PTSO is conducting a shoe drive fundraiser through November 30 to raise funds for student events. Gently worn, used and new shoes can be left at Franklin High School in the rear of the building across from the football field. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of …

Rebekah Solomon, pictured here in a file photo, was named principal of the Franklin Park School at the October 22 Board of Education meeting. One of Franklin’s native daughters has been named principal of a school she once attended. A 17-year administrative veteran of the school system, Rebekah Solomon was most recently a vice principal at Franklin High School. Don’t …

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Township schools are scheduled to open November 30 for hybrid in-person learning, but it won’t be exactly the same plan that was envisioned last summer. The original hybrid plan had students attending for a full school day. That has changed, said Mary Clark, the district’s spokeswoman. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth …

Danah Lassiter of Somerset received a Master of Fine Arts degree in Creative Writing from Wilkes University. The degree was one of 270 bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees awarded at a virtual degree conferral ceremony held by Wilkes on Sept. 12. The virtual degree conferral, livestreamed from campus, included remarks from Wilkes University President Greg Cant and interim Provost Terese …

Elizabeth Avenue School vice-principal Greg Romero, Canal Walk Mask Makers Joan Klimpl, Kathy Caragher, Susan Hoffman and Art Hoffman, and EAS principal John Haney after the Canal Walk group donated face masks to the school’s students and staff. Students and staff of Elizabeth Avenue School will have a surprise waiting for them when (if?) they return to school for in-person …

The first day of (virtual) school in the township was met with mixed reviews by parents and the district administration. Students in the traditional township schools began the 2020-21 school year on September 8 by firing up their Chromebooks and settling down in their work spaces, as opposed to grabbing their backpacks and running out to meet the bus. Don’t …