The Franklin Reporter & Advocate brought our live-stream camera to the Franklin High School Homecoming football game Nov. 3, where we caught up with the four Homecoming King and Queen finalists. Also announced at the game’s halftime were the Junior Homecoming Prince and Princess. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
Read More »Second SGS Ribbon Cutting Celebrates End Of Renovations
School district officials take part in the ribbon cutting Nov. 2 at Sampson G. Smith School. A blue ribbon celebrating the end of a construction project was cut for the second time in two days Nov. 2 at Sampson G. Smith School. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by …
Read More »Video: Crowds Turn Out For 2nd Annual FHS Homecoming Bonfire
Warrior Pride was in full effect Nov. 2 at the second annual Franklin High School Homecoming Bonfire. The unseasonably warm weather amplified the heat thrown off the tower of hay and wooden pallets set afire in a fenced-off field next to the football stadium. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information …
Read More »New Sampson G. Smith School Cafeteria Unveiled To Cheers From Students
School faculty and staff and Board of Education representatives react after school board president Ed Potosnak cut the ribbon on the renovated Sampson G. Smith School cafeteria. Students, faculty and staff cheered Nov. 1 as a blue ribbon was cut at the entrance of the newly renovated Sampson G. Smith School’s cafeteria. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
Read More »Mixed Bag Of Results In School Violence And Vandalism Report
Orvyl Wilson, the school district director of school management, talks about the bi-annual Violence, Vandalism, Substance Abuse and District Student Discipline report at the Oct. 19 school board meeting. Franklin High School experienced an increase in the number of student suspensions and the number of students pegged for policy violations in the 2016-17 school year, according to a report presented …
Read More »Central Jersey College Prep Charter School Celebrates New Building With Grand Opening
State Education Commission Kimberly Harrington, Somerset County Sheriff Frank Provenzano, Somerset County Freeholder Patricia Walsh and Namik Sercan, chief educational officer of Central Jersey College Prep, (left to right) cut the ribbon on the new school building. Faculty, staff and students at Central Jersey College Prep Charter School threw a little party for themselves Oct. 10, on the occasion of …
Read More »Nearly 100 Eli Lily Employees Help Spruce Up MacAfee Road School
Several of the nearly 100 Eli Lily employees who volunteered Sept. 28 at MacAfee Road School. Nearly 100 Eli Lily employees converged on MacAfee Road School Sept. 28 on a “sprucing up” mission. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & Advocate. Period. We are the …
Read More »Improvement In District Schools Is Noted By State DOE
Dan Loughren, the district’s assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction, speaks to the Board of Education at its July 27 meeting. Township education officials got a double-dose of good news about Franklin’s schools over the past several months. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering Franklin Township brings you the depth of information presented by the Franklin Reporter & …
Read More »Danielsen, PBA Donate Backpacks To Hillcrest School 3rd Graders
Representatives from Franklin Township PBA Local 154, the office of state Assemblyman Joe Danielsen and the school district with some of the Hillcrest School 3rd Graders who received new backpacks and school supplies. Hillcrest School 3rd Graders received new backpacks and school supplies, courtesy of a local state legislator and township police. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
Read More »Schools Superintendent: ‘One Less Move’ Projects Are On Schedule
Work on the “One Less Move” referendum projects, such as the new Claremont Road Elementary School, are on schedule and should be ready to go by September 2018, the schools Superintendent said. Projects conducted under the 2014 “One Less Move” referendum are coming along on schedule, the school district’s chief executive said. Don’t Miss Out! No other media outlet covering …
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