Benjamin Franklin High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Franklin High School (Philadelphia)
Location
550 N Broad St
Philadelphia, PA 19130
Philadelphia County
Information
Type Public
Enrollment 1166

Benjamin Franklin High School is a public high school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.

The school, located north of Center City, is a part of the School District of Philadelphia. Franklin serves several areas, including Fairmount, Spring Garden, the section of Northern Liberties south of Poplar Street [1] [2], and the section of Old City north of Callowhill Street [3] [4] [5]. Franklin also serves a section of the Chinatown area.[1]

Franklin is a mostly African American school.[2] Around 2005 Franklin began housing a charter school catering to Chinese Americans.[1] In addition, as part of an international studies academy, it added Mandarin Chinese as a foreign language for study in 2005. The new international studies focus attracted 40 new students from the Chinatown area.[2]

Christopher Johnson is the principal of Ben Franklin.[3]

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Feeder patterns

Feeder K-8 schools include:

School uniforms

Franklin requires school uniforms for students; students wear white collared shirts and khaki bottoms.[10]

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References

  1. ^ a b Snyder, Susan. "Selling schools - to families, A new campaign touts 20 Center City sites. Its aim: Retain the middle class. Schools pitch aims at stemming flight of the middle class." Philadelphia Inquirer. Monday August 22, 2005. City-D A01 Local. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "China's clout echoes in classes, To spread the word on global needs, schools add Mandarin instruction. Paul Vallas hopes students join the crowd and learn a language spoken by 1.3 billion." Philadelphia Inquirer. Monday October 31, 2005. B01 Local News Philadelphia & its Suburbs. Retrieved on November 8, 2011.
  3. ^ "School Profile". philasd.org. https://webapps.philasd.org/school_profile/view/2010. Retrieved 2011-09-18. 

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