Franklin Academy (North Carolina)

Not to be confused with Franklin High School (North Carolina).

Franklin Academy is a public charter school located in Wake Forest, North Carolina. Grades taught are K-12 using a Direct Instruction format.

Franklin Academy

History

Franklin Academy was founded in 1998 as one of North Carolina’s 100 Charter Schools. With more than 1800 applicants on a waiting list each year, FA is claimed to be the most sought after school in North Carolina, and perhaps the nation.

Originally only encompassing a small building with few teachers, the school expanded quickly. The Chairman of the Board and founder, Mr. Robert L. Luddy, had ambitions for the school and soon one more building was built at the original site. Two other buildings soon followed at a separate campus. As of January 2011, the school opened the doors of a new, nine million dollar high school building, making three separate campuses and five overall buildings.^[1]

Dress Code

Franklin Academy has a chill dress code of the following:

Shirts

Collared Polo style shirts, long or short sleeved. Colors are solid navy blue, white, red (NC State

red) for the High School and Maroon for the lower schools, or light blue (UNC “Carolina” light blue)

School Approved Patriots Hooded or Patriots Crew neck Sweatshirt purchased from Educational

Outfitters or Franklin Academy

School Approved Athletic or Organization outerwear acceptable
T-shirts are allowed if and only if it is not visible underneath outerwear

Pants

Khaki or Navy Blue full length pants or knee-length shorts. No knit, stretch, denim, or

corduroy.

Socks

Any socks are dresscode

Academics

Direct Instruction

The Franklin Academy has adopted a Direct Instruction format.

References

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External links

Wake County, North Carolina high schools

Public Schools	Apex High School Athens Drive High School Needham B. Broughton High School Cary High School East Wake High School William G. Enloe High School Fuquay-Varina High School Garner Magnet High School Green Hope High School Heritage High School Holly Springs High School Knightdale High School Leesville Road High School Middle Creek High School Millbrook High School Panther Creek High School Phillips High School Rolesville High School Jesse O. Sanderson High School Southeast Raleigh Magnet High School Wake Early College Wake Forest High School Wakefield High School

Private Schools	Cardinal Gibbons High School Cary Academy Cary Christian School Friendship Christian School Grace Christian School Heritage Christian Academy Hilltop Christian School Hopewell Academy Neuse Christian Academy North Raleigh Christian Academy Raleigh Christian Academy Ravenscroft School St. David's School Saint Mary's School St. Thomas More Academy Trinity Academy of Raleigh Wake Christian Academy Word of God Christian Academy

Charter Schools	East Wake Academy Franklin Academy Raleigh Charter High School Southern Wake Academy

North Central 1A Athletic Conference

East Wake Academy Franklin Academy Kestrel Heights Raleigh Charter Research Triangle River Mill Roxboro Community Voyager Woods Charter

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