News & Announcements

Holidays are often a happy time for families, filled with friends and celebrations. However, we know that they can also be times of stress for those in financial need. Franklin Regional School District is partnering with organizations in our community to provide assistance to families in need this holiday season. If your family could benefit from this confidential assistance, contact your child’s school counselor by November 8th.

Please don’t hesitate to contact someone if you are in need. That is what families, even school “families,” are for!

If you are interested in helping with this community effort by providing a gift or gift card for a student in our schools, please complete the attached form and have your child return it to their teacher by November 8th. We will then contact you to confirm what gift or gift card is needed and delivery details.
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The Franklin Regional School District is reminding families that elementary report cards for Heritage, Newlonsburg, and Sloan will be delivered electronically. The District has transitioned to a paperless process for all report cards. Franklin Regional Middle and Senior High school families will continue to receive electronic report cards as in the past.



Electronic distribution will occur using the eSchoolPLUS™ Home Access Center (HAC). This link can be found on the District website www.frsdk12.org and as a button on individual building pages on the bottom left side. If a parent/guardian is unable to access the report card electronically, a printed copy may be picked up at the school office or mailed to individual families after the report cards are made available online. This request should be directed to the school secretary in advance. The parent portal will close at 3:45 tomorrow and reopen on Tuesday, November 5 at 9:00 a.m.
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Four Franklin Regional School District School Directors were honored for their long-term service as school directors by the Pennsylvania School Boards Association (PSBA).

Board President, Dr. Lawrence M. Borland, along with Mr. Dennis Pavlik, and Mrs. Jane Tower, received recognition certificates for eight years of service, and Mr. Herb Yingling, received recognition for 16 years of service. Superintendent Dr. Gennaro R. Piraiano, Jr. presented each of them with a certificate at the October School Board meeting. The four Directors will be added to the PSBA “Honor Roll of School Board Service.”

Dr. Piraino spoke about the recipients and their years of dedicated volunteer service to children, the community, and public education.
“School directors continually are spending more of their personal time on school-related activities,” said Dr. Piraino. “Fifty-four percent of Pennsylvania school boards devote 16 hours or more a month to school board business. That shows a real commitment on their part.”

According to Dr. Piraino, these individuals put in an average of three working days per month of non-paid, volunteer service as school directors.
“They exemplify leadership and dedication, giving unselfishly to their communities, students, and the public schools,” he said. “Their efforts, along with those of their fellow board members, reflect their dedication to giving our children the opportunity to gain knowledge through the best educational system possible.”

Pictured from left are Dr. Lawrence Borland, Mr. Dennis Pavik, Mr. Herb Yingling, and Mrs. Jane Tower.
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The Franklin Regional (FR) Panther Foundation received a check for $18,000 from Spitzer Toyota in Monroeville at the October Franklin Regional School Board’s voting meeting. The funds will provide for an extra round of Innovation Grants for the 2019-20 school year. Through the Innovation Grant program, teachers and coaches have the opportunity twice yearly, to apply for available funding for any program that is new, innovative, and not currently being supported by the Franklin Regional School District’s general budget. Since its inception, the FR Panther Foundation has awarded $132,146.47 to worthwhile and innovative Franklin Regional classroom and athletic programs. Shown accepting the check are (from left) Charles Hergenroeder, FR Panther Foundation Board President and Cara Zanella, FR Panther Foundation Executive Director, from Robert Thomasson III, General Manager for Spitzer Toyota in Monroeville.
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It is once again time for the annual band fruit sale. This annual sale is a major opportunity for the band and band front students to raise funds to cover the cost of upcoming trips. The following are the key items to consider for your participation in the 2019 fruit sale. Thank you for your support!
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Franklin Regional Senior High School's (FRSH) Assistant Coach, Greg Sill, has been named National Wrestling Coaches Association (NWCA) High School Boys Assistant Coach of the Year for the state of Pennsylvania. In winning the State Assistant Coach of the Year honor, Coach Sill became a finalist for the NWCA Section 2 Boys Assistant Coach of the Year Award.

Coach Sill’s accomplishments include the following: 5th King of the Mountain, 2nd Eastern Area Tourn., 4th WPIAL AAA SW Regional Individual Championships, 5th AAA PIAA Individual Tourn., 4 AAA PIAA Individual State Qualifiers, 3 AAA PIAA Individual State Finalists, 2 AAA PIAA Individual State Runner-Ups, 1 AAA PIAA State Champion

“Our Scholastic Coach of the Year Awards Program which honors our nation’s coaches who work tirelessly on behalf of their athletes is one of my favorite NWCA initiatives. At a time when coaches are needed now more than ever, we get to take time and thank the entire profession by recognizing their peers at the state, section, and national levels. Thanks to those who we call Coach.” Mike Moyer, NWCA Executive Director.
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Operation Safe Stop will be conducted on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, in communities across the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania as part of National School Bus Safety Week, which runs Oct. 21-25, 2019. Operation Safe Stop is a public awareness and enforcement effort to educate the motoring public that passing a stopped school bus, when children are loading or unloading, is both dangerous and illegal. Each year, through Operation Safe Stop, law enforcement agencies, school transportation providers, pupil transportation associations, and PennDOT have combined their efforts to raise public awareness about the potential consequences and reduce the occurrence of illegal school bus passes.
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Franklin Regional Senior High School (FRSH) is pleased to announce it has four 2020 National Merit Scholarship Competition Semi-Finalists. The students receiving this honor are Manali Badwe, River Sell, Marshal Mao, and Daniel Kline.
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This edition of PawPrints features the latest Innovation Grant winners and the debut of the FRSD new website. We hope you enjoy reading it!
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