350 South 600 West • Provo, Utah 84601
Phone (801) 374-4925 • Fax (801) 374-4886
FRANKLIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
Over the years, Franklin Elementary has been a safe place for neighborhood children to learn and grow academically and socially. Distinguished alumni come back to Franklin Elementary to give their time and expertise to its current patrons. Today's staff is proud of the legacy of learning and excellence that it has inherited.
At Franklin Elementary, our mission is to:* Create an atmosphere where the individuality of each person is accepted and valued. * Prepare literate and competent students through partnerships of school, home and community. * Promote confidence, challenge each individual to achieve, and encourage responsible citizenship. |
Franklin in 1900
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You can look around the Wasatch Front and find all kinds of immersion schools. You will find Spanish Immersion, Chinese Immersion, French Immersion and more. At Franklin, we like to think of ourselves as the Technology Immersion School. You will be hard pressed to find any elementary school in Utah using more technology than you will find at Franklin. Not only are there many technology tools available for Franklin students, but the teachers are extremely well trained in the effective use of technology as a tool in teaching and learning.
Recently we had representatives from three different school districts as well as Provo School District Board of Education visit Franklin to look at the use of technology. The common response we get from anyone visitng our school is, "Wow, the students are so engaged!" You can walk into any classroom throughout the day and find students actively engaged in learning. Most of the time you will see some kind of technology involved. The use of technology "levels the playing field." It allows students from many backgrounds and ability levels to be engaged in learning at their levels and according to their needs. Instruction is more personalized than ever before. Teachers have data from student work and assessments "at their fingertips" to help guide them in their instruction.
A host of technology tools and software programs are in use to help assure each student's success. Every classroom has a Promethean Board (interactive white board) that operates as a giant computer "touch screen" at the front of the room for teachers and students to manipulate. Grades three through six have computers on the student's desks for use all day long. We recently implemented "one-to-one" computing in three upper grade classrooms by proviidng an i-Pad for every student. The students are so excited about this new technology! The teachers are excited about the new possibilities made available with the use of i-Pads! There are six portable computer labs that are in use throughout the day in grades kindergarten through sixth. Distributed overhead speakers and an infared wireless microphone system make it so that every student can hear the teacher (and each other) better, and thus perform better! Students are making more progress than ever with the individualized research-based award winning software programs in use, including Headsprout, Fastt Math, and DyNed.
We invite parents and others to come see the exciting technology found at Franklin. Tell your friends! We are still accepting registration applications for the coming school year.
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