Franklin Academy (North Carolina)

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

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History

Franklin Academy (FA) was founded in 1998 as one of North Carolina's 100 charter schools. FA has more than 1,800 applicants on a waiting list each year.

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 followed at a separate campus. As of January 2011, the school opened the doors of a new $9 million high-school building, making three separate campuses and five overall buildings.

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Dress Code

Franklin Academy has a strictly enforced 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 middle school, also 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 dress code

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Academics

Franklin Academy has adopted a Direct Instruction format. In addition, all students enrolled in the high school use a 1-to-1 iPad initiative.

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Athletics

Middle school

Franklin Academy Middle School competes in the Capital Middle School Conference against local private and charter schools. Students are not permitted to play on sports until they reach the seventh grade. Sports offered include boys' soccer, co-ed golf, girls' tennis, girls' volleyball, co-ed cross country, boys' basketball, girls' basketball, girls' cheerleading, girls' soccer, boys' tennis, girls' softball, and boys' baseball.

High school

Franklin Academy High School currently competes in the North Central Athletic Conference (1A) in the North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA). Sports offered include men's soccer, women's golf, women's tennis, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's basketball, women's basketball, women's cheerleading, men's and women's indoor track, men's and women's swimming, women's soccer, men's golf, men's tennis, women's softball, men's baseball, and men's and women's outdoor track. Due to the small school size not all sports are offered in JV. However, JV sports have are offered or have been perviously offered in men's soccer, women's volleyball, men's basketball, women's cheerleading, and men's baseball. In addition, cross country also has different levels of their one team.