Palm Beach Gardens Campus
Campus
Palm Beach Gardens Campus
Our spacious 10-acre campus is located at 5651 Hood Road, Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418. Our 100,185 square foot facility includes specialty spaces for media, music, art, and computers, as well as science labs and locker rooms. Franklin students enjoy a beautiful campus including a gymnasium and athletic fields with jogging paths and fitness stations located throughout the path. We provide separate age-appropriate play areas for younger grade levels.
Mission Statement
Building Better People Everyday
Utilizing an intercultural-mindedness model and a standards-based curriculum, the mission of Franklin Academy is to create compassionate, engaged, life-long learners by promoting a culture of collaboration and high expectations that emphasizes character development through active service in the local, national and international community, while adhering to the principle that all children can learn.
International Baccalaureate Mission Statement
"The International Baccalaureate® aims to develop inquiring, knowledgeable and caring young people who help to create a better and more peaceful world through intercultural understanding and respect.
To this end the organization works with schools, governments and international organizations to develop challenging programmes of international education and rigorous assessment.
These programmes encourage students across the world to become active, compassionate and lifelong learners who understand that other people, with their differences, can also be right."
Franklin Academy Palm Beach Gardens is a Candidate School* for the Middle Years Programme (MYP),. This school is pursuing authorization as an IB World School. These are schools that share a common philosophy—a commitment to high quality, challenging, international education that Franklin Academy believes is important for our students.
*Only schools authorized by the IB Organization can offer any of its four academic programmes: the Primary Years Programme (PYP), the Middle Years Programme (MYP), the Diploma Programme (DP), or the Career-related Programme (CP). Candidate status gives no guarantee that authorization will be granted. For further information about the IB and its programmes, visit www.ibo.org
Administration
Principal
Assistant Principal
Assistant Principal
Director of School Operations
SUMMER READING 2022
Click here for the Florida Sunshine Grades K-2 Summer Reading List
Click here for the Florida Sunshine Grades 3-5 Summer Reading List
Click here for the K-5 Summer Reading Journal
See the flyer below for MYP summer reading novels.
Click here for the MYP instructions on creating the BentoBox.
Click here for extra MYP reading materials.
Special Announcements
pyp Specials Teacher Rotation Schedule
PYP Specials Rotation Calendar
MYP A/B Schedule
Franklin's Covid Preparations
COVID-19 Self-Reporting Form
STUDENT POLICY RELATED TO COVID-19
(UPDATED 02/14/22)
Coronavirus - Symptomatic Decision Tree
Upcoming Events
Aug 22 Girls Volleyball Tryouts
Aug 22 Boys Flag Football Tryouts
Aug 23 No School/Offices Closed
Aug 24 Parent Academy: Intro to PYP
Aug 24 Boys Flag Football Tryouts
Aug 24 Girls Volleyball Tryouts
Aug 25 Parent Academy: Intro to MYP
Aug 27 MYP Back-to School Dance
Aug 27 PYP Back-to-School Dance
Aug 29 Kindergarten Open House
Aug 29 Cheerleading Tryouts
View the Full Palm Beach Gardens Events CalendarSchool Hours
Elementary7:45 AM - 2:30 PM
Middle School8:45 AM - 3:30 PM
Early Release11:30 AM (K-5) & 12:30 PM (6-8)
Summer / Holidays8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Office Hours7:00 AM - 4:30 PM (Telephone Assistance)
9:00 AM - 2:00 PM (In-Person Assistance)
Contact
Address
5651 Hood Road
Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33418
Phone
(561) 348-2525
Fax
(561) 775-1899