Elmwood Franklin School Core Values

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REDEFINING EDUCATION. At Elmwood Franklin School, education is defined by much more than a test score.

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What defines an Elmwood Franklin education?

com·mu·ni·ty Elmwood Franklin fosters a caring environment in which families, students, teachers, and professionals share ideas, value differences, and work in partnership to create experiences with lasting impact.

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We wanted our son to develop his creative and critical thinking skills in a smaller environment and to benefit from Elmwood Franklin’s diverse educational experiences, activities, and community. We like the emphasis on character development where community service is valued and parent involvement is welcomed.

MICHELE & ANDREW CAMPBELL PARENTS, CLASSES OF 2024 AND 2026

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What defines an Elmwood Franklin education?

char¡ac¡ter Elmwood Franklin instills and demonstrates a commitment to kindness, respect, integrity, and perseverance.

Students are encouraged to understand their roles as citizens in a wider world.

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Fourth grade students partner with Journey's End Refugee Services to sponsor a winter clothing drive to help refugees settling here.

The students, who study immigration, get to hear from members of Journey’s End resettlement program about their experiences leaving home and coming to Buffalo.

Every class at Elmwood Franklin School participates in a service learning project, partnering with local, national, and international organizations to integrate meaningful community service with the curriculum and enrich the learning experience.

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What defines an Elmwood Franklin education?

cre路a路tive in路quir路y Elmwood Franklin promotes a culture of learning in which curiosity is rewarded, risk-taking is encouraged, and challenging assumptions is expected. Through these experiences, confident, resilient, independent thinkers are cultivated.

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STEAM Week For an entire week, sixth grade students forgo their traditional classes and instead work in teams, designing and building a Rube Goldberg machine. The students plan, implement, and reflect upon an original contraption that is deliberately overengineered to perform a very simple task in a very complicated fashion.

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What defines an Elmwood Franklin education?

in·di·vid·u·al ex·cel·lence Elmwood Franklin is a journey— not a destination. Students are met at their personal state of development and are given opportunities to discover their own learning styles and pursue their own passions.

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What’s the big IDEA? Eighth graders get the chance to become true experts on a particular topic of interest through their work on the IDEA project, an interdisciplinary capstone project.

Over the course of many months, students utilize a variety of research methods and creative techniques to produce their final works. Projects are then presented to teachers, classmates, and parents, as students prove to themselves and the school community just how much they can discover and do.

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OPEN HOUSE: EVERY DAY

Limited spaces for the 2016/2017 school year are still available. Call 716-877-5035 today to schedule your personal tour!

104 New Amsterdam Avenue Buffalo, New York 14216

Financial aid is available to qualifying families. Elmwood Franklin School is an inclusive community that values diversity. Elmwood Franklin does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, or economic status.