Be strong and take heart, all you who hope in the Lord.
Psalm 31:24
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C T A E Q U I T U M
Upcoming Events
September 2 Labor Day
Classes Dismissed/Offices Closed
September 5
College Night
FCS Auditorium 7:00 pm Open to 9th–12th Graders and Parents
September 12
FCS Vision Night
FCS Auditorium 7:00 pm
October 1
FCS sibling applications open
October 2
Picture Retake Day
October 4
Homecoming Family Fun Celebration
Fred Lane Field
October 5
Homecoming Dance Grades 7–12
FCS Third Floor
October 10
K-5th Grade 1st Quarter Presentations
6th–8th Grade 1st Quarter Presentations
9–12th Grade 1st Quarter Presentations
K-5th Grade Early Dismissal - 11:00 am
October 11
K–6th grade Parent-Teacher meetings
K-6th grade classes dismissed End of 1st Quarter
October 16
Classes Dismissed for Grades 7–12
October 16
PSAT By Registration Only
October 17 & 18 Fall Break
Classes Dismissed/Offices Closed
October 18 Picture Retake Day
October 29
7th–12th Grade Math Fair
Coach
It’s been a joyful first few weeks at FCS! While our Upper and Lower Division students were enjoying King’s Mountain Camp, our Grammar School students participated in their own Knight Camp right here at FCS! See the recap page toward the end of this newsletter for some highlights from the past few weeks as we kicked off the 2024–2025 school year.
Late September brings us Homecoming! During the week of September 30 – October 4, we will celebrate Spirit Days, Lady Knights’ volleyball, the Homecoming family fun celebration, alumni appearances, and FCS Dance Co. performance. The Homecoming Dance will be Saturday night, October 5th, for 7th–12th graders Stay tuned for more details!
We will also have Skate Night, College Night, and Vision Night in September. Please remember, Labor Day is Monday, September 2nd, and school will be closed Enjoy your holiday weekend!
Jones, Coach Harlow, Alfred the Knight, and some grammar school friends act out a skit to introduce this year ’ s Knight Camp
PSAT Registration
PSAT registration is now open. Mrs. Evangelista recently sent an email with the registration form, which can also be found in Resource Documents. The deadline to register is September 6th.
Test Day: Wednesday, October 16th
Time: 8am - 11:30am
Students will need to provide their own fully charged laptop.
Student Email Login
The login password you were given in your back-to-school packets is a temporary password for logging into student email accounts for the first time (new accounts or accounts that have never been accessed) If you or your student has previously accessed his or her account and are now having trouble logging in again, please email Mr Trabue at ttrabue@franklinclassical com to reset your password
Hot Lunch
Lunch tickets are avilable for purchase from Mrs Hepp at the front desk, or K-1 may purchase them from their teachers. The cost is $30 per ticket.
The hot lunch schedule is as follows:
Tuesdays: Chick-fil-A sandwiches or nuggets + chips = $8 (regular or grilled nuggets available)
Thursdays: Pizza = $2 per slice
FCS PTO
We are so grateful for our incredible PTO! Throughout the year they provide so many fun activities and events for our students and families to benefit our school community. If you’d like to join the FCS PTO, please contact Elissa Corning at elissacorning@yahoo.com.
Welcome, New Faculty and Staff!
Miss Camille Floyd Dance Company
Miss Molly Smith Ninth Grade Bible and Composition; Vocal Ensemble
Mrs Erin Hurt Fourth Grade Assistant
Mrs. Lindsay Gipe Fifth Grade Teacher
Miss Grace LaFave Sixth Grade Teacher
Mrs. Stefani Rose Martin Drama
Mrs. Jennifer McVey-Roney Second Grade Assistant
Mrs Ashlie West Third Grade Assistant
Dr. Rick Miller Interim Administrative Principal
Mrs. Savannah Scott Fifth Grade Assistant
We’re Back!
Tomorrow is Picture Day!
Thursday, August 29, 2024
Franklin Classical School
How it works:
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Students are photographed on Picture Day
Orders will be sent home with your student after Picture Day
AFTER SCHOOL STUDY HALL
Interested in signing up your student for the After School Study Hall?
Days Available: Wednesday and Friday
Time: 2:40pm – 3:15pm
Cost: $110/for the whole school year (not prorated) Payment:
Due at registration Complete info below to register:
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FCS College Night
Thursday, September 5
7:00 p.m.
in
the 1st Floor Auditorium
Join us to learn more about:
• protecting your GPA
• taking the ACT, SAT, or CLT
• building a college resume
• community service opportunities
• selecting places to apply
• preparing your applications
• applying for scholarships
All FCS and TCS 9–12th graders and parents welcome!
For more information contact Melinda Mahand: mmahand1@franklinclassical.com
$15-PACKAGEA 1-8*10Print $20-PACKAGEB 1-8*10Print 2-DigitalFiles (Class&BonusFunPicture)
FCSMERCH FORSALE!
FCS PRAYER TEAM
Are you someone who wants to pray more?
The Franklin Classical School Prayer Team is a practical way to pray more frequently and intentionally. It also gives you an opportunity to invite people into greater prayer! During each meeting we will pray a verse over each child, staff member, and teacher. We will also cover our school and country in prayer!
Please Join us!
MEETING DATES
SEPT 3 OCT 1 NOV 5 DEC 3 JAN 7 FEB 4 MARCH 4 APR 1
TIME: 8-9:30AM
LOCATION: 2ND FLOOR OF FCS
COL 4:2
“Devote yourselves to prayer with an alert mind and a thankful heart.”
GIRLS VOLLEYBALL
OCT. 1
5PM (JV) & 6PM (VARSITY)
FAMILY FUN NIGHT & FLAG FOOTBALL GAME
OCT. 4
HOMECOMING DANCE
OCT. 5
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-2024
408 Church Street Franklin, TN 37064
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Brian Hatcher Administrative Principal bhatcher@franklinclassical com
Mission & Vision
Melinda Mahand Academic Dean mmahand1@franklinclassical com
Dr. George Grant Chancellor dr grant@franklinclassical com
The mission of Franklin Classical School is to provide a biblically based education that is both academically excellent and spiritually vital to enable young men and women to know and serve the Lord Jesus Christ and to transform families, institutions, and nations for the glory of God.
FCS has a vision to raise up the next generation of Christian cultural and spiritual leaders through modeling a biblical pattern of discipleship through parent-directed, covenantal, and classical education; to lay foundation for economic and social justice, artistic excellence, intellectual achievement, worldview discernment, physical health, and evangelistic passion so that students may ultimately attain their high callings and realize their destinies Therefore, the curriculum is both college preparatory and mission preparatory; it is both academically accelerated and socially responsive; it is both community oriented and globally minded.
Affiliations
FCS has been a member in good standing of the Association of Christian Schools International since 1996 and Association of Classical Christian Schools since 2004 FCS is a registered Category IV, church-related school with the state of Tennessee and a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization with the Internal Revenue Service.
Classical Education
Classical education is a conscious return to the academic disciplines and methodologies that helped spark the great cultural flowering of Western Christendom over the past thousand years, including Humanities, the canon of Western Literature, Latin, Logic, and Rhetoric Stressing more than the simple repetition of information, the Classical method focuses on teaching students how to think and learn for themselves as well as to love learning In addition, we utilize the methods of Christendom by including a rigorous approach to the Trivium, journaling, reading, composition skills based in part on the exercises of the progymnasmata, note taking, oral recitations and presentations, and the study of primary sources across academic disciplines.
These methods culminate with an oral defense of a thesis as well as a study abroad tour of England in the senior year
Curriculum
FCS offers a full curriculum from grades K-12 Our college preparatory curriculum allows students to graduate with all necessary state credits, yet the school is still structured so that parents may choose to homeschool for select subjects.
Humanities is the foundation upon which our commitment to excellent education is built. This course is a study of world culture emphasizing the basic classical scholastic approach of moral philosophy–thus equipping students with the tools for a lifetime of learning: a working knowledge of the timetables of history, a background understanding of the great literary classics, a familiarity with the sweep of art, music and ideas, a worldview comprehension of basic geography, a principled approach to discerning the significance of current events, and an emphasis on a Christian life paradigm. The idea is to study human achievement in context both in terms of its historical and societal sequence and in terms of its providential and cultural importance. Out of this integrated understanding of God’s world, every other subject and discipline is formed.
ANNUAL REPORT 2023-2024
As we marked 31 years as a school, Dr George Grant continued as FCS Chancellor, and Mr Justin Scherrer accepted the mantle as Upper Division Humanities teacher. The student/teacher ratio was 8:9, and over 50 churches were represented in our FCS community FCS provided over $280,000 to families in financial assistance with 50% of our families receiving some form of discount or aid. We have over $1.1 million set aside for our future home.
The Comenius School, the FCS homeschool umbrella program, just completed its 30th year. TCS offers legal covering for homeschool families, standardized testing, grade and attendance reporting, curriculum advising, college counseling, a biannual newsletter, PSAT testing, ACT/SAT/CLT accommodations support and special testing, and opportunities to compete in FCS athletics as well as transcripts and high school diplomas that align with Tennessee standards for graduation, including a Special Education Diploma program for students with special learning needs.
During the 2023-2024 sports seasons, our athletic department served 273 students in 10 sports and several camps The Varsity men’s basketball team won not only their division championship, they also won the Division 5 NACA National Tournament Our Middle School girls’ volleyball team and Grammar School girls’ cross-country team each won their division championships. The Lady Knights volleyball team finished as the Division 2 runner-up and competed for the 1st time in NACA Division 3 nationals
School
Our 13 seniors were offered over $4,000,000 in merit scholarships, and all were accepted into the college of their choice Two received Presidential Scholarships based on academic merit, three were accepted into Honors programs, and for the second year in a row, one received the highest merit-based scholarship Samford University offered this year Eleven seniors earned Honors study abroad credit for their tour of London and Cambridge. Twenty-one students earned 1st and 2nd place medals in the Universal Latin Exam. Three Lower Division students won the gold medal in the team competition at the BGA Fall Linguistics Olympiad, scoring more points than the 2nd and 3rd place winners combined. Forty-one of our 10th-12th graders won recognition from ACSI for excellent achievement in categories such as Leadership, Christian Service, Academics, Athletics, and Fine Arts The American Legion Girls State and Boys State again invited FCS to nominate two rising seniors for each event because of the outstanding character of participants from FCS.
Archery Cross Country Football Basketball Volleyball Dance Company
Baseball Tennis Soccer Golf