10-12th Grade Academies at Franklin High School

The 10th grade Humanities classes consist of integrated Language Arts and Social Studies classes with special emphasis on project based learning, the history of art and culture, and rigorous skills and content development.  

The Humanities program covers history through the lens of humanism starting in the Italian Renaissance and following through to modern times. A thorough discussion of the effect of western civilization on world history includes extensive primary and secondary source readings.  

Students participate in History Day Project and prepare to take the Advanced Placement European History Test in the spring.   

Students in Humanities 10th grade will have preference for entering the junior year Humanities classes.

Senior Humanities  
In this team-taught, interdisciplinary pair of classes, students explore major ideas through class discussion, reading of seminal pieces of world literature and philosophy, study of influential figures, and research.  Independence is stressed, although the sharing of ideas is still the focus of the class.  Students review issues and topics addressed in earlier courses in the program and raise new ones, readdressing some of the basic questions in Humanities, in their own way.

The Humanities Senior Project is a major focus of the final year of Franklin’s Humanities Program.  The project may be extended research, community service, a performance, or an aesthetic product.  The focus and approach are of the student’s own choosing, although primary research and an accompanying research paper are required, along with the attainment of certain standards of excellence.
Participation in earlier Humanities courses is recommended; the interest and desire to meet the intellectually intensive demands of the Humanities Program are required.  This is an honors class.  All students receiving credit in the class will receive an honors designation on their transcripts.

The Academy of Finance in the 10th grade is an integrated social studies and language arts program supported by the nationally recognized and represented National Academy Foundation. Students study world history and literature from the point of view of trade and economic development. Students take Accounting I as a prerequisite to the finance classes offered in the junior and senior year.

By combining accounting, social studies, and language arts, the Academy of Finance develops skills needed in the business environment. Mastery of technology, knowledge of available resources, and good communication are prioritized.

Students in the Academy of Finance will have preference in entering the junior year Academy of Finance.   

The mission of the CREATE Academy is to bring students and faculty together in a 3-year small learning community. In the CREATE classes (math, language arts, and woods) we as a community strive to relate these subjects to the different aspects of the building trades.   Through this course of study our mission is to prepare students for both university studies and work in the trades by presenting a challenging integrated curriculum, as well as mentorship and internship opportunities in construction related fields. This mission of the members of our community is to work hard as a group and as individuals to be successful.   This includes being respectful, and knowing how to learn and have fun simultaneously. This is not just an academy, but a family.

THE JOHN STANFORD PUBLIC SERVICE AND POLITICAL SCIENCE ACADEMY

The Public Service Academy, a small learning community offering personal attention and long-term stable relationships during grades 10-12, has three goals:  

• To provide a challenging college preparatory curriculum
• To expose students to the public sector (government at all levels and the nonprofit world; and
• To create and nurture a life-long ethic of service.

Challenging academic work in the classroom is spiced with real-world experiences in the workplace and in service to others.

Experiences outside the classroom offered to students are:   a two-night retreat for students at the beginning of the program; sophomore Career Day at Seattle University; sophomore Public Sector Week the week after school is out; mentors assigned during the Junior Year; a field trip to Olympia for juniors; a paid internship in the public sector between the junior and senior years; and a senior trip to Washington D.C.