Franklin High School

Macon County Schools is now accepting lunch applications and meal payments. If your student attends Cartoogechaye Elementary, East Franklin Elementary, Iotla Valley Elementary, Macon Early College, Macon Middle, Mountain View Intermediate, Nantahala, South Macon, or Union, they will receive meals at no cost as a part of the Community Eligibility Provision for the 2023-2024 school year. We do still encourage meal applications to help your child/children with other eligibilities and to help support the school district. Macon County Schools is utilizing a new system and parent portal where you can submit meal applications and pay meal fees. Macon County Schools is no longer using lunchapplication.com or K12 Payment Center, and you are now unable to make payments with your old account. To continue making meal payments, please create a new account at https://www.linqconnect.com You may also submit meal applications through LINQ Connect for the current school year.

This message is for FHS Marching Band Students. July 26th- Leadership, Percussion and Colorguard- 9am-3pm July 27th and 28th- Leadership, Percussion, Colorguard AND New Marchers (Rookies) 9am-3pm July 31st- August 5th- Full Band- Band Camp Week 1- 8:30am-6pm August 7th-11th- Full Band- Band Camp Week 2- 8:30am-6pm August 10th- Band Parent Preview and Booster Meeting- 5pm Lunch will be provided each day. Members are encouraged to bring water bottles, tennis shoes, sun screen, instruments and/or equipment. Please contact Franklin High School with any questions.

Final Report Cards were emailed today to your student email. The link is good for 7 days.

Join us in celebrating FHS Class of 2023!! Congratulations!

GET READY FOR SENIOR PORTRAITS! Great news Class of 2024! Prestige Portraits has been chosen as your official Senior Portrait Yearbook Photographer. Your school is requesting that every Class of 2024 Senior make an appointment with Prestige to have their portraits taken over the summer at school. Don’t miss out on being in the yearbook! You must be photographed by Prestige to be included in the 2023/24 yearbook.. We will be at your school on the dates below to offer these special photography sessions. DATES: June 26th , 27th & 28th , 2023 LOCATION: Franklin High School (Library) SIGN UP: prestigeportraits.com COST: $25 Senior Portraits included in your school’s yearbook will require students dressed in either a Black Drape or a Tuxedo. Prestige will provide these outfits at the time of your session. Please wear appropriate undergarments under these outfits. We suggest a white t-shirt for the tux and something strapless to wear under the drape. Also, don’t forget to bring up to two outfits for your casual pictures! To schedule your session, visit prestigeportraits.com. If you don’t have your 8-digit code, you can search your school by city and state. You’ll be able to schedule an appointment and prepay your session fee.* * Please reference the session brochure for additional information about your session. Yearbook Only sessions are available at the camera by request and will also be done at Makeup Day in the fall. Questions? Please email us at prestigebwarea@lifetouch.com.

FPSN will be livestreaming FHS's Graduation on Saturday, 6/3/23 at 9:00 am

Yearbook Distribution Information: If you did not pick up your yearbook on Wednesday or Thursday of this week, the yearbook staff will be in the main office on Friday May 26th from 10-12 for you to pick up your yearbook. We will also be available in the main office starting on May 30th through June 2nd from 9am-3pm. Any yearbooks not picked up before then will be held until August 15th when Teacher Workdays begin. No yearbooks will be available for pickup during the summer as our staff will be unavailable to assist. If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Robert Jessup at FHS.

Free Band Concert Tonight!

FHS Week in Sports

Class Day Information

ATTENTION SENIORS!!!

REMINDER TO GRADUATES!!!

Check out this week's Counseling Newsletter!

ATTENTION JUNIORS!! Virtual Career Fair

FHS Panther Men's Golf Team will travel today to Springdale Country Club for a 12:00 start to the 3rd and final round of our Conference Tournament. Currently, Freshman Tanner Jones is just 3 strokes out of 1st place overall and as a team they are in second place overall. Thank you to everyone for your continued support all year! #gopanthers #fhspanthergolf #pantherproud

FHS Students Artwork Featured in the Art Show Nasheli Altimirano – felt landscape Izzy Ashe – watercolor/origami Isabella Brant – self-portrait Sarah Dendy – felt landscape Rebecca Dooley – color pencil/ Rony Fernandez – origami Sammie Hanners – floral watercolor Maddie Holden - paintings Mackenzie Hughes – charcoal portrait Gabriela Jimenez Llamas – watercolor landscape Adalee McGaha – pen drawing Miguel Ortega – bottle drawing Cherish Rogers – charcoal drawing/painting Sarah Sayers – bottle drawing Augustine Stockdale – charcoal drawing Coben Thompson – abstract painting Illiana Wooten – CW painting Elvis Pacheco-Vasquez – charcoal portrait Saory Vasquez – landscape painting Kaitlyn Duvall – pen self-portrait Pottery Jazmin Sanchez Jimena Jimenaz Maddy McCall Cynthia Rios Claudia Zalapa

Voting Links are below. Please be sure to vote for both. Elite Awards- NC Female Athlete of the Year https://wral5.secondstreetapp.com/og/51afd446-25fc-43d1-8678-58a883dddd49/gallery/379182179 NC Softball Player of the Year https://wral5.secondstreetapp.com/og/51afd446-25fc-43d1-8678-58a883dddd49/gallery/379180502 Winners are determined by a public vote, which begins at noon on Monday, April 24, and runs until 11:59 p.m. on Sunday, May 14. The winners will be announced at the HSOT Honors awards show at the North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences in downtown Raleigh on Saturday, June 17.

FHS Week in Sports

Join us on Sunday for the Student Art Exhibit!

REMINDER: CLASS OF 2024 Tonight, representatives from the College Foundation of North Carolina (CFNC) will be on campus to make a presentation about planning for college and preparing to handle what the next 18 months will bring. The event will begin at 5:30pm in the FHS Fine Arts Building Auditorium. The event is open to Juniors at all schools in the Macon County School System.