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Tiktok and its impact on school life

Tiktok and its impact on school life

Yael Perez-Ladino May 26, 2023

TikTok is a social media platform used by millions around the world, including students at FLC. Students can be seen doing TikTok dances in the hallways and stairways as well as scrolling through...

A DE40LFR bus model made on ROBLOX

SEPTA bus revolution

Keyshawn Ward-Delisme May 26, 2023

Hundreds of Philadelphia students and teachers ride SEPTA almost every day. With the School District of Philadelphia handing students pre-paid student SEPTA Key cards active from 5:30 a.m. to 8...

The art of culinary skills

A crash course about the real world: Essential skills classes at FLC

Santino Stagliano May 26, 2023

When many high school students leave FLC, They are unaware of the essential skills they will need to survive in the “real world”. Offering high school classes based on these “life skills"...

[VIDEO] FLC 10th grade student awarded $40,000 in a BigFuture Scholarship

[VIDEO] FLC 10th grade student awarded $40,000 in a BigFuture Scholarship

College Board's BigFuture Scholarships program came to Franklin Learning Center on March 22, 2023 to award a surprise scholarship of $40,000 to 10th grade Medical Assisting major Amira Haynesworth.

[VIDEO] Mayoral candidates campaign on student issues

[VIDEO] Mayoral candidates campaign on student issues

Jayden Ludwig and Keyshawn Ward-Delisme April 25, 2023

On March 21st, the Parkway Central Library held a Mayoral forum as the election rapidly approaches on May 16th. The Mayoral Primary on May 16th will influence the future of the Philadelphia Board...

Teacher rally outside school district headquarters shows results

Teacher rally outside school district headquarters shows results

Dahslee Hernandez and Maya Williams March 25, 2023

On March 23rd, teachers, students and parents from different schools of Philadelphia including FLC rallied outside of the School District of Philadelphia building. Over 100 students were present at...

FLC rallies against proposed teacher cuts

FLC rallies against proposed teacher cuts

Jayden Ludwig March 20, 2023

Franklin Learning Center's staff, students, and parents rallied outside of their school building this morning to stand protest against a district budget that will cause FLC to lose 9 teachers next year....

Heat in school classrooms.

School temperatures raise concern for staff and students

Dahslee Hernandez March 9, 2023

Throughout the year, Franklin Learning Center students have complained about the temperatures in their classrooms, from teachers yelling over air conditioners during the winter to students sweating and...

PA school funding is ruled unconstitutional

Dahslee Hernandez and Giselle Lozada March 9, 2023

The decision, which comes almost a year after the trial ended and almost ten years after advocacy groups, a number of parents, and six school districts initially brought the lawsuit, orders lawmakers and...

Senior HOSA member Rokhaya Mbengue works on selling roses and candy grams during valentine’s day in attempt to raise money for HOSA’s national leadership conference.

HOSA prepares to go to Nationals

Dahslee Hernandez March 9, 2023

  HOSA, also known as Future Health Professionals, is an organization that prepares and challenges students to enhance their future health care abilities. Like many schools across the country,...

A gavel hitting the sound block reading Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals

DACA faces legal challenges

Leo Bender, Design Editor December 20, 2022

Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals is a program created by President Obama that protects millions of young adolescents known as “dreamers” who have entered the United States illegally as children....

FLC student looking into an open door with full white light coming out around them.

Guide To Command English This School Year

Yoselyn Manrique-Jimenez December 20, 2022

I was raised by two Mexican parents in a Spanish-speaking household and have lived in Philadelphia all my life. So, the English language wasn’t necessary for me until I started first grade in the School...

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