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Students talking to each other in different languages.

Making progress: Improvements made for non-native English speakers at FLC

Editoral Board December 19, 2023

In a past article published by The Flash in 2020, which only focused on students in the NLA program–not FLC’s non-native English speaker community as a whole, a number of grievances were addressed....

Safety on the way to school

Safety on the way to school

The Flash Editorial Board May 26, 2023

Philadelphia is ranked 7th in the ”Most Dangerous Cities to Live In” list, with moderately increasing rates of homicide, assault, and other crimes. While gun violence on a decline in the...

FLC social media pages can present as distracting to students school environment.

Dangers of social media present problems for high schools

The Flash Editorial Board March 9, 2023

CORRECTION ; The previous print of this article appeared without a byline. Nowadays, social media has become a significant part of today's society and often has an influential presence. The use of social...

The stand on the left stays sparse with students who have no fines. While the one on the right is packed with students who have fines to pay and missing IDs.

Should FLC use student fines?

The Flash Editorial Board December 20, 2022

Although fining a child may seem like a crazy concept, it is a reality. Franklin Learning Center has a policy in which fines are given to students as a consequence for losing or even forgetting their student...

Photo Illustration: Franklin Learning Center student skipping class

Cutting with Consequences

The Flash Editorial Board March 28, 2022

Anthony Guidice, Assistant Principal at Franklin Learning Center, sent out a Google Classroom message on February 8th for all graduating classes informing students of the consequences for cutting class.  The...

Open bathrooms are a necessity for student respect

Open bathrooms are a necessity for student respect

The Flash Editorial Board December 21, 2021

Having a large sign wrapped around you in order to use the bathroom isn't what any of us had in mind when entering the new quarter, but here we are. We had the opportunity to talk to Principal Nicole Lee...

NLA senior Rosario Lemus sits excluded from the classroom discussion.

NLA students feel excluded from FLC

February 3, 2020

French Version Spanish Version NLA senior Rosario Lemus sits excluded from the classroom discussion. In late November, Franklin Learning Center senior Rosario Lemus brought a letter to teachers...

NLA senior Rosario Lemus sits excluded from the classroom discussion.

Los estudiantes de NLA merecen el mismo trato

February 3, 2020

English Version French Version Durante los últimos días del mes de Noviembre, un estudiante de Franklin Learning Center, Rosario Lemus (‘20), entregó una carta a los maestros y administradores...

NLA senior Rosario Lemus sits excluded from the classroom discussion.

Les étudiants de NLA se sentent exclus de FLC

February 3, 2020

English Version Spanish Version Fin novembre, Rosario Lemus, responsable du Franklin Learning Center, a apporté une lettre aux enseignants et à l'administration détaillant la liste des préoccupations...

1 in 7 FLC teachers leave the school each year· Tiffany Rodriguez / PHOTO ILLUSTRATION

FLC teachers are leaving. Can we keep them here?

November 14, 2019

1 in 7 FLC teachers leave the school each year· Tiffany Rodriguez / PHOTO ILLUSTRATION A previous version of this article attributed a quote to Christina Whitt, which belonged to Catherine Khella....

Overlooking the streets of Kensington | Photographer Angelica Maritnez

Supervised Injection Sites: Will they be a safe-haven or a dwelling of hazards for substance abusers?

Hannah Woodruff May 24, 2019

CON Tumbling down a spiral of drug abuse, opioid users may find themselves at a dead end when it comes to recovery. With treatment and withdrawals disguised as obstacles in their eye, it only becomes...

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