Franklin Regional School District

09/17/2026

Students at the Intermediate School are bringing their projects to life through storyboarding and hands-on learning. During class, students created stories, drew them out, and then designed their sets using LEGOs. This project showcased FR's 5Cs, especially collaboration, communication, and creativity. 👏

09/16/2026

Congratulations to 10th grader Reese Regelski, who was named one of the Westmoreland County athletes of the week. Reese is currently a starting striker for the FR Girls Varsity soccer team. Keep up the great work! 👏 ⚽

Reese Regelski School: Franklin Regional Class: Sophomore Sport: Soccer Claim to fame: Regelski, a second-year starting striker and returning all-section player, has helped Franklin Regional to a 2-0-1 start. The Panthers have scored nine goals, and she has four of them. She had two goals in a 6-0 w...

09/15/2026

Over the weekend, FRSH team member Lisa Fako received $1000 at the Pitt game after entering a raffle! 🎉 The funding will support additional school supplies, and in FR fashion, Ms. Fako decided to share the winnings with the rest of her English Department team. Congratulations! 💙

09/14/2026

Last Wednesday, FR's Varsity cheerleaders kicked off the Primary School's new year by attending the ROAR assembly 📣 to help teach our littlest learners what ROAR stands for! 🐾💙

09/11/2026

School is back in session, and FRSD is pleased to give you a panther’s-eye view 🐾👀 into the fun, excitement, and celebrations that have taken place during the first few days of school! 💙Check out this special edition of Paw Prints 📰🐾 and take a look at all the great things happening across Franklin Regional! 💫

👉 Take a read! 📖
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-ES5ued4MydHlwRIZhjKBM_yCaePiRKf/view?usp=drive_link

09/10/2026

09/09/2026

Teacher Innovation in Action! 💡

Over the summer, middle school social studies teacher Mr. Ripple built an incredible hands-on Augmented Reality (AR) sandbox to bring geography lessons to life! Using a projector, Xbox Kinect, computer, and wood, combined with free software downloaded from the University of California, Davis, he created an interactive, high-tech learning tool.

Here's how it works in the classroom👇

Real-Time Interactive Learning: As students dig and construct hills, mountains, and valleys in the sandbox, a 3D rendering of the box is projected onto the screen, changing in real time for the entire classroom to see.

Visualizing Earth Systems: The sandbox showcases exactly how land impacts water flow and why natural disasters happen.

Recreating Landscapes: Students can recreate geographic features like sand plains and river valleys.

Connecting Geography to Humanity: The tool teaches students how physical geography impacts where and why people live where they do.

Kudos to Mr. Ripple for prioritizing innovation and creating an engaging, immersive, and dynamic environment for his students! 👏🌍

09/08/2026

🌎📚 Today is , and we know that reading has an incredible impact on a child’s life. Books open doors to new ideas, new worlds, and endless possibilities. ❤️📖

The Franklin Regional Panther Foundation is proud to support a love of reading from an early age through our partnership with Dolly Parton’s Imagination Library.

Through this program, children under the age of 5 who reside in the Franklin Regional School District can receive a free, age-appropriate book delivered to their home every month, helping families build a home library and creating special opportunities to read together. 📬📚

💙 Do you have a young child who could benefit? Sign up today!

Let’s work together to put more books into the hands of our youngest learners and inspire a lifelong love of reading. 🌟

🐾 Read. Imagine. Grow.

Check availability of Dolly Parton's Imagination Library in your area and register your child online or by mail.

09/04/2026

There's no school on Monday, Sept. 7, in honor of Labor Day. Enjoy the long weekend!