{"id":455,"date":"2019-06-01T22:58:02","date_gmt":"2019-06-02T05:58:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/franklinschool.ca\/hs\/?page_id=455"},"modified":"2023-04-12T01:49:16","modified_gmt":"2023-04-12T08:49:16","slug":"about-2","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/about-2\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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An Independent Secondary School at Downtown Vancouver<\/h3>

Franklin School is an independent secondary school for students in grades 8 \u2013 12. With a focus on academics, we deliver the BC Curriculum in a culturally rich and academically challenging environment.

Established under the British Columbia Ministry of Education, Franklin School is an independent private high school located in the heart of downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

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Our Mission and Vision <\/a><\/h3>

The mission of Franklin School is to empower highly motivated students in creating a clear pathway to opportunities in higher education at the world\u2019s top universities. We are focused on enhancing the overall social, emotional, physical, and academic excellence of our students, while also improving their English language proficiency. This will promote wider academic success in post-secondary education and lead to successful careers in the future.

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Why Franklin?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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B.C. Dogwood Diploma Program<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our Grade 10 \u2013 12 accredited program provides students with all the necessary courses to obtain the esteemed B.C. Certificate of Graduation \u2013 Dogwood Diploma.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Small Class Size<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Average class size is between 15 \u2013 20 students allowing more personalized attention and higher academic achievement.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Activities & Events<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Students are immersed in Canadian Culture through monthly field trips; students led activities and events.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Academic Excellence<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Our students will be surrounded by the best and brightest intellects. Our graduates enter the most prestigious universities in Canada and abroad.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Parent Teacher Meetings<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Several opportunities to meet our school principal, teachers, and school advisors as well as face-to-face parent-teacher conferences regarding students\u2019 success.<\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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AP School Downtown<\/h3><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

We offer AP US History, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Macroeconomics, AP English Literature, AP Physics 1, AP Calculus AB & BC, and so on. <\/p><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n

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Our Team of Exceptional Educators<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Mr. Stephen Fuerderer, B.Ed., PBD., GDE. Principal<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div>

Mr. Tom Sha, H.B.A., B.Ed.<\/a><\/h3><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/article><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Discover Franklin School \u2013 an independent secondary school in downtown Vancouver offering a culturally rich and academically challenging environment for grades 8-12. With a focus on academic excellence, our mission is to empower highly motivated students with a clear pathway to top universities worldwide. Our accredited program provides students with a B.C. Dogwood Diploma, small class sizes, and immersive Canadian cultural experiences through monthly field trips and events. Our team of exceptional educators is dedicated to enhancing the overall social, emotional, physical, and academic excellence of our students.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2418,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"default","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-455","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=455"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/455\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2418"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.franklinschool.ca\/hs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=455"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}