Franklin Avenue Elementary School

We love Franklin and feel so lucky it is our neighborhood school. It truly feels like a village here, families, kids and parents all so nice and HAPPY, it shows how well the teachers are doing their jobs. The school has a wonderful feel and my daughter comes home so happy every day, teeming with new things she learned but through play and enjoyment, so much that it's just part of her life. We feel so lucky.
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My child permitted into Franklin through the SAS program in kindergarten (many schools don t offer that until after 2nd grade), and we have been very happy there. The school offers abundant music and arts education as well as the great Franklin Kids after-school program, and there are many fun extracurricular events (talent show, holiday song program, art show, plays, parents soccer vs. a neighboring school) and really fun fundraisers (after-school crafts, pinewood derby, Franklinpalooza). Parents and teachers work together to make sure the kids are engaged and excited about going to school. Check out the friendsoffranklin Dot com site if you want to get a feel for the community.
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Franklin Elementary is an great school. The school works really hard at building and sustaining a great school culture, parent involvement is key.
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I have a very active boy, that I was worried would not be ready for kindergarden. Boy was I wrong, and thrilled that I sent him. If you live in the area send your kid to this school! Don't buy in to the pedagogical and fancy, marketing-driven power point presentations at a private school. Franklin is a GEM - Amazing, experienced teachers and a wonderful community of parents who care and strive to give our kids EVERYTHING they need regardless of the spectre of budget cuts. We need you families out there in the Los Feliz. This is a really, really amazing school despite all the media stuff you hear bashing public schools. It's what we as parents put into our kids, not the money spent on a private school!!!
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great school, not so great special ed aides, she still does not have the full education.

It is a great community oriented, well rounded elementary school where kids love to learn. There is an emphasis on the arts and creativity.
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We adore Franklin. The teachers are warm, caring, and competent. The campus is cheerful and fun. And the parent community is super-involved and committed to the school's success. I went to a fancy, expensive private elementary school as a child, and it had nothing over Franklin. We feel so lucky to be there.
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The best little neighborhood school in Los Angeles. Great teachers, students, families! Great things happen here!!!
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Franklin Ave Elementary has high academic standards, a true appreciation for the arts, & an awesome & involved parent community. What more could you want from a public school?
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The entire staff at franklin work as a team from 1st grade until the kids graduate, to mke the grade advancement seamless.
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