Tag: middle school

For the last 15 years, Patsy Thieken has faithfully served as a middle school math teacher at The Franciscan School. We have been blessed by her enthusiasm,

Tom Harmon hasn’t always been a teacher. Though he is now in the classroom with middle schoolers at The Franciscan School, Mr. Harmon’s career actually began at

May is the time of year where we sense things are changing. Flowers are in bloom, rain showers come and go, and school years come to an end. Months of packing

Each year, eighth graders at The Franciscan School make a 2-hour drive to King, N.C. to spend a full day atCamp Hanes. Set in a beautiful mountain town just north

Middle school can sometimes be hard to navigate. With a change in how classes are arranged, the academic rigor that can be found, developments personally and

One of the most unique and lesser known attributes of The Franciscan School (TFS) is the wide range of electives offered to middle school students.

As part of The Franciscan School academic landscape, the science curriculum has always played a foundational role in the lives of students inside and outside the

Each year, a couple of dozen middle school students at TFS put together thoughtful campaigns promising to make important contributions to the school community if

It was during Mrs. Carolyn Moser’s 8th-grade science class that TFS alumnus Nathan Vaughn discovered his love of science and launched his journey into a discipline