
April 30, 2024
Today, our Fourth-Grade students listened to the book "They Call Me Buddy" by Dave Harrison. The Children's librarian from the Parkersburg & Wood County Public Library, Ms. Charl...

April 26, 2024
On April 25th, Franklin Elementary had its first Spring Musical. Students in grades Kindergarten through Third grade put on a wonderful show demonstrating their vocal and dancing ...

April 19, 2024
This afternoon Franklin Elementary Center welcomed the 5th grade parents to school to experience Math activities. The students were engaged in solving problems with calculators, g...

April 2, 2024
The Clay2Go, the outreach program of the Clay Center in Charleston will be visiting with our third through fifth graders this week at Franklin Elementary Center. Next week student...

March 1, 2024
This morning, we had the traveling science show by Chemours come to our school. Many of our students took part in the hour-long program and learned about the different types of...

February 20, 2024
Kindergarten enrollment for the 2024-2025 academic year is now open. Please contact your local school to enroll your child. We encourage you to enroll as soon as possible. ...

January 9, 2024
Open Enrollment Begins on Tuesday, January 16 Wood County Schools values your family's educational choices and is committed to providing options that suit your needs. We encour...

November 30, 2023
On November 30th, 2023, Mrs. Dawn Weidner, Children's librarian at South Parkersburg Public Library, came to Franklin Elementary Center. She shared Marc Harshman's book, Only On...

November 2, 2023
CHARLESTON, WV — Gov. Jim Justice announced today that the State has entered into a partnership with Tutor.com to provide expert online tutoring, test prep, and job support for ...

October 2, 2023
Last Spring, our resident mama deer graced us with her fawn in our front flower bed. I thought I share an update with you. As you can see that mam and the fawn are fine and enjoyi...

May 3, 2023
Because we are committed to helping keep your child healthy and in school, we have partnered with Ritchie Regional Health Center (RRHC) to offer telehealth kiosk services. The kio...

May 1, 2023
The Wood County Elementary Track and Field Championship will be held on Thursday, May 11th, and Friday, May 12th.
Those students who place on Monday night will compete in the f...
April 27, 2023
On May 4th, 2023, Franklin Title I will be hosting a Pop-It Math afternoon for students in grades, 3rd, 4th, and 5th. The event will be held in the cafeteria from 1:45-2:30 pm. Th...

April 24, 2023
Both the Boys and Girls teams will be in action this week. The Girls team will be taking part in the Girl relay races on Wednesday, April 26th at 5:00pm. The Boys team take the fi...
April 23, 2023
Miss Ava Wigal and Mr. Aiden Wigal accompanied Mrs. Ross and I to our Business Partner Luncheon at WVU-P on Friday, April 21. We had a great time getting to know our business par...

April 20, 2023
Sport Physicals - Saturday, June 3rd
These physicals are for PHS, South, Wood County Christian, Williamstown, Parkersburg Catholic, Parkersburg Christian, Wirt County and th...
April 14, 2023
The Administration, Staff, and Students would like to thank you all of the community members that helped with Art Show this week. Thank you for your support in making the Art Show...
April 13, 2023
The Administration, Staff, and Students would like to take this time to thank everyone who helped make our Art show a success.

April 10, 2023
This week we have students competing in track meets at PHS. Monday night event is for 10 and Under for both Boys and Girls. Tuesday night events is 12 and Under for both boys an...

April 7, 2023
On April 11th, 2023, from 6:00 to 8:00pm.m., Franklin Elementary Center will be
hosting our very first Art Show.
Images and sculptrues created by our students in grades Pre...