Franklin Square UFSD

Our October Kids Corner has been posted! Please click here to read our student reporters’ stories.

Washington Street School’s fifth graders in Ms. Alvarado and Mr. Meliere’s class celebrated Hispanic Heritage Month by exploring and sharing their own diverse cultural background...

Howie's Heart and Franklin Square Interschool Special Education PTA hosted a Plant Kindness With Us community beautification event for Washington Street Elementary School on Oct. ...

John Street School’s fourth graders are learning how computers work, and even building their own, as part of their lessons with districtwide STEAM teacher Matthew Dornemann. To k...

Washington Street School Monitor Roseanne Alessi received a Hero Award in honor of her recent act of kindness and bravery, saving a student by performing the Heimlich.

Several fifth grade classes recently visited the Cradle of Aviation for an amazing AI experience. The students watched Living in the Age of Airplanes in the IMAX theatre and then ...

Each building recently held celebrations to honor the outstanding achievement of our multilingual learners who scored Commanding on the 2025 NYSESLAT exam. Congratulations to all!...

The Oct. 8 Franklin Square Board of Education meeting featured special moments of appreciation, as district leaders and students came together to recognize the commitment and hard...

For Hispanic Heritage Month, held from Sept. 15-Oct. 15, John Street School played a school-wide bingo game using vocabulary words in Spanish. Sixth graders went into classrooms a...

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At this year’s New York State Council of School Superintendents 2025 Fall Leadership Summit, Franklin Square Superintendent Dr. Jared Bloom took the stage to host a workshop, Pers...

To welcome new students and create connections, Polk Street School hosted a “Fun with New Friends” lunch on Sept. 26. The event was led by Principal Gilbert Torossian, Assistant ...

As the new school year began, John Street School students were greeted by a freshly renovated library, complete with new paint, sleek flooring and comfortable, modern furniture. W...

Our district recently honored our amazing transportation department, who was named as one of six Top Transportation Teams in North America by Transfinder Corporation in June.

Thank you to Nassau County Legislator John Giuffre for the $30,000 grant for a new flagpole at Washington Street School!

Polk Street School community joined together for an outdoor ceremony honoring Patriot Day on Sept. 11. Band students treated the audience to a performance, and everyone was encour...

To start off the school year, Washington Street School students in Mr. Meliere’s class completed a “Getting to Know You” activity. They were each given five index cards to write f...

John Street School second graders in Mrs. Derby’s class used their imaginations to implement a recent STEAM lesson. Using the fairytale, “Tangled (Disney’s Tangled)” by Ben Smiley...

Polk Street School music teacher Ms. Tuzzolo recently shared exciting news with the students: the Grade 6 Chorus will be performing at Radio City Music Hall, right before the Chri...

At Superintendent’s Conference Day, our district celebrated dedicated staff members who have served the Franklin Square community for 15, 20 and 25 years. Congratulations to: ...