[CharterSchools] Ben Franklin to mark 10th anniversary of post-Katrina re-opening this Friday with former Sen. Mary Landrieu

[charterschools at LACharter.org]

January 13, 2016
                                                      
Contact:  Christy Cowart Read ’89                                                                                                                          
Development Director                                                                                                                              
cread at bfhsla.org                                                                                                             
504-286-2615                  




                                                                                                          
DETERMINATION. DEDICATION.  CELEBRATION.
BENJAMIN FRANKLIN HIGH SCHOOL MARKS 10THANNIVERSARY 
OF POST-KATRINA REOPENING





The administration, faculty, staffand student body of Benjamin Franklin High School will celebrate the tenthanniversary of the reopening of the school following Hurricane Katrina on Friday, January 15, 2016.  Events will be held throughout theafternoon, from noon until 3:25 P.M.
 
The first public high school to reopenin Orleans Parish following Hurricane Katrina, Ben Franklin opened its door onJanuary 17, 2006.  It was BenFranklin’s 300th birthday. On this day they opened as a public charter school.  
 
Extensive flooding, mold, mud andfacility damage left Ben Franklin’s 1st floor unusable and thefuture of this institution in question. The faculty, parents and students of Ben Franklin were determined to seethe school reopened. Dedicated parents, unpaid faculty, alumni and studentsunited to repair and clean the school. Despite a complete loss of alumni and donor databases and limited postalservice, supporters united to raise over one million dollars in private fundsto ensure the continuation of the number one school in Louisiana and the spiritof excellence that is Ben Franklin High School.
 
The 10thanniversary day of celebration will include a ceremonialbell ringing, video presentations and honored guest speaker, former SenatorMary Landrieu.  The day will endwith a second line of students.  
 
For acomplete agenda of activities or more information contact Mrs. Christy Cowart Read’89, Development Director, at 504-286-2615 or visit our web site at www.bfhsla.org.
 
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BenjaminFranklin High School, New Orleans’ mostoutstanding public charter school, has been preparing students for successthrough academic achievement since it was founded in 1957. Consistently rankedas a “top public high school in the nation” by U.S. News and World Report, Newsweek, and BusinessWeek, Franklin has received the highest School Performance Score inLouisiana, making it the #1 public school in the state, year after year. Franklin is repeatedly named a National Blue Ribbon School, producingPresidential and National Merit Scholars each year.  The exceptionalstudents, faculty and staff of Benjamin Franklin High School are the best andthe brightest of New Orleans.






 


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