As we kick off the 2021-2022 school year, you may notice a few new smiling faces on campus. We are so pleased to welcome 30 new friendly faces to our faculty and staff. Among our amazing new FRAmily members, we have teachers from across the country, new staff from the local Nashville community, and faculty from places in between. Each coming with different backgrounds and stories, we feel so blessed to have each of these talented and respected educators join our community!

Franklin Road Academy is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Brodrick Thomas as its newest senior leadership team member and next director of diversity, community, and inclusion. Dr. Thomas is currently serving as the director of community engagement and reconciliation at Trevecca Nazarene University and will be joining the FRA community in July.

Congratulations to our Class of 2021 graduates! To view a gallery of images from our Commencement ceremony, click here. To download high resolution images from the event, click here to view them in Dropbox.

On Friday and Saturday, we celebrated the class of 2021 with Baccalaureate and Commencement. We invite you to watch both ceremonies by clicking here. 

Congratulations to FRA Robotics RoboPanthers Team U who recently competed at the VEX Robotics 2021 World Championships, ending their 2020-21 season as Technology A division finalists. The team, comprised of seniors Garrison Harold, Christopher May, and junior Claire Conley, are now ranked among the top 32 alliances in the world!

Sponsored by the Turner Family Foundation, the Turner Fellowship Program offers rising seniors an opportunity to serve in partnership with not-for-profit organizations in the Nashville community. This prestigious fellowship program sponsors students committed to making a difference in the lives of others. FRA believes that serving others is elemental to our Christian mission and the health of our community. This past week, we held our annual Turner Fellowship transition banquet to welcome our new Fellows.

The Franklin Road Academy RoboPanther team 97934U, comprised of seniors Garrison Harold and Christopher May and junior Claire Conley, won the 2021 VEX Robotics Tennessee State Championship. The tournament was held on Saturday, April 17 and featured 36 robotics teams from across the state.

“I am so proud of Garrison, Christopher, and Claire. They have spent countless hours preparing, prototyping, iterating, coding, building, driving, and updating their engineering design notebook since last August,” said Kelly Huddleston, robotics coach. “Their work ethic and dedication have paid off with the State Championship title.”

Franklin Road Academy is pleased to announce that 16 seniors have been selected for membership into the Cum Laude Society.  Founded in 1906, Cum Laude is dedicated to honoring scholastic achievement in secondary schools and is FRA’s most selective honor society.

The Cum Laude Society requires all candidate schools to undergo a rigorous review process, including submission of academic records, college data, test scores, and a campus visit by Cum Laude Regents, who are leaders of some of the finest schools in the country. Once awarded a chapter, a school is only permitted to induct the top percentage of students, welcoming them into a society that only exists at schools that confirm superior scholastic achievement.

On Wednesday, we celebrated four of our senior athletes who have committed to continuing their athletic careers at the collegiate level next year. We are proud of the leadership, dedication, and determination these students have demonstrated during their time at FRA. 

On Tuesday, the FRA Alumni Association celebrated our 12-Year Club students with a family luncheon. We are incredibly proud of these students and all they have accomplished during their 12+ years at FRA.

Our 12-Year Club members for 2021 are Van Christian, Jackson Cummiskey, Thomas Daniels, Emma Flegel, Kaylee Gentry, Sophie Hart, Iris Heldman, Isa Holt, Caleb Huddleston, Will Maggart, Parker Meeks, Reece Moore, Alex Mick, Mattox Telwar, Campbell Carroll, Addy Carroll, Erin Nash, Hayes Dalton, Isabelle Matthews, Jack Norris, Elijah Warrix, Taylor Smith, Alex Taylor, and Thomas Cartiglia.