Admissions

The Benjamin Franklin Admissions Office is located in Room 116 in the lobby of the high school. Since 1957, Benjamin Franklin has been trusted with the education of the best and brightest students in the New Orleans Public School system. Our Admissions Director, Lynn Jenkins, is available to answer any questions you may have and is available for tours of the school. Please contact her as the time becomes appropriate.

Students who wish to apply to Franklin for  the 2009-2010 school year:  Admissions information for 2009-2010 will be available soon; in the interim, please look around the web site and be sure to check back often, and thanks for your interest!

Room 116 located near the lobby 504-286-2610 (phone) 504-286-2642 (fax) Pictured below are some images of the School Year 2008 Admissions Open House.

	Students showing effects of acid rain in an Environmental Science lab.		Theatre students giving a fencing demonstration.
	Signing in the courtyard to start their Open House journey through the school.		Award winning orchestra students playing for the visitors.
	Publication students get ready to give tours of the Franklin Forum school newspaper and yearbook room.		Students participating in a chemistry flame test.
	National award winning Riverbend Review publication room is shown to prospective students.		Students viewing a physics demonstration and use of Labpro to collect and analyze data.
	English department discusses opportunites for writing and literature.		Foreign language department discusses course offerings of French, Spanish, Latin, and German courses.
	Speech coach and students affairs coordinator discusses themany clubs available at Franklin.		Students participating in the chemistry demonstration of the changing pumpkin.
	Admissions office busily accepting applications.		Social studies department shows tells about their course offerings.
	Students using a Proscope to view and document on a laptop computer the behavior of the beautiful caterpillars in science lab.		German teacher talks about opportunites in German classes.
	Math department discusses the many types of courses available and uses of the graphing calculator in math class.		Students talk about the joys of becoming a teacher in the Teaching and Leadership Academy.