Dr. Gennaro R. Piraino, Jr. Superintendent

Dr. Mary Catherine Reljac Assistant Superintendent

Marlena Buterbaugh Director of Human Resources

Jon C. Perry Director of Financial Services

Linda Miller Assistant to the Director of Financial Services

Brad Schrecengost Supervisor of Technology Services

James Heck Director of Facilities

Zachary Kessler Director of Athletics & Student Activities

Dr. Richard E. Regelski, Jr. Director of Special Education

Cara A. Zanella Director of Development & Communications

Jennifer DiFulvio Supervisor of Support Services

Donna Wolf School Board Secretary / Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

Ronald Suvak, Principal Senior High School

Andrew Leviski, Principal Middle School

Robert Buffone, Principal Heritage Elementary

Tina Gillen, Principal Newlonsburg Elementary

Tina Burns, Principal Sloan Elementary

Franklin Regional School District is on a mission to provide a world-class educational experience, where students are exposed to the highest levels of learning. As a school community, we continuously collaborate to make this vision of excellence a reality for our students. Our collective commitment and dedication to educational excellence continues to help us improve student learning and achievement.

The District significantly improved its overall ranking in SchoolDigger. Com to 26th in Pennsylvania. SchoolDigger. com evaluates and ranks districts across the nation based on a number of variables including performance. Newlonsburg Elementary( 19 of 1551), Franklin Regional Middle School( 50 of 861), and Franklin Regional Senior High School( 22 of 647) are rated in the top 50 of these rankings.

The Franklin Regional Senior High School was recognized by Newsweek as one of the America’ s top 500 high schools. The School Performance Profile, a measure used by the Pennsylvania Department of Education, ranks Franklin Regional Senior High School as third in Western Pennsylvania.

Heritage Elementary School was recognized as a Title I Reward School for High Progress in the 2015-2016 school year and was named as a Title I Distinguished School again in 2016-2017. This designation signifies that Heritage Elementary is in the top 5 % of Title 1 schools in the Commonwealth because of its demonstrated growth and improvement in student achievement.

We are proud of the work that our students and teachers continue to do on a daily basis and look forward to their continued success! Our success would not be possible without the support of our partners and the commitment of a dedicated staff.

The District, with support from the Franklin Regional School Board, formed the Franklin Regional Panther Foundation. The Foundation is a great resource for our District. Through this invaluable partnership, teachers and students are able to access innovative academic, artistic, and athletic programming not typical in many school systems. Our Foundation has a strong group of leaders who comprise our Board of Directors and value being able to raise funds that support the education of our children.

As part of supporting the District and Foundation, an athletic scoreboard sponsorship initiative raised over $ 625,000 in additional funds to date for the District and Franklin Regional Panther Foundation. The Foundation will host two annual events – the Festival of Arts in March to celebrate the fine and performing arts in Franklin Regional Schools and the community, and the Driving Excellence Golf Invitational scheduled for June.

Franklin Regional School District cultivated multiple partnerships aimed at improving student growth and achievement through the enhancement of classroom instructional practice. By working with Discovery Education, the District identified teachers in every building to serve as Digital Ambassadors and Digital Integrators. These teachers are receiving intensive professional development and coaching to support them in their meaningful integration of technology into classrooms.

Franklin Regional is a founding member of the Alle-Kiski Best Practices Collaborative, or ABC Create. This grant, funded by the Grable Foundation, is in its third year and provides collaboration and guidance to expand STREAM programming in the region. Through the partnership, Franklin Regional School District is directly connected with Carnegie Mellon University’ s Create Lab, the Pennsylvania State University at New Kensington, and ASSET Stem Education. Franklin Regional has“ teacher advocates” who have engaged in and provided professional development regarding specific technologies such as Gigapan cameras, Arts and Bots, Speck air quality monitoring, and water quality monitors.

Last year, the District expanded its Collegein-the-Classroom partnerships through Westmoreland Community College and the University of Pittsburgh. In addition to the existing opportunities through LaRoche College and Penn State New Kensington, students can now take 18 additional college level courses and 48 additional credits for a little over $ 150 per class. These partnerships provide our students the advantage of leaving high school with college credits and experiences.

The district continues to expand opportunities for the integration of

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