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New Hope Academy, which includes New Hope International High School, is an academically oriented pre-school through high school private school, founded in 1990, and located on a former public school [1] 8-acre (32,000 m 2) campus in Landover Hills, Prince George's County, MD (near Washington, D.C.).
Battle Ground Academy (BGA) is an independent college-preparatory school for pre-K through 12th grade. BGA is located in Franklin, Tennessee , US. Founded in 1889, the school was originally located in part on the site of the Battle of Franklin in the American Civil War .
Franklin Road Academy (FRA) is a private co-educational Christian school for students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 located in Oak Hill, Tennessee. [3] The school was founded in 1971 and originally affiliated with the First Christian Church before it became a separate incorporated organization in 1982.
The first cohort of the program began their classes in fall 2015. The increase in attendance at Tennessee's two-year institutions as a result of TN Promise is estimated to be on average 40%. [5] The TN Promise program received nationwide attention with the states of Oregon, Rhode Island, and New York since creating similar programs. [6]
Franklin's original mascot from the school's opening in 1910 was a 6-headed Dragon. In 1937, the mascot was changed to a confederate "rebel" soldier. [14] According to former principal Willie Dickerson, the 1937 annual described the reason for the new mascot at the then-segregated, all-white school saying "there was no animosity of the past ... we uphold these ideals and believe them to be right."
Reality TV producer Mark Burnett ('The Apprentice," "The Voice," and "Survivor") was named the UK special envoy by President-elect Donald Trump.
The City of Franklin was founded October 26, 1799, by Abram Maury Jr. (1766–1825). Later a state senator, he is buried with his family in the current Founders Pointe neighborhood. Maury named the town after national founding father Benjamin Franklin. [9] [10] Ewen Cameron built a log house in 1798, the first in the new settlement.
Franklin College was in Tennessee before the American Civil War. It was established by Tolbert Fanning in the Elm Crag section of southeastern Nashville, [1] Tennessee where the international airport is now located. Its operations were disrupted when hostilities broke out during the Civil War. Enrollment had been between 100 and 130.