FAMSPatriots

Franklin Avenue Middle School is a grade 6-8 school located in Franklin Lakes, NJ. If You Believe, You Can Achieve

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Congratulations to NJAMLE’s 2025 Educator of the Year, Gina Manfra from Franklin Avenue Middle School!🏆

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Welcome Back to our FAMS families!!

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FAMS would like to introduce our new mascot, Franklin “Frankie” the Patriot!!

Frankie was introduced at our Living Lessons kickoff and was given a name by our students and staff vote!!

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We had a successful Earth Day at FAMS on Monday! The environmental club helped to compost over 150 pounds of food and collected all the @YogybeeUSA plastic cups for reuse. Thanks to Mrs. Weiner and @AlyssaMcaloney

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FAMS is proud to recognize Juliana Costabile as a @nationalhonorsociety NJHS Outstanding Achievement Award recipient. Congratulations!!

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Congrats to Ramapo Basketball and all of the former FAMS Patriots!! Four years earlier, they capped an undefeated middle school championship. Great high school careers for @wyattem3 and @CervinoChris

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“This is going to be a story I tell for the rest of my life."

No. 13 Ramapo boys basketball rolls against Freehold Boro, wins back-to-back Group 3 titles #njhoops @RamapoAthletics @RHSAthleticDir @RamapoBoosters @RamapoBball

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FAMS was one of the NJ middle schools designated as a School to Watch. https://t.co/zqlm4p3RzG

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Congratulations to the FAMS Knights, the competition Chess club, took 2nd place in their first tournament ever in the Team Division at the NJ Elementary and Junior High Championships. Also Luke S., took 2nd place overall out of 164 competitors.

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FAMS Talent Show 2024 Just amazing performances!!

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FAMS Future Innovators received their certificates for participating in @NASA's "Power to Explore" Challenge! Students learned about nuclear batteries that power space exploration and dreamed up a new space mission.

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Congratulations to Mrs. Camasta, Mrs. Edson, and Mrs. Zaporoshan who presented Harnessing AI for Tiered Instruction at #Techspo2024 to a packed room of dedicated educators.

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FAMS Academic Competition Squad sent 2 teams to Saturday's History Bowl in Ridgewood. Aside from displaying a plethora of knowledge in the area of history, the teams showed great sportsmanship and camaraderie. We are super proud of their first competition.

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Congratulations to the 2023 Geography Football League Super Bowl Champions!! Great work by our 7th grade students, Mrs. Camasta, Ms. Festini, and Mrs. Frino!! What an exciting experience!!

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Great night celebrating the talented and hard working students at the Winter Instrumental Concert! Congratulations to all students, Mrs. Macy, and Mr. Kozichek!!

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Thanks to @FLEdFoundation and @FranklinLakesPS for supporting our FAMS educators in attendance at #AMLE50. And congratulations to our staff, Mrs. Manfra, Mrs. LoCascio, Mrs. Edson, and Ms. Burnup for presenting over the last two days.

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Congratulations to @FranklinLakesPS’s own Math Staff Developer Ms. LoCascio and @FAMSPatriots’ Instructional Coach Ms. Manfra on their outstanding #AMLE50 presentation: Beyond Data Dread! We’re so proud of you! 🙌🏻

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Happ Halloween from our FAMS Staff!! 🎃👻💀

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Congratulations to the inaugural members of the FAMS National Junior Honor Society! Great work by Mr. DiMichele and Mrs. Prunk for organizing the program and the induction.

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Congratulations to Ms. Marte and Mrs. Binder who presented an hour long session entitled: "Ideas for Co-teaching Science with the Gifted and Talented Specialist!" at the NJ Science Convention yesterday. FAMS educators are a showcase for our school and District!

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We’re thrilled to welcome the newest staff members to our @FranklinLakesPS team! Looking forward to a great year ahead! 🙌🏻 @FAMSPatriots @wasprincipal @crspandas @hmr_school