Frankford Middle School is a public secondary school in Dallas, Texas

Dallas, Texas

Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...

 and part of the Plano Independent School District

Plano Independent School District

Plano Independent School District is a public school district in southeastern Collin County, Texas, with its headquarters in Plano. Plano ISD serves about of land, with of it within the City of Plano...

. Grade levels at the middle school are 6th through 8th grade. Incoming students are from Haggar Elementary, Hightower Elementary, Jackson Elementary and Mitchell Elementary Schools. Frankford students then attend Shepton High School

Shepton High School

Shepton High School is a secondary school in Plano, Texas serving grades nine and ten. It is part of the Plano Independent School District. In Plano ISD, high school freshmen and sophomores attend one of six high schools...

 (Grades 9-10) and then Plano West Senior High School

Plano West Senior High School

Plano West Senior High School is a public secondary school in Plano, Texas serving high school juniors and seniors. The school is part of the Plano Independent School District, with admission based primarily on the locations of students' homes. Students at Plano West attended one of two high...

(Grades 11-12).

History

Frankford Middle has been a part of the Collins County community since 2001. The schools's name came from the former town of Frankford which was established in the mid-1800's.

Academics

Each grade level has a team of well qualified and dedicated teachers. Each grade offers the subjects Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies. Each grade is sectioned off into groups or "teams" because of the large number of students.

Electives

There are numerous electives at Frankford that the students may pick. The electives at Frankford are Theater/Speech, Tournament Preparation, Drawing and Painting, Sculpture, Advanced art, Technology Education, Skills for Living (Home Economics), Foreign Language, Orchestra, Band, Choir, and Athletics. In athletics, there are several sports. They are track, basketball, football, cross country, and volleyball (volleyball being for girls only). Each sport has an A and B team, A generally being the better team.

Also, UIL Sweepstakes for Orchestra, Band And Choir (2009) (For Band see here[1]); Mathcounts team third place at chapter with members Niranjan Balachandar, Dylan Hunn, Birinder Nijjar and Judy Yin (2010); individual first place at chapter (2010 by Niranjan Balachandar); Mathcounts team 13th place at state level; Mathcounts team fourth place at chapter with members Niranjan Balachandar, Daniel Huang, Dylan Hunn and Jennifer Zhang (2009); individual fifth place at chapter (2009 by Niranjan Balachandar); Mathcounts individual first place at chapter (2009 by Daniel Huang); Texas Education and Business Coalition Honor Roll School; Whiz Quiz City Runner-ups (2009); Whiz Quiz City Championship (2006 and 2008); Plano ISD Beginning Teacher of the Year (2004); Plano ISD Secondary Teacher of the Year (2003); UIL Sweepstakes for Orchestra, Choir and Band (2009); All City Band Members Dylan Hunn, Spencer Nauta, and Kevin Lai (2010); All City Band members Spencer Nauta and Ethan Waller (2009); Beal Bank Regional Science Fair Grand Prize Dylan Hunn and Birinder Nijjar (2010), Honorable Mention Connor Madden(2010); ExxonMobil Texas State Science Fair Fourth Place Dylan Hunn and Birinder Nijjar (2010); Beal Bank Secondary Regional Science Fair Grand Prize Dylan Hunn (2009); Multiple Duke Talent Search Awards, including, but not limited to, Eisha Fremerman, Jasmine Hawkins, and Dylan Hunn; Plano ISD Exemplary Writing School Award; multiple athletic city championships; Texas Middle School Foreign Language Teacher of the Year; City, Regional and State Science Fair winners; Teacher of the Year Perot Award winners; Plano Futures Foundation Grant recipient; Texas Honor Orchestra finalist; rated Exemplary by the Texas Academic Excellence Indicator System five consecutive years.[1]
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