Benjamin Franklin High School is a charter high school and a magnet high school in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. Commonly nicknamed "Franklin" or "Ben Franklin", the school was founded in 195
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The former Carrollton Courthouse on 719 South Carrollton Avenue housed the original campus of Benjamin Franklin High School from 1957 to 1990. The building became vacant in 2013 and has since re-opened as an assisted living facility.
Ben Franklin High School main entrance on Leon C. Simon Drive
A marble statue of Benjamin Franklin stands in the atrium. The statue was commissioned in 1844 and has been with the school since 1959.
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Wynton Learson Marsalis is an American trumpeter, composer, and music instructor, who is currently the artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center. He has been active in promoting classical and jazz m
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…programs. Extracurricular activities are also offered in the form of performing arts, school publications, and clubs. Notable alumni of the school include Wynton Marsalis, a Pulitzer Prize winning trumpeter, actor Wendell Pierce, and Cedric Richmond, former congressman and Senior Advisor to U.S. President Joe Biden…
Marsalis at the Oskar Schindler Performing Arts Center Seventh Annual Jazz Festival, 2009
Marsalis backstage in 2007
Marsalis at Lincoln Center in 2004
Marsalis received the National Medal of Arts from President George W. Bush in 2005.