The 8th grade trip to Washington, DC was a huge sucess. Pleae enjoy just a few of the good memories captured over the weekend.
The Erie Experiences classes were treated to a day of education, entertainment and experience courtesy of Beaumont Industries located in Fairview, PA. The staff at Beaumont went above and beyond to make the students feel welcome; including touring the facility, sampling their products, and holding a luncheon with the some of the staff. Beaumont Industries is another example of what makes Erie a unique and interesting place to live!
FHS Photo & Art Exhibition at the 1020 Collective.
Mrs. Fair's sophomore ELA classes created their Lord of the Flies symbolism masks this week. Students were encouraged to think outside the box and create symbols for the novel through colors, nature, and even movie references. This week, students will write the accompanying essay to explain the symbolism on their mask and how each aspect connects to the novel.
The Erie Experience classes had the complete "Erie Summer" experience today- beginning the day with a tour of Waldameer, followed by lunch at Sara's, and a visit to Beach 6. A special thank you to Fairview alum, Brian Gorman, for leading the Waldameer portion and allowing a special ride on the Ravine Flyer II for the class.
Erie County Technical School Student of the Month.
For the second round of our Survivor of the Mathematicians competition, students in Mrs. Jones' Honors Geometry classes created engaging presentations to explain their mathematicians' contributions to the mathematics field. Some of the groups created their own games based off of their mathematician, including a Hypatia themed Clue game to uncover how Hypatia died; a game of Float or Sink? based off of Archimedes buoyancy principal; and a game of 2 Truths and a Fib(onacci) to learn fun facts about Fibonacci.
Erie Experience classes were entertained by former FBI Detective Jerry Clark's presentation on the Pizza Bomber Case. Following the discussion, the classes toured Gannon's Forensic Lab as well.
Sports analytics is one of the fastest-growing job segments in Big Data, having grown by 27% over the last decade, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Mrs. Kloecker started a new course at FHS this year called Data Science with Sports.
Students began the class by completing a Coding Bootcamp to review important coding skills learned in previous computer science classes. Students have spent the past few weeks learning important skills in statistics, Python programming, coding with Pandas, and using programming to analyze large amounts of data. Most recently, students used their skills to analyze the player statistics of the 23-24 NCAAW Women's Basketball Champions, the South Carolina Gamecocks. We are excited to see our students learning real-world skills!
On April 26, Ms. Turner's students participated in City-Nature Challenge with Asbury Woods. Students helped to contribute to a successful challenge that saw over 3,500 observations from 141 observers in the Erie area.
A thank you to Officer Ras for presenting to the Erie Experience classes today as part of their local crime unit. Officer Ras spoke about his career, school safety and local crime trends.
Over 20 of our honors photo and art students took a trip to 1020 collective and the Erie art museum to prepare for their upcoming exhibition. Join us on May 18th for a night of art, music and fun where these amazing artists get the opportunity to display their artwork at the 1020 collective gallery!
Upper level fashion students, Leila, Sofia and Mackenzee, are working on creating window covers for each classroom door at FHS. Thank you to Officer Ras for purchasing the fabric and supplies needed for this project!
Upper level fashion students are working hard to complete projects and fashion portfolios before the end of the school year!
Fairview Prom 2024 was a hit at the Bayfront Convention Center on Saturday night. Take a peek at some of the fun we had on The Red Carpet!
Attorney Breyton Graves, from Sebald, Hackwelder and Knox law firm, spoke in the Erie Experience class this week as part of the classes' crime unit. Attorney Graves discussed local crime issues, famous court cases out of Erie and how the local court system works.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS April student of the month. These students were recognized for our third pillar of ROAR, which is Achievement.
The Erie Experience classes visited the Fairview Cemetery and the Old Almshouse Cemetery this week. The students took pictures of historic members of the Fairview community and honored lost members of our greater Erie community.
French 1 students recently had their first chance to play French Pictionary.
For their second Performance Task, each student in AP Seminar wrote a 2,000 word argument supported by peer-reviewed academic sources. Students then transformed their arguments into 6 - 8 minute presentations followed by two oral defense questions.
