The AP English Literature and Composition students have nearly completed Writing Boot Camp! They are working together to peer edit their Style Analysis essays before sharing their final products with the whole class.
Pickleball: The winter session of Pickleball has ended with our 5th grade champions --Ethan Shears & Max Froehlich and 6th grade champions -- Nolan Dzurik & Carter Snoke! Great job to everyone that participated in the bracket!
The Erie Experience classes took a trip to Asbury Woods today courtesy of the Fairview Foundation. The students learned about the history of Asbury Woods and the effects of invasive species on the trees. The students were also able to tour their new taxidermy exhibit.
Today is National Crossing Guard Appreciation Day, and we have one of the best crossing guards around! A huge shout out to Ms. Tina today for always going above and beyond. May she feel our appreciation for her dedication to our students today and every day!
🎉 Huge congratulations to Hannah Nichols for being named a National Merit Scholarship Finalist! 🎓🌟
This prestigious achievement recognizes Hannah’s hard work, dedication, and academic excellence. We are so proud of her and can't wait to see all the incredible things she will accomplish in the future!
MathCounts Competition: Congratulations to our 8 mathletes that competed last weekend at the MathCounts competition at Gannon University! The top 8 students who represented FMS were Grace Liu, Rayteb Alkhudari, Shri Veeranki, Perry Qiu, Gunnar Carlson, Kadee Qiu, Nick Bloom, and Tanishq Sharma. Fairview took home 4th place as a team, and Grace Liu took home 7th place out of over 120 contestants. Way to go Tigers!
Speed Football champions in the BSL!
The FMS Choir had a great time at the Erie Otters school day game on February 4th. After giving an exemplary performance of "O, Canada" and "The Star Spangled Banner" the students enjoyed watching the game and participating in the activities. Four of our students even got to play Musical Chairs on the ice between the 1st and 2nd periods; Quinn Gould, Brayden Hadbavny, Molly Murphy and Maha Rallapalli.
Mrs. Quiggle was a guest presenter in the Erie Experience classes this week. She spoke about the changing cultural landscape of Fairview in class and then led a bus tour throughout Fairview pointing out the historic landmarks.
The Erie Experience classes attend an Otters' game this week to cap off their unit on local hockey history. The students enjoyed an Otters' win in a shootout!
Fairview School Foundation's FHS January student of the month. These students were recognized for ALL of our pillars of ROAR. Congratulations!
Fairview High School’s Business Academy students have advanced to the semi-finals of the Modeling the Future Challenge (MFTC), an actuarial competition hosted by The Actuarial Foundation. Competing against teams nationwide, they are in the running for the $50,000 grand prize. Their success highlights their analytical skills, problem-solving abilities, and dedication to applying mathematics in real-world scenarios.
Honors Geometry students categorizing what CAN and CANNOT be assumed from diagrams.
Last week 5th and 6th grade gifted students shared a great field trip! Camp Glinodo is located in Harborcreek overlooking lake Erie. It was a beautiful view! It was a little chilly but we were nice and warm inside. We competed in a hackathon against the 6 grade gifted students at FMS and Warren middle school students. The hackathon was focused on trying to combat invasive species. They had to research and develop a prototype. The students won the "innovative impact award!"
Congratulations to our 7th & 8th Grade Robotics Teams for taking 1st and 2nd Place for their Innovation Projects at the FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition held at Penn State Behrend on January 18th. This competition gave the students the opportunity to showcase their months of hard work and made Fairview Middle School very proud. Great job!
Students in the Erie Experience classes became "future" archeologists today, hunting through "trash". The purpose was to discover how artifacts can tell us about the way groups lived long ago in the Erie area.
Students in Mrs. Yates’ and Mrs. Von Volkenburg’s 5th grade math class used their knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions to find ingredient amounts to create slime! What a fun day with a lot of memories made!
These four Fairview musicians represented Fairview HS at the PMEA District Band festival held in St. Marys on Jan. 23rd-25th. They are Annika Biggs, Morgan Chase, Jabin Bull and Gianni Mastrostefano. On the first day these students auditioned to determine their placement within the 160 member ensemble and all placed well. Gianni was 7th overall on trombone, Morgan was 4th overall on flute and Jabin and Annika both placed 1st overall on trumpet and french horn, respectively. Annika, Jabin and Morgan also earned placement into the next level, PMEA Region Band to be held in March. Congratulations to all.
Atalia Hammond, from our Central Administration, joined our AP/Spanish 6 class to talk about the latest celebration of Puerto Rican heritage. It was a great opportunity early in the course to have meaningful discussions completely in Spanish!
Jan 22-25, fourteen FHS students presented independent research projects in front of judging panels for the 2025 PJAS Competition. (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science)
Students designed, conducted experiments, collected and correlated data, and then prepared a presentation for judges.
We are so excited and proud of all of these hard working students. Many also participate in several other activities. Thankfully, we were able arrange for them to be judged in an alternative schedule. Twelve of our presenters achieved 1st place awards against scoring rubrics in their field of STEM study. Those students will now be eligible to revise their work and present at the State PJAS completion in May.
Participants this year are; Anish Pabbati, Nora Khan, Cate McGinty, Nena Pfeffer, Mariya Hoja, Yatish Seelam, Lennon Cook, Kashyap Aaluri, Partheev Charakula, Aadric Fox, Ulyana Hoja, Logan Thompson, Jailyn Bull, and Jared Gavio.
