The High School Robotics club took 4 teams to compete in a Vex robotics competition at Harborcreek this past weekend. It was the first competition of the season and the teams performed amazingly. 3 of the 4 teams made it into the finals bracket, but lost out in the quarter finals. One of the teams even came home winning the Build Award! Congrats to the Fairview Robotics club and we look forward to seeing what they accomplish this week down in Dubois.
Congratulations to the FMS students who participated in PJAS this weekend. Yuvi Singam, Shri Veeranki, Ray Alkhudari, Lilly Bernstein, Shareen Sheik, Jenna Bull, Maha Rallapalli, and Grace Liu all won first prize. Special congratulations to Grace Liu who had a perfect score!
Erie County Technical School Students of the Month. Congratulations!
Mrs. Nicholl’s class was visited by an assistance dog, NASA, and took turns dressing him and brushing him. NASA helps encourage students with their expressive and receptive language, fine and gross motor control, socialization, self-help skills and much more! This learning opportunity is made possible through Fairview’s partnership with the Achievement Center.
Senior ELA students wrote their last lecture of high school based on Randy Pausch's motivational memoir, The Last Lecture. Students reflected on their childhood, brick walls, advice to underclassmen, and future plans. Pictured are students holding up their final copies of the essay.
Today, 5th grade Lifetime Health and Fitness went snowshoeing with Mrs. Beachly!
Honors Geometry working hard on the last day of the quarter before final exams.
The Algebra 2 classes are graphing at the board as the prepare for their Final Exam.
The AP Seminar classes went to Gannon University to meet with Seminar students from other schools. They discussed the recently released stimulus materials for Performance Task 2. They all did a wonderful job analyzing the sources, finding connections between them, and collaborating with people they just met. Now they're onto the next step - developing independent research questions inspired by the stimulus sources!
The students in Mr. Parmeter's Algebra 1 class are getting ready for the upcoming Keystone Test as well as their Final Exams later this week. The students have been studying hard practicing both the math content as well as test taking skills needed to be successful on both tests. Chapter reviews as well as classroom diagnostic tests help students measure what they know and what they don't know, which helps individualize instruction and their practice. Individualized instruction helps strengthen the students knowledge of the material being taught in class, and better prepares them for the upcoming tests and life after Algebra 1.
Students create visual props to make short World War II paper slide videos. Besides learning about a specific aspect of the war in a kinesthetic-tactual manner, students honed skills during the process including teamwork, organization of a storyboard, public speaking, and use of technology.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS December student of the month. These students were recognized for our fourth pillar of ROAR, which is Resilience. Congratulations!
While reading the book, The Last Lecture, senior English students practiced Randy Pausch's ideas of teamwork and communication through a series of activities.
Mr. Barbour was a guest presenter in the Law Course this week. He focused on the Supreme Court and landmark court cases throughout the years.
FHS students assisted Fairview Community Council with packing 110 holiday food baskets before leaving for winter break. Thank you to Dr. Katie and all of the generous businesses and community members who donated to make this project possible.
Students will be designing Automata Toys for their final project in Introduction to Engineering Design when they get back from winter break. In order to figure out what 3D printed animal they were assigned, students when through a white elephant gift exchange to find out what animal they got. Good Luck to them all!
Defense Attorney Breyton Graves spoke to Mrs. Nies's Law Class this week on the topics of defense strategy, common crimes and the trial process.
Mrs. Nies's and Mrs. McManus's first period seniors worked together to organize and prepare Christmas food baskets at the Fairview Township building on Thursday.
Music students in the 7th & 8th Grade Band and FMS Choir performed their Winter Concert, "Celebrate December" last evening. The concert featured songs that celebrate Diwali, Chanukkah, Kwanzaa, Christmas and Winter. Soloists for the evening included Ardra Abi, Jenna Bull and Arianna Herrera.
Sophomore ELA classes created their Lord of the Flies symbolism masks. Students were encouraged to think outside the box and create symbols for the novel through colors, nature, and even movie references. Students also wrote an accompanying essay to explain the symbolism on their masks and how each aspect connects to the novel.
