This tree goes WAAAAYYYYYY back to when Carl Servey was the Chemistry teacher. It may even have been in the classroom when he taught HS in what is now FMS.
The ornaments may have been different over the years, but the sentiment is still the same.
Happy Holidays from the Chemistry department!!
Last week in health and gym, 5th grade was working on their anti tobacco posters. In gym, 5th, 6th, and 7th played gator ball and hand ball this week. It is an awesome game that the kids seem to enjoy.
On December 14, members of Fairview's Speech & Debate took FIRST PLACE at the 50th annual North Catholic Invitational. Two Tigers earned their third PHSSL bids, both in Student Congress, and therefore have already qualified for the state championships in Bloomsburg next March. What a great day for the team! For more information on individual members, see Dr. Beall's newsletter.
Attorney Lightner, a prosecution attorney for Erie County and a former Fairview graduate, visited the Law class today to discuss the trial process and provide the students with real-life case examples.
Mrs. Kloecker's 6th-grade computer science class is working in the maker space this week to create computational thinking board games. Students are creating their own boards, game pieces, trivia cards, and directions that model conditional code and review what they've learned in computer science class so far.
Erie County Technical School November Student of the Month. Congratulations!
5th and 6th grade Junior Student Council @FMS participated in Stockings for Soldiers sponsored by Burton Funeral Home. Items were donated and then students were able to stuff the stockings to be given to the residents of the Soldiers and Sailors Home, the VA and a few area nursing homes.
The students in CP Physics class study work, energy and simple machines. Machines are devices that are used to make tasks easier by changing the magnitude or direction of applied force. Using pulleys the calculate the mechanical advantage of the three different class of simple machines.
Students used a choux pastry to make Churros today in Baking Basics!
In recognition of the recent snowfall, Mrs. Huggler’s students engaged in various winter-themed activities within their respective classes. In English Language Arts, the students constructed a penguin and participated in a scavenger hunt to locate concealed winter-themed images. In Mathematics, the students revisited the concept of order of operations through a cryptic visual representation, while simultaneously coloring a snowman by reviewing decimal notation. The other Mathematics class engaged in activities that included snowflake matching, shape counting, and categorization based on type.
Photo 1 had the honor of learning some techniques from Mike Conway Wednesday in preparation for our upcoming portrait project. Mike has spent the last year compiling portraits highlighting the diversity of Erie in his Faces of Erie project.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS November student of the month. These students were recognized for our third pillar of ROAR, which is Achievement. Congratulations!
It’s always muy divertido to collaborate with the other Spanish Class. Today was a choose your own adventure for all Spanish classes in the department. JUGAR (play) in Señor’s room or BAILAR (dance) salsa y merengue in Profe’s.
In light of our current weather circumstances, we have made the decision to cancel school tomorrow to ensure the safety of everyone. This closure includes all after-school activities. In making this decision I spent the day communicating with the Township streets department, our district maintenance team, and driving many roads in the Fairview area. While some roads are drivable, many are still unsafe. I want to express my gratitude to our maintenance crew and Township streets department for their tireless efforts in cleaning up the district and our community after the storm. The safety of our students and staff will always be our focus when making these decisions. Thank you for your patience and understanding.
Today is the LAST CHANCE to order a senior ad or a business ad for our yearbook.
Mrs. Shahzadi and Masa created a wonderful Eid display in the library. All are welcome to share their cultural and holiday traditions in the FHS library. Please feel free to stop by and take a look. We have our Christmas decorations up, and this Eid display is a beautiful addition to our holiday atmosphere. Again, if anyone would like to include another holiday display, please stop by the library and share your ideas.
Using micropipets, PCR, and gel electrophoresis equipment purchased with a Fairview School Foundation Mini-Grant, AP Biology students complete a crime lab. Elliot Yochim and Caden Surrett load samples into a MiniPCR. Norah Naber prepares her gel and Annika Biggs loads sample into the gel electrophoresis chamber. Masa Alkhudari and Julia Burford prepare the run their gels.
A group of students traveled to Erie Insurance for "Be an Actuary Day". Several Erie Insurance professionals spoke to them about careers in actuary science. They also worked on an insurance rates case study with students from other schools, before taking a tour of the Erie Insurance campus.
As a culmination to their Community Unit, the AP Language and Composition students provided insightful analysis in a graded discussion on the concept of the individual’s responsibility to the community. The students’ responses demonstrated strong critical thinking and awareness of societal issues.
Last week 7th and 8th grade gifted students traveled to Presque Isle to conduct water quality sampling and analysis. Samples were gathered by students and then taken back to the Tom Ridge Environmental Center where they conducted laboratory tests on the samples to determine the health of the local ecosystem.
