Hot off the presses, Mr. Barbour's most recent article written for Edutopia.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/starting-faculty-summer-book-club
The Fairview School District is holding open sessions for anyone who needs support this week. Please join us at FHS today from 6-8 PM or 1-3 PM tomorrow. Therapy dogs will be present at both sessions.
The district will provide support for our students, teachers, and families on Tuesday, June 18, 2024, and Thursday, June 20, 2024, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Fairview High School’s Chill Room. On Wednesday, June 19, 2024, there will be an additional support session from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Fairview High School’s Chill Room. These sessions are open to all students and staff. The Fairview School District extends its sincere condolences to those impacted by the accident yesterday. We will continue to inform you of the school's steps in supporting students.
Class of 2024!
Sorry for the inconvenience, but the link for the graduation live stream will no longer work. Please navigate to YouTube and search "FSD Events" to access tonight's live stream of the graduation ceremony.
Erie County Technical School's May Student of the Month.
Using PCR and gel electrophoresis equipment purchased using a Fairview School Foundation MiniGrant, Bubba Tofel proudly displays his Agricultural Monitoring for Antibiotic Resistance results.
Our last Chopped Chef's campions of this school year were Emma Gyllenberg, Will Harmston, Ethan Dongre and Cadence Gannoe with a Garlic Shrimp Creamed Corn. This was an original recipe created by students for their final project.
9th and 10th grade Wellness getting ready for summer with backyard games, pickleball, and CPR.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS May student of the month. These students were recognized for our fourth pillar of ROAR, which is Resilience.
Over the Memorial Day weekend, members of Fairview's Speech & Debate team were in Chicago for the NCFL Grand National Championships. They were among approximately 2000 students from across the US. Four Tigers managed the difficult task of breaking into Day 2 of the competition - the highest number to do so in at least 28 years! Theo advanced to the semi-final round of Student Congress; Anish and Lucky were octo-finalists in Declamation. Lucky then advanced to the quarter-final round before bowing out, placing 16th - 3 places higher than last year! In Extemp, Peter also made it to quarters and placed 22nd, outdoing his 26th place finish from last year! Congrats to these four as well as to Ulyana, Tanmay and Shaheer who also qualified for the tournament! It was an amazing season!
Pre-AP Biology students, Corbyn Pontier and Sarah Adams, successfully transform bacteria with pGLO.
Spanish Club and our Spanish classes wrapped up a great year with comida deliciosa. AP/Spanish 6 took a field trip to use their Spanish at Dina’s Dominican Kitchen and Spanish Club learned a variety of candy names as part of their candy salad final fiesta. ¡Que tengan un buen verano!
Another successful year for PJAS participants. (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science, affiliated with the Pennsylvania Academy of Science.)
Ten FHS students qualified for State PJAS in Jan. and presented at the State meet this past weekend. FHS achieved five 1st place awards and five 2nd place awards. Among those was Cate McGinty who was recognized with a Perfect Score and she received a plaque for Excellence in Biology.
Seniors, Jocelyn T, Amani T, and Aditya T, were recognized for 4-6 years of perseverance.
Pictured are Kashyap A, Anish P, Ulyana H, Jocelyn T, Quinn M, Cate M, Yatish S, Jared G, Amani T, and Aditya T.
A special thanks to Miss Tasha Williams, AmeriCorp for FMS, who attended as a chaperone and driver. Her presence was valuable and appreciated.
A special thank you to Mr. Anderson, Mr. Macrino, and their interns from the Hagen History Center for coming into the Erie Experience classes today and hosting a game on Erie baseball history and general Erie history. The game was educational and enjoyable! Then the Erie Experience classes enjoyed a field trip to the Erie Seawolves’ game courtesy of the Fairview Foundation.
Upon completing a mini lesson on beach glass in the area, the Erie Experience classes took a class trip down to Avonia Beach to try their skills at beach glass hunting.
The Algebra II students were recently graphing rational functions.
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.
