Olivia and Megan prepare the new spring library displays in the FHS library. Come and check out a book!
Twelve Fairview High School juniors, who were nominated by their teachers, enjoyed a day on Mercyhurst University's campus for the Rotary Club's annual Ethics Symposium. Students had opportunities to engage in discussions and respond to scenarios that required them to make ethical judgements using the Rotary Club's 4-way test: 1) Is it the truth? 2) Is it fair to all concerned? 3) Does it build goodwill and better friendships? 4) Will it be beneficial to all concerned?
Mrs. Fair’s Honors English 2 created body biography projects for characters in
Shakespeare’s comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream. Students used textual evidence and inferencing skills to determine their character’s virtues, vices, challenges, and other characteristics.
Employees from the Tom Ridge Environmental Center presented to the Erie Experience classes this week. The lecture included the evolution of Presque Isle from Native American era to today. The students enjoyed seeing fossils from pre-historic animals found there, hearing about the Natives and early Europeans that were in the area and how Presque Isle's shape has changed over time.
The robotics club had a long day yesterday competing at the State Championship. Both teams and their robots performed amazingly. Andrew Wachter, Moira Erhartic, and Beckham Barnhill's robot got ranked 6th overall during the day and lost in the quarter finals. Since mid December they have put over 500 man hours into the team and their robots.
Team members:
Brionna Anderson, Beckham Barnhill, Anthony Basile, Moira Erhartic, Jared Gavio, Vivian Liu, and Andrew Wachter.
Students perform their interpretations of how volcanos become the islands that make up Oceania for World Cultures.
Students in Mr. Blystone’s classes enjoyed playing Pickleball this week, we even had a couple special guest players.
Courtesy of the Fairview Foundation, Erie Experience classes received a tour of the Erie Maritime Museum. The students boarded the Niagara, learned about shipwrecks of Lake Erie, discovered what life was like for the sailors and the science behind how the flagships operated.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS February student of the month. These students were recognized for our first pillar of ROAR, which is Respect.
9th grade environmental science students conducting qualitative tests to detect inorganic water pollutants in the laboratory
All three levels of FHS ceramics students are engaged in their artistic endeavors! We have such great crews of students!
Students completing a lab in Mrs. Groff's College Prep Biology class.
Intro to theatre class improvising “pictures” incorporating a single prop - a chair
Last week Ms. Borro's 11th grade English students finished up a research project. Her students have been learning about the indigenous people of North America and their relationships to early English colonists. For the project, each student was to select one group of indigenous people to learn about. In these photos, students are peer conferencing about their papers.
Jabin Bull, Clara D'Silva, Gianni Mastrostefano and Annika Biggs represented Fairview High School at the PMEA Region II Band festival in Meadville, PA this past weekend. They were among 160 high school musicians from just over 50 different school districts that got together to rehearse, audition and perform a culminating concert on Saturday. Jabin, Clara and Annika all finished in the top half of their instruments based on their audition and the concert was amazing!!
The 2nd semester AP physics students are analyzing projectile motion.
Students in the Erie Experience courses attended a field trip to the Wood-Morrison Home (part of the Hagen History Center), the Wayne Block House, the Soldiers' and Sailors' Home and Perry Square as part of their unit of study on maritime and military history in Erie.
Our first Chopped Chef Champions of the semester are Keira Graham, Nathanael Ayala, Sofia Ortiz and Ethan Dongre making a Broccoli Pasta with Crab. Great job to our Chopped Champions!
Did you know that interacting with a therapy dog can reduce blood pressure, promote physical healing, and reduce anxiety and depression? Maggie and Evie take turns coming to school and hanging out in the AHN Chill Room to share all their love for our FHS students! Both girls celebrated BIRTHDAYS this week! Check out this link for Therapy Dogs United to learn more about how dogs can support people!
https://www.therapydogsunited.org/about/
Athletes from our unified bocce team enjoyed themselves during a pizza party for an awesome season. A big thank you goes out to DriveErie, LLC for sponsoring them this past season and to our amazing staff who officiated our matches.
