Seniors Ulyana Hoja and Anna Buhl apply CRISPR gene-editing technology to modify a bacterial genome by knocking out a bacterial gene. Ulyana carefully micropipettes the transformed bacterial culture onto agar plates while Anna evenly spreads the sample to ensure consistent growth. Their results highlight successful gene editing, with unedited blue colonies visible on the right and edited white colonies on the left.
Students in Miss Ramsay's Theater Studies class are making simple adaptations of Bunraku puppets. Though not as intricately designed as in Japanese theater, the puppets allow students to practice with moving and breathing as one. Each puppet is controlled by three students and they are challenged with making the movement look natural. They say it's quite the workout! The puppets will ultimately be used in scenes they will perform at the end of the week.
The FHS Art students volunteered to paint the windows at Fairview Manor to spread holiday cheer!
Mrs. Staab's Early Childhood Education class went to FES with big plans for Mr. Quiggle's Kindergarten class. Students in Early Childhood Education created gross motor skill lesson plans to complete with the students at FES. Fun was had all around!
The College prep physics uses colorimetry in order to determine the specific heat capacity of an unknown metal.
11th grade chemistry students work in pairs at lab benches, surrounded by glassware and their iPads as they run small-scale reactions. Some carefully test samples while others record observations, all focused on identifying and classifying different types of chemical reactions.
Mrs. Quiggle's class celebrates Thanksgiving (and wraps up their agriculture unit) with Food Flags. Students created flags for countries around the world out of food, Extra credit is given if the flag is made from an agricultural product of the country, or celebrates a traditional food.
RMU/Honors English 4 students channeled Chaucer's pilgrims in the Canterbury Tales by sharing original poems to entertain the group on our journey to Canterbury (ie. our pilgrimage around campus). The top storyteller in each class earned a treat that turned into a class feast. Noel Wheeler and Makenzie Elias earned the most votes in Period 1, with Everett Radock and Antoni Walczak close behind. In period 2, Corbyn Pontier and Emily Gravelle shared the top spot.
The home improvement class has been working on building out a wall section for the past couple of weeks.
Congratulations to Leila Schmitt for being nominated to the Erie News Now Northwest PA CLASS Act Emerging Leader by Jim Brinling.
Honors Geometry has been working hard. All students performed in the "green" on their latest College Board assessment.
The CP English IV students recently engaged in a competitive Quizlet Live game to review for an upcoming vocabulary assessment. Their teamwork helped them display their knowledge of the vocabulary words.
A special thanks to Officer Ras for presenting in Mrs. Nies's law class this week. Officer Ras discussed school safety, local crime and the importance of having self-awareness.
As part of the Harry Potter elective course, students crafted Patronus Night Lights. After reflecting on their individual personality traits (and taking a plethora of online Patronus quizzes), students analyzed the symbolism of various animals and mythical creatures. Just as a Patronus reflects the personality of the wizard who cast the spell, students selected a Patronus that best reflects their personality.
Ninth-grade students in Mrs. Nies’s social studies classes concluded their study of the Progressive Era by creating posters highlighting key amendments and legislation enacted during that period.
Mrs. Nelson’s American Studies 9 students created a cat’s meow sharing environment, complete with floor seating and a fireplace, to share ducky 1920’s stories with their peers. Combining slang words of the decade and poster images, students wrote copacetic tales about tomatoes and big cheeses. The class was on the trolley and hitting on all sixes!
The Ap Physics uses the conservation of energy law in order to determine the velocity of a sphere launched into the air!
The college prep physics proves that clockwise torques and counter-clockwise torques are equal in order to achieve rotational equilibrium!
The latest chapter of the Fairview-Cholet Exchange was a huge success! 26 students and three teachers from the Renaudeau High School spent two weeks living with Fairview families. From the moment the students were reunited after the June portion of the program, to the excursions to Niagara Falls, Pittsburgh and Cleveland, to the moments spent in classes, to the various activities arranged by host families, to the farewell dinner and the teary-eyed goodbyes on October 23, this will go down as one for the books. We look forward to hearing about the students staying in touch and perhaps even getting together again. À la prochaine!
On November 8, Fairview's Speech & Debate team competed in the annual M&M Invitational at Penn State Behrend. The team took second place honors in the Speech sweepstakes thanks to outstanding results by all who represented us. Ulyana Hoja and Shoaib Essa each saw nothing but first place ballots from their judges throughout the day; Ulyana in Student Congress and Shoaib in Impromptu. Mariya Hoja was the tournament champion in Extemporaneous speaking and the Duo Interp team of Caleb Nallaraja and Pranay Gollu also took first place. Caleb and Pranay also competed in Poetry interp and placed second and third respectively.
