Fairview High School's Band Director and Music Teacher, Mr. Chad Mummert, recently received the PMEA Citation of Excellence. He received the award while attending the PMEA State Conference April 9-12 in the Poconos. PMEA's state president, Brett Keith, presented Mr. Mummert with the award. Mr. Mummert has taught his entire career (26 yrs) at Fairview High School teaching Concert Band, Jazz Band, Instrumental Methods, Music Technology, Music Theory I and AP Music Theory, among many other music courses over the years. He just completed his tenure as the Immediate Past President of PMEA District 2. Congratulations Mr. Mummert!
The Spring Pickleball Exploratory has ended with our 5th grade champions --Ethan Shears & Justice Peng and 6th grade champions -- Nolan Dzurik & Carter Snoke! Great job to our tournament winners and everyone that joined this spring!
Before spring break Chopped Chefs had another competition lab. The winners were Avery Willow, Elisa Garcia Ramirez, and Sylas Hornyak with a Bruschetta Pasta! Congratulations!
Miss Stewart's class met comedian, presenter, and writer David Gorman virtually and had a Question and Answer session.
Thank you to this year’s Civics Bee participants which included 8th grade students
Lilly Berstein and Maha Rallapalli and 6th grade students Nolan Hawley and Gio
Imbogno. Maha and Nolan were chosen to represent Fairview Middle School in the
Regional Competition that was held over Spring break. Congratulations to all!
Golden Apple Award Winner!
It is with great pride and excitement that we ask you to join us in congratulating Mr. Walt Chevalier, an outstanding 8th grade ELA teacher, on being named a WJET TV Golden Apple Award recipient! 🍎
The Golden Apple Award is a testament to educators who go above and beyond, inspiring students and fostering a positive learning environment. Mr. Chevalier's passion for teaching and unwavering dedication to his students make him an invaluable member of our school community and truly deserving of this prestigious recognition.
Please join us in celebrating Mr. Chevalier's achievement!
Be sure to tune in to WJET TV on Wednesday, April 23, to see Mr. Chevalier's feature story.
Last week, 8th graders in art class welcomed guest artists Janet Zegarelli and her son Hogan Zegarelli. They practice the traditional Ukrainian egg decorating art or Pysanky. With the Zegarellis' guidance, students used their kistka tools to apply beeswax, masking color before dipping their eggs in the next dye. The 8th graders achieved some excellent results.
Winners of a FMS March ROARward visited with residents of Pleasant Ridge Manor last week. Smiles and conversation were enjoyed in abundance.
The Erie Experience classes took a ghost tour of the Union Station last week courtesy of the Fairview Foundation. The tour took the students through the old stairwells, hidden tunnels in the basement and secret compartments in the almost 100 year old building.
5th graders in Mrs. Yates' math class have been so busy the past few weeks with their Measurement and Geometry chapters. First, to close out the Measurement chapter, students created their own houses based upon specific Customary and Metric measurements. There were some outstanding houses and it was so hard to choose the winners! To kick off the Geometry chapter, students created Quadrilateral Trading Cards to become familiar with all of the attributes of each quadrilateral. As we began studying three-dimensional shapes, students created them with playdough and toothpicks to find faces, edges, and vertices. Finally, to close out the Geometry chapter, students used volume snap cubes to create their initial, find the volume, and then combine with other students to find composite volume. Safe to say they have earned a restful Spring Break!
Students in grades 5-8 finished competing in the dodgeball exploratory and had a wonderful time playing old and new variations of traditional dodgeball. The 5th grade was represented by Hudson Taylor, who took home the prize for earning the most points! Drew Jardina won for 6th grade with the most points overall! 7th grade winner was Josh Novakoski and 8th grader Aiden Doerr took home the prize for his grade. Thanks to everyone who participated and can't wait to see you back next year!
¡Roca, papel, tijeras, dale! Spanish Club had so much fun teaching new vocab and playing some games in español with the 4th graders at FES.
This past weekend the Geography Bee team traveled to Somerset to participate in the International Academic Competitions Regional Geography Bee. The entire team represented FMS well. Trey Mondy took 3rd place in the 7th grade division, Grace Liu took 3rd place in the 8th grade division, and Ray Alkhudari took 1st place in the 8th grade division.
Look how many members of the Fairview MUN team competed at Westminster College recently! Congratulations to Masa Alkhudari, Sadie Boga, Emily Gravelle, Amelia Lyons, Florence Manuel, Harsha Vardhni Murali, and Chloe Smith for their first place win!
After learning about Girard history, including Dan Rice and the Battles Family, the Erie Experience students visited the Yellow and White Houses in Girard.
The 8th graders are getting excited about their D.C. Trip and moving up to high school. They have visited high school classes and started the scheduling process.
Beach Day Just Dance competition finals. The winner is Kate Granger!! 10 points for the seniors.
Students in Chopped Chefs are examining different food labels for their nutrition content.
Erie Experience classes heard a presentation on the history of Mercyhurst University last week. The classes then took a "ghost" tour of Mercyhurst learning all about the spooky stories that have haunted the campus for years.
Mr. Parmeter's Algebra 1 classes are practicing for the upcoming Keystone exams. Along with periodic chapter reviews, keystone worksheets, and practice examples in class, the Algebra 1 students prepare for the test by taking CDT's, which are classroom diagnostic tests. This test tells the students what they know and what they need to work on for the upcoming test at the end of May. The CDT test show the students content the may have missed, done poorly on, or need to review to get a better understanding of the Algebra they need to be successful in the class, on the state test, and for any class they may take after Algebra 1.The CDT is just one of many classroom tools we use to help students better prepare for the test, and the world in which we live in.
