Students in the Erie Experience classes became "future" archeologists today, hunting through "trash". The purpose was to discover how artifacts can tell us about the way groups lived long ago in the Erie area.
Congratulations to our 7th & 8th Grade Robotics Teams for taking 1st and 2nd Place for their Innovation Projects at the FIRST Lego League Robotics Competition held at Penn State Behrend on January 18th. This competition gave the students the opportunity to showcase their months of hard work and made Fairview Middle School very proud. Great job!
These four Fairview musicians represented Fairview HS at the PMEA District Band festival held in St. Marys on Jan. 23rd-25th. They are Annika Biggs, Morgan Chase, Jabin Bull and Gianni Mastrostefano. On the first day these students auditioned to determine their placement within the 160 member ensemble and all placed well. Gianni was 7th overall on trombone, Morgan was 4th overall on flute and Jabin and Annika both placed 1st overall on trumpet and french horn, respectively. Annika, Jabin and Morgan also earned placement into the next level, PMEA Region Band to be held in March. Congratulations to all.
Students in Mrs. Yates’ and Mrs. Von Volkenburg’s 5th grade math class used their knowledge of adding and subtracting fractions to find ingredient amounts to create slime! What a fun day with a lot of memories made!
Atalia Hammond, from our Central Administration, joined our AP/Spanish 6 class to talk about the latest celebration of Puerto Rican heritage. It was a great opportunity early in the course to have meaningful discussions completely in Spanish!
Jan 22-25, fourteen FHS students presented independent research projects in front of judging panels for the 2025 PJAS Competition. (Pennsylvania Junior Academy of Science)
Students designed, conducted experiments, collected and correlated data, and then prepared a presentation for judges.
We are so excited and proud of all of these hard working students. Many also participate in several other activities. Thankfully, we were able arrange for them to be judged in an alternative schedule. Twelve of our presenters achieved 1st place awards against scoring rubrics in their field of STEM study. Those students will now be eligible to revise their work and present at the State PJAS completion in May.
Participants this year are; Anish Pabbati, Nora Khan, Cate McGinty, Nena Pfeffer, Mariya Hoja, Yatish Seelam, Lennon Cook, Kashyap Aaluri, Partheev Charakula, Aadric Fox, Ulyana Hoja, Logan Thompson, Jailyn Bull, and Jared Gavio.
The High School Robotics club took 4 teams to compete in a Vex robotics competition at Harborcreek this past weekend. It was the first competition of the season and the teams performed amazingly. 3 of the 4 teams made it into the finals bracket, but lost out in the quarter finals. One of the teams even came home winning the Build Award! Congrats to the Fairview Robotics club and we look forward to seeing what they accomplish this week down in Dubois.
Congratulations to the FMS students who participated in PJAS this weekend. Yuvi Singam, Shri Veeranki, Ray Alkhudari, Lilly Bernstein, Shareen Sheik, Jenna Bull, Maha Rallapalli, and Grace Liu all won first prize. Special congratulations to Grace Liu who had a perfect score!
Erie County Technical School Students of the Month. Congratulations!
Mrs. Nicholl’s class was visited by an assistance dog, NASA, and took turns dressing him and brushing him. NASA helps encourage students with their expressive and receptive language, fine and gross motor control, socialization, self-help skills and much more! This learning opportunity is made possible through Fairview’s partnership with the Achievement Center.
Senior ELA students wrote their last lecture of high school based on Randy Pausch's motivational memoir, The Last Lecture. Students reflected on their childhood, brick walls, advice to underclassmen, and future plans. Pictured are students holding up their final copies of the essay.
The Algebra 2 classes are graphing at the board as the prepare for their Final Exam.
Today, 5th grade Lifetime Health and Fitness went snowshoeing with Mrs. Beachly!
Honors Geometry working hard on the last day of the quarter before final exams.
The AP Seminar classes went to Gannon University to meet with Seminar students from other schools. They discussed the recently released stimulus materials for Performance Task 2. They all did a wonderful job analyzing the sources, finding connections between them, and collaborating with people they just met. Now they're onto the next step - developing independent research questions inspired by the stimulus sources!
The students in Mr. Parmeter's Algebra 1 class are getting ready for the upcoming Keystone Test as well as their Final Exams later this week. The students have been studying hard practicing both the math content as well as test taking skills needed to be successful on both tests. Chapter reviews as well as classroom diagnostic tests help students measure what they know and what they don't know, which helps individualize instruction and their practice. Individualized instruction helps strengthen the students knowledge of the material being taught in class, and better prepares them for the upcoming tests and life after Algebra 1.
Students create visual props to make short World War II paper slide videos. Besides learning about a specific aspect of the war in a kinesthetic-tactual manner, students honed skills during the process including teamwork, organization of a storyboard, public speaking, and use of technology.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS December student of the month. These students were recognized for our fourth pillar of ROAR, which is Resilience. Congratulations!
While reading the book, The Last Lecture, senior English students practiced Randy Pausch's ideas of teamwork and communication through a series of activities.
Mr. Barbour was a guest presenter in the Law Course this week. He focused on the Supreme Court and landmark court cases throughout the years.
