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.
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/
Students use their knowledge of Uno to practice geometric proof formats and process. Starting with an Uno card, they must use the other provided Uno cards, matching either the color or the card, to arrive at the conclusion card.
Gabe Farkas, Andrew Wachter and Jabin Bull represented Fairview High School at the PMEA District 2 Jazz festival held at Collegiate Academy this past weekend. They rehearsed and performed with 74 high school musicians from 18 schools across northwestern Pennsylvania.
Students in Mrs. Quiggle's World Cultures class work to outline the stages of the Demographic Transition Model and the characteristics of each.
This year, with the help of the Fairview School Foundation, students at FMS had the opportunity to join MathCounts! MathCounts is a national middle school mathematics competition that builds problem-solving skills and fosters achievement through four levels of fun, in-person “bee” style contests. This year's competition took place at Gannon University for students who qualified in 6th-8th grade this past weekend. Great job to Grace Liu (7th), Lennon Cook (8th), Aaditya Girish (7th), James Lin (8th), Chloe Smith (8th), Noah Estrich (7th), Shri Veeranki (7th), and Shoaib Essa (8th) who represented FMS at the competition! Fairview took home 3rd place for the team round, consisting of Grace Liu, Lennon Cook, Aaditya Girish, and James Lin. Lennon Cook took 4th place and Grace Liu took 5th place individually, qualifying them for the State Competition in Harrisburg next month! We also held a school competition for 5th grade students, and are happy to congratulate our winners Jeffrey Lin, Cadan Robertson, Giovanni Imbrogno, Tanishq Sharma, and Nicholas Bloom! We are so proud of all our mathletes that took an interest in this program!
Voilà! Le nouveau mur! ¡Ya está! ¡El nuevo muro!
Students in Creative Writing 1 started a unit on poetry by creating a spine poem out of book titles and mashing up lines from their individual poems to create a group one!
Courtesy of the Fairview Foundation, the Erie Experience classes visited Asbury Woods to learn about the history of the park, the evolution of the chestnut tree and the animals that currently inhabit the woods. The classes would like to thank Mrs. Sarah Bennett for a wonderful tour!
Ninth grade environmental students created infographics for a fourth grade audience to share information about the effects of climate change.
Nine Honors Spanish students spent the day volunteering at the Erie City Special Olympics at Peek n Peak Resort in Clymer, NY. They served as buddies, timekeepers, and art assistants to ninety athletes with disabilities in our Erie area. To see how kind, accepting, and encouraging our students are with their peers showcases the true result of a Fairview Schools education.
AP Calculus students grinding through some rather difficult College Board questions on a Friday afternoon. Keep up the great work!
The robotics class today finished their project of making the fastest winch to lift either a 5 lb or 10 lb weight.
Gracias to my Spanish 3 students for taking over some teaching duties! They led the Spanish 2 class in a discussion using our feeling and verb vocabulary.
Here we have the FHS Ceramics 2 & 3 students working toward achieving their individualized goals written in their proposals.
FHS PHOTO CLUB met for this fun studio shoot. We wrapped black plastic around a wooden frame and placed it over a speaker. Poured paint on top and turned up the tunes! We stopped the motion by using our Einstein strobe lights.
The FMS Robotics teams, the Fairview Tigers and Cyber Tiger Techs, competed at the First Lego League regional competition at Penn State Behrend on Saturday, February 10th. The teams presented their projects, core values, and robot missions that they have been working on for the past 5 months. Out of 26 total teams, the Fairview Tigers took home 1st place for Core Values and the Cyber Tiger Techs took home 2nd place for Core Values. Congratulations to both teams for a successful season! Go Tigers!
The AP English Language & Composition students finished last semester by reading a non-fiction book of their choice and analyzing the author’s argument. They showed off their rhetorical analysis skills in their final essay, the Researched Argument. Here, students display their chosen books!
The CP English IV students started the semester by writing a persuasive essay entitled “Five Things I Know for Sure.” The students defended claims about statements they believe to be true based on their life experiences. The students peer edited their essays and then presented their two favorite claims to the class.
How has Fairview's cultural landscape evolved over the years? This question was answered by guest speaker, Mrs. Quiggle, in the Erie Experience classes this week. The students heard a presentation about Fairview's development on Monday and then toured the area, including Avonia Beach, on Tuesday. The tour involved identifying historic landmarks, the region's agricultural industry and the communities of today.
