Mr. Parmeter's pd 2/pd 3 Algebra 1 students taking the CDT test for the second time to prepare for the upcoming Keystone Exam. The second test shows a students growth for the past year while also pinpointing areas to work on. After the break, Mr. Parmeter's students will be finishing up the second quarter working on their individual areas of need while preparing to take the Keystone test as well as some Algebra 2 concepts.
Erie County Technical School's Students of the Month
FHS was supporting one of its own. Way to make Fairview proud, Walker Scobell.
Mrs. Fair’s sophomore English class built cardboard masks symbolizing events, themes, and ideas from William Golding’s Lord of the Flies. After creating their masks, the students conducted research on the symbols they chose and wrote an essay analyzing how their symbols connected to the novel.
Jeremy Lightner, Assistant District Attorney, returns to his alma mater to speak to Mrs. Nies' current events class and Mr. Barbour's government class. Attorney Lightner discussed his job, the legal system, and the details of several contemporary criminal cases in Erie.
Advanced Placement US History students read sources and analyze US post World War II culture through the creation and sharing of posters.
Using equipment purchased with a Mini Grant from the Fairview School Foundation, Sofia Ortiz, Hannah Lindenberger, and Isabel Owens use a miniPCR thermocycler to make copies segments of DNA. Parinita Satheesh and Lola Post load copied DNA samples into a blueGel electrophoresis chamber. The finished electrophoresis gel showing the results of their experiment testing for anitbiotic resistance.
Dr. Mansour from Mercyhurst University visited Mrs. Nies's Law courses this week to discuss the rise of cyber crime and the importance of protecting oneself in the cyber world.
Students in Statistics class tested each other for “psychic ability” by seeing if they could read each others mind by guessing the symbol their partner was focusing on. They took the results, used probability, and performed a Hypothesis Test at the 10% level of significance. We found a few “psychics”.
The animation students were exploring the potential of stop motion animation as preparation for their long-term animation.
ON VA EN FRANCE!! Congratulations to Isabella Nicholson and Sophia Myers, the recipients of Fairview School Foundation scholarships! In June 2025 the two will travel to France as participants in the next chapter of the Fairview-Cholet Exchange. Thanks to an extremely generous donation made through the Foundation, nearly all their costs will be covered. Merci to the donor and to the Foundation! Bon voyage, les filles!
Just in time for Mr. Barbour's lesson on the Constitution, juniors Breanna Heidt and Jillian Agnello get to see the founding document in The National Archives Museum. The girls basketball team was in Washington, DC, for a tournament.
Freshman students in Mr. Parmeter's algebra class are solving and graphing inequalities.
Students play Bananagrams. The game builds vocabulary and spelling skills.
In the spirit of the holidays, Mrs. McManus's and Mrs. Nies's first period classes volunteered at the Fairview Township building helping to prepare food baskets for the community.
Dr. Cao from Penn State Behrend visited the business classroom yesterday to teach students about Project & Supply Chain Management. Students used Legos to practice project management and figure out how to make the most money.
Students in Mrs. Jones' Honors Geometry course have crowned the new Most Interesting Mathematician Survivor: John Von Neumann (Cora, Adi, Allie, Ana)! Each week, the students would plan interactive presentations to relay information to prove why their mathematician was the most interesting. Then, a mathematician would be eliminated each week until one mathematician survived. Our runner up group presented on Kaczynski (Sadie, Tessa, Sam, Maddy, Carlo). Both groups did a fantastic job each week!
As the FHS library's resident manga and comics expert, Jordan Hagerty has been instrumental in curating that portion of our collection, which has become increasingly popular with students. Check out the new books Jordan recommends! Also, don't forget that students can always recommend books to add to our collection.
There’s nothing better than connecting our curriculum with our community! Spanish 4 and Independent Study were fully immersed in Spanish for about three hours taking a tour of the Erie Art Museum all in Spanish and learning about their exhibits related to Spanish-speaking cultures then ordering from Dina’s Dominican Kitchen. Thank you to everyone in our Spanish-speaking community (including the person in line who was amazed at how good their Spanish was) for helping us use our Spanish out in the world!
Steinbeck! Hemingway! Poe! Library TA Allie Mahoney organizes the newest additions to the library's classics collection. The FHS Library is constantly growing its physical and digital materials. Come check out all that we have to offer!
