FHS Sketchbook Winners of the Week
Ping Pong Club is back in action! After the retirement of Mrs. Stevens, Ms. Nelson's room now houses the table and the energetic club members!
Physical Education is a favorite of students shown here enjoying a game of volleyball.
Students in the upper level French courses have been reading "Le Petit Prince" by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry. They also had the chance to act out chapters 10-15.
Learning shape, form, space and texture in intro to the visual arts. Thanksgiving style.
Ms. Turner's ninth grade environmental science students moved with teams through a variety of stations to review biomes.
Ms. Turner's ninth grade environmental science students moved with teams through a variety of stations to review biomes.
Mrs. Nies's Law courses recently heard a presentation from local defense attorney, Breyton Graves, who works for Sebald, Hackwelder and Knox. Attorney Graves spoke about his educational background, the legal process and his real life courtroom experiences. The students found the presentation engaging and interesting!
Aditya Turaga and Bhavani Devineni carefully adjust the temperature of a water bath to study the effect of temperature on enzyme activity. Gurjap Singh and Amani Thomas use Vernier LabQuest interfaces and spectrophotometers, purchased with the help of the Fairview School Foundation, to measure the rate of enzyme activity.
Fun Friday with Mrs. Nies, Mr. Corbin, and Mrs. McManus' classes.
Class champions for the BSL this week, Hockey, Gator Ball and Pickleball.
Public Speaking students, Javis Nesbitt, Ethan Dongre, Elisa Garcia, and Quinn McGinty from Mrs. Fair’s Public Speaking class acted as Sharks for 6th grades Shark Tank projects today! The Sharks were tough but made some great deals today!
Mrs. Fair’s 10th Grade English class combined their ELA and engineering skills to create forts that could withstand the elements on the island in the novel Lord of the Flies. Students used textual evidence to both build their forts and design the tests necessary to determine if their huts could withstand the harsh elements on the island. Students designed tests for sand storms, earthquakes, rain, wind, rock slides, and possible attacks from the island beast using simple materials like spray bottles, kitty litter, rocks, and a fan.
At Monday's board meeting, members of the Fairview Middle School R.O.A.R Service Club gave a presentation on club activities and provided information the R.O.A.R (Respect, Ownership, Achievement, Resilience) Program at FMS.
Students in Mrs. Quiggle's American Studies class created posters about new technologies created during World War 1. They also made note-taking guides for their peers. Here they are, completing a Gallery Walk as they learn.
¡Vamos a España! Ariana Belfiore and LaRaena Cruz have been awarded full scholarships to our 2025 trip, sponsored by @fairviewschoolfoundation. These deserving young women demonstrate dedication and excellence in our Spanish program each day as they did in their scholarship essays. ¡Felicidades Ariana y Raena! ¡Y gracias Fairview School Foundation!
During their Percents Unit, 7th graders in Miss Stankiewicz's class used the Cakery Cafe Menu to practice calculating tax, tip, and discounts.
Members of Fairview's Speech & Debate team participated in the annual M&M Invitational tournament at Behrend, co-hosted by McDowell and Mercyhurst Prep. The tournament attracted over 200 students from 14 schools. Many plaques were earned by our Tigers. Allie & Maggie Mahoney were the tournament champions in Duo Interp. Hannah Nichols was double-entered in Prose and Poetry and finished in third and sixth place respectively. Ulyana Hoja earned her first bid to next spring's state tournament by finishing fourth in Student Congress. Other Tigers called to the stage for awards were: Bhavani Devineni - 5th in Prose; Tanmay Sharma - 5th in Original Oratory; Peter Trabold - 3rd in Impromptu; Shaheer Essa - 5th in Student Congress; and the duo Interp team of Maddy Poese & Zaina Mansour made their debut and finished in 3rd place. Congratulations to all!
Students in Ms. Nelson’s American Studies 9 class are “on the trolley” as they practice analyzing 1920’s primary source posters and write using fun slang words of the era. The activity was the “bee’s knees”!
Four students represented Fairview Middle school at the IU5 PMEA Jr District Choir on November 17 & 18 at North East High School. Pictured (L-R) are JaNiyah Bennett, Jenna Bull, Jailyn Bull and Kendall Biggie.
