Mrs. Heitzenrater's SAT/ACT Prep class is taking their final SAT practice test.
Four FHS Choir students attended the PMEA District 2 Choir festival on January 7-9, 2026 at Allegheny College. Jailyn Bull, Jabin Bull, Amelia D'Silva and Emily Strazisar represented Fairview in the Soprano and Bass sections. Jailyn and Jabin have advanced to the PMEA Region Choir festival which will take place in DuBois, PA from February 19-21, 2026.
For their final project, Miss Nelson’s English 10 students played Dungeons and Dragons. Students used their knowledge of characterization to design characters who embarked on an adventure created by a special guest DM and FHS alumnus Sulley Nelson. Throughout this adventure, students encountered familiar faces and themes from this the course while engaging in collaborative problem-solving.
Fairview School Foundation's FHS December student of the month. These students were recognized for our fourth pillar of ROAR, which is Resilience.
The 12 principles of animation are guiding the FHS students while they develop their stop motion animations about “Play Stories”.
Sophomores Kendall Biggie, Justin Strazisar, and Jax Wagner get creative as they decorate their trees before building a Christmas Tree Cladogram, exploring the evolutionary relationships of everyone’s favorite holiday icon in a fun, festive twist on biology. 🎄🧬
Fairview High School hosted the Career Cafe, a lunchtime event highlighting future occupations for students. The Health & Science Academy sponsored a session on veterinary science featuring Dr. Curt Murphey and veterinary student Abby McCall. The Arts & Communication Academy offered a presentation on architectural design featuring Katie Osinski of the Reveal Design Group in New York City.
'Twas the week before Christmas, and "Ski Bums Day" at FHS. So naturally the students wanted to dance to Pigloo's "Moi. j'aime skier"!
On December 15 the French Club held their annual holiday celebration. Of course, crêpes were the highlight!
The Law class was treated to a co-presentation this week from Attorney Pagliari and Magisterial District Judge Scarpitti. The speakers brought to life the trial process, walked the students through a typical pre-trial proceeding and answered questions about the local issues they deal with daily.
More presentations for Wellness 10 who have been learning about the body systems and setting records in the weight room.
There’s no better test than getting out in the community and using our Spanish! Last week, the upper level classes finished their art unit with a tour of the Erie Art Museum given by a local Mexican-born artist Lorena Alvarez and visited Dina’s Dominican Kitchen for more Spanish conversation and an amazing lunch.
Wellness 10 has been learning about the body systems and setting records in the weight room!
Vivian Liu was nominated for Northwest PA C.L.A.S.S. Act Emerging Leader by Mr. Fennell and Mr. Greene.
Seniors Ulyana Hoja and Anna Buhl apply CRISPR gene-editing technology to modify a bacterial genome by knocking out a bacterial gene. Ulyana carefully micropipettes the transformed bacterial culture onto agar plates while Anna evenly spreads the sample to ensure consistent growth. Their results highlight successful gene editing, with unedited blue colonies visible on the right and edited white colonies on the left.
Students in Miss Ramsay's Theater Studies class are making simple adaptations of Bunraku puppets. Though not as intricately designed as in Japanese theater, the puppets allow students to practice with moving and breathing as one. Each puppet is controlled by three students and they are challenged with making the movement look natural. They say it's quite the workout! The puppets will ultimately be used in scenes they will perform at the end of the week.
The FHS Art students volunteered to paint the windows at Fairview Manor to spread holiday cheer!
Mrs. Staab's Early Childhood Education class went to FES with big plans for Mr. Quiggle's Kindergarten class. Students in Early Childhood Education created gross motor skill lesson plans to complete with the students at FES. Fun was had all around!
The College prep physics uses colorimetry in order to determine the specific heat capacity of an unknown metal.
11th grade chemistry students work in pairs at lab benches, surrounded by glassware and their iPads as they run small-scale reactions. Some carefully test samples while others record observations, all focused on identifying and classifying different types of chemical reactions.
