Tiger Pride September 2016

Fairview High School

Be The Change.

Welcome The new faces at FHS

And all new Freshman here are just a few

The Fairview School District is

committed to pioneering a state of the art

STEM Curriculum and STEM Academy that

challenge students to become innovative

problem solvers through hands on research,

exploration, and learning at every grade

level. The district is partnering with

corporations, universities, and financial

institutions to provide the highest platform of

STEM Education to the student population. The

Fairview School District is seeking $39, 150 in

financial assistance to expand the STEM

Curriculum, provide STEM Professional

Development, staffing, and assist in the

evolution of the High School STEM Academy.

The Committee on STEM Education (CoSTEM), comprised of 13 agencies- including all of the mission science agencies

and the Department of Education- are facilitating a cohesive national strategy, with new and repurposed funds, to increase

the impact of federal investments in five areas: 1.) improving STEM instruction in preschool through 12th grade; 2.) increasing

and sustaining public and youth engagement with STEM 3.) improving the STEM experience for undergraduate students; 4.)

better serving groups historically underrepresented in STEM fields; and 5.) designing graduate education for tomorrow’s

STEM workforce. expand/collapse coordinated efforts to improve STEM educations are outlined in the federal, 5-year

Strategic Plan for STEM Education and concentrate on improving the delivery, impact, and visibility of STEM efforts. Additionally,

the Department of Education, the National Science Foundation, and the Smithsonian Institution are leading efforts to improve

outcomes for traditionally underrepresented groups.

STEM- Science, Technology, Engineering, Math

SAT Testing – October 1st PSAT Testing – October 19th at FHS ACT Testing – October 22nd PATS – October 5th No School – October 10th Picture Make Up Day – October 13th End of First Marking Period – November 2nd

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DISTRICT CALENDAR HIGH SCHOOL INSTAGRAM

SCHOOLOGY ANNOUNCEMENTS PRINCIPAL’S WEBSITE

Anna DiStefano and Colin Woodruff are National Merit Scholarship semifinalists; Matt Dougherty, Christopher Hudson, and Mary Pratt are named Commended Students by National Merit Program

Fairview's Anna DiStefano and Colin Woodruff were recently announced as semifinalists in the 2017 National Merit Scholarship Program sponsored by the National Merit Scholarship Corporation. They are two of approximately 16,000 students nationwide qualifying for the honor. They will have an opportunity to continue in the competition to become a finalist. Nearly 7,500 scholarships worth about $33 million will be offered next spring.

DiStefano and Woodruff joined about 1.6 million juniors in more than 22,000 high schools that entered the National Merit Scholarship Program by taking the 2015 PSAT exam. The nationwide pool of semifinalists represent less than one percent of U.S. high school seniors taking the exam.

Dougherty, Hudson, and Pratt are being recognized for their exceptional academic promise demonstrated by their outstanding performance on the test. Approximately 34,000 students of the 1.6 million test-takers received this award nationwide.

Anna DiStefano and Colin Woodruff

Christopher Hudson, Matthew Dougherty and Mary Pratt

Important College Planning Events from your FHS School Counseling Office

Senior Parent Naviance Training and College Planning Night

PHEAA Financial Aid Night

Individual Student Career/College Planning Meetings

Parents Please Join the Class of 2017 Schoology Group

Why should my child use the Common Application?

http://www.commonapp.org/

CP 9 Social Studies Classes Review the US Map

The CP 9 social studies students in Mrs. Nies's classes began the year with a quick review of the United States map. Because the bulk of the curriculum centers on the United States and its history, recalling where states and important bodies of water are located is imperative. The students enjoyed a first day activity where they were transformed into a "human map" of the United States. The students were given a series of different items (a can of Coca-Cola to represent Georgia, Mickey Mouse

ears to represent Florida, a toy car for Michigan and so on...) and then were asked to fill in a roped-outline of the United States. They had fun guessing which state the

items symbolized and having to estimate where their state was located on the map. This foundation of US geography will be helpful over the course of the semester.

CP 12 English Classes Research Influential

People of the Early 20th Century

Mrs. Nies's CP 12 English classes recently completed research presentations on

influential men and women from the time period of 1914-1945. The students were

encouraged to select someone of personal interest and to share their findings with

their classmates in a lecture style format. This background knowledge will give the students a foundation for the time period

of literature we will be studying for the first month of the semester.

Understanding the ideological trends, technological advances and the major

events taking place during this period of history will help the students to connect

significant events and people to the short stories and poems of the early 20th

century.

The AP English Language and Composition students started the year with a review of their summer reading, and they are now engaged in a study of the foundational elements of rhetoric. The students have created skits, presentations, and written pieces to demonstrate their knowledge of the concepts. The students have also written and revised college essays that they will submit to their respective schools.

AP English Language and Composition

The Applied English IV/Keystone Project students began the year by writing a personal statement that can be used for their future careers. Currently, the students are studying American Literature from 1914-1945, and they are making presentations about famous figures from the time period.

Applied English IV/Keystone Project

Students in Honors English II are presenting summer reading connections, learning about effective communication and presentation skills, analyzing William Golding's novel Lord of the Flies, and learning Greek and Roman roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Literary elements the students are discussing include plot, characters, metaphors, theme, symbolism, and allegory.

Honors English IINon-Verbal Communication Lord of the FliesSummer Reading

Students in SAT Prep English are taking practice tests using Khan Academy and the College Board resources that now personalize a student's practice based on his or her strengths and weaknesses. They have reviewed strategies that they can use when they take the sample and the actual tests. The students are developing their vocabulary by reading, rather than memorizing. They are familiarizing themselves with the structure and content of the test.

SAT Prep EnglishThe New SAT ReadingWriting and Language and the Essay

““The Change Train”

Through “The Change Train”, my group hopes to communicate that being the change has to start with you! Spreading love and kindness to a world that is grim and dark is a necessity. We painted a tree that represents change in a person, and how that could be spread to others. Also, each car of our train has a word on it that, when linked with the other cars, writes out:”Be the Change.” I believe that all the members of the group bonded through this experience, and enjoyed messing up and thinking of ways to make our mural look better.

By: Bogdan Borisenko, Jacob Gornic, Steve Bennett, Cameron Dash

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““Bee the Change”

“Bee the Change” is communicating a one to many chain reaction to positively influence the community. The mural is showing that you can do one small action, like a smile, that can cause a chain reaction. You never know what one small act can do for the community around you. The one bee that is starting the chain reaction is yellow because it is radiating happiness, while the bees that are sad are dark blue. As the bees start to benefit from the one bee they begin to change from a dark blue to light blue. The beehive represents the community or the common place. Overall, my group enjoyed each other's company and the fun tasks of creating a mural. We are proud of the entire mural and love the outcome, especially the Beyoncés. In conclusion, the mural represents a one to many change reaction.

By: Jenny Clickett, Gabby Kuzmin, Jillian Brinling, Julia Reiland, Caroline Kraus

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““The Seedling”

Our choice of mural was chosen by our group to positively influence the Fairview School District. This year's theme at Fairview School District, is meant to help show the change you want to see in the world. With positivity, our mural is meant to impact others, for the better. We had lots of fun creating our mural. In our piece, we used a variety of colors to express joy through our mural. We loved mixing all of the colors, and more. We enjoyed making it, and put that enjoyment into the mural. In our mural, we decided to create a young boy, who plants a seed, in hopes that the seed will turn into a beneficial apple tree. This symbolizes that one small act, not only can benefit the doer, but can benefit more. In our mural, we show this by having a main character plant an apple seed, and as the tree grew, so did he. As he grew, he tended to the tree. As he was doing so, he met a girl, and they soon grew together over the years. Many years later, they had a child. In all this time, the apple tree grew big and strong, and now benefited his whole family, and more. One small act, such as planting a seed, can grow into a big and beautiful thing, like the apple tree, and help change the world one small step at a time.

By: Gwynneth Grabowski, Hannah Murphy, Lindsay Dean, Audra Carnes, Nataliya Miroshnichenko

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““Be the Change!”

The mural that we have created is trying to show that to change it only takes one person to start that chain reaction. Like in our mural, the first man on the moon was a great accomplishment in American history, and it started with on person. We have the astronaut in space with the words Be the Change written inside the Earth. Also we have the moon in the background showing that he was the first man on the moon. Each of us had an important role in the creation of the mural. All us helped with the background, but Alec did the moon, Eli did the astronaut and some of the stars, Luke did the rocket ship and some of the stars, Cole did some of the earth and stars, and Corey did some of the Earth and background.

By: Alec Kliem, Eli Larson, Cole Moffett, Luke Geiger, and Corey Barto

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““The Tree of Change”

Our mural hopes to show the community that they can influence people and things around them in a positive way through change. It displays a cherry tree, which symbolizes change, and the person directly below the tree represents the initial change. On either side of the cherry tree, there are dead trees that have not yet been affected by the initial influence. Our group enjoyed mixing paint the most because we know that we exhibited teamwork and cooperation so now we are finally ready to paint! We hope that our mural inspires people to change themselves and influence others for the better.

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““Breaking Sadness”

The theme is to stay say positive and happy even if it's hard. This mural shows you can overcome any dark with a little bit of light. She's changing her clothes showing that she's changing her personality. The people and the quote was our most enjoyable thing to paint. The painting meant a lot to us because it is similar to our stories. The quote we wrote means that if you change the way you think good or bad you can change the world and how you see it.

By: Cassie Peterson, Sydney Wiler, Jenna Nichols

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““Changing the Game”

The mural is showing that you can be yourself and change the stereotypical system that exists in the school. Everyone is afraid to be themselves and show what they actually enjoy in fear that they'll be shot down by peers, but we're trying to change that. Some visual clues to show this meaning include all of our "nerdy" sides that others may not approve. We're CHANGING the system by being ourselves. Our favorite experience in this project is just being able to express what we all enjoy most and help people be themselves along the way.

By: Gabi Hall, Ava Carnahan, Jordan Ziesenheim, Bailey Denning

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““Changing the World”

Our painting “Changing the world” is based on two people listening to an inspiring speech and deciding to be the change by giving money to a homeless person and volunteering as a firefighter. We decided to do this because all it takes is one person to change many people's thoughts. Our mural is meant to inspire change and to let people know that they can change people's mind by just saying something. This shows the Fairview School District theme by showing one person on a stage inspiring change. Our mural shows people they can change people and that they can “Be The Change.” We enjoyed painting the middle window because we did it together.

By: Ethan Weber, Noah Pfeffer, Caden Cammarata, Matt Niland

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FOODS 1

IN FOOD AND NUTRITION 1 WE ARE WORKING ON THE

KITCHEN BASICS. STUDENTS ARE LEARNING ABOUT SAFETY

AND SANITATION AND PREVENTING KITCHEN

ACCIDENTS. THEY WILL BE WORKING ON LEARNING ALL OF THE EQUIPMENT SOON!

KAYLEIGH HEIDER, NOW A SECOND YEAR CLOTHING STUDENT, MADE THE BLACK DRESS PICTURED BELOW

(LEFT). KAYLEIGH ENTERED HER DRESS INTO THE ALBION FAIR AND WAS AWARDED FIRST PLACE IN HER CATEGORY! CONGRATULATIONS TO KAYLEIGH! THIS YEAR KAYLEIGH HAS DECIDED TO MAKE HER HOMECOMING DRESS. LOOK FOR PICTURES NEXT MONTH OF HER LATEST CREATION!

Clothing 1 students are hard at work completing their first unit of content. They are currently working on how clothing affects

society. Our next unit is on fashion history. From the early civilizations up to current fashion.

Advanced clothing students are working on creating their first projects. We have a new garment designer program for the

classroom in which advanced clothing students can create their own patterns! We are looking forward to a great semester!

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Photo Club

Photo club ventured across the road to Blended Spirits Ranch on Friday September 9th. BSR contacted us to photograph the horses in their herd for their calendar contest. Students will submit their images to be considered for the calendar. Calendars will be on sale soon as a fundraiser for the ranch. The ranch runs therapeutic classes for at risk youth and soldiers with PTSD. Photo club was honored to be a part of this process!

Sketchbook Winner of the WeekFundamentals of Art

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Sept 14Student Artist: Nataliya Miroshnichenko

Assignment Title: "Transforming a Selfie"

FUNDAMENTALS OF ART

Student Artist: Jenna Nichols

Assignment "Transforming a Selfie"

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Sept 21Student Artist: Gabi Hall

Assignment Title: My Artful Image

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Sept 21Student Artist: Abby Smith

Assignment Title: My Artful Image

STUDIO ART

Student Artist: Simon Yahn

Assignment: Open

SEPT 21

Sketchbook Winner of the Week

Spanish 2 and Spanish 4

In Sra. Froehlich's (Profe's) classes, we are creating more to enhance learning. By creating visual vocabulary charts in both classes, we address a variety of learning styles. In Spanish 4, students created a music video about health and accidents. In Spanish 2, their next unit will use video to create a cooking show in Spanish.

Español 1 Spanish 1 has just completed their first chapter on basic conversation. The students practiced in class by writing conversations, acting them out, and watching a native speaker introduce themselves. They have come to find out that in order to learn a language you must be able to speak it, read it, but also SPELL IT correctly.We also finished the film "WALKOUT" where the students learned about the 1968 Chicano movement which followed the civil rights movement. We are currently discussing Latin influence in the United States and where we can find such influences.

AP Spanish LiteratureAP Spanish Literature students would all agree that this image sums up our class. Just kidding... These students have come in extremely open-minded and ready to attack the rigorous list of literature that we must read and understand. We are completing our first theme which is: Interpersonal relationships. We must look at how they affect the individual and their perception of the world in each story. We have read 8 short stories and 1 poem. In each one we looked at what were the relationships, discussed relationships in our own lives, and how our prior knowledge about the author helped us to understand the direction the story went in. We also watched the film "Mar Adentro." After completion of the film I asked the students this: "What in your life keeps you going and moving forward when life gets tough?" Although a small class the intimate setting allows for good conversation and intense analysis of all the imagery and metaphors that can be found through our adventures in Spanish literature.

International Coastal Cleanup Fairview Campus 9.16.16

9th Grade Environmental Science

BY THE NUMBERS 54

Students 0.9

Miles 13.75

Bags Filled 181.7

Pounds of Trash 215

Food Wrappers

What is the ICC?

The International Coastal Cleanup takes place each September around the globe. The Ocean Conservancy compiles the data gathered each year and releases an annual report. In 2015, 791,366 volunteers worked together to gather 18,062,911 pounds of trash. The number one item found? Cigarette butts. Over 2 million of them. To learn more about what was found in last year's ICC, and find out how you can help, head out to the Ocean Conservancy website: http://www.oceanconservancy.org/our-work/international-coastal-cleanup/2016-ocean-trash-index.html.

Physical Science in rm 217 Seniors in Mrs. Magraw's Applied Physical Science are currently investigating the relationships among distance, time, velocity, momentum, and acceleration.

Teacher Candidate, Miss Kathryn Thomas, from Edinboro University, also provides valuable input towards our student progress and success.

We will soon be looking into Forces and Newton's Laws.

Visit the FHS Library where you can:

Read, Research, Create, Play, Tinker, Make, Explore

Refocus Program

Mr. Matthew Hammond has been a friendly and welcoming addition to the Refocus Program

where he joins Mrs. Kim Enterline in providing ongoing support to all FHS students. This

program offers a proactive approach to dealing with the very diverse individual needs of

students. Mrs. Enterline and Mr. Hammond provide the encouragement and academic support

that is essential to student success by providing flexibility in a customized approach for each

student. The Refocus Room is considered by many students to be a safe environment which

allows them to find the time and space to rebound when life or school becomes overwhelming.

Through a collaborative partnership between the Fairview School District and the Sarah Reed

Children’s Center, the counseling portion of this unique program is based upon the “Sanctuary”

philosophy which is designed to address the students’ social and emotional needs which are

deemed necessary for positive growth.

Coming up next month: Mindfulness in Wellness

P.A.T.S.Please join us on..

Wednesday, October 5th

at

9:00 a.m. or 6:30 p.m.

…to learn more about P.A.T.S. and how you can help support the students, teachers, and

families at FHS.

Hope to see you there!

Questions? Please contact Sue McCloy at mccloys@fairviewschools.org or 881-5757.

PJAS Dates 2016-2017 Brainstorm Ideas Oct 3, 2016

Paperwork for bacteria or vertebrates Oct 7, 2016

Tentative Commitment Paperwork Nov 9, 2016

Final Commitment for Regional Competition Dec 14, 2016

Regional Competition Rehearsals by apt Dec 2016 – Jan 2017

Regional Competition (no exceptions) Jan 28, 2017

( This is not an SAT date!!! )

State Competition Commitment and Papers Feb 9, 2017

State Competition at PSU University Park May 14-16, 2017

See Mrs. Magraw for sign up and details.

We also have a Schoology page. Access code VBG6H-V3NKG.

Forms link for sign up are available through the Schoology page.

FHS FALL SPORTSFHS Girls' Volleyball

As of September 14, the girls are 0-3 overall and 0-2 in Region 5 play.

FHS Varsity Football

As of September 19, Fairview is 1-3 with their most recent loss to Cory.

FHS Girls' Waterpolo

As of September 18, the girls are 1-12. Keep up the good work ladies!

FHS Girls' Tennis

As of September 16, the Lady Tigers are 5-3 overall and 3-3 in Region 2 play. Brooke Daeschner & Sara DeBello, Vicki Bajek & & Anna DeBello and Siegrid Tuttle & Sara DeBello registered doubles wins.

FHS Boys' Soccer

Wednesday September 14, the boys tied 1-1 with Iroquois, leaving them 3-0-1 overall and 1-0-1 in the region as of September 16.

FHS Girls' Soccer

As of September 16, the girls are 3-2 overall and 2-1 in the region. Keep those goals coming!

FHS Cross Country

As of September 14, the Lady Tigers are 0-2 in the region. Katie Sherwin finished tenth in a tri-meet with Girard and General McLane. The boys are 1-1 in the region, and in the tri-meet Jacob Kirik led the Tigers with ninth place.

FHS Golf

As of September 15 the golf team trails behind Mercyhurst in the region with 28-27 region standings.

FHS Marching Band

FHS Student Section