Fairborn High School Newsletter - Fairborn City Schools

Did you know that…
* FHS will administer Semester
Exams before winter break this
December? Friday 12/17, Monday
12/20, and Tuesday 12/21. Save
the dates!
* Last Spring Brian Jennings
qualified for the State track meet in
the shot put? Also, Fairborn City
Schools finished with 75 points for
the “All Sports Trophy;” which was
our highest point total while being a
member of the GWOC.
* Victoria Brown, Paige Barker,
Selina Thomas, Samantha
Barnett, Logan Snow, Andy
Vance, Caleb Savage, and
Cameron Elliott sang in the Mad
River Vocal Arts Festival at Wright
State University on October 11th at
the Creative Arts Center?
through the grade levels. Please consider these facts. Nearly half of the
incoming freshman class this year will be the first in their family to attend
college. However, less than half of these students will earn their diploma. Ohio
ranks 32nd in the nation with only 34% of our residents holding a college
degree.
Fairborn Primary, Fairborn Intermediate, and Baker Middle School have already
had colleges and universities “adopt” classrooms to support the notion that
“college-readiness” is everyone’s goal. Here are some of the post-secondary
schools that have partnered with our classes across the district:
University of Dayton University of Kentucky Urbana University
University of Michigan Cedarville University Ball State University
Wittenberg University Youngstown State USAFA
University of Cincinnati Otterbein University University of Florida
University of Tennessee University of Oregon The Naval Academy
West Virginia University Texas Tech University University of Hawaii
Cleveland State University Ohio University Harvard University
Miami University Wright State University Marshall University
University of Alabama University of Texas Yale University
The Ohio State University Oklahoma University University of Arizona
University of South Carolina University of Colorado Syracuse University
University of North Carolina North Carolina State University
Bowling Green State University....... and these are just a few!
And speaking of making sure that our kids are college ready before graduating
from high school, kudos to our high school guidance office for encouraging our
high school and middle school students to take the PSAT/NMSQT exam in
October. For juniors, this is the one and only chance they have to have their
scores compared to other juniors across the country and to compete for National
Merit Scholarships. For freshman and sophomores and middle school
students, this is their opportunity to take the real exam as a practice leading up
to their junior year. We encourage students to participate.
Fairborn City Schools Honors FHS Leaders
On the first day of the 2010-2011 school year for certified and classified staff,
Superintendant Scarberry, Central Office Administrators, and Building Principals
announced the recipients of the Employee of the Year Awards. We are proud to
share that two of the recognized leaders serve Fairborn High School.
* Intervention Specialist Mrs.
Karen Peck took part in the ALS
(Lou Gehrig’s Disease) Walk in
September ? She walked and
collected donations in memory of
her brother-in-law.
Mrs. Mandy Taylor
Science Teacher
High School Teacher of the Year
Mr. Terry Davidson
Traffic Control and Crossing Guard
Classified Employee of the Year
You can’t stop the waves, but you can learn to surf.
- Jack Kornfield –
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