- Fairport High School (FHS) is a public high school serving the tenth through twelfth grades in Fairport, NY and is part of the Fairport Central School District. It was announced in early June that Fairport's Board of Education had approved Christopher Salinas as the new Principal for the 2009 - 2010 school year. He will replace Pamula Ciranni, who served as Interim Principal during the 2008 - 2009 school year.
- Current enrollment estimates place the student population around 1,800. The Class of 2009 is the largest class to pass through FHS in approximately 15 years, totaling around 650 students. FHS takes part in numerous international exchange programs, including trips to Ireland, France, Spain, Germany and Italy.
- History
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In 1924 the high school was on West Avenue in the village of Fairport. Later, it was at Minerva Deland High School. July 10, 1968 marked the groundbreaking of the current Fairport High School, which opened to students on December 7, 1970.
- FHS FACT 12
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In 1996 FHS was given permission to broadcast educational programs on FACT 12, programs included the FHS Morning Show, Homecoming events, Concerts, Award Ceremonies, and Sporting Events.
- Campus/school site
- Pre 1968 Campus
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The pre-1968 Fairport High School campus was located at 71 West Avenue, only 2 blocks from Main Avenue in the village of Fairport, NY. It was built and opened in 1924 to serve as the village's first Public High School. From 1968 until the early 1980s, the old campus served as the West Avenue School, with grades 4-6. As the school district's needs changed, the old campus was sold in 1984 and developed into condominiums.
- Post 1968 Campus
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As the population of the town increased the town saw the need to build a much larger high school. The campus was relocated to 1358 Ayrault Road to accommodates a much larger campus. In 1968 land was broken for the new Fairport High School Campus.
- Fields
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The new campus was much larger than its predecessor which included a much larger surface area for athletic events to be held on. The athletic fields include:
- Track and Field Approved in 2000
- Football Turf Field with 1,000 Seat Bleecher named after former coach Joe Cummings
- 5 Tennis Courts
- Discus/Hammer Throw Field
- 2 Softball Fields
- 2 Baseball Fields
- 4 General Purpose Fields
In addition there is a concession/admissions stand used for HS Sporting Events.- Indoor Facilities
- Athletics
- Competition Swimming/Diving Pool
- 1 Gym Divided Into 4 sections
- General
- 3 Cafeterias
- 1 Small Auditorium
- 1 Large Auditorium
- Autoshop
- Woodshop
- 3 Art/Crafts Rooms
- 2 Music Rooms
- 4 Computer Labs
- Library
- Staff offices
- Construction Projects/Other
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In the 1990s an East and West Wing was added to the school which held additional class space.In 2006 there were plans for a field house and the installation of lights on the football field.In 2007 a multi-use turf field was approved.
- Academics
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The high school is divided into three houses (Red, White, Blue) each with its own assistant principal. Several course areas are offered to students:
- Art - Jewellery, Advertising Design, Modern, Traditional, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Fibers.
- Business - Accounting, Law, Careers/Finance, Keyboarding, E-Commerce, Business Ownership, Marketing, Co-Op, Sports/Entertainment Management and, Money Management
- English - Film, Drama, Mythology, Journalism, Speaking, Theater, Literature
- Family and Consumer Science - Culinary Arts, Child Development
- Foreign Language - French, German, and Spanish.
- Health - Life skills, Red Cross Certification, etc.
- International Baccalaureate - An advanced diploma recommended for students planning to attend competitive international universities. Fairport HS was the first High School in Monroe County to offer this program.
- Mathematics - Algebra, Pre-Calculus, Statistics, Computer Science, Calculus
- Music - Band, Concert, Orchestra, Choir
- Physical Education - Field Sports, Team Building, Exercise, Square Dancing
- Science - Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy, Biology
- Social Studies - United States History, Global History, Leadership Seminar, Economics, European History, Psychology, Sociology, Native Americans, Anthropology
- Technology - Digital Video, Website Design, Pre-Engineering, Electronics
- Special Education - Services to students with disabilities
- Music
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Day Jazz, Afternoon Jazz, Sophomore Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Full Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Polyphonic Women's Choir, Polyphonic Mixed Choir, and Sophomore Choir are all credit-bearing ensembles. The groups usually obtain gold or gold with distinction ratings at NYSSMA festivals. Students from the three bands are also members of the Pep Band, which plays at home games, at pep rallies, and in parades. A Pit Orchestra is also selected from the top students every year to perform during the spring musical.
- The Prisms Concert, which takes place every spring, is a concert featuring many of these groups, as well as students performing solos or small group pieces. This concert is unique because the groups play in different areas of the auditorium. A spotlight focuses on the group or student performing as they play one three-minute piece. When they finish, the spotlight moves to another performer.
- Higher Level Courses
- Advanced Placement courses are offered at Fairport High School to allow students planning to attend college to get a head start on courses. Advanced Placement courses that are offered include Language & Composition, English Humanities, Spanish, Statistics, AB Calculus, BC Calculus, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C, U.S. History, American History: Humanities, and European History.
- The International Baccalaureate Diploma Programme is offered at Fairport High School as well.
- SUPA are courses that allow students to earn SUPA credit early. Courses include Economics, Policy Analysis, Psychology, Forensic Science, and Sociology.
- Cisco Networking courses at Fairport High School give FHS Students the chance to possibly become certified with Cisco.
- Extracurricular activities
- Athletics
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The Fairport High School athletic nickname is the Red Raiders. The school's colors are red, white and blue. FHS has a strong athletic tradition in many of its varsity sports such as Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Field Hockey, Hockey, Lacrosse, Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, Softball, Swimming. Fairport offers 35 varsity sports as well as offerings at the Junior Varsity and Modified levels.
- In 2006 and 2007, Fairport won the Class AAA basketball championship in Section 5. In both years the team played against its archrival Rush Henrietta. The cheerleading squad has won three national titles as well as numerous other sectional and regional titles. The baseball team won three consecutive Section 5 Class AAA titles in 2005, 2006 and 2007.
- Student Organizations/Clubs
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- Anime
- Archery
- Art Club
- Authors Club
- Auto
- Bag o' tricks club
- Books n' Bagels
- Chess Team
- Dance Team
- Dimension
- Downstage
- Drama
- Environment
- Fairport FIRST Robotics
- Forensics
- Games Club
- Gay and Straight Alliance
- Geoff Club (in honor of Geoff Hogan)
- Geography and Travel
- German American Partnership Program
- Hourglass Yearbook
- Huddle
- International Club
- Interscholastic Athletics
- Intramurals
- Jazz Choir
- Leo Club
- Math Team
- Media Club
- Model U.N.
- Music Theater
- Odyssey of the Mind
- Outside Man Club
- Peer Mediation
- Policy Advocates
- Science Club
- Skiing
- Spanish Exchange
- Student Council
- The Lampion School Newspaper
- Ultimate Frisbee
- Varsity Club
- Woodworking
- Youth to Youth
- Honor Societies
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- French Honor Society
- German National Honor Society
- National Honor Society
- Spanish Honor Society
- FHS FIRST Robotics team
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Fairport High School's FIRST Robotics team has been a participant in the FIRST Robotics Competition program for 11 years. When the team was founded in 1997 they were sponsored by Eastman Kodak and was known as Team 36 Kod-Red and, was the first suburban FIRST team in the Rochester, NY region. In 1999 Kodak discontinued.its sponsorship and the Gleason Works became the sponsor for the team known as Team 578 Blue Lightning. The Gleason Works is still the team's main sponsor, supporting the team financially and allowing students to travel to The Gleason Works to build their robot. In 2000 they became the FIRST Philadelphia Regional Winners and the year after they became the FIRST Nasa VCU Regional Winners. In 2004 the team became the FRC Pittsburgh Finalist.
- Notable alumni/faculty
- Philip Seymour Hoffman- An Academy Award winning actor who starred in Capote and Mission Impossible 3.
- Julia Nunes- YouTube.com Music artist
- Dan Klass
- Kyle Downey- Siena Saints Basketball Player
- Scott Fitch- 1994 Division III National Player of the Year and current head coach of FHS Boys Basketball
- Principals
- Major School Events
- Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week
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Every spring, Fairport students celebrate Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week. The week is focused around Civility, Awareness, Respect, and Embrace (CARE). The event is most prominent at FHS, where a different activity takes place each day of the week. Monday is Family Talk Day, during which a student and an adult are selected to speak to the students. Tuesday consists of a presentation during which student voices writings are read. The writings anonymously tell students' feelings about CARE. On Wednesday, a community member is asked to speak. On Wednesday of the 2007 celebration, Rachel's Challenge visited the school. The program encouraged students to improve the atmosphere of their school. The program impacted the students in a large way, partly because they had lost a beloved member of the student body the night before. Wednesday is also the annual Junior-4th Grade walk. The district's 4th and 11th graders walk the village streets together to build relationships with each other. Thursday's program is known as Unplugged, and is a non-stop musical performance available to students with free periods or lunch. Friday concludes the eventful week with Outreach Day. On this day, the entire school is bused to the three elementary schools. Students meet with their new little brothers and sisters for an hour. They play games and teach them about CARE. A song written about this week by former students Sean Lyness and David Lachance is played yearly.
- 2006-2007 Tragedies
- In August 2006, Fairport student Alexander Ciarico drowned while swimming in the Erie Canal.
- In March 2007, Fairport student Natalie Giambattista died from cancer.
- On September 6, 2007, David Anderson, a 2007 graduate from Fairport High School, was found dead in his room at Brigham Young University
- On November 28, 2007, Pete Granger, coach of the Raiders varsity baseball team, died from cancer.
- Fairport Five
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On June 26, 2007, five recent graduates from Fairport High School died in a traffic accident. The girls were traveling to a cottage on Keuka Lake when their SUV crashed head-on into a tractor trailer. Text messaging is believed to have played a central role in the accident.
- The victims were Hannah Congdon, Bailey Goodman, Meredith McClure, Sara Monnat and Katie Shirley. All five girls had been members of the Fairport Varsity Cheerleading Squad, but Shirley left the squad her Freshman year. The girls had all graduated from FHS five days before the accident occurred.
- Church services and a candlelight vigil were held in memory of the girls in the 24 hours following the accident. Before sunrise, approximately one hundred students gathered on a grassy hill on the west side of the campus overlooking the high school, now labeled "Angel Hill". Counselors were available for the grief-stricken students throughout day. Hundreds passed through the school during the days following the tragedy, and even more came to the same hill that night for the vigil.
- Graduation
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- Fairport High School holds its high school graduation at the Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester, NY. The class of 2009 is to be the largest class.
- See also
- Fairport Central School District
- Fairport, New York
- Rochester, New York
- External links
- Fairport High School website
- School district page
- Greatschools.net profile
- Fairport FIRST Team's Website
- Fairport Cheerleading website
- Fairport Track and Field website
- Rochester Democrat & Chronicle : Fairport - A Day in the Life of One of Our Schools
- : Fairport High School principal to retire at end of school year
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