Fairport High School

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Fairport High School
Fairport Senior High School

Motto	"Once a Raider always a Raider"
Established	July 10, 1968
Type	Public High School
Category	Secondary Education
Gender	Co-Ed
Affiliation	Government
Principal	David Paddock
Asst. Principal	Pamula Ciranni, Wayne Ackles, Greg Obenauf
Faculty	116
Students	1789
Grades	10th-12th
Location	43°4′47.12″N 77°24′54.15″W / 43.0797556, -77.4150417 1358 Ayrault Road, Fairport, New York,  USA
District	Fairport Central School District
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Red, White and, Blue
Athletics	35 Varsity Sports [2]
Nickname	F.H.S.
Mascot	Red Raiders
Emblem
Yearbook	The Hourglass
Newspaper	The Lampion
Class Hours	7:22-8:02
Activity Period	2:18-3:30
Clubs	53
NYS Regents Average	83%[3]
National ranking	▼868th[4]
Website	Fairport High School
The old Fairport HS is a housing complex today on West Avenue in the Village of Fairport, NY
Fairport High Schools library includes a large selection of books and computers for research.

Fairport High School (FHS) is a public high school serving the tenth through twelfth grade in Fairport, NY and is part of the Fairport Central School District. Fairport's Principal is David Paddock. Paddock will be retiring at the end of the 2007-08 school year.

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This is an amazing body at Fairport High School this year, they have helped us create a school culture of caring, respect, and, kindness.[5]

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Current enrollment estimates place the student population around 1,800. The Class of 2007 comprises approximately 573 students. The Class of 2009 is the largest class to pass through FHS in approximately 15 years, with around 650 students. FHS takes part in numerous international exchange programs, including trips to Ireland, France, Spain, Germany and Italy.

Contents 1 History 1.1 FHS FACT 12 1.2 06-07 Tragedies 2 Campus/school site 2.1 Pre 1968 Campus 2.2 Post 1968 Campus 2.2.1 Fields 2.2.2 Parking 2.2.3 Indoor Facilities 2.2.4 Construction Projects/Other 2.2.5 Other 3 Academics 3.1 Music 3.2 Higher Level Courses 4 Extracurricular activities 4.1 Athletics 4.2 Student Organizations/Clubs 4.2.1 Honors Society 4.2.2 FHS FIRST FRC Team 5 Notable alumni 6 Notable teachers/faculty 7 Principals 8 Major School Events 8.1 Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week 9 Graduation 10 See also 11 References 12 External links

[edit] History

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.

[edit] FHS FACT 12

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.^[6]

[edit] 06-07 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.^[7]
• On June 26, 2007, five recent graduates from Fairport High School died in a traffic accident. The girls were traveling to one of the girl's parents' Keuka Lake camp when their SUV crashed head-on into a tractor trailer.^[8]

June 26th Tragedy Videos
June 26th, 2007 Brightspot
CNN Covers Fairport Tragedy
CNN, Dave Paddock Reflects
Celebration of Life

Hannah Congdon, Bailey Goodman, Meredith McClure, Sara Monnat and Katie Shirley were the victims. 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, about a hundred students gathered on a grassy hill overlooking the high school, where counselors were available all day. Hundreds passed through the school during the day, and even more came to the same hill that night for the vigil.

• On September 6, 2007, David Anderson, a 2007 graduate from Fairport High School, was found dead in his room at Brigham Young University^[9]
• On November 28, 2007, Pete Granger, coach of the Raiders varsity baseball team, died from cancer.^[10]

[edit] Campus/school site

[edit] Pre 1968 Campus

The pre-1968 Fairport High School campus was located on west avenue only 2 blocks from Main Avenue in the village of Fairport, NY. It was built and open in 1924 to serve as the village's first Public High School. The old campus today serves as a housing complex for Fairport,NY Residents.^[11]

[edit] Post 1968 Campus

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.

[edit] Fields

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^[12]
• Football Field with 1,000 Seat Bleecher
• 5 Tennis Courts
• Discus/Hammer Throw Field
• 1 Softball Field
• 2 Baseball Fields
• 4 General Purpose Fields

In addition there is a concession/admissions stand used for HS Sporting Events.

[edit] Parking

Fairport High School includes a large and small parking lot shared by Seniors with parking passes and School Faculty.

[edit] Indoor Facilities

Fairport HS consists of all the usual facilities you would find in todays average Suburban High School.

• Athletics
  • Competition Swimming/Diving Pool^[13]
  • 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

[edit] Construction Projects/Other

In the 1990's an East and West Wing was added to the school which held additional class space. In 2006 there were plans for a 50,000 square foot field house and the installation of lights on the football field.^[14] In 2007 a multi-use turf field was approved.^[15]

[edit] Other

Shortly after the death of 5 Fairport, NY Teens the hill, where many classmates and friends of the victims on the west side of the campus was labeled "Angel Hill". ^[16]

[edit] Academics

Generalization^[17]

• Art- Jewelery, Advertising Design, Modern, Traditional, Photography, Ceramics, Sculpture, and Fibers.^[18]
• Business- Accounting, Law, Careers/Finance, Keyboarding, E-Commerce, Business Ownership, Marketing, Co-Op, Sports/Entertainment Management and, Money Management ^[19]
• English- Film, Drama, Mythology, Journalism, Speaking, Theater, Literature
• Family and Consumer Science- Culinary Arts, Child Development
• Foreign Language- French, German,Latin and, Spanish.
• Health- Life skills, Red Cross Certification, ect.
• 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. ^[20]
• 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
• Technology- Digital Video, Website Design, Pre-Engineering, Electronics
• Special Education- Services to students with disabilities.

[edit] Music

Fairport High School features an excellent music program. Day Jazz, Afternoon Jazz, Sophomore Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, 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.

[edit] Higher Level Courses

• Advance Placement courses are offered at Fairport High School to allow students planning to attend college to get a head start on courses. Advance Placement courses that are offered include, Language & Composition, English Humanities, Spanish, Statistics, Computer Science, Biology, Chemistry, Physics B, Physics C, U.S. History, American History: Humanities, and European History.
• SUPA are courses that allow students to earn SUPA credit early courses include, Economics, Policy Analysis, Psychology, Forensic Science and, Sociology.
• Cisco Networking Cisco networking courses at Fairport High School give FHS Students the chance to possibly become certified with cisco.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Fairport High school has been noted for its above average student involvement in after school activities.

[edit] Athletics

The Fairport High School athletic nickname is the Red Raiders. The school's colors are red, white and blue. FHS has a very strong athletic tradition in many of its varsity sports such as Baseball, Basketball, Cheerleading, Football, Field Hockey, Hockey, Lacrosse, Tennis, Volleyball, Soccer, Swimming. Fairport offers 34 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 their arch rivals 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.^[10]

[edit] Student Organizations/Clubs

[edit] Honors Society

[edit] FHS FIRST FRC Team

Fairport High School's Fairport FIRST Robotics team has been a participant in the FIRST Robotics Competition program for 10 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.their sponsorship of the Fairport FIRST Robotics team and the team was forced to find a new sponsor for financial support. The Gleason Works which is still the teams main sponsor eventually came to the rescue not only supporting the team financially but allowing students from Fairport High School 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.^[21]

[edit] Notable alumni

• Phillip Seymour Hoffman- An Academy Award winning actor that starred in Capote, Mission Impossible 3 and a number of other blockbuster hits.
• Christine Whitman^[22]- Chairman, CEO, and President of Complemar, Inc.
• Gordan Hoffman- Younger Brother of Phillip Seymour Hoffman
• Julia Nunes- Popular YouTube.com Music artist with millions of video views.^[23]

[edit] Notable teachers/faculty

• Richard Ognibene, Jr.-a Fairport High School Science department teacher and a Niskayuna High School Grad ^[24] was selected as the 2008 New York State "Teacher of The Year". He is best known for his coordination of the Fairport Central School Districts Brotherhood Sisterhood week^[25].

[edit] Principals

Name	From	To
Mr. David Paddock	1996	Present
Unknown	Unknown	1996
Mr. Cook[26]	Unknown 1980's	Unknown 1980's

[edit] Major School Events

[edit] Brotherhood/Sisterhood Week

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.

[edit] Graduation

For the past few years Fairport High School has held its high school graduation at the Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester, NY. The class of 2009 Is mentioned to be the largest class. Fairport High School is noted to have one of the highest graduation rates in the region.

Class Year	Class Size	Graduation Rate	Graduation Speaker	College Bound
2008	606 [27]	unknown	unknown	unknown
2007	564 [27]	99% [27]	Mr. Micheal Mallaber[28]	88% [27]
2006	535 [29]	Unknown	Mr. John Baynes	Unknown
2005	488 [29]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
2004	515 [29]	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown

[edit] See also

• Fairport Central School District
• Fairport, New York
• Rochester, New York

[edit] References

[edit] 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