Fallston High School

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Fallston High School is located in the town of Fallston, in Harford County, Maryland. The school is made up of three floors. On the first floor are located the main office, guidance office, and the gym. The basement holds the cafeteria and the locker rooms. Computer labs are located on all levels.

[edit] School Schedule

The school schedule was changed for the 2006-2007 school year, and now contains 4 periods each day. The periods rotates between "A" and "B" days and alternates period numbers, creating "A2" and "B2" days. Thus ensuring that lunch groupings and the daily sequence varies. As of 2007 the school day begins at 7:30 and ends at 2:00, with each class meeting for approximately 80 minutes, and including a 6 minute class change in between classes. There are 4 different lunches occurring during the 3rd period of each day, each lasting for 28 minutes.

[edit] History

Construction on Fallston High School was completed and the school was opened to students in November 1977. The school was built to accommodate the expanding population in this area of once-rural Harford County. The majority of the original Fallston students came from Bel Air High School. The ground on which the school is built was formerly a dairy farm. Initially the school was a combined Middle/High School but converted to being exclusively a High School with the completion of Fallston Middle School on an adjacent piece of property. Fallston High School was visited by President Reagan during his term as president on December 4th, 1985.

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

[edit] Athletics

Fall Sports- Field Hockey, Football, Men's and Women's Soccer, Cross country, Cheerleading, Men's and Women's Volleyball, Golf

Winter Sports- Men's and Women's Basketball, Wrestling, Cheerleading, Indoor Track, Swimming

Spring Sports- Baseball, Softball, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Track & Field, Tennis

2007 - 2008 School Year

• Field Hockey: 3A State Champions (10th State Championship)

• Women's Soccer: State Regional Finalists

• Women's Volleyball: State Regional Finalists

• Men's Volleyball: UCBAC (Conference) Champions

• Women's Basketball: UCBAC (Conference) Champions (4th consecutive year), State Regional finalists

• Men's Swimming: 1A/2A/3A State Champions (2nd consecutive year)

• Men's Lacrosse: Harford County Champions

• Women's Lacrosse: Harford County Champions

• Tennis: Regional Champions

[edit] Non-Athletics

[edit] Honor Societies and Selective groups

• Varsity Club
• Art National Honor Society
• German National Honor Society
• Spanish National Honor Society
• French National Honor Society
• National Honor Society
• Student Government Association

[edit] Competitive Organizations

• Dance Team: 2007 - 2008 State Champions
• Ice Hockey
• It's Academic
  • The 2004-2005 It's Academic team won the first round of the televised show, but lost the second.
• Harford County Forensics League
• Chemathon Team
• Ecology Club
• Environthon Team
• Marching Band
  • The Fallston High School Cougar Marching Band tours in the Tournament of Bands circuit, as well as the Cavalcade of Bands circuit. It has been to the Atlantic Coast Championships of the Tournament of Bands in the years 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005 and 2006.

[edit] Non-competitive organizations

• Best Buddies
• Spanish Club
• German Club
• French Club
• History Club
• Philosophy Club
• Future Business Leaders of America
• Varsity Club
• SAC
• International Club
• Art Club
• SADD
• Forensics
• Newspaper
• Ecology Club

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Sheryl Davis Kohl, former member of Maryland House of Delegates
• Kimmie Meissner, member of the USA 2006 Winter Olympics team, 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, and 2006 World Figure Skating Champion, graduated in 2007.

[edit] Military Casualties

• Marine L.Cpl. Patrick Ryan Adle - 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group. KIA Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 29, 2004, graduated in 2001. Link: Arlington Cemetery

• Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell - 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. KIA supporting combat operations in Anbar province on February 7, 2007, graduated in 2004. Links: Her MySpace Page, Southern Maryland Online News Article, Military City

[edit] Notable Events

• Then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan visited the school on December 4, 1985.
• Fallston High was featured in Sports Illustrated magazine for the Kimmie Meissner "Send Off."
• Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (Notre Dame University) came to Fallston High as a public speaker.
• Former Attorney General of the United States Edwin Meese III visited the school in 2005.
• The kick-off for Maryland Public Schools' PRIDE program occurred at Fallston High School on February 22, 2007.

[edit] Sources

• Harford County Public Schools
• Principal Schmitz