Fairport High School
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Fairport High School is the tenth through twelfth grade high school in Fairport, NY and is part of the Fairport Central School District.
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[edit] School Information
Current enrollment estimates place the student population around 1,800. The Class of 2007 is comprised of 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. A handful of exchange students are currently enrolled at FHS for the whole year, as well.
[edit] Principal
Fairport's Principal is David Paddock.
[edit] FHS Sports
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 swimming, basketball, cheer leading, hockey, field hockey, volleyball, soccer and baseball. Fairport offers 35 varsity sports as well as offerings at the Junior Varsity and Modified levels. In both 2006 and 2007 Fairport won the Class AAA basketball championship title in Section V. Both years, the team played against their arch rivals, Rush Henrietta. Also in 2007 the Fairport Varsity Basketball team set a school record by moving on to the top 4 teams in the State Basketball Tournament.
[edit] FHS Music
Fairport High School features an excellent music program. Day Jazz, Afternoon Jazz, Sophomore Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Ochestra, 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] 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-th Grade walk. The district's 4t 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.
