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Spirit Week: A time of celebration and cooperation
Homecoming: games, dances, floats and royalty. It's a time to cut loose. A time to be crazy. A time to have fun.
New JROTC adventure club aims for grueling thrills
A new team is starting at FHS. They don't wear shoulder pads and helmets, they don't sport Nikes and spandex, and you won't see them at the state finals. They're out to risk life and limb for the sake of a thrill.
Students turn the pages as they teach Elrod students to read
People say kids these days don't care about anything and aren't willing to help anyone else out. Lori Penzi's developmental reading classes are out to prove them wrong.
FHS students in Penzi's reading class tutor second graders at Elrod elementary school once a week, with each high school student having a second grade "buddy" from Toni Gunnerson or Dee Manning's second grade class. This is the beginning year of the reading buddy program.
Learning through conflict: Global Village brokers peace in Mid East
Most teenagers are too concerned with cars, clothes, or getting a date to the next dance to pay attention to international affairs. Not the students in Genia Allen-Schmid's Global Village class - at least not during third period on Oct. 5, 7, and 8.
Students get their chance to talk to Blaylock on school issues
During a recent visit to FHS, Senator Chet Blaylock, the Democratic nominee for governor, discussed an issue that hits close to home for both students and staff - education.