THE FAIRVIEW PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE THEIR 2024 FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS. THIS YEAR WE AWARDED $31,500 TO 30 FHS GRADUATING SENIORS AND $2,700 TO 9 POLARIS TRADE STUDENTS. FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE CLICK HERE: https://www.fpedfoundation.org/2024-scholarship-recipients/
Have you signed up for the Fairview Park Education Foundation annual golf outing yet?
The outing is on Saturday, July 20TH at Grey Hawk Golf Club in LaGrange. Lunch is at 11:00 am and golf starts at noon.
Get your foursome registered, sign up to sponsor a hole or just put in a reservation to join us for a great dinner!!!
This is our annual fundraiser and proceeds go to teacher grants and scholarships for high school seniors at the Fairview Park City Schools.
For more information about the golf outing and the Fairview Park Education Foundation click here: https://www.fpedfoundation.org/golf-outings/2023-golf-outing/
FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL HALL OF FAME JOINS THE FAIRVIEW PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION
The Fairview Park Education Foundation is pleased to announce that the Fairview High School Hall of Fame has now joined the Education Foundation as an affiliate organization. The Hall of Fame has joined forces with the Education Foundation to work in partnership with the Fairview Park City Schools staff and students.
Their affiliation with the Education Foundation will allow them to reach a broader audience while continuing their joint mission to recognize, honor, and celebrate the distinguished alumni, athletes, and staff of the Fairview Park City Schools.
The Hall of Fame joins the Fairview Park Education Foundation’s efforts in recognizing student academic achievements through scholarships for FHS graduating seniors and supporting instructional programming through the teacher enrichment grants program.
We are excited to have the Hall of Fame join our organization in support of the Fairview Park Schools education community.
Fairview High School Homecoming weekend is September 29th and 30th. Please join us for one of the events this weekend recognizing the 2023 inductees in the FHS Athletic Hall of Fame and the rededication of the updated Athletic Hall of Fame wall. This ribbon cutting and recognition of the 2023 inductees takes place on Friday, September 29th at 5:00 at FHS.
For more information regarding all of the Homecoming Weekend events, please click here
Have you signed up for the Fairview Park Education Foundation annual golf outing yet?
The outing is on Saturday, July 15th at Grey Hawk Golf Club in LaGrange. Lunch is 11:00 am and golf starts at noon.
Get your foursome registered, sign up to sponsor a hole or just put in a reservation to join us for a great dinner!!!
This is our annual fundraiser and proceeds go to teacher grants and scholarships for high school seniors at the Fairview Park City Schools.
The outing is only a month away so get your reservations in soon!! The outing sold out last year!!!
For more information about the golf outing and the Fairview Park Education Foundation click here: https://www.fpedfoundation.org/golf-outings/2023-golf-outing/
THE 2023 SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION PROCESS HAS OPENED. SCHOLARSHIP SUBMISSION DEADLINE IS FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2023.
BEST OF LUCK TO EVERYONE!!!
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THE SPRING GRANT APPLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE!!
DUE DATE FOR SUBMISSION OF THE GRANTS IS FRIDAY, APRIL 7, 2023
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION CLICK HERE
THE FALL GRANT APPLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE!!!
DUE DATE IS NOVEMBER 4, 2022.
FOR MORE INFORMATION AND TO DOWNLOAD THE APPLICATION
FAIRVIEW PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES SPRING 2022 GRANT AWARDS
On April 26, 2022, the Fairview Park Education Foundation Board of Trustees approved $2,667.00 in grant awards for teachers of the Fairview Park City Schools. Congratulations to all the recipients!!!
For more information regarding the what grants were given, click here
For the last 37 years, community members and volunteers with the Fairview Park Education Foundation have made a positive difference by providing resources and financial support to supplement educational experiences.
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FAIRVIEW PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES Fall 2021 GRANT AWARDS
Fairview Park, Ohio – On December 7, 2021 the Fairview Park Education Foundation Board of Trustees approved $6,109 in grant awards for teachers of the Fairview Park City Schools. The awarded grants:
$100 has been awarded to Occupational Therapist Monica Owen and School Psychologist Megan Wellman for the purchase of materials to construct weighted lap pads and weighted scarves. These weighted items help children struggling with sensory integration to “integrate the sensory input from the environment” and become more able to participate in academic tasks.
$720 has been awarded to Gillis-Sweet teachers, Mary Jo Cooper, Jessica Potraffke and Kerry Sheldon for their grant “Story Walk”. This grant will allow for the purchase of books and supplies to create an outdoor story walk for the students and community to enjoy. The story walk consists of pages of a story, in individual panels, placed around the school.
$1140 has been awarded to Andy Slack and Lori Oxley, Mayer Middle School and Fairview High School teachers for their grant “Problem-Solving and Critical Thinking Skills Challenges”. “The purpose of this project is for students to learn critical thinking skills that can be applied to real world problems and challenges. Additionally, to help students and parents bridge the transitional gap between middle school and high school.” It has several phases; a seminar for students and parents, a field trip to the Escape Room at North Olmsted, the designing of a digital escape room.
$2649 has been awarded to Graham Codney and Kim Dunlap for a Gillis-Sweet and Mayer Middle School collaboration. Their grant “Sphero Bolt Coding Robot” will enable students to “hone their programming skills, critical thinking, problem solving, logical reasoning, collaboration, communication as well as the design process.”
$1167 has been awarded to Preschool Intervention Specialist Megan Frenz for her grant “Parkview Playground Communication Board”. This Core Communication Board will allow “the staff and students a way to communicate if they are not able to do so with their verbal words”. A similar communication board is currently being used in the building. This grant will provide a communication board for the playground area.
The Fairview Park Education Foundation provides grants for the enrichment of the Fairview Park City public schools for the enrichment of school curriculum, the enhancement of instruction, and the implementation of other appropriate activities to achieve specific education goals. The grants are funded through individual donations and through proceeds from various fundraisers.
TWO NEW SCHOLARSHIPS ADDED FOR 2022 FAIRVIEW HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATING SENIORS!!
The Fairview Park Education Foundation would like to congratulate the Fairview High School Class of 1971 on their 50th Reunion!! They celebrated their 50th class reunion in September reminiscing about their high school days and enjoying each others company.
We would like to thank the alumni of the 1971 50th class reunion for their generous donation of $2,000.00 to the Fairview Park Education Foundation. Mark Summers from the Class of 1971 stated that Fairview High School provided them a great education and the ability to go forward with their future dreams and they wanted to help provide that to future graduating Fairview High School seniors.
The monies will be set up as two scholarships in their name for the 2022 graduating Fairview High School seniors. The first $1,000.00 scholarship will be set up for a student who would like to go to a college or university but has significant financial need that may restrict that dream for them. The second $1,000.00 will be given to a graduating senior who will be going to a trades school (i.e. electrical, plumbing, construction, masonry, etc. ). This money will be added to the Michael & Jeanne Holick Memorial Scholarship which is also for a student going into the trades. They will join forces to provide scholarships for these students.
Founded in 1984, the Fairview Park Education Foundation was created to develop additional sources of revenue to enrich, enhance and supplement the educational experiences and curriculum of the Fairview Park City School District. The Foundation strives to act for the benefit of our students, educators and community. Foundation activities include teacher grants for the enrichment of student programs and scholarships for graduating seniors.
Thank you again FHS Class of 1971 Alumni 50th Reunion for your outstanding donation!!
THE 2020 FALL GRANTS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN AND ANNOUNCED!!! CLICK BELOW TO SEE WHAT EXCITING PROGRAMS WILL BE COMING TO FAIRVIEW PARK CITY SCHOOLS!!!! https://www.fpedfoundation.org/2020-grants/
The Fairview Park Education Foundation Scholarship application process has opened for Fairview High School Seniors!!! For the 2021 year, we have 23 scholarships available to apply for totaling $25,600. Click on to the link below and apply. Deadline for applications is March 26, 2021. Best of luck to all the graduating seniors!! https://www.fpedfoundation.org/scholarships/
THE FAIRVIEW PARK EDUCATION FOUNDATION IS PROUD TO PRESENT TO YOU OUR VIDEO VERSION OF THE 2020 SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS!! OUR THANKS TO TYSON CRANDALL (CLASS OF 2024) FOR PUTTING THIS VIDEO TOGETHER FOR US!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL OF OUR SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS AND OUR BEST WISHES FOR A GREAT FIRST YEAR AT COLLEGE!!! 2020 Scholarship Recipients Video Presentation Download
The Fairview Park Education Foundation is proud to announce our 2020 scholarship recipients. We selected 21 graduating students from Fairview High School. Those students were awarded a total of $24,600 in college scholarship money. For more information please click here: 2020 Scholarship Recipients
“Tell me your Story” program for Lewis F. Mayer Middle School students is a great success!!
THE FALL GRANT APPLICATION IS NOW AVAILABLE!!!
DUE DATE IS NOVEMBER 8, 2019. DOWNLOAD APPLICATION HERE:
https://www.fpedfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Grant-Proposal-Form-Fall-2019.pdf
WeatherSTEM system comes to Fairview High School
The Fairview Park Education Foundation generously provided a grant for a WeatherSTEM system to be installed at Fairview High School. The system provides data on temperature, pressure, wind, lightning detection, high heat monitoring, locations of planets, and much more. The system will be utilized by students studying environment sciences and weather, as well as by staff to monitor outdoor conditions for athletic events.
Check out the live stream and more features here! https://cuyahoga.weatherstem.com/fairviewhs
WeatherSTEM article in Cleveland.com 9/26/19
Lewis F. Mayer Middle School students explore family traditions and stories
Natalie Bauman, a video producer from the Center for Arts-Inspired Learning, speaks with a middle school English Language Arts class.
Students in grades 6-8 at Lewis F. Mayer Middle school are learning to connect with their families in a new way.
Through a grant from the Fairview Park Education Foundation, students are engaging in a cross-curricular learning project in their English, Social Studies, and Operation Advantage classes where they are learning how to interview their family members, record and edit video, and publish their work.
Students were asked to read books by Alan Gantz over the summer, with a visit by the author this fall, however, due to the publisher canceling book tour dates for Gantz, another plan was put into action.
The Fairview Park Education Foundation generously stepped in with a $4,400 grant to be able to bring local artist Natalie Bauman in to Lewis F. Mayer Middle School.
Bauman is a video producer and has created an App called “SimplyTold” which provides interview prompts to guide users through creating a personal or family legacy, one video at a time.
Natalie Bauman is the founder and CEO of The Digital Mosaic, LLC, an online video storytelling experience, to better serve families, organizations and people who want to tell and preserve their collaborative stories. Using her years of expertise in interviewing people and creating compelling stories, she’s created an easy-to-use video platform that bridges the huge gap between shooting videos on a phone and hiring a professional.
Organizations like the Alzheimer’s Association, leading senior care providers, and the Cuyahoga County Public Library system, are all on-board using the SimplyTold tool to gather the stories that matter to the people they serve.
“The students’ natural enthusiasm to share their own stories is so easily elevated to thinking about how to learn more about their family members,” said Bauman. “I love seeing them connect to their history and start to understand how their family’s experience impact them. Capturing and sharing their family stories helps kids see themselves in a different context, as part of a bigger picture, which I think is so important for pre-teens and teens. Digital storytelling tools like my SimplyTold app makes it easier to easily create and manage videos for Fairview Park City Schools Traditions program.”
Each middle school student in grades 6-8 will have an opportunity to showcase their projects under the theme of, “Tell Me Your Story: Family Traditions” which will be showcased to the community on October 3 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in the high school gym. Families are encouraged to attend and join together for a salad bar supper before or after viewing student projects.