Fallston High School

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Fallston High School (FHS)

Motto	"A Proud Tradition of Excellence"
Established	1977
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Kevin F. Fleming
Students	1589
Grades	9–12
Location	Fallston, Maryland, USA
District	Harford County Public Schools
Campus	Suburban
Colors	Orange, Brown and Gold
Mascot	Cougar (Gar)
Newspaper	The Print (Mrs. Lauren Price)
Website	Fallston High School

Fallston High School (1977 - Present) 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. On the second floor is the computer lab.

1 School Schedule
2 Current Staff
3 Extracurricular Activities
- 3.1 Athletics
- 3.2 Non-Athletics
4 Notable Alumni
5 Heroes
6 Notable Events
7 Sources

[edit] School Schedule

The school schedule was changed for the 2006 school year, and now contains 4 periods each day. The periods rotates between "A" and "B" days, ensuring that lunch groupings and the daily sequence varies. The school day begins at 7:40 and ends at 2:10, 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, the first beginning at 10:51 and the last ending at 12:43.

[edit] Current Staff

Principal: Mr. Kevin Fleming
Assistant Principal: Mr. Colin P. Carr, Mr. Robert M. Limpert, and Mrs. Eileen R. Turowski.
Lead Secretary: Mrs. Kathleen L. Clayton
Building Engineer: Mr. Joseph M. Healy
Instructional Facilitator: Mrs. Kelly A. McCutcheon
Mentor: Ms. Virginia S. Estevez
Band Director: Mr. Craig Harvey

[edit] Extracurricular Activities

[edit] Athletics

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

[edit] Non-Athletics

[edit] Honor Societies and Selective groups

[edit] Competitive Organizations

Dance Team
Ice Hockey
It's Academic
Forensics Club
Chemathon Team
Ecology Club
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] Others

Best Buddies, Spanish Club, German Club, French Club, Peer Tutoring, SGA, Art CLub, SADD (Students Against Destructive Decisions), Drama, Orchestra, History Club, Yearbook, Y-Wise (Young Women in Science and Engineering)

[edit] Notable Alumni

Kimmie Meissner - member of the USA 2006 Winter Olympics team, 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, and 2006 World Figure Skating Champion, will graduate in 2007.

[edit] Heroes

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

Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell - Hero and Patriot: 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.
Edwin "Ed" Meese III visited the school in 2005
Kick off for Maryland Public Schools PRIDE program occurred at Fallston High School on February 22, 2007.