Posted on May 28, 2009 by Elaine Smith
The CJH LIbrary was packed with artists, teachers, and proud families/friends on the evening of May 27 at the annual district art show. Kudos to district art teachers Kendra Danielson, Nadine Baxter, Melissa Brownell, and Kelli Loomis for once again putting together such a tremendous showcase of student work.
Enjoy this slideshow of pictures taken at the show and then leave the students and teachers a comment with your reactions/thoughts!
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Posted on May 4, 2009 by Elaine Smith
For the third consecutive year, Trojan Digital Media has been awarded an Emmy for their February installment of Trojan TV.
Teacher John Shula’s students also received Emmy nominations for four other productions - Real World Gotham, Trench Table, Santa SWAT, and Jack Stone.
Congratulations Mr. Shula and students; this industry level recognition is a well-deserved honor!
To view the award winning February Trojan TV visit the Northwest Chapter of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and to view other productions and learn more about video production at FHS please visit the Trojan Digital Media website.
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Posted on May 4, 2009 by Elaine Smith
“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops. ”
Henry Adams
The week of May 4-8 is designated as National Teacher Appreciation Week. We not only appreciate the fabulous teaching staff throughout our district but are grateful for the amazing work they do each and every day. Please leave them a message of encouragement and thanks; we believe we truly have the best of the best right here in Fife Public Schools!
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Posted on April 28, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Congratulations to Jill McCammon and Kirk Dodge who were named District Employees of the Year! They both are very worthy of this high honor. We are proud to have you represent our district staff. Click here to view pictures of all the individual employees of the year as they were presented with their award at our April School Board Meeting.
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Posted on April 21, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Visit our WOW Refrigerator to view some amazing projects created by Mr. Keith Hannah’s students in his DigiTools course. Be sure to return to this post and leave them a comment about their fabulous work!
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Posted on April 14, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Received the following email from Laura Hilzendeger, who along with Christiann Thomas, is the FBLA advisor for FHS. Thought this news was too good to keep to myself; congratulations everyone!
There is good news to share with all of you regarding what amazing students we have at Fife HIgh School (FHS)!
Christiann Thomas and I took 16 students to teh Washington State Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Conference in Spokane, WA from April 9-11. The students did a great job representating FHS and FBLA.
JunHo Lee served this past year as the WA State FBLA President. He helped to organize, run, and preside over the FBLA conference for the entire 3 days. He did an awesome job and we should all be proud of his representation at this conference for Fife High, the communitites of Fife and MIlton, and FBLA. I believe that he even shed a tear or two in his goodbye speech.
We will again this year be making the trip to the FBLA National Conference June 23-29 in Anaheim, CA. We had four FBLA members qualify to compete at the national level.
- Jessica Colburn - 1st place in Who’s Who for FBLA
- Leah Powell - 1st place in Client Service
- Tierney Kuhn - 1st place in the following 3 events: Desktop Applications Programming, Economics, and Internet Applications Programming, 2nd place in Databse Design & Applications
- Nicole McCaffrey - 3rd place in Creed
Jessica, Leah, and Tierney are amazing senior FBLA members who hav eworked very hard over the past three years to achieve excellence and we are so proud of their individual accomplishments and successes in FBLA as well as other areas of their lives. NIcole is new to FBLA this year and we are so excited for how well sheperformed as a sophomore at the FBLA State Conference. All four of these girls will be traveling to the national conference and will need to raise approximately $2,800 to cover all of their expenses. If you know of any organizations that can help us find assistance in these tough economic times please let us know.
As always thanks for your continued support of Fife High School Future Business Leaders of America.
Ms. Laura Hilzendeger, Business Education Department
For further information about Washington FBLA visit: http://www.wafbla.org/pages/WAFBLA-state-officers.htm
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Posted on March 31, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Congratulations to our fourteen 2008-2009 District Employees of the Year! Every spring, each building honors a teacher and/or classified employee for their high quality work. This collective group truly represents the best of the best - as we feel our district’s staff is second to none! Each will be honored at a luncheon and at our April Board Meeting, held April 27, where the District Teacher of the Year and District Classified Employee of the Year will be named out of this outstanding group of nominees.
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Posted on March 16, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Last year FHS National Spanish Honor Society advisor Jeanie Iovino was brainstorming with the club’s officers about a way to serve the Fife Latina community. This desire has bloomed into a fabulous program in which the club’s members read each week with a kindergarten or first grade ”little buddy” from Discovery Primary School. The club works with Lisa Matson, first grade teacher, to match up eager kindergarten and first grade students with an honor society member.
The younger children ride the school bus to the high school each week and are greeted enthusiastically by their “big buddy” who reads to, and with, them. They also have an informal snack and play organized games together. This program has helped the first graders to become more engaged in their reading at school and allows for someone to read text in Spanish and in English with them; thus building their language skills in both their home and second language.
Enjoy the slideshow below and the faces will show how much both groups enjoy this weekly time of reading!
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Posted on March 4, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Congratulations to Keith Hannah, Columbia Junior High business education teacher, who was recently appointed to serve on the National ACTE (Association for Career & Technical Education) Policies Commission for Business & Economics Education for the 2009-2012 triennium!
This commission writes policies that legislators use to gauge program effectiveness and which the National Business Education Association then uses as a basis for national standards and consequently what states use in the development of state and local CTE standards in the area of business education.
There are less than 20 members asked to serve from all across the country who are selected from both secondary and post-secondary levels.
More information about this commission can be found at http://www.nbea.org/curriculum/pcbee.html
Congratulations Mr. Hannah!
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Posted on March 2, 2009 by Elaine Smith
Governor Gregoire has proclaimed the week of March 9-13 as Classified School Employee Week, but here in Fife we’re celebrating all month! (Please see our website for a schedule of socials to be held in their honor.) We are so lucky to have such an amazing group of dedicated support staff throughout our entire district. Please take a moment to share your appreciation and thanks to a favorite bus driver, cook, office manager, receptionist, maintenance worker, custodian, educational assistant, playground duty, or technology support staff; or thank them as a group! These dedicated staff members help to create the capacity for teachers to do their jobs and for students to succeed.
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