Fallston High School

Infobox School
name = Fallston High School

motto = | established = 1977
type = Public Secondary
principal = Joseph A. Schmitz
asst principal = Eileen Turowski Colin P. Carr Joinse E. Stallings
students = 1,589
grades = 9–12
city = Fallston
state = Maryland
country = USA
district = Harford County Public Schools
campus = Suburban
colors = Orange, Brown and Gold
mascot = Cougar (named 'Gar')
newspaper = The Print
website = [https://www.edline.net/pages/Fallston_High_School Fallston High School]

Fallston High School 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, media center, academic classrooms and the gym. The upper floor is exclusively classrooms. The basement holds the cafeteria, Music and Technical skills classrooms and the locker rooms. Computer labs are located on all levels.

chool Schedule

The school schedule was changed for the 2006-2007 school year, and now operates on a four-period per day schedule, known as the "Block Schedule". Students are enrolled in eight classes for the year. Some classes will meet daily for a semester, while other classes meet every other day. This schedule provides longer periods of instruction with fewer class changes than the previous schedule.

As of 2007 the school day begins at 7:30 and ends at 2:00, 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.

History

With increasing population growth in this area of once-rural Harford County during the 1970’s, the Board of Education determined the need for a secondary school to serve the youth of Fallston. Fallston High School was designed by Richard Ayres, architect, and built by Cam Construction Company at a cost of $10 million. The ground on which the school is built was formerly a dairy farm. Fallston High School opened in November of 1977 with a staff of 73 and a student population of 1400 in grades 6 through 10. The majority of the original Fallston students transferred from Bel Air schools. Initially the school was a combined Middle/High School but converted to being exclusively a High School with the completion of Fallston Middle School on an adjacent piece of property. Fallston High School was visited by President Reagan during his term as president on December 4th, 1985.

Extracurricular Activities

Athletics

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

Notable Victories-
Homecoming Game 2008- Fallston 41 Bel Air 0

Winter Sports-Men's and Women's Basketball,
Wrestling,
Cheerleading,
Indoor Track,Men's and Women's Swimming

Spring Sports-
Baseball,
Softball,Men's and Women's Lacrosse,
Track & Field,
Tennis

2007 - 2008 School Year

*Field Hockey: 3A State Champions (10th State Championship)

*Women's Soccer: State Regional Finalists

*Women's Volleyball: State Regional Finalists

*Men's Volleyball: UCBAC (Conference) Champions

*Women's Basketball: UCBAC (Conference) Champions (4th consecutive year), State Regional Finalists

*Men's Swimming: 1A/2A/3A State Champions (2nd consecutive year)

*Men's Lacrosse: Harford County Champions

*Women's Lacrosse: Harford County Champions

*Tennis: Regional Champions

Non-Athletics

Honor Societies and Selective groups

* Varsity Club
*Art National Honor Society
*German National Honor Society
*Spanish National Honor Society
*French National Honor Society
*National Honor Society
*Student Government Association

Competitive Organizations

*Dance Team: 2007 - 2008 State Champions
*Ice Hockey
*It's Academic
*Harford County Forensics League
*Chemathon Team
*Ecology Club
*Environthon Team
*Marching Band
**The Fallston High School Cougar Marching Band toured 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. After 2006, the Band stopped competition and only plays football games and parades.

Non-competitive organizations

*Best Buddies
*Spanish Club
*German Club
*French Club
*History Club
*Philosophy Club
*Future Business Leaders of America
*Varsity Club
*SAC
*International Club
*Art Club
*SADD
*Forensics
*Newspaper
*Ecology Club

Notable Alumni

* Sheryl Davis Kohl, former member of Maryland House of Delegates
*Kimmie Meissner, member of the USA 2006 Winter Olympics team, 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, and 2006 World Figure Skating Champion, graduated in 2007.

Military Casualties

* Marine L.Cpl. Patrick Ryan Adle - 6th Engineer Support Battalion, 4th Force Service Support Group. KIA Operation Iraqi Freedom on June 29, 2004, graduated in 2001. Link: [http://www.arlingtoncemetery.net/pradle.htm Arlington Cemetery]

* Marine Cpl. Jennifer M. Parcell - 3rd Marine Logistics Group, III Marine Expeditionary Force. KIA supporting combat operations in Anbar province on February 7, 2007, graduated in 2004. Links: [http://profile.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=user.viewprofile&friendID=39535011 Her MySpace Page] , [http://somd.com/news/headlines/2007/5376.shtml Southern Maryland Online News Article] , [http://www.militarycity.com/valor/2542608.html Military City]

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.
* Former Attorney General of the United States Edwin Meese III visited the school in 2005.
* The kick-off for Maryland Public Schools' PRIDE program occurred at Fallston High School on February 22, 2007.

ources

* [http://www.hcps.org/ Harford County Public Schools]
*Principal Schmitz