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.

Contents

School Schedule

Current Staff

Extracurricular Activities

Athletics

Non-Athletics

Honor Societies and Selective groups

Competitive Organizations

Notable Alumni

Heroes

Notable Events

Sources

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. 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.

Current Staff

★ Principal: Mr. Joseph A. Schmitz

★ Assistant Principals: Ms. Eileen Turowski, Mr. Colin P. Carr, Mrs. Joinse E. Stallings

★ Lead Secretary: Mrs. Carol L. Sanders

★ Building Engineer: Mr. Joseph M. Healy

★ Instructional Facilitator: Mrs. Kelly A. McCracken

★ Mentor: Ms. Virginia S. Estovanne

★ Band Director: Mr. Craig Harvey

Extracurricular Activities

Athletics

'Fall Sports-'
Field Hockey,
Football,
Men's and Women's Soccer,
Cross country,
Cheerleading,
Men's and Women's 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
'2006 - 2007 School Year'

★ Field Hockey: State Championship Quarter- finalists

★ Women's Basketball: State Championship Quarter- finalists

★ Swimming: 'State Champions'

★ Men's Lacrosse: State Championship- finalists

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

Competitive Organizations

★ Dance Team

★ Ice Hockey

★ It's Academic

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★ The 2004-2005 It's Academic team won the first round of the televised show, but lost the second. They were led in the first round by Jessie Espinoza, Andrew Simon, and Barry Wright III.

★ Forensics Club

★ Chemathon Team

★ Ecology Club

★ Environthon Team

★ Marching Band

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★ 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.

Notable Alumni

★ Kimmie Meissner, Olympic figure skater, graduated in 2007.

★ Tom Myers, Comedian, graduated in 2001.

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

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.

Sources

★ Harford County Public Schools