Fairfield Junior/Senior High School

Fairfield Cross Country saw its 2023 competition season come to a close Saturday at the New Prairie Regional. The girls team finished 17th overall as a unit, none of its runners able to squeeze out a spot to state. The top runner for the Lady Falcons was Kaitlyn Kuhn, who was 74th overall with a time of 21:24. Continuing down the line in scoring positions for Fairfield were Natalee Lambright (86, 21:37), Lyla Dennis (105, 21:50), Lorelei Shively (115, 22:01) and Claira Foust (155, 22:51). The boys had three runners active at New Prairie, but weren't able to keep up with the top performers for state advancement. Ethan Garcia-Mendoza (124th) and Evan Correll (130th) were within a couple steps of one another at the final, Garcia-Mendoza at 18:12 and Correll at 18:14. Luke Mast was the third Falcon in 175th at 18:44. Special thanks to Jason Grasty for the photo work at New Prairie!

Have you had a chance yet to sign up to sponsor a local Fairfield family this holiday season as part of our Sponsor-A-Fairfield Family Christmas Program? If not, check out our registration page and help make a family's holiday season a little merrier! We also are open to blind donations if you prefer to impact in that way. You can do so by contacting your preferred school's PTO/PAC advisors, or contact any of the school secretaries. https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1296544

We live to play another week! Final from Fairfield: Falcons 17 Jimtown 6 #ontothenext - next week at John Glenn

It was Spa Day on Thursday for one of our staff member's pups. Finn Graves gets an A+ for his nail trim, bath and blow dry. Don't let the puppy dog eyes fool you, he was just waiting for his peanut butter stick to be refilled. His day followed with a nap! One of the perks our staff members have is bringing in their pet for our Vet Careers students and staff to do things like Spa Days, helping our students get some hands-on training in the classroom. While this is just a luxury for Fairfield staff members, we wanted to share what our students are working on in the Vet department!

Be safe and enjoy your time off!

The holiday season is just about here, and Fairfield Community Schools are getting a jump on the season with its Sponsor-A-Fairfield Family initiative. If your family would like to sponsor a family in need, see our registration post here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1296544 Fliers with information will be sent home today with each student in our school corporation.

You would be hard-pressed to find an activity that our LifeSkills kids at MEMS love more than their trips to Loveway. Take a look into why they love it so much at the link below! https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1290707

They run the show so we don't have to! A hearty pat on the back today to all the bosses out there. Enjoy your day!

Eighth grade students from Fairfield took a field trip this week to Lippert Veada as part of a Manufacturing Day. This gave the students the opportunity to explore career options in manufacturing. Students rotated around hands-on stations showing them what manufacturing is all about. Special thanks to Nancy Haines for the photo work!

Fairfield Vet Careers made their way to the Bontrager Angus Cattle Farm today to some hands-on experience with the overall process that Chad and Cassie Bontrager handle in owning their farm. Among the activities the students helped with included vaccinations, deworming and blood testing as well as watched ear tattooing - a permanent form of ID that is required for farmers - as well as practicing placing and removing halters. Dr. Hilary from the LaGrange Animal Clinic was also on hand and did pregnancy checks on all the cows, explaining what she saw on the ultrasound machine.

Update: The Fairfield Food Pantry has a new home! It's now located just east of SR 15 on the corner of CR 142 and CR 23 in New Paris!

It was a fast week in Fairfield athletics as volleyball wrapped up its regular season, football found out its state tournament path, and the elementary schools held its mile fun run! Special thanks to Jess Trejo and friends for the art this week featuring the elementary milers! Read about all of the proceedings here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1278762

It was a fast week in Fairfield athletics as volleyball wrapped up its regular season, football found out its postseason path, and the elementary schools held its mile fun run! Special thanks to Jess Trejo and friends for the art this week, featuring the elementary milers! Read all about the proceedings here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1278762

Fairfield hosts rival Jimtown in the first round of the IHSAA Football Sectional, game set for Oct. 20.

Your kids were off school on Friday - here's why! Our teachers were participating in what's called Response To Intervention, or RTI, where they spent the day at Fairfield Junior/Senior High School learning about the processes of RTI and how it correlates to helping our students better themselves. The RTI process fits into the overall Professional Learning Community, or PLC, which Friday was bolstered by a pair of guest speakers: Mike Mattos, who joined the teachers virtually from California, and in person by Eric Twadell, both sharing initiatives and strategies for our teachers to utilize in their own classrooms.

DayInTheLife - Braids of Battle There were no warships or spears present, but there were Viking Games taking place in Fairfield Cosmetology. Find out about the battles waged here: https://www.fairfield.k12.in.us/article/1272105

Fairfield Cosmetology will be hosting its first Late Night Haircut session! From 3-6 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 11, Cosmo will be offering free haircuts to students and staff, as well as $5 trims for the public. You won't find a better price for a haircut around, so hurry and book an appointment today! Call (574) 831-2186 to get into the appointment book!

Fairfield Wrestling will host a camp for kids in kindergarten through seventh grade. The camp will be held in the FHS wrestling room on these dates (5:30-7 p.m. each night): Nov. 6, 7, 9 Nov. 13, 14 Nov. 16 - Blue and Gold Match (auxiliary gym) Cost of the camp is $10 per athlete. Find the form to fill out below: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScNltav9B-cXgAV9r1H22joPoInR6_piz-yHl4OMZb0VLiM7w/viewform

"Life is a beautiful mess, embrace the chaos and find joy in the imperfections." We often overlook our messes, but we cannot overlook those who clean up behind us. On National Custodian Day, we SALUTE and THANK all of our Fairfield Community School custodial staffs for the countless hours and thankless jobs they do for our schools. So THANK YOU custodians!!!

"Life is a beautiful mess, embrace the chaos and find joy in the imperfections." We often overlook those who clean up our messes, and in the case of our campuses, we cannot overlook the tireless and thankless efforts our custodial staffs do to keep our buildings in great shape. THANK YOU CUSTODIANS as we celebrate you on National Custodian Day!!!