Mr. Harb’s 5th grade class at Fairmont North Tustin continues to seek ways to promote community service initiatives both within neighboring areas and across the Fairmont campuses. Last December, Mr. Harb’s class adopted a local family for the holidays to provide gifts and even a Christmas tree for the children and their mother. Since then, […]
Mr. Harb’s 5th grade class at the Fairmont North Tustin Campus recently worked with Connecting Hands OC to adopt a family and ensure it was able to have gifts and necessary provisions during the holiday season. Harb said that it’s been his goal since the beginning of the school year to find a way to […]
Students in Ms. Lee’s 4th grade math class at the North Tustin Campus were recently able to apply mathematical concepts they’ve learned to a real-world scenario in which they designed their own buildings. The “Dear Sir/Madam Architect” assignment asked students to help Ms. Lee decide what type of learning complex she should build and how […]
Students in Mr. Massimini’s business classes are discovering the real-world applications of the material they’ve been reading and latest assignments they’ve completed both inside and outside of the classroom. Capstone Seniors in Massimini’s Capstone course recently read Benjamin Graham’s The Intelligent Investor and then worked in groups and presented to their peers what the book […]
Mrs. Bethany Torres, 4th Grade Teacher Mrs. Torres graduated cum laude from California State University, Fullerton in 2009 with a Bachelor of Science degree in child and adolescent development. She then received her Master of Education degree from Cal State Fullerton and also obtained her Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. Mrs. Torres is driven by a […]
Last Friday, the Fairmont North Tustin Campus’ Associated Student Body (ASB) hosted their second annual Diwali Celebration. The campus was bustling with activity Friday morning as curious parents risked being late to work to see some of the festivities. Campus staff, faculty, and students rushed through the halls, making sure they were where they needed […]
Ms. Ruiz’s preschool class at the Fairmont Anaheim Hills Campus got into the Halloween spirit earlier this month with an exciting pumpkin-themed lesson. Ms. Ruiz used the festive fall activity to incorporate lessons about the five senses and plant life. “I love everything about this lesson,” Ms. Ruiz shared. “I love that we can get […]
A recent study by the American Councils for International Education has found that only 20 percent of American K-12 students are enrolled in foreign language courses. Infographic Source: Education Week That’s only one in five students learning a second language. Overwhelmingly, that 20 percent is learning Spanish and only 2.13 percent of them are learning Chinese. Mandarin […]
Preschool is an exciting first step in a child’s education. This first stage of Fairmont’s Early Childhood Education program is for students who are two to four-years-old and potty trained. Our youngest students use AlphaTales and NumberTales books to develop a strong foundation of early literacy and number sense. Older preschoolers build upon this foundation […]
During the spring semester, Fairmont Preparatory Academy students installed their capstone EPICS (Engineering Projects in Community Service) projects for the community health center Share Our Selves in Costa Mesa and for Habitat for Humanity Orange County. The purpose of these projects was to fulfill requirements in their EPICS course. Developed by Purdue University, this unique course provides students the opportunity to engage their […]
