.:: Fairmont Senior High School

In the past two years on the WESTTEST, results show Fairmont Senior High School exceeds state averages. Ranked 13th out of 123 high schools in the state, the school’s goal is 90% of all students will score at mastery or above in all three content areas. In the previous two years the average performance on Math—
81% at or above mastery;
Science—92% at or above mastery; and
Language—80% at or above mastery.
The West Virginia Writing Assessment for the same period
reflects outstanding performance on each of four random prompts completed online.
Persuasive –82% at or above mastery;
Narrative—90% at or above mastery;
expository—75% at or above mastery;
and descriptive—79% at or above mastery.
Writing is taught across the curriculum
and the scores validate that commitment.
With a graduation rate of 90% and
an attendance rate of 92%
the school takes pride in second consecutive
West Virginia Exemplary School award.
With a staff that “Expects Excellence”
this achievement has been realized four of the previous six years.
Over 250 students participate in AP or other accelerated courses and the school has
     1 National Merit Finalish
     2 National Merit Semi-Finalists
     2 AP Scholars
     1 National Achievement Award Scholar
for high achieving African-American students (1 of 2 in WV)
     92% scoring at or above a 2.0 on the state writing assessment
     SAT profile for 2006 FSHS students’
scores were 40 points higher than national standards on reading;
50 points better in math, and 53 points better in writing.
ACT performed better than state and national test takers in 2006 on every portion of the test demonstrating a 22.4 composite score (1.3 points better than the national average.

Valedictorians
Fairmont Senior High School

1929     Katherine Lowe
1930     Julia Nutter
1931     Mildred Wright
1932     James H. Heinze
1933     Frances M. Kuhn
1934     Jackson K. Kern
1935     Bettina Lee Bell
1936     Althea Eileen Samms
1937     Bettie M. Straight
1937     Anne McLean Parker
1938     Charles Anderson
1939     Joseph E. Fraker, Jr.
1940     Eleanor Hawkins
1941     Anne Blair
1942     Susan Knight
1943     Arvillee Fondaw
1944     Mary Jo Smith
1945     John Arthur Lambert
1946     Nancy Fleming
1947     Patricia Jean Fleming
1948     Martha Jean Patterson
1949     Janet E. Matheson
1949     John Paul Jones, Jr.
1950     Mary Elizabeth Tucker
1951     John William Cain
1952     William Ernest Johnson
1953     Maribel Meisel
1954     James R. Urbaniak
1955     Rebecca E. Alexander
1956     Nancy Annara Jones
1957     David Michael Bear
1958     Theresa E. Campione
1959     Mary Elizabeth Conaway
1960     Eleanor Louise Parks
1961     Jeanne Summers
1962     Linda McConnell
1963     Lee Haynes
1964     Louise Meisel
1965     Allen Jones
1966     Mary Kay Belota
1967     Carol Billman
1968     Karen Gracy
1969     Mara Ozolins
1970     Ellen Shaw
1971     Barbara Brookover
1972     Linda Ozolins
1973     Alice Shaw
1974     Mark Susskind
1975     Patrick Forte
1976     Judie Charlton
1977     Brian Carpenter
1978     Kay Dunnavant
1979     Jenny Eskew
1980     Diane Fonte
1981     Anne Bomar
1982     Ed Hanway
1983     Jennifer Bomar
1983     Maureen Haley
1983     Todd Hawkins
1984     Anna Li
1985     Yvonne Le
1985     Kari Robertson
1985     Carol Wang
1986     Jennifer Brumage
1986     Andrea Feltz
1986     Susan Hayes
1987     Jacqueline Francis
1987     Rochelle Ribel
1988     Jennifer Ashton
1988     Mark Lee
1988     Wendy Suplita
1989     Johnna Rizzo
1989     Tony Shan
1990     James Burnell
1990     Jeffrey Cushman
1990     Steven Michalski
1990     Frank Muto
1991     Gina Arnett
1991     Kristi Barnes
1991     Sucharita Mulpuru
1991     Robert Ongrady
1992     John Gallucci
1992     Matthew Harman
1992     Sajad Roidad
1992     Heather Tucker
1992     Michelle Viglianco
1993     Rikki Amos
1993     Terri Burnell
1993     Laurie Earp
1993     Krista Runyan
1994     Ferdad Roidad
1994     G. Andrew Sutton
1995     Diana Boyles
1995     Audra Gallucci
1995     Amanda Rohaly
1995     Julie Scotchie
1995     Erin Yerkovich