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APS holds second annual Mixed Paper Drive
To celebrate America Recycles Day on November 15, Keep Akron Beautiful and the River Valley Paper Company are hosting the second annual mixed paper drive competition in 29 APS schools. October 17 through November 18, 2011.  The top elementary, middle and high schools to recycle the most paper per pound/per student win a prize (high school winners earn a $500 cash prize and a field trip tour of the River Valley Paper Company for 50 students and faculty). For more information, contact Melissa Adams at 330.375.2116.
Saturday, November 5, Marathon Swim – Firestone Pool, All day fundraising event sponsored by Firestone Swim Team to support Akron Children’s Hospital. Sponsor a swimmer at: www.firestoneswim.com 
 
Help Beautify Essex
Essex Elementary School will host its first "Bridging School and Community Together to Keep Essex Beautiful" event on Friday, May 27, at noon.
Local gardeners, parents and grandparents are invited to help beautify the school grounds by planting garden spaces. Donations of garden tools, plants, shrubs and/or flowers are welcome; the donors will be recognized on a plaque. Refreshments will be available.
Essex is located at 1160 Winhurst Drive. For more information, call 330.873.3365.
Firestone Bands Host Ice Cream Social 
The Firestone bands will host an Ice Cream Social at Hardesty Park (1615 W. Market St.) on Friday, May 13, from 5-9 p.m. All of the Firestone bands are providing music, as well as the bands from Case, Essex, King, Resnik CLC and Litchfield. Ice cream and food will be available for purchase. In case of rain, the event will be held in Firestone's gymnasium. For more information, call 330.873.3315.
Firestone Hosts Art Extravaganza
The Firestone High School visual and performing arts programs will hold their annual Art Extravaganza on Friday, May 13, from 6-9 p.m. in the school commons. The extravaganza will include a student artwork exhibition and performances by the Firestone student orchestra. Admission is free.
For more information, contact Stephen Csejtey at 330.873.3315. Firestone is located at 333 Rampart Ave. 
Spring Swimming Lessons offered at Firestone
Akron Firestone Natatorium will offer spring swimming lessons on Tuesday and Thursday evenings from May 3-26. Levels I and II will be offered from 7-7:30 p.m., and levels III and IV will run 7:30-8 p.m.
Cost for the eight-class session is $40. Lesson registration will be held on Wednesday, April 27, from 6-7 p.m. at the Firestone High School Natatorium located at 333 Rampart Ave. For additional information, please call Firestone Natatorium at 330-873-3321. 
Attend Stone Stock 2011!
Firestone High School will present "Stone Stock '11" on Sunday, April 17, at 7 p.m at Musica in downtown Akron. The exciting line-up of bands includes two local bands as well as four bands comprised of mostly current Firestone students. Maid Myriad, who rocked the house at last year's event, will headline the event. Other bands include local duo Polymerization as well as student bands The Granite Union, Terraplane, The Electric Gentlemen and Extra Spooky.
Advance tickets can be purchased for $7 starting Monday, April 11, in the Firestone commons from 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Tickets will also be available at the door for $10. All proceeds from the event benefit the Friends of Firestone VPA, a non-profit organization created to provide financial support to all arts at Firestone High School.
For more information, contact the Firestone Theatre Office at 330-873-3408. Firestone is located at 333 Rampart Ave. Musica is located at 51 E. Market St.
Miller South Wins $5,000  
Congratulations to the Miller South Show Choir for earning first place in the Fox 8 Cleveland Glee Contest. As grand prize winners, Miller South will receive $5,000.
Special thanks to everyone who voted
 
The Firestone High School Art Department is proud to present -

Fall: A selection of new student work at Akrona Galleries 1765 W. Market Street,
 
Opening reception at Akrona will be Friday, November 19 from 5 until 7 PM. 
The exhibition will continue through December 11.
Akrona is open Mon-Wed,Fri 10am-5:30pm; Thu 10am-7pm; Sat 10am-4pm
 
Sgt. John Grant from the US Army will again be providing his help and expertise to the BPA Chapters as the students prepare their National Entries for the Entrepreneurship Exploration Awards. Students from both Chapters have been very successful in the past and we are again looking for a strong showing on the National Level from the Firestone HS - Business Professionals of America. Thanks to Sgt. Grant for his willingness to help us in this project.
 

Each year, the Thomas B. Fordham Institute conducts an analysis of urban school performance in Ohio and ranks schools based on their Performance Index score.

Congratulations to Miller South and Litchfield for earning top rankings

among Ohio’s Big 8 public middle schools in 2010.

click here to read more

On November 6, 2010, The FHS Swim Team raised $10,000 for Akron Childrens Hospital in their Kids Helping Kids Swim Maraton.
Read about it by clicking here!
Student council is sponsoring the canned food drive to benefit Good Neighbors November 30 through December 14.  Please encourage students to bring in non perishable food items.  This is an excellent opportunity to support the families in our community.
 
The Firestone Marching Band is participating in the Time Warner Band and Cheer Contest now through November 15th. If people are Time Warner Cable subscribers they can go to Channel 411 and scroll at the bottom of the screen to VOTE WITH REMOTE, SELECT BAND and then SELECT FIRESTONE. There they will find a 5 minute video clip of the band. Every time someone watches it we get a vote! Winning band receives $1,000!
 
Now, speaking of the Firestone High School Marching Band...They had a spectacular showing at their OMEA Competion in New Philidelphia this past weekend!!   Before a hushed crowd, the Firestone Band won the (35th annual) New Philadelphia Field Competition last night with a score of 265, their highest ever!  The de facto Grand Champions placed first in their class (A) out of 9 (nine) with @ 20 bands competing overall. excellent performance.  At the end of evening, the only thing higher than our score, were the trophies awarded by New Philly.  One judge commented that they had never seen a band improve so much from start to end of one season.  Observations like those can only be made through the hard work of all involved.  

click here to see a you tube video of the performance

Sept 1, 2010 - Congratulations to FHS & the following teachers for receiving the Governor's Award for Excellence in Youth Science Opportunities for 2009-2010 from the Ohio Academy of Science

Cassandra Hanna, Jim Cauffield, Micheal Farmer,

Scott Westphal, Dan Spak, Diana Williams,

Nadia Niknafs, Jeri Dean, Matt Cochran,

Christine Milcetich, & Mark Reaman.

 

The award was given to only 115 schools and 418 teachers

Firestone named Newsweek top 1,500 school

Jul 02, 2010
 

For the sixth year in a row, Firestone High School has been named one of Newsweek's top 1,500 high schools in the United States. This prestigious honor is awarded based on the number of Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate courses offered to students. In addition to AP and IB, Firestone offers students a wide variety of award-winning programs including visual and performing arts, foreign language study, and athletics. Firestone is the only school in the greater-Akron area that earned this honor.

“I am very proud of the work we are doing here at Firestone High School,” said Firestone Principal Larry Petry. “This shows that we are giving a first-class education at 'Public School' price.”                     

JAZZ COMBO
The Firestone Band Department is pleased to offer their Jazz Combo for performance at community events.  Please contact Mr. Weaver, the band director, at 330-873-3400 or tweaver@akron.k12.oh.us
 
 
  
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Firestone High School named as a "School of Promise" by the Ohio Dept. of Education.
 
 
 
Firestone VPA and IB Open Enrollment Begins Soon
The Firestone VPA/IB programs open enrollment period begins December 1, 2010, and ends January 7, 2011. Applications may be obtained in December at the schools or at the Akron Board of Education, located at 70 N. Broadway. For more information, contact your school principal or the open enrollment office at 330.761.2811.
 
 
NOTICE from APS
Complaint Procedure
 
It is the desire of the district to rectify any misunderstandings between the public and the District by direct discussions of an informal, timely manner amoung the interested parties.  The District's procedure for resolving any oral or written misunderstandings or complaints from parents and/or stakeholders concerned with the appropriate delivery of services to children is simple and straight forward.  All complainants should first contact the child's teacher, if applicable, to attempt to resolve any issues.  If not resolved, the appropriate procedure is to contact the Assistant Principal (if applicable), then the Building Principal.  In most cases, problems can be quickly resolved at the building level.  If not resolved at the building, contact the executive director.