Ferndale Students Flourish at New CASA Location
FHS students and neighboring artists are enjoying the new CASA location! The Center for Advanced Studies & the Arts (CASA) is a consortium school serving Berkley, Clawson, Ferndale, Lamphere, Madison, Oak Park and Pontiac school districts. They offer sixteen Advanced Placement courses, a vibrant visual arts curriculum, and a robust advanced dance program. Their new location is at 22180 Parklawn in Oak Park.
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Wednesday night, three Ferndale Family groups dedicated to supporting the music and fine arts programs of the district held their first meetings of the 2023-24 school year. BandAid, Orch-Support and Fine Arts Boosters (FAB). Great ideas were shared, and members planned out a great year!
Mrs. Pagonas' and Ms. Berris' senior English classes worked on creating self portraits made from adjectives that describe them as people and students.
Students had to work and collaborate together in Mr. Florkowski's Geometry classroom. The team building and engineering challenging was to construct the highest tower possible using spaghetti, tape and a single marshmallow.
Students Meagan Parham and Sydney Adams complete an exploration activity for Sequences and Series in Algebra 2.
Students in Mrs. Lopiccolo's Honors Geometry class worked on a non-curricular task that helps develop positive classroom norms and introduce the principles of Building Thinking Classroom. The first few days of school are essential to setting two-way expectations and creating an environment for student learning.
Ferndale High Track and Field team traveled to the State Finals Saturday and returned with All-State Honors! Najah Williams ran 59.72 in the 400m Dash finishing in 8th Place out of the best 20+ runners in D2. This performance makes her the 1st All-Stater under the new coaching regime lead by Coach Combs, as well as the 2nd fastest 400m runner in school history. In just her sophomore season, the coaching stuff couldn't be more proud of her accomplishments and accolades thus far!
The Lady Eagles also competed at states in the 4x200 with the quartet of Najah Williams, Danah Pearson, London Mayfield, & Tyra Thompson. They left it all on the track running a seasons best finishing 12th (within 1 second of All-State Honors) after going in seeded #21. Congrats to the Ferndale Track Team & The Lady Eagles on successful year!
