ACHIEVING PERFECT ATTENDANCE this year at Fairfield high school are: front l-r, Emily Griffin, Brady James, Cory Black, Willie Tatum and Amber Lehman; middle l-r, Ronnie Brewer, Valarie Fernandez, Michael Watts, Evan Simpson, Ravi Patel and Patrick Beel; back l-r, Nirmal Patel, Kathleen Chappell, Ryan Bond and Zach Mims. Not pictured is Jorge Espinoza. Fairfield high school recognized academic achievements of its students last week at its annual Honor Day assembly.

Awards were presented the top ranked students in each class, for perfect attendance, academic competition, civic service and in subject areas.

The highest ranked students at FHS is headed by the valedictorian and salutatorian of the Class of 2010. Valedictorian Lilly Duarte earned a 5.67 grade point average in four years at FHS and salutatorian Adam Chappell earned a 5.52 GPA.

Leading the freshmen class with a 5.37 GPA is Micah Hubbert, Kathleen Chappell posts a 5.28 as the top ranked sophomore and Cory Black heads the junior class with a 5.71.

Honor graduates this year are Miss Duarte, Chappell, Kaitlyn Palmquist, Daniel Wood, Lando Duarte, Jaymi McLeod, Morgan Fuller, John Horton, Haley Plemons, Lauren Jackson, Kalyn Caffey, Kayse Kirgan, Sally Taylor, Riley Jo Davidson, McKenzie Beddingfield, Jessica Gallegos, Colby Green, Mia Mayo, Rebecca Lyles, Evan Simpson, Adam Rhoads, Cally Hardwick, Sarah Linton, Taylor Adcock, Shekinah Davidson, Cheyenne Newman, Cortney Kahrs, Spencer Higgins, Whitney Roberson, Rob McCully, Reagan Amick, Amber Lehman and Ravi Patel.

The highest ranked students and honor graduates received academic medals.

Four students received certificates and pins for achieving the highest scores on the American High School Mathematics Examination. Honored were freshman Dalton Barker, sophomore Zach Prihoda, junior Cory Black and senior Lilly Duarte.

Black and Prihoda earned the highest scores at FHS and were awarded pins for that achievement.

Interact Club recognized students who contributed at least 100 hours of community service. Honored were Jermaca Brown, Blake Miller, Jaymi McLeod, Haley Plemons, Taylon Black and Brittany Watson.

A total of 16 students maintained perfect attendance this school year, with senior Ravi Patel completing four years of perfect attendance.

Attendance honorees, in addition to Patel, were seniors Patrick Beel, Emily Griffin (two years), Brady James (two years), Amber Lehman (two years), Evan Simpson, Willie Tatum and Michael Watts, juniors Cory Black and Jorge Espinoza, sophomores Kathleen Chappell (two years) and Zach Mims, and freshmen Ryan Bond, Ronnie Brewer, Valarie Fernandez and Nirmal Patel.

All sophomore students take the PLAN test sponsored by Texas Education Agency and the ACT, and 11 FHS students were recognized for meeting all four of the ACT College Readiness Benchmarks on the PLAN test.

Meeting those requirements were Alan Baker, Kathleen Chappell, Thomas Craig, Ty Ezell, Chelsea Farrell, Caleb Gunnels, Zach Mims, Zach Prihoda, Caleb Shannon, Benjamin Spradlin and Samantha Wemple.

Each year students are recognized for outstanding work in each subject area. To be recognized, a student may have the top grade, be most improved, or contributed the most to the class.

Subject area awards are:

English Second Language I—Darith Chab.

English Second Language II—David Mendoza.

English Second Language III-Laura Colli.

English Secong Language IV—Ana Davila.

Communication Application—Khadijah Oatman.

English I—Kaitlyn Cool and Valeria Fernandez.

Pre-AP English I— Morgan Prihoda.

English II—Benjamin Spradlin and Zach Prihoda.

Pre-AP English II—Brady Johnson.

English III—Patricia Perez and Chelsea Lopez.

AP English Language— Garrett Thompson.

English IV—Ana Davila.

Dual Credit English II— Lauren Jackson.

Debate—Kory Jumper.

Journalism—Jermaca Brown.

Newspaper—Jonathan Orms.

Yearbook—Mia Mayo.

Algebra—Morgan Prihoda, Roberto Acevedo, Veronica Escobedo and Samuel Antonio-Herrera.

Geometry—Ashley Barrett, Zach Mims and Emily Rodgers.

Geometry Honors—Jayda Griffin.

Math Models—Laura Colli and Kory Jumper.

Algebra II Honors—Zach Prihoda.

Precalculus Honors— Cory Black.

AP Calculus AB—Lilly Duarte.

Recycle Team—John Horton and Ricardo Portillo.

Biology I—Jose Escobedo and Valeria Fernandez.

Pre-AP Biology I— Roberto Acevedo.

Integrated Physics and Chemistry—Janette Gibson and Samantha Wemple.

Chemistry I—Cooper Vandiver, Brett Wilson and Ty Ezell.

Pre-AP Chemistry I— Kathleen Chappell.

Biology Dual Credit— Shekinah Davidson.

AP Chemistry—Cory Black.

Physics Honors—Cory Black.

World Geography— Micah Hubbert and Amanda Cook.

World History—Brady Johnson, Jordan Gandy, Benjamin Spradlin and Zach Mims.

U.S. History—Mary Graham and Dillon Smith.

Dual Credit U.S. History—Garrett Henson.

U.S. Government— Jessica LaVergne and Andrea Wimple.

Economics—Evan Simpson and Eli Pratt.

Foundations of Physical Fitness—John Fritz.

Boys PE—Tyler Batey.

Girls PE—Chelsea Higgins.

Health Education—Zane Robinson.

Health Science—Haley Plemons.

Spanish I—Morgan Prihoda and Aaron Heers.

Spanish II—Maecy Mannen and Natalie Neill.

Pre-AP Spanish II— Micah Hubbert.

Spanish III—Ashleigh Johnson.

Pre-AP Spanish III— Kathleen Chappell.

Ag Science 101/102— Nathan Wood.

Ag Science 221/231— Brady Johnson.

Ag Science 261/362— Ashlee McGowan.

Ag Science 323/325— Kory Jumper.

Ag Science 312—Daniel Wood.

Ag Science 375—Kayse Kirgan.

Ag Science 381/322— Robin Davis.

General Ag Mechanics— Cory Black.

VAC/COOP Work Program—Devin Kindon.

Personal Family Development—Pooja Raja and Veronica Escobedo.

NFS/FST—Janette Gibson.

PFP/CD—Jayda Griffin and Fruncheska Daniels.

Individual Family Life/Management—Skyler Hite.

Housing/Interior Design—Eric Gibson and Kalla Dupre.

Art I—Kelsy Ellison.

Advanced Art—Jessica LaVergne.

Theater Productions— Jacob Cain.

Keyboarding—Kayce Davis and Ravi Patel.

Accounting—Taylor Adcock.

BCIS—Cory Black, Morgan Fuller and Riley Jo Davidson.

BIMM—Matthew Strube.

Computer Science I— Zach Mims.

Computer Science II— Jesse Dye.

This year seven students advanced to the state University Interscholastic League meet. Those students are: Anna Marie Oglesbee, editorial writing; Jeffrey Procter, social studies; Dillon Smith, persuasive speaking; and the computer science team of Zack Borter, Matt Strube, Robb McCully and Adam Chappell.

Recognized for competing in the state track and field championships this month was senior Derekia Coleman, who ran the 100- and 200- meter dashes.

FHS has dominated UIL academic competition for the past two decades, winning the district academic championship 20 of the past 21 years. All students who participated in UIL academics were recognized.

Also, FHS has won the Spring Sweepstakes trophy for 20 of the past 21 years. Trophy points are earned through scores in academics, golf, tennis and track and field.