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Fallston High School is a public high school Fallston, Maryland, United States. It serves approximately a thousand students of Harford County.
History
With increasing population growth in this area of once-rural Harford County during the 1970s, the Board of Education determined the need for a secondary school to serve the youth of Fallston. Fallston High School was designed by architect Richard Ayres and built by Cam Construction Company at a cost of $10 million. The ground on which the school is built was formerly a dairy farm. The land was acquired from local Real Estate developer Mr. Joseph Deigert, with an adjacent four acres set aside as a new home for the Fallston Volunteer Fire Company. Fallston High School opened in November 1977 with a staff of 73 and a student population of 1400 in grades 6 through 10, with grades 11 and 12 added in subsequent years. The majority of the original Fallston students transferred from Bel Air schools. Initially the school was a combined Middle/High School but was converted solely to a High School (9-12) with the opening of Fallston Middle School (6th-8th grades) on an adjacent piece of property in 1993. Fallston High School was visited by President Reagan during his time as president on December 4, 1985. The school has a conference room named the Reagan Room to commemorate his visit.
Extracurricular activities
There are over 40 clubs available to students, including competitive and non-competitive activities. To keep students' focus on academic achievement, the school has an Eligibility Committee to review student academic progress. If a student enrolled in an extracurricular activity is failing in one or more subject, he or she will be declared ineligible to participate in extracurricular activities.
= Athletics
=Maryland Public Secondary Schools Athletic Association (MPSSAA) Sanctioned Sports
Participate in the Upper Chesapeake Bay Athletic Conference
Fall: Field Hockey,
Football,
Men's and Women's Soccer,
Cross Country,
Cheerleading,
Men's and Women's Volleyball,
Golf
Winter: Men's and Women's Basketball, Wrestling, Cheerleading, Indoor Track, Men's and Women's Swimming
Spring: Baseball, Softball, Men's and Women's Lacrosse, Track & Field, Tennis
Non-Sanctioned Sports: Ice Hockey, Bowling
Maryland State Championship Teams
Men's Cross Country: 1981
Men's Lacrosse : 1985, 1987, 2001, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2021, 2023
Women's Field Hockey: 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993, 1994, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2012
Men's Soccer: 1992
Women's Soccer: 1994, 1996, 2009, 2015, 2021, 2022
Women's Softball : 2004
Women's Indoor Track : 2005
Men's Swimming : 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011
Women's Basketball : 2009, 2010, 2022
Women's Lacrosse : 2009, 2012, 2024
Women's Volleyball: 2010
Ice Hockey: 2010
Fall Cheerleading: 2021, 2022, 2023
= Academics, arts, and cultural
=Honor societies and selective groups
German National Honor Society
Spanish National Honor Society
French National Honor Society
National Honor Society
National English Honors Society
Rho Kappa Social Studies National Honors Society
Student Government Association
International Thespians Society
Mu Alpha Theta
National Business Honor Society
Science National Honor Society
Tri-M Music Honor Society
Competitive organizations
Dance Team (suspended operations in 2017): State Champions 2008, 2011
It's Academic
Envirothon Team
Marching Band
The Fallston High School Cougar Marching Band toured in the Tournament of Bands circuit, as well as the Cavalcade of Bands circuit. It has been to the Atlantic Coast Championships of the Tournament of Bands in the years 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, and 2006. After 2006, the Band stopped competition but continues to play at football games and parades.
Notable alumni
Sheryl Davis Kohl, former member of Maryland House of Delegates, graduated in 1980
Chase Kalisz, swimmer, member of the USA 2016, 2020, and 2024 Summer Olympics teams, Olympic Gold (2020) and Silver (2016) Medalist in the 400 Individual Medley, graduated in 2012
Kimmie Meissner, member of the USA 2006 Winter Olympics team, 2007 U.S. Figure Skating Champion, and 2006 World Figure Skating Champion, graduated in 2007
Notable events
Then-U.S. President Ronald Reagan visited the school on December 4, 1985.
Fallston High was featured in Sports Illustrated magazine (February 20, 2006 issue) for the Kimmie Meissner Olympic "Send Off."
Daniel "Rudy" Ruettiger (Notre Dame University) came to Fallston High as a public speaker.
Former Attorney General of the United States Edwin Meese III visited the school in 2005.
Selected by Newsweek Magazine as one of America's top public High Schools in 2009, 2010 and 2012.
References
Sources
Harford County Public Schools
http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2009/americas-best-high-schools/list.html
http://www.newsweek.com/feature/2010/americas-best-high-schools/list.html
https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/maryland/districts/harford-county-public-schools/fallston-high-9116
http://mshl.org/news.php?news_id=249123
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