FCHS 75th birthday ornanments available

FCHS 75th birthday

ornanments available

Fayette County High School will turn 75 years old this year.

To commemorate the school's birthday, the Tiger Import/Export Group

is selling Fayette County High School ornaments for $5. These ornaments

are made of brass and depict the school emblem.

They may be purchased at any of the home football games at Fayette County

High School, or from any student who is taking applied communications

from TIG sponsor Paula Anderson.

Proceeds from the ornament sales will help offset the cost of hosting

students from Scotland who will be visiting TIG students this spring.

A committee of teachers and alumni is planning a gala during homecoming

weekend to commemorate the school's birthday. During this weekend,

a representative from the Georgia Department of Education will visit Fayette

County High School to formally present the school with a certificate which

establishes it as a National Blue Ribbon School of Excellence.

TIG is affiliated with Achievers International Georgia, an organization

that matches schools in Georgia with those in the United Kingdom, Europe

and Africa.

The two school groups form trading companies, then host students from

their partner school, usually in the spring of the year.

The Fayette County High students are partnered with Doon Academy in Dalmellington,

Scotland.

Fayette students have visited Doon the past two years and hosted 15 students

and two teachers from Doon last year. Teachers report the visits have

provided students an excellent learning experience in economics, history,

communication skills, social and technical skills.