Category: Jr./Sr. High News

Thanks to the hard work of students in the Internship program and School Store, the FPHS greenhouse was put back into action and the community garden space is once again clean, green and productive.

“The community garden had been resting for several years and needed a lift,” said business teacher Wendy Stokna. “The students worked to clean the space and decided to donate proceeds from store activities to install a fresh weed barrier, a cedar raised bed and compost bin.

“These students hope that future students can get their hands a little dirty, learn about teamwork and gain the endless skill and knowledge that come from involvement in the management of the community garden.

“The special project also involved planting, growing and labeling plants and hosting a small plant sale,” she added. “The students worked very hard on all aspects of the garden project, pushing its completion to beyond the end of the school year. Thank you to all in our school community for your support.”

On June 24, members of the Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School Class of 2023 received their diplomas, turned their tassels and walked across the graduation stage to the next exciting chapter in their lives.

We celebrate the Class of 2023 with our graduation photo album, Top 10 Students video, which premiered at graduation and may be viewed below, and Senior Spotlight, which was displayed in the high school lobby, shared with our families, highlighted on morning announcements and shared on social media.

Congratulations to all of our seniors. We’re proud of you, Hilltoppers!

View our graduation photo album on Facebook!

We celebrated our top 10 seniors with a video shown during graduation. View it below.

Congratulations to all of our seniors! Here’s our Senior Spotlight

[Posted 5/22/23; reposted 6/8; updated 6/23 & 6/26/23]

Fort Plain High School has named the top 10 students of the Class of 2023. Congratulations to the seniors posted below.

To learn more about them, visit our Senior Spotlight webpage.

1. Alex Rivkowich, Valedictorian

 

2. Ethan Kilmartin, Salutatorian

 

3. Rylee Herron

 

4. Natalie Thibodeau

 

5. Anthony Paradiso

 

6. Stephen Gray

 

7. Joseph Stinebrickner III

 

8. Americus Cotton

 

9. Cameron David

 

10. Kristin Sanders

View our Top 10 video, first shown during graduation.

[Posted 6/8/23; reposted 6/23/23; updated 6/26/23]

Students in Wendy Stokna’s Digital Fluency class at Fort Plain Jr./Sr. High School are celebrating great gains.

Student progress in keyboarding was tracked by looking at the Net Words Per Minute (NWPM) that adjusts speed for accuracy. Collectively the classes started the school year averaging 17 NWPM with a range of 1 to 53 NWPM, and they finished the year averaging 40 NWPM with a range of 21 to 83 NWPM!

“That is an average growth of 23 Net Words Per Minute in one year!” Stokna said. “In each class, students start with a small amount of time using best practices in keyboarding, most importantly trying not to look at their hands and developing muscle memory.

“Just the practice of 10 minutes per class every other day created this amazing result. I want to express to my students how proud I am of their growth of this necessary 21st Century skill!”