The Student News Site of Fairhope High School

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The Student News Site of Fairhope High School

The Pirateer

The Student News Site of Fairhope High School

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Kind Cafe to host annual Spread Kindness Event

Kind Cafe to host annual Spread Kindness Event

Ann Clark-Smurda, reporter May 17, 2024

by Ann Clark-Smurda  Kind Cafe is hosting its annual Spread Kindness event on May 25, 2024, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. The event will be located at the Section Place Courtyard in downtown Fairhope. Kind Cafe has...

Mobile Bay Maker’s Market to offer unique products

Mobile Bay Maker’s Market to offer unique products

Ellie Boyer, reporter May 15, 2024

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (May 15, 2024) – The Mobile Bay Maker’s Market will be held on May 19, at the Fairhope Pier from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., allowing vendors to sell their products in a way different from galleries...

“The Wall that Heals” comes to Robertsdale

“The Wall that Heals” comes to Robertsdale

Presley Hughes, reporter May 10, 2024

by Presley Hughes, reporter FAIRHOPE Ala.-- Downtown Robertsdale hosted the first of a four day opening of a memorial wall for the veterans of Vietnam called, “The Wall that Heals.” The wall is meant...

Fairhope Rotary to host annual steak cook-off

Fairhope Rotary to host annual steak cook-off

Riley Wootten, reporter May 9, 2024

FAIRHOPE, Ala. (May 9, 2024) - Fairhope Rotary and the thirty four cook teams will come together in Fairhope for the annual Rotary Steak Cook-Off on May 11, at North Bancroft Street where the participating...

Strapping in…Students practice using a stretcher and carrying a student on it. Students performed a drill to further understand the role of an EMT. Photo courtesy of Fairhope High Instagram.

First Responder Career Day showcases new opportunities for students

Riley Wootten, reporter May 8, 2024

by Riley Wootten, reporter FAIRHOPE, Ala- First responders visited Fairhope High School on Tuesday, May 7, for the First Responder Career Day. This event showed students about the different careers in...

Parents, seniors come together for Casino Night

Parents, seniors come together for Casino Night

Haley Gunther, reporter May 7, 2024

FAIRHOPE, Ala. -- Seniors and parents will gather at Oak Hollow Farms on May 9. The event is free for graduating seniors. Doors open at 6 p.m. for sponsors and students of sponsors, and 7 p.m. for remaining...

Getting sentimental… Peyton Frazer and Abby Nelson, volleyball signees, try not to get emotional by their coaches’ words. They said they were excited to be playing in college, but that they would always miss their high school teams. “I wouldn’t have gotten to this point without my sister; she is such a role model to me because she played college volleyball too,” Nelson said.

Gulf Coast to host annual hot air balloon festival

Presley Hughes, reporter April 26, 2024

After many months of preparation, the city of Foley and OWA Parks and Resorts will come together again to put on the 20th Annual Gulf Coast Hot Air Balloon Festival to shed light on the hard work and determination...

Ends meet… Seniors dance to the emotional “Super Trouper” song. The students cheered and the dancers readied for their next performance.

Dance Collective performs “Seasons”

Haley Gunther, reporter April 22, 2024

by Haley Gunther, reporter FAIRHOPE, Ala.-- April 16 through 18, the Dance Collective performed their showcase themed “Seasons” in the black box theater. “My favorite dance was 'Cruel summer’,“...

Listen and learn... Walker Holder and his group listen to what feedback the judges gave. All sharks declined investment except the final one.

Entrepreneurship class takes on Shark Tank

Ann Clark-Smurda, reporter April 15, 2024

by Ann Clark-Smurda Stacey Weakley’s second and sixth period classes were tasked with putting together a marketable object, displaying it to a panel of judges in a mock shark tank. During the past...

Fearless leader… Griffith performs the leading vocals for the group during the last song of the evening.

FHS hosts 90s rock ‘n’ roll concert

Presley Hughes, reporter April 2, 2024

by Presley Hughes, reporter FAIRHOPE, Ala.-- During sixth and seventh period on March 21, guitar teacher Michael Griffith led a band of students through a musical excursion of mainstream hits from the...

Prom to bring Italy to Fairhope

Prom to bring Italy to Fairhope

Jillian Surla, editor-in-chief April 1, 2024

FAIRHOPE, Ala.-- Fairhope High School is gearing up for its annual prom, themed "Heart of Italy," set to take place at Belforest Pointe in Daphne on April 6; seniors will kick off the evening at 5:30 p.m....

An honor... Warner opens the ceremony with the welcome speech to all that attend. The soon-to-be inductees waited behind the door.

FHS inducts new members into National Honor Society

Ann Clark-Smurda, reporter March 22, 2024

by Ann Clark-Smurda, reporter Fairhope High School hosted its annual induction ceremony into the National Honor Society on Friday, March 22, at 10am.  National Honor Society is an organization of...

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