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Welcome to the market… The Fairhope Outdoor Farmers Market promotes a welcoming environment with a friendly sign at the entrance. Locals flocked in to get delicious farm-fresh foods and goods.
Fairhope Outdoor Farmers Market offers fresh produce
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Annual homecoming to span over six days
Strike that pose... Fairhope Middle School cheerleaders kick off the Back to School bash with classic Pirate cheers. The crowd sang with cheerleaders and repeated the Pirate calls.
Fairhope West PTO hosts inaugural back-to-school bash
Practicing plays… Jordan receives the pass while practicing plays to defeat the Toros this Tuesday, August 26. The team rotated between conditioning and drills.
Fairhope High School launches flag football
Stretching for Semifinals… The Pirates huddle together to stretch for an intense game. The players took their positions on the field and kept in condition. Submitted photo.
Varsity Boys Soccer end season in semifinal
Fairhope High School held its first football pep rally in the gym Thursday, Aug. 21, to encourage student attendance at the traditional season opener versus Spanish Fort. Coaches and team members recognized senior players.
Pep rally kicks off season opener
Practicing plays… Jordan receives the pass while practicing plays to defeat the Toros this Tuesday, August 26. The team rotated between conditioning and drills.
Fairhope High School launches flag football
Stretching for Semifinals… The Pirates huddle together to stretch for an intense game. The players took their positions on the field and kept in condition. Submitted photo.
Varsity Boys Soccer end season in semifinal
Pirate Vision Special Edition: Soccer Wins Playoff Round 1
Pirate Vision Special Edition: Soccer Wins Playoff Round 1
Friendly Support… Friends and teammates of senior Chance Walters congratulate him after the signing ceremony. Fairhope High School Students were invited to come watch their friends and support them during the school day.
Fairhope High School athletes commit to the next level
Super Smash Bros…Hudson Montee and Miles Shreeve compete in a Super Smash Bros match. To win in Super Smash Bros the two facing opponents fight to the death using characters and powers.
Fairhope High School introduces Nintendo Club
Strike that pose… Sadie Houston and Sawyer Knight sing Legally Blonde in the last act of the show. Houston played the role of Elle Woods, and Knight played Emmett Forest in this show. Photo by Dana Lee Davis Photography
Local teen actress performs with area company
Technique and perfection…Company dancer Halle Smith performs as the summer fairy in the most recent show, Cinderella. Being chosen for the role of the summer fairy allowed me to focus on technique and perfecting my beginner-level skills.
Bayshore Ballet, oldest company in Baldwin County, makes changes, fosters relationships
Creative Energy… Fairhope teens Ainsley Cook, Mabel Burch, Samantha Jensen and Cannon Deason hang out and draw on the whiteboard in the new teen space. Library worker Casey Henderson allowed all teens to draw on the board so that they could make the space their own. “We wanted to have it so that teens had ownership over the space,” Henderson said.
Fairhope Public Library’s 125th Anniversary Ceremony unveils new teen space
Worming through… Compost bins sit in front of Fairhope High School. FHS students supplied the waste within. Students rotate the bins regularly to allow for complete decomposition of the waste.
Vermicomposting spreads sustainability throughout student body
Snapchat negatively impacts young minds
Snapchat negatively impacts young minds
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Schools should not judge students based on standardized tests
Later school start times benefit students’ well being
Later school start times benefit students’ well being
BookTok leads to surge in mass produced mediocre books
BookTok leads to surge in mass produced mediocre books
Traveling benefits young minds
Traveling benefits young minds
Eastern Shore Repertory Theater’s Grease brings Fairhope back to the fifties
Eastern Shore Repertory Theater’s Grease brings Fairhope back to the fifties
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“The Last Unicorn:” a story of regret and love
Tasty and unique... The scent of expertly cooked vegetable fried rice wafts through the air, enticing nearby customers to purchase the same dish. The tangy rice and refreshing vegetables created a quirky flavor profile.
Dragonfly: jewel of Eastern Shore cuisine
COOKED TO PERFECTION… The seasoned charr-grilled salmon feast does not disappoint. To top it off, the juicy lemon adds a more refreshing taste.
Taziki’s offers customers welcoming taste
“The Great Gatsby:” great love story turned tragic
“The Great Gatsby:” great love story turned tragic
Fairhope High School held its first football pep rally in the gym Thursday, Aug. 21, to encourage student attendance at the traditional season opener versus Spanish Fort. Coaches and team members recognized senior players.
Pep rally kicks off season opener
Assistant principal Josh Howell and Engineering teacher Cody Coleman direct seniors to their seats before graduation. Commencement exercises for Fairhope High School’s 354 graduating seniors took place on W.C. Majors Field at 7 p.m., May 20.
Fairhope High School holds commencement exercises for Class of 2025
Say cheese… Journalism students take pictures of Pre-k students by Pete the Pirate earning a photo to their memories at Fairhope High School. Pre-K student Margaret Marcinko smiled big next to Pete.“The purpose of these pictures is to help the students remember the fun times we had together this year in Pre-K,” said Christy Carson, Pre-K teacher.
Pre-K class celebrates end of school year
Pirate Vision Special Edition: Disney Journalism Trip
Pirate Vision Special Edition: Disney Journalism Trip
Revving Up… A car show took place behind the Fairhope Public Library as an added attraction to the weekly Fairhope fresh market. The market and car show opened to the general public.
Fairhope holds weekly fresh market with car show
The Student News Site of Fairhope High School

The Pirateer
The Student News Site of Fairhope High School

The Pirateer
Show Appreciation... Coach Kalmar waves to the student section. Kalmar prepared the Lady Pirates to play the Lady Dolphins. "Thank you all for supporting, and coming,” Kalmar said.

Girls Varsity Volleyball team Lady Pirates against Gulf Shores Lady Dolphins

Haley Gunther, reporter • September 21, 2023

Endless advantages... graphic displays advantages for teens by being active. Photo taken from the Aspen Institute.

Participation in sports important for adolescents

A.C. Ahrendt, reporter • November 30, 2022

The outstanding benefit of sports: proven by coaches, scientists by AC Ahrendt, reporter Most know that playing sports as a youth is beneficial for physical health, but the impact of sports has been...

Light it up... The twirlers light up the sidelines during the game. Photo by Sharon Pippin.

Fairhope, Daphne play in rival competition

Lulu Cowden, reporter • October 13, 2022

Pirates Claim Rivalry Win by Lulu Cowden, reporter FAIRHOPE, Ala.- As the long-awaited Fairhope vs Daphne football game approached on Oct. 7 at W.C. Major Field, coach Vaughn Maceina, principal Jon Cardwell...

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