Events

Fairview has many special events throughout the year. Some are fundraisers, some are educational events and some are cultural events, but mostly they are all FUN events for the kids and the Fairview families! Here are just a few:

B.U.G. Club
Many teachers offer BUG (Bring Up Grades) Club, an after school tutoring session that meets once or twice a week.

Career Day
Each year professionals present their careers to students from Kindergarten to 6th grade in a wide array of professions including science, sports, entertainment and more.

Fairview Family Picnic
Each year at the beginning of the school year, Fairview holds picnic for Fairview families and students to meet and get reacquainted.

Fasching
Fasching is the pre-Lenten carnival season celebrated in German- speaking countries, similar to Mardi Gras. The exact historical origin of Fasching is not clear, but festivals of this type were established in Cologne by 1234. The festivals became a time when ordinary rules were overturned resulting in noisy parades, costume balls, excessive behavior, satirical plays, and speeches. At Fairview, we use this season of “merrymaking” to provide a break from the harsh, cold of winter, to experience a German tradition, and to raise money for Fairview School. The Fasching celebration usually takes place on a Saturday in March. The new building assumes a carnival atmosphere as children, teachers, and parents join in the fun. In the German tradition the children make scary masks to frighten away winter and encourage the arrival of spring. Rooms of the school are filled with games, a Bid n’ Buy Auction, balloons, prizes, and delicious German foods and sweets. For an entire page dedicated to Fasching, click here.

German-American Day Assembly
This event honors the contributions of German immigrants and of their German language and literature to North-American culture and commerce. This day is a special celebration of the wonderful contribution made to our city, state and country by persons of German heritage. There will be special speakers, student presentations, Choir and Orchestra performances and a celebration of ALL Fairview children born outside the U.S. Read more from Herr Hamilton about the assembly here.

German-American Night
We celebrate our exchange program with the Realschule Donaueschingen. The German visiting students typically give speeches and provide some entertainment for the evening. We will have a potluck dinner again as well.

Holiday Gift Shop
Every year our parent group puts up the Gingerbread House or Holiday Gift Shop. On viewing days, children are able to visit the shop with their class and view the items for sale. Then on their class's designated shopping day, the students can purchase gifts for their friends and family. The shop is also open during lunch, after school, and on the evening of the holiday concert.

Lantern Walk
Typically held the first Sunday in November, the "Clifton Lantern Walk" was started by a Clifton resident and German native, a tradition she fondly remembers of her childhood in Hamburg. With a strong German heritage in Cincinnati and Fairview slated to relocate to a new building in Clifton in fall 2007, it was only natural that Fairview get involved in this traditional German event. Lantern Walks in the largely Catholic southern part of Germany are associated with the religious holiday, St. Martin's Day and in the more protestant north, it is mostly just a way of bringing the community together. Many Fairview students, parents and teachers participate along with the Clifton neighborhood.

Math and Science Night
Science Night and Math night are special, evening events attended by students, as well as their siblings, parents and friends. These programs are designed to encourage students of all ages and parents to participate in a variety of hands-on math and science activities.

Mother's Day Flower Sale
Our Mother's Day Flower Sale is held the Wednesday, Thursday, Friday before Mother's Day. Parents can pre-order spring flowers then pick them up at the school during the event. Children also have the opportunity to purchase flowers and surprise Mom with them. Oosterbrock Greenhouse supplies the flowers and gives us a percentage of the total sale. Funds earned from this event, go to pay for the upkeep and maintenance of our green space.

Pumpkin Patch
For two days in late October, Fairview students can visit Fairview's Pumpkin Patch. The "Patch" is open for shopping throughout the school day. Items for sale include small pumpkins, hand-painted pumpkins and lots of little treats and trinkets.

Library Benefit Used Book Sale
Gently-used children’s books are collected for Fairview’s Used Book Sale to benefit the school's wonderful library. All books are sold for only 25¢.

Spelling Bee
Each year, classroom spell downs are held to determine the finalists from each fourth, fifth, and sixth grade homeroom. These finalists participate in front of an audience of their parents and classmates to determine the school’s representative for the Cincinnati Post sponsored championship.

Young Author's Night
Children in all grades participate in this program by writing and illustrating their own books. Their creative efforts are displayed in the gym on a special night at the end of the school year for all to enjoy.