Fayette County High School

Former Fayette County High School Principal Radford Hester was recently appointed by the Russellville City Council to serve as a member of the Russellville City School Board. The Russellville City Council made the appointment during a council meeting held on Dec. 6, 2021. The members of the Russellville City School board are not elected officials, but are appointed by the council. The board members serve five-year terms.

The annual Fayette Christmas Parade was a huge success, with an unusually large number of entrants in this year’s parade. The parade featured the FCHS band, floats, decorated cars and four-wheelers, fire trucks, horses and a visit from Santa.

The Fayette County High School Tigers are seeking to rebound from a rare 3-7 losing season in 2020, and Head Football Coach Waldon Tucker appears to be optimistic when looking ahead to this season. “We’re awfully young at most positions, but I’ve never had a group of kids who have worked harder in the off-season than this group of kids,” Tucker said.

Fayette County High School held its annual Awards Night on Thursday, May 8, with the senior class receiving more than $2 million dollars in total scholarship awards. One of the highlights of the night is the announcement of the top 10 seniors by academic scores. Trey Pinkerton is the valedictorian of the class, and Marlee Yerby is the salutatorian.

Quinton Aaron, the actor who played Michael “Big Mike” Oher in the movie “The Blind Side,” visited Fayette County High School on Wednesday, March 17 to present a program to the students on bullying. Students from Berry Elementary, Berry High School and Hubbertville School also attended the program.

Fayette County High School hosted its third annual AP Celebration on Wednesday, Oct. 21. The school currently offers seven Advanced Placement courses. During the 2016-17 school year, FCHS gave 44 exams and had eight students make a qualifying score. This year, Fayette County High School gave 187 exams and had 36 qualifying scores.

The parents of students who were juniors and seniors at Fayette County High School during the 2019-2020 academic year held a prom for the students at Timber Valley Lodge on Saturday, Aug. 1. The parents wanted the students to enjoy one of the big social events of the year, since so many of their events had been cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Samantha Cox, recent honor graduate and three-sport athlete at Fayette County High School, signed an athletic scholarship on June 23 to play volleyball for Judson College in Marion.

Fayette County High School was recently ranked as the 23rd top high school in the State of Alabama by U.S. News and World Reports. FCHS had the smallest enrollment (404 students) and the highest student poverty level (51 percent) among the top 25 schools listed in the report. Most of the data used in ranking the schools was obtained from the 2017-18 academic year.

Fayette County High School Principal Dr. Jeremy Madden recently represented the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals (AASSP) as District 7 South High School Principal of the Year at the 2019 AASSP/AAMSP Fall Conference, Nov. 10-13 in Orange Beach. Madden was named as a top three finalist and was interviewed by a selection committee. The winner of Alabama’s High School Principal of the Year award will be named in Jan. 2020. The Alabama High School Principal of the Year Award is sponsored by the Alabama Association of Secondary School Principals and American Fidelity.