On April 22, 2024, FHS gave the students the opportunity to bring awareness to the dangers of drunk driving before prom and in general. Drunk driving is unsafe and puts hundreds of lives at risk. 37 civilians...

The college admissions process is notoriously stressful for high school seniors, though a particular beast of bureaucracy seems to have always given students the most difficulty: financial aid. Finding...

Phillip Nobblitt was selected as Teacher of the Year at FHS. Nobblitt has been a teacher at FHS for eight years and has taught thirteen years altogether. Nobblitt’s impressively diverse career has included...

On Monday, April 8, FCPS welcomed a new friendly face to lead its oldest and most prominent high school. Dr. David Ferguson is officially the new principal at FHS, starting on July 1, 2024. Administrator...

U.S. officials have repeatedly warned that TikTok threatens national security, because the Chinese government could use it to spy on Americans or weaponize it to covertly influence the U.S. public. Owned...

In an email on March 20, FCPS announced that breakfast would be free in all schools, assuming students take a fruit or vegetable, from May to the end of the 2023-2024 school year. With free breakfast,...

It’s a perfect day; the skies are blue, the sun is out, not a cloud in the sky, and a light breeze too. But, in comes a smell, that senior Caleb Crane describes as an “unflushed toilet.” It's even...

Editor's note: This story was originally published with a list of 25 students provided to The Falconer. We were informed after publication that there were three students that did not appear on the original...

In the last couple of weeks, rumors started floating around social media that Stanley Cups contain lead. People weren’t sure if these assumptions were true, but, when the news came out saying this fact...

In 1974, when solar power was in its early stages of development, FHS was a frontrunner in the implementation of the new technology. As proudly touted in the 1975 edition of the Eyrie, the school’s yearbook,...