Fairfax High School

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School:

Fairfax High School

Phone:

703-219-2200

Location:

USA, VA, Fairfax, 22030
3500 Old Lee Hwy Fairfax, Virginia 22030

Mailing:

3500 Old Lee Hwy Fairfax, VA 22030

ZIP:

22030

City:

Fairfax

County:

Fairfax City

Status:

Operational

Level:

High School

Grades offered:

09-12

Total students:

2067

Students/Teachers:

13.10

Notable alumni:

Sam Champion - ABC's Good Morning America weather man.

Jeremy Jeffress - Baseball prospect.

Craig Mello - Recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine.

Chap Petersen - Virginia State Senator, 34th district.

Nathaniel F. Young - Mayor of Fairfax City 1972- 1974

Bill Pulsipher - The 1991 Washington Post All-Met Player of the Year in baseball. Drafted by the New York Mets in the second round of the 1991 Major League Baseball Draft. Went on to pitch for 4 additional teams, including the Milwaukee Brewers, Boston Red Sox, Chicago White Sox and St. Louis Cardinals.

S.R. Sidarth - Center of the Macaca Controversy

Owen Schmitt - A fullback in the National Football League for the Philadelphia Eagles and former West Virginia University fullback who was on the cover of Sports Illustrated with Pat White and Steve Slaton in 2006.

Fred Talbot - 1960s Major League Baseball player.

Pierre J. Thuot - NASA astronaut.

Laura M. Elliott - Author of Under a War-Torn Sky

Christina Hendricks - Actress who plays the character of Joan Holloway on the hit show "Mad Men".

Kelly Lloyd - Actress