Fairview High School is a public, coeducational, comprehensive BVSD secondary school located in Boulder, Colorado, 26 miles (40 km) northwest of Denver. More than two thousand students attend the school. It is in the 5A category of the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA).
In 2015 the Washington Post named Fairview the 340th 'most challenging' high school to attend in the United States. The 2014 US News ranking placed Fairview among the top three public high schools in Colorado, 205th in the United States, and 122nd nationally in STEM education. Fairview High School was ranked by Newsweek magazine as the 2nd best high school in Colorado and the 98th in the nation. More than 79% of all seniors passed an AP or IB test.
International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement programs
Fairview High School is one of around twenty schools in Colorado which offer the International Baccalaureate Diploma program. The school also offers a pre-IB program composed of two years of preparatory honors classes taken during the ninth and tenth grades. Students have the opportunity to enroll in a mixture of IB, AP regular classes or both.
Natalia Toro (1999) - physicist at the Perimeter Institute
Entertainment and music
Jessica Biel (2000) - actress, played the role of Mary Camden in the television drama 7th Heaven Biel never fully attended Fairview, she was only tutored there.
Jill Goodacre (1982) - former model and actress, married to musician Harry Connick, Jr.
Sheryl Lee (1985) - actress, played Laura Palmer on TV show Twin Peaks
Joan Van Ark (1961) - actress, most notable for her role as Valene Ewing in the primetime soap opera Knots Landing
Sheree J. Wilson (1977) - played April on the TV series Dallas, and Alex on Walker, Texas Ranger
Kenny Bell (2010) - wide receiver for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, drafted in 2015. (cs)
Tony Boselli (1991) - offensive tackle drafted 2nd overall in the 1995 NFL Draft and first overall in the 2002 NFL Expansion Draft; five-time Pro Bowler (1996-2000); three-time All-Pro (1997–99); his career was cut short due to injuries following the 2002 season
Tom Chambers (1977) - basketball player, drafted 8th overall in the 1981 NBA Draft, made four All-Star Games and played for the 1992-93 Phoenix Suns team that went 62-20 and lost to the Chicago Bulls in the NBA Finals
Jesse Crain (1999) - pitcher who has played in MLB since August 2004; exclusively used as a reliever during his time in the majors; has a 3.05 career ERA and 440 strikeouts in 532 innings; his best season came in 2013, when he made the All-Star team as a member of the Chicago White Sox, posting a 0.74 ERA before an injury derailed the second half of his season
Jay Howell - three-time All-Star MLB pitcher
Scott Lockwood - NFL football player
Dustin Sheehan Lyman - NFL football player. Selected in the third round of the 2000 NFL Draft out of Wake Forest University by the Chicago Bears with whom he played for 5 seasons
John Mozeliak (1987) - general manager of the St. Louis Cardinals; 2011 World Series champion
Chuck Pagano (1978) - NFL head coach, Indianapolis Colts, 2012-
John Pagano (1985) - defensive coordinator for the San Diego Chargers
Cat Zingano - wrestler; professional mixed martial arts fighter, currently competing in the UFC's bantamweight division
