Fauquier High School

Fauquier High School is a public high school in Warrenton, Virginia, United States. The school is part of Fauquier County Public Schools and is located at 705 Waterloo Road.HistoryFauquier opened in 1963 and is the oldest high school in Fauquier County. The county was primarily a rural area, but has experienced a high rate of growth since the 1990s, which led to Liberty High School's opening in 1994, and Kettle Run High School's opening in the fall of 2008.The motto is sic restor mono - Latin for "With Hand on Mind"In 2015 the school had 1,200 students.AccreditationFauquier High School is a fully accredited high school based on its performance on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia.AcademicsMany Fauquier students go on to Virginia colleges and universities, like Virginia Tech, George Mason, James Madison, and University of Virginia, while most of the remaining graduates move on to out-of-state institutions or stay local to Fauquier County and attend Lord Fairfax Community College.Students in the music department compete at the county, district, state, and East Coast level, often earning top chairs. They have a large marching band program which recently won its third US Scholastic Band Association state championship in four years.In 2007, the Fauquier Marching Band won the Marine Corps Invitational and the coveted Esprit d'Corps award performing their show "Monopoly!"Certain students are also eligible to apply to Mountain Vista Governor's School to take advanced math, science, humanities, and research courses.