Betty H. Fairfax High School
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Betty H. Fairfax is a high school in the Phoenix Union High School District
, Laveen, Arizona
, USA.
The campus is located at 8225 South 59th Avenue in Laveen, Arizona. Fairfax’s enrollment is 1,833 students. The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Laveen and Roosevelt.
The high school was designed by DLR Group
and features a small learning community
curriculum model.
The school's namesake, longtime (57-year) Phoenix Union educator Betty Harriet Fairfax, died in November 2010 at the age of 92. It was the first time the district had named a school after an employee.
Phoenix Union High School District
The Phoenix Union High School District is a school district based in Phoenix, Arizona, United States. It is one of the state's oldest school districts and its largest high school-only district, serving 26,000 students in 17 schools and employing more than 2,800 people...
, Laveen, Arizona
Laveen, Arizona
Laveen is a suburban community in Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, situated eight miles southwest of Downtown Phoenix near the confluence of the Gila and Salt rivers. Parts of Laveen constitute an unincorporated area in Maricopa County, while the remainder falls within the city limits of...
, USA.
The campus is located at 8225 South 59th Avenue in Laveen, Arizona. Fairfax’s enrollment is 1,833 students. The school predominantly serves students from partner elementary districts Laveen and Roosevelt.
The high school was designed by DLR Group
DLR Group
DLR Group is an architectural design firm providing architecture, engineering, planning, and interior design to clients throughout the United States...
and features a small learning community
Small Learning Community
A Small Learning Community , also referred to as a School-Within-A-School, is a form of school structure that is increasingly common in secondary schools to subdivide large school populations into smaller, autonomous groups of students and teachers....
curriculum model.
The school's namesake, longtime (57-year) Phoenix Union educator Betty Harriet Fairfax, died in November 2010 at the age of 92. It was the first time the district had named a school after an employee.