Not only did pupils and staff do more than their 'Fair' share for the environment, but they picked up a well-earned £1,000 cash prize into the bargain.
Fair Hill emerged top in the medium schools (141-240 pupils) category in the Northern Ireland regional finals of this year's Yellow Woods Challenge, the schools environmental campaign run by Yellow Pages in partnership with the Woodland Trust and local authorities.
Champions must achieve the highest 'recycling score' - the highest number of old Yellow Pages directories recycled per pupil during local Challenges organised by participating local authorities.
Fair Hill's 220 pupils recycled 922 old Yellow Pages directories when the new ones were delivered last year, equivalent to 4.19 old directories per pupil.
Also among the champions was Ballynahinch Primary School, £1,000 prizewinner in the large school (241 pupils or more) category.
For Fair Hill, which has an impressive track record in the competition, the latest win is a welcome addition to a series of 'green' accolades that testify to its environmental awareness and activism.
Principal, Mrs. Cynthia Clinghan, said, ""We're all very excited about our success in the Yellow Woods Challenge.
"The school has also just been awarded Green Flag status, which makes us extremely proud of our environmental achievements.
"We plan to use the £1,000 prize from the Yellow Woods Challenge to improve our school grounds."
Fourteen local authorities across Northern Ireland ran the Yellow Woods Challenge, involving a total of 240 schools and 41,467 pupils.
The recycling scores from all the local heats were entered into the Northern Ireland finals.
For every pound awarded to schools in prize money, Yellow Pages has donated a matching pound to the Woodland Trust's children's tree planting campaign, 'Tree For All'.
Kimberley Watts-Fitzsimmons, corporate responsibility manager at Yell – publisher of the Yellow Pages directories - said, "It's a great pleasure to reward the winning schools for their outstanding achievements.
"I'd also like to thank all the schools and councils in Northern Ireland who always take the competition to heart; together you've made a massive contribution towards the environment."
The Yellow Woods Challenge is undergoing a major strategic review and will relaunch in summer 2010; for more information, visit www.yellow-woods.co.uk.
For details of Yellow Pages recycling facilities visit: www.yellgroup.com or call your local council.