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The Virginia Department of Education recently recognized Edison High School with their Continuous Improvement Award. This prestigious honor recognizes schools that has earned a state accreditation rating of Accredited or Accredited with Conditions and meets at least one of the following benchmarks for improved performance on accreditation-related school quality indicators:
• A cumulative 10-point increase over three years in the combined rates for reading and mathematics and in the pass rate for science, with improvement each year on each indicator.
• A cumulative 10-point increase over three years in the combined rates for reading and mathematics for two or more student groups, with improvement each year for each group on both indicators.
• A cumulative 15 percent decrease in the chronic absenteeism rate over three years, with a decrease each year.
• For schools with a graduating class, a cumulative four-point increase in the Graduation and Completion Index over three years, with an increase each year, and a cumulative 15 percent decrease in the dropout rate, with a decrease each year.
“I congratulate all the students, teachers, support staff, and administrators for earning state recognition for academic achievement and improvement,” said Superintendent Scott S. Brabrand. “These awards highlight the outstanding work being done in schools across the county in achieving our goals of providing an excellent and equitable education for every FCPS student. I am also pleased that the Board of Education is recognizing schools that have not been recognized previously but have made consistent gains in academic achievement and also have succeeded in reducing absenteeism and dropout rates.”
 Radio station WTOP recently honored Edison counselor, David Schlemmer, as their “Hallway Hero” of the week. Mr. Schlemmer is well known by our students who appreciate his dedication to them. The faculty and staff also appreciate all that he does for us in his “spare” time on the Human Relations Committee - Wednesday morning coffee for all staff, spirit week activities, and his general sunny disposition – all of this and more go a long way to keeping our spirits elevated! You can read more about him here: Hallway Hero
The Fourth of July holiday is next week, and all FCPS schools and offices are closed on Thursday, July 4 and Friday, July 5. Please remember that main office hours during the summer are from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
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