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Edison High School Weekly
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Important Dates
Edison School Wide Calendar
February 3: Edison Academy Open House, 10:00 AM- 1:00 PM
February 12: Athletic Booster Meeting, 7:00 PM
February 19: President's Birthday Holiday
February 29: Presentation on Trends in the Drug Culture, 6 pm (Parents Only)
March 2: Athletic Booster Bingo Night, 5:00 - 9:00 PM
March 5: Primary Election Day, Student Holiday
March 25-29: Spring Break
April 1-2: Student Holidays
May 18: Senior Prom
May 27: Memorial Day Holiday
June 5: Graduation, 7:30pm, EagleBank Arena at GMU
June 12: Last Day of School
The complete FCPS 2023-2024 School Year Calendar
In this Issue:
- National School Counseling Week
- Edison Academy Open House
- Edison Pyramid Band Concert
- Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA)
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For Parents Only - Parent Presentation on Trends in the Drug Culture; February 29, 2024
- Tracking Your Child's Attendance
- In Case You Missed It
- PTSA Update
- Athletic Boosters
- January Celebrations
EDISON EAGLES!
Friday Feb 2nd, Edison will take on Hayfield Secondary in a Varsity Basketball Double Header- Girls @ 5:45 and the Boys @ 7:30 pm at Hayfield!
Come out and support our teams!
Eagle PRIDE!
 Congratulations to the Wrestling Team for being 1st Place in the Districts! We are looking forward to watching them wrestle next week in regionals!
1. National School Counseling Week
February 5th-9th is National School Counseling Week, and highlights the tremendous impact school counselors have in helping students achieve academic success and planning for a career. School counselors work with students in a variety of different capacities, whether it is through classroom lessons, group sessions, or individual counseling. Learn more about the role of school counselors in FCPS.
We are so thankful for our Edison School Counselors: Mr. Schlemmer, Ms. Levy, Ms. Johnson, Ms. Tiernan, Ms. Neal, Ms. Frei-Harper, Ms. Quinia, Ms. Forget, Ms. Deedy and Ms. Guillen! Please consider reaching out to our counselors to thank and celebrate them!
2. Edison Academy Open House
You are cordially invited to attend our in-person Open House event on Saturday, February 3, 2024 from 10:00 AM - 1:00 PM (snow date is Saturday, February 10). Please come to Edison HS and enter at Door 13 (the Van Dorn Street side of the building). You will have the opportunity to tour our state-of-the-art facilities, meet our instructors and current students, and learn more about our incredible courses! Please feel free to contact Cassandra Deedy at (703) 924-8101 or cjdeedy@fcps.edu if you need any additional information. We look forward to meeting you on Saturday, February 3rd.
Other Academy Open Houses can be found here: calendar of Academy open houses.
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3. First Ever Edison Pyramid Band Concert
EHS Band Director Charlie Mitchell, along with the band directors of 7 other schools, planned and hosted the first ever Edison Band Pyramid concert last week. The event was well attended by parents and students alike.
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 Over 130 students from Bush Hill ES, Clermont ES, Rose Hill ES, Springfield Estates ES, Franconia ES, Holmes MS and Twain MS got together on one stage to perform music. Elementary students arrived early to rehearse with the older students, followed by dinner provided and served by the Edison Band Parents Organization. After the concert, it was agreed by all to make this a yearly event.
 4. Future Business Leaders of America Competition
Last week, over 50 FBLA members participated in our annual competitions. On Friday, January 26, 2024, Edison hosted the Regional Spring Conference, where several FBLA members placed in the top three in their category. Congratulations to the following EHS Students:
First Place Winners:
- John Dobson, Introduction to Financial Math
- Robin Bernatz, Journalism
- Christopher LaStrape, Ana Maria Reyez, Taylor Erickson, & Charles Barrios Lazo, Parliamentary Procedure
Second Place Winners:
- Christopher Lastrape, Human Resource Management
- Elijah Danen, Insurance & Risk Management
- Maya McAfee, Journalism
- Angel Lemus, Networking Infrastructures
Third Place Winners:
- Jordan Somchanmavong & Tommaso Spigolon, Coding and Programming
- Joseph James, Nathaniel McLeod, & Owen Maciel, Computer Game & Simulation Programming
- Hasfah Butt, Introduction to Business Procedures
- Aden Chanthanphanij, Nebil Mohammed, & Randy Luong, Website Design
We look forward to some of these students representing us a the State Leadership Council in April.
 Last Saturday with the girls win over Hayfield in overtime.
5. For Parents Only - Parent Presentation on Trends in the Drug Culture; February 29, 2024
Many challenges and responsibilities come with being a parent, and having to address a difficult topic with your child, such as drug culture, trends and identifying signs of substance use, can be stressful. Drugs and drug paraphernalia is now being disguised as common everyday items out in plain sight, to go unrecognized by parents or other adults. Substance Abuse Prevention Program want to provide you with information so you will be able to recognize drugs and drug paraphernalia and also the signs of drug use to equip you to have real and meaningful dialog with your child concerning these issues.
Join us on February 29th, 2024 @ 6:00pm at Edison High School where we will be hosting a parent presentation to provide information on the trends in drug culture. After the presentation there will be time to ask questions or to receive more information. The trends in drug culture have created innovative ways to hook your child and we are here to arm you by providing information concerning these topics that will assist in effective communication with your child. Also, a Narcan Training with be provided by a member of the Community Services Board.
Shawn Elliott, BS, QMHP-C Substance Abuse Prevention Specialist Sbelliott@fcps.edu
6. Tracking Your Child's Attendance
Edison High School is committed to providing our students with a high-quality education. Academic success relies upon excellent school attendance. Students who come to school on time every day are building critical life skills they will use the rest of their lives. Like strengthening a muscle, building positive attendance habits early on makes a difference for our students today and for our adults of tomorrow. Attending school regularly helps students feel better about school and themselves.
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To assist families with tracking their child’s attendance, we will be
sending out attendance report card emails starting at the end of 2nd quarter that allows you to see if your child is in good standing, at risk of being chronically absent, or is chronically absent. These emails are meant to help you be more aware of where your student stands regarding their attendance. While we don’t grade on attendance, it can have a direct correlation to how a student performs in class. |
In their April 20, 2023 business meeting, the Virginia Board of Education decided to not suspend chronic absenteeism as part of school accreditation determinations for 2023-24, based on 2022-23 student outcomes. The Board’s rationale was a desire to send a strong message to schools, families, and students about the importance of regular attendance for student success. The Board decision means that schools with Level 3 (red) in any indicator—including chronic absenteeism—based on end-of-year data will receive “Accredited with Conditions” designation.
Edison High School ended the last school year at 21% warning status for chronic absenteeism, just four percentage points from the chronic absence status level. Chronic Absenteeism is defined as missing 10% or more of the school year, regardless of reason. For a school, no more than 15% of their students can be absent (for any reason) for more than 10% of the school year. Most school years have 180 days, 10% = 18 days. Not only is attendance important for student achievement, but the state of Virginia requires attendance at school.
Support is available:
Edison High School staff is committed to supporting attendance. Additional resources can be found online at http://www.fcps.edu/attendance. We know that parents are the experts on their own child and our school team is here to partner and help solve attendance-related concerns. The System of Support Advisor, School Counselors and School Social Workers and Psychologists are available to provide that support at 703-925-8000. You can find all these support personnel on our website.
Parents and students have asked how attendance is reported to colleges and who sees attendance data. All colleges as well as some scholarships and summer programs request a transcript. On the transcript the attendance data is reported.
Also, please remember to call your school to report all absences. Edison High School has a system for checking students in and out and for reporting absences. Please visit our site to learn how to report accurate and timely attendance.
7. FCPS News - In Case You Missed It
In case you missed it in FCPS This Week, the school division shared updates on the following topics:
- Superintendent to Present Fiscal Year 2024-25 Budget
- Here Comes the Bus App
- Career Exploration Event for High School Students
Read FCPS This Week to learn more about these topics. If you are not already receiving the weekly newsletter, please sign up today.
8. PTSA Needs Your Help to Celebrate Thomas Alva Edison's 177th Birthday!
On Friday, February 9th, the PTSA will be celebrating Thomas Edison's birthday with donated cupcakes or donuts for your student during their lunch period. We need your help to provide 200 dozen cupcakes or donuts!!! We know that not everyone has time to bake a dozen cupcakes, or to go shopping for donuts, so to make your life easier, we created this option for you to monetarily donate instead.
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Please copy and paste the link below into your browser to donate funds:
If you'd like to donate donuts and/or cupcakes, please copy and paste into your browser the following Sign-Up Genius Link:
Thank you for your support!
9. We Celebrate in February
- Black History Month
- Career and Technical Eduation Month
- Love the Bus Month
- School Board Appreciation Month
- February 8: 100th Day of School!
- February 5-9: School Counseling Week
- February 15: School Resource Office Appreciation Day
- February 19: President's Day Holiday
- February 27-March 3: Public Schools Week
 Edison Athletics Booster Club will offer six scholarships to graduating Edison High School seniors that have participated in varsity Edison Athletics as a player. Applicants will be judged on athletic accomplishments, community service, coach’s recommendation, and written essay. Financial need is not a determining factor. Each scholarship award will be in the amount of $500. Scholarships (checks) will be made payable and sent directly to the recipient’s college or technical/vocational school.
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