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Edgewood Jr/Sr High School

180 E. Merritt Ave., Merritt Island, FL 32953 Phone (321) 454-1030

Dr. Julia Diakakis, Assistant Principal Jacqueline Ingratta, Principal Nicholas Stewart, Assistant Principal

A Message from our Assistant Principal...December 2019

Dear Parents and Students,

Our hope is that the Thanksgiving Holiday was relaxing and enjoyable for all. With the

approach of the Winter Break comes the approach of midterm testing. In preparation, please

continue to keep the lines of communication open with teachers; be sure to include students

in conversations. Teachers may be contacted through Focus, email, or phone.

Beginning this year all Choice School Lotteries will be held in the Office of Equity,

Innovation, and Choice. The lottery will begin at 9:00am on December 16, 2019. Be sure to

log in on the Family Dashboard to check student status.

Semester Exams: Midterm exams will take place December 17-20, 2019. Please call the

school or contact your child’s teacher to plan for make-ups. Exams will not be given in

advance, but arrangements can be made for after the Holidays. The shortened day schedule

will be in effect for December 18-20, 2019.

The 2019 NASA Brevard Top Scholars recognition event was held at the Kennedy Space

Center on November 15, 2019. Three top scholars from Edgewood attended this event.

Seniors Dylan Johnson, Jessica Ruiz, and Caspian Chaharom represented Edgewood. The

students enjoyed the day and were able to have the opportunity to learn about NASA’s

missions and the role KSC plays in those missions. Students enjoyed lunch with an astronaut

and were able to engage in career discussions with NASA engineers and scientists. Students

reported that the day was a great opportunity and well worth the time.

Upcoming in January: Students and teachers report back to Edgewood on January 8, 2020.

First semester does not end until January 10, 2020 and report cards will be issued on January

17, 2020. We will also have our New Student Orientations on January 14th and 16th at 6:00

pm in the cafeteria. More information will be posted on our website as we draw closer.

Please note that 2nd semester does not begin until January 13, 2020.

Thank you for your continued support in our mission to serve our students with excellence as

the standard. We wish all warmest wishes for a wonderful Winter Holiday.

Warm regards,

Dr. Diakakis

December 2019

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Parent Volunteers Needed at Saturn

Elementary!

Our partner school, Saturn Elementary, has

reached out to us for support. They are a

Title I school and have difficulty getting

volunteers during the school day. As a

partner school, any volunteer hours you log

at Saturn will count towards your family

hours for Edgewood! Please contact

Cox.Audrey@brevardschools.org to sign up.

Last check out time of

the school day is

3:00pm unless of an

emergency; please do

your best to make your

appointments to

accommodate this

check out time.

Edgewood Academic Team

The Edgewood academic team finished their season in 3rd place out of 18 teams in Brevard county in both regular season points and tournament placement. Thank you everyone for the support, as students build their skills for this competition in virtually every course that they take in both middle and high school. If you see any of the following students, feel free to congratulate them on their success. Ignacio Serrato (Captain), Kira Kazi (Vice-Captain), Brandon Gay (Statistician), Jacob Bumgardner (Junior Rep), Gustavo Toledo, Krishna Tiwatia, Jon Wang, Phoenix Boggs, Nikhil Iyer, Indigo Boggs (Manager), Haley Williams (2nd Team Captain), Neil Iyer (2nd Team Vice-Captain), Austin Harris, Ria Prasad, Erin Stolen, Abbie Shepard, Thanmay Kumar, Mark Johnston (2nd Team Manager)

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We have such good friends in our area businesses! The A+ Thrift Shop, solely for Merritt Island schools, and the Fogarty Chiropractic Life Clinic! They have continued to make donations to Edgewood, and we ask you to show your support and appreciation to these businesses whenever possible! You can also earn volunteer hours by helping out at the A+ Thrift Shop! Please check with the shop to schedule your hours.

November Students

Of the Month

7th grade

Jackson Reyier

Victoria Tonhauser

8th grade

Jennifer Gearin

Joseph Hurston

9th grade

Michael Pagliarini

Sadhna Seth

10th grade

Rowan Cardani

Rachel Mandeville

11th grade

Danielle Brown

Braden Helpling

12th grade

Sophia Gallo

December Students

Of the Month

7th grade

Annika Blackburn

Mohammed Vayda

8th grade

Emma Kelleher

Logan Spears

9th grade

Jason Jiang

Sam Tanz

10th grade

Nikhil Iyer

Gwyn Kirby

11th grade

Shaun Comino

Isabel Sierra

12th grade

Carolina Mangru

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Important Dates

Jan 8 Students Return

Jan 17 Report Cards

Jan 20 MLK Holiday for All

Feb 17 Hurricane Dorian Make-up Day

March 23 Student Holiday/Teacher Inservice Day*

March 16-20 Spring Vacation

May 22-28 Final Exams

May 23 Graduation – 11:00 am

May 28 Last Day of School

Edgewood Physical Education - 7th & 8th Grade students.

*This is either a semester class or a year-long class.

We offer Weight Training, Team Sports, and Recreation to our high

school students each semester.

*We require the students to wear the Edgewood PE Uniform each day in

class.

The full set – 1 pair of Edgewood shorts and 1 Edgewood T-shirt – costs $15.

We also offer them as separates for $7.50 each.

They can be purchased beginning January 13th, when the new semester

begins. They are on sale all semester.

Make checks payable to: Edgewood Jr/Sr High School, or please bring the

exact amount if you will be paying with cash.

See either Mrs. Woodside or Mr. Mehok for details.

Edgewood Seniors The Infinite Scholars Program is hosting a Free College-Scholarship Fair Tuesday, January 14, 2020 4:30-7:30 PM Rockledge High School 20 Raider Road Rockledge. FL 32955 Students should bring: multiple copies of transcripts, ACT/SAT test scores, letters of recommendation, an essay titled, “Why I want to attend college,” and a resume. Register on-line at www.infinitescholar.org FAFSA Lab for Edgewood students and Parents Tuesday, January 14, 2020 2:30-4:30 PM Media Center EFSC financial aid experts will be on campus to help seniors complete the FAFSA. Students planning to attend EFSC will also receive help completing the EFSC Admission Application. Students can register on-line at www.easternflorida.edu/go/higher

The Edgewood Science Research Program is

looking for help from both parents and students.

They need to build 60 PVC frames to hold posters for

science fair. Parent volunteer hours and student

Bright Future hours can be earned. The supplies

have been bought. All you have to do is either pick

up the materials and build at home of stay after

school to build them in the science building. Contact

Mr. Cilsick at cilsick.ryan@brevardschools.org for

more information

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Team 9013 The Merritt Island Matrix FTC Robotics Team

11 Edgewood students are on team 9013 The Merritt Island Matrix FTC Robotics Team. Saturday 12/7 they compete with 22 other teams at Seminole High School’s The Rise of Skystone Space Coast League meet #2. Skystone is this year’s FIRST Tech Challenge. Matrix has been an FTC team for five years and made it all the way to states last year. Matrix works with four adult mentors and several student mentors to design and develop a competition robot along with an engineering notebook and presentation. Currently 9013 Matrix is ranked 4th on the Space Coast League. The team hope to improve its standings at Saturday’s competition. If you see these students, please congratulate their hard work. They spend up to 12 hours a week working on the robot on notebook. The team members are truly dedicated to STEM. Edgewood Team Members Include: **Matthew Carr, **Lance Chen, **Nathan Greenfield, **Aneesha Guna, **Mikaila Johnson, **Jason Nichols, **Wisper Reynolds, **Logan Soper, **William Struble, **Ethan Whiting

Environmental Science Club Needs

Donations We need:

• Gardening tools (shears, shovels, rakes, etc.)

• Red Mulch

• Potting soil and moisture control soil

• Watering pails

• Regular monetary donations

• And more

__________________________________

Julia Horton Sponsor of Environmental Science Club

for more information contact:

horton.julia@share.brevardschools.org

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Edgewood Thespian Troupe – Drama Festival Results Edgewood Thespian Troupe 6616 competed in the District 11 Individual Events Drama Festival

November 9th at St. Cloud High School. They entered 22 different performances and earned 8

Excellents, 14 Superiors, and 1 Best of Show! On December 6th they will be compete in the District 11

One-Act Festival at Eau Gallie High School.

Participants were:

Tyler King, Monologue, Superior Ariana Stefano, Monologue, Excellent Logan Hancock, Monologue, Excellent Shannon Reid, Solo musical, Superior

Julia Divalerio, Solo musical, Superior Carolina Mangru, Solo musical, Superior Indigo Boggs, Solo musical, Superior

Mikey Woodrich, Makeup Design, Superior Mikey Woodrich, Costume Design, Superior Emma Haberberger, Publicity Design, Excellent Sara Bravo, Playwriting, Superior Rhiannon Drysdale, Playwriting, Superior Logan Hancock & Jack Klonowski, Duet Acting, Superior

Grace Plonsky & Ariana Stefano, Duet Acting, Excellent Phoenix Boggs & Kira Kazi, Duet Acting, Excellent

Small Group Musical (Stefano, Bravo & Hurston), Excellent Small Group Musical (Mangru, Kazi, Boggs & Reid), Superior Indigo Boggs & Carolina Mangru, Duet Musical, Excellent Kira Kazi & Christian Hurston, Duet Musical, Excellent Shannon Reid & Isaiah Brasher, Duet Musical, Superior and Best of Show Logan Hancock & Giancarlo Mandato, Improv, Excellent Isaiah Brasher & Sara Bravo, Improv, Superior Ensemble Acting (King, King, Boggs & Carta), Superior

Student Winter

Vacation: Last day of School: Fri.,

Dec. 20th

Return: Wed., Jan. 8th

The Community Table Every Wednesday during both Indian Time A and B! Ms. Allred's room 2-205 This will be a time for students to decompress, talk to each other, do fun activities, and generally de-stress. They may eat their lunch during this time. Anyone in grades 7 and 8 are invited to come make new friends!

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Edgewood Junior Classical League

The Edgewood JCL (Junior Classical League) chapter won Club of the Month recognition

from our National organization – NJCL – for October. This is because the students participated

in several spooky and classics related activities which brought the group together and helped

raise awareness of classics around the school. The two events for which they received specific

recognition achieved both goals. Our JCL chapter was recognized on the NJCL social media

accounts so our club received broad recognition.

Three students played a vital role in helping our chapter gain this status: Jacob Bumgardner,

club president and overall event organizer; Keegan McNear, club publicist and event planner;

and Mark Johnston, club historian.

We are very proud of all that our JCL chapter has been able to accomplish so far this year –

they are doing a wonderful job!

Edgewood Band News

The Edgewood Band participated in the Merritt Island Holiday parade on Saturday, December

7th. The weather was perfect for a parade, the students marched and played beautifully, and

were met with smiles and cheers along the way! A huge "thank you" goes out to our amazing

band parent volunteers that showed up early and walked along with the band keeping our

students safe and hydrated.

The band concluded its holiday performances with their winter concert on Friday, December 13th

in the Merritt Island High School auditorium. The concert included both jazz bands, beginning

band, symphonic band, concert band, and wind ensemble, as well as a special appearance of

Edgewood’s own symphony orchestra – a combined group of advanced orchestra and band

students. The students in all the ensembles played wonderfully! Bravo, Edgewood Band

students!

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HOSA News

We had our first blood drive in September and our next one is scheduled for Dec. 4th

from 8:30 - 2:30. If a family member wishes to donate, please check in at the front office

before coming out to the bus. We also have two drives planned during 2nd semester.

13 HOSA students recently participated in the Senior Citizen Day at the Space Coast

Fair. This annual event is sponsored by Space Coast Daily and Space Coast Area

Transit. Residents from area assisted living centers were paired with a HOSA student

and spent the day enjoying several exciting shows, a delicious lunch with music and a

magic demonstration.

HOSA will have 22 students participate in the HOSA Space Coast Regional Competition

on January 11th at Deltona High School. Students who place in the top 3 in their

category will qualify for the HOSA State Leadership Conference to be held in April.

Thank you to Golf N Gator in Cocoa

Beach for donating $2300 worth of

gift certificates to be used as student

incentives, as well as A+ Thrift for

their continued support.

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Edgewood Staff Information

Faculty E-Mail Addresses Alex, Catherine 24071 Alex.Cathy@Brevardschools.org

Allred, Karen 24059 Allred.Karen@Brevardschools.org

Behler, Shannon 24110 Behler.Shannon@Brevardschools.org

Blumenthal, Dave 24068 Blumenthal.David@Brevardschools.org

Brocchini, Michael 24064 Brocchini.Michael@Brevardschools.org

Brown, Natalie 24065 Brown.Natalie@Brevardschools.org

Cilsick, Ryan 24105 Cilsick.Ryan@Brevardschools.org

Clark, Alan 24055 Clark.Alan@Brevardschools.org

Clarke, Briana 24107 Clarke.Briana@Brevardschools.org

Cofer, Brandy 24077 Cofer.Elizabeth@Brevardschools.org

Cook, Jim 24056 Cook.Jimmy@Brevardschools.org

Czajka, Tracy 24053 Czajka.Tracy@Brevardschools.org

Ecker, Mike 24066 Ecker.Mike@Brevardschools.org

Fenzl, Bryan 24094 Fenzl.Bryan@Brevardschools.org

Flint, Marisa 24076 Flint.Marisa@Brevardschools.org

Franco, Joe 24095 Franco.Joseph@Brevardschools.org

Glenn, Anna 24078 Glenn.Anna@Brevardschools.org

Glover, Helen 24106 Glover.Helen@Brevardschools.org

Hardy, Tracy 24083 Hardy.Tracy@Brevardschools.org

Horton, Julia 24104 Horton.Julia@Brevardschools.org

Ingleton, Krystal 24052 Ingleton.Krystal@Brevardschools.org

Jenkins, Jeff 24063 Jenkins.Jeffrey@Brevardschools.org

Jenkins, Sandy 24063 Jenkins.Sandra@Brevardschools.org

Johnson, Nathaniel 24057 Johnson.Nathaniel@Brevardschools.org

Johnston, Sean 24108 Johnston.Sean@Brevardschools.org

Kaltenbach, Andy 24058 Kaltenbach.Andrew@Brevardschools.org

Krehbiel, Cinsy 24067 Krehbiel.Cinsy@Brevardschools.org

Kyzer, Melanie 24086 Kryzer.Melanie@Brevardschools.org

Leutbecker, Leslie 24054 Leutbecker.Leslie@Brevardschools.org

Maier, Melinda 24051 Maier.Melinda@Brevardschools.org

Marquez, Monica 24074 Marquez.Monica@Brevardschools.org

Martinez, Aida 24081 Martinez.Aida@Brevardschools.org

Mehok, Steve 24088 Mehok.Steve@Brevardschools.org

Miller, Dennie 24096 Miller.Dennie@Brevardschools.org

Muir, Bill 24070 Muir.William@Brevardschools.org

Noah, Tina 24061 Noah.Tina@Brevardschools.org

O;Hern, Susan 24050 Ohern.Susan@Brevardschools.org

Perotti, Rosa 24082 Perotti.Rosa@Brevardschools.org

Phillips, Diane 24080 Phillips.Diane@Brevardschoosl.org

Ramos, Neryvette 24079 Ramos.Neryvette@Brevardschools.org

Rawls, Lisa 24075 Rawls.Lisa@Brevardschools.org

Reninger, Katie 24112 Reninger.Katie@Brevardschools.org

Rhoden, Susan 24072 Rhoden.Susan@Brevardschools.org

Robbins, Laura 24062 Robbins.Laura@Brevardschools.org

Sierra, Paige 24060 Sierra.Paige@Brevardschools.org

Snyder, Beth 24073 Snyder.Elizabeth@Brevardschools.org

Spencer, Meredith 24103 Spencer.Meredith@Brevardschools.org

Vickers, Patrick 24085 Vickers.Patrick@Brevardschools.org

Waterman, Chris 24092 Waterman.Chris@Brevardschools.org

Woods, Jeff 24084 Woods.Jeffery@Brevardschools.org

Woodside, Deborah 24087 Woodside.Deborah@Brevardschools.org

Worcester, Eryn 24101 Worcester.Jeff@Brevardschools.org

Worcester, 24111 Worcester.Eryn@Brevardschools.org

www.edgewood.brevardschools.org

454-1030 + Ext. Athletics 24111

Band 24094

Cafeteria 24001

Clinic 24010

Drama 24092

Front Office 24001

Guidance 24024

Media Center 24098

SRO 24012

Volunteer Info 1000

EJSHS 454-1030 Attendance Office:

Mrs. Vickers Ext. 24008

Vickers.Laura@Brevardschools.org

Student Records

Mrs. Kugelmann Ext. 24024

Kugelmann.Julie@Brevardschools.org

Guidance Counselor N-Z

Mrs. Cooper, Ext. 24027

Cooper.Kristi@Brevardschools.org

Guidance Counselor Hi-M

Ms. Taylor, Ext. 24025

Taylor.Danielle@Brevardschools.org

Guidance Counselor A-He

Mrs. Krestan, Ext. 24026

Krestan.Cheryl@Brevardschools.org

Guidance Services Specialist

Ms. Christy Flora, Ext. 24023

Flora.Christy@Brevardschools.org

Front Office 454-1030

Ms. Cahill, Ext. 24001

Cahill.Cynthia@Brevardschools.org

Ms. Ingratta, Ext. 5

Ingratta.Jackie@Brevardschools.org

Mrs. Roessler, Ext. 24003

Secretary

Roessler.Sarah@Brevardschools.org

Mrs. Lance, Ext. 24004

Bookkeeper

Lance.Valerie@Brevardschools.org

Mrs. Artura, 454-1034

Cafeteria Manager

Artura.Annette@Brevardschools.org

Principal: Jacqueline Ingratta

Assistant Principal: Dr. Julia Diakakis

Assistant Principal: Nicholas Stewart

School Start Time

8:30

School Dismissal

3:30