Edison Fall Newsletter

INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

Welcome to the start of a great school year at Edison High School! We have much to celebrate and much to look for-ward to this coming year. Included in this newsletter is some important infor-mation as well as numerous student achievements for your enjoyment. As we return to school the Charger com-munity is celebrating many recent accom-plishments: 1. We made incredible gains on our Academic Per-formance Index (API) score as a result of 2011 state spring testing. We jumped from 849 to 864 points! 2. Edison High School was named one of America’s Best High Schools by Newsweek – # 317 out of the top 500 schools in the country! After undergoing a four-day review last spring, we are proud that EHS received the maximum, 6-year accreditation by the Western Association of Schools and Col-leges. Please join me in welcoming to the Charger staff: 7 new teachers, a new school nurse, and other support staff. Thank you to our ASB and other students for their assistance with registration, freshman orientation, and opening activi-ties. I offer a special “thank you” to our true partners in education, - our parents. Thank you for helping us start school by

assisting with registration, hosting a freshman parent night, preparing materi-als, distributing textbooks and providing a breakfast for the returning staff. Please read our school mission in this newsletter which highlights our student achievement goals - our ESLRs (Expected School-wide Learning Re-sults). Every student will become a critical thinker, a self-directed and pro-

ductive individual and an ef-fective communicator. This is our goal for every student graduating Edison High School as they continue to college and a career. Finally, we at Edison have

named our school a Three A’s School – Academics, Arts and Athletics. This means that our community is dedicated to achieving excellence in all three of these areas. We hope to shine a spotlight on each area throughout the school year and have you join us in celebrating our ac-complishments as we begin another great school year at Edison High School! We are confident that your child will have a challenging and rewarding year. We look forward to our partnership with you. D’liese Melendrez, Ed.D. Principal Proud to be a Charger!

COASTLINE/GUIDANCE

2

CAREER CENTER 3

TESTING/GRADES 4

NEW STAFF/PTSA 5

FOUNTATION/ABC

6

HONOR ROLL 7-8

CLASS OF 2011 9

ATTENDANCE/ SAFETY

10

DRESS CODE 11

BOOSTERS/VIPS 12

ACTIVITIES 13

A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL

Edison High School Dr. D'liese Melendrez, Principal

Academics, Arts and Athletics

∗ Si le gustaria tener esta información en español, favor de llamar Sandra Smallshaw: 714-903-7000 x4461, email [email protected]

∗ Nêu quy vi cân bân thông tin bang tiêng Viêt, xin quy vi liên lac John Nguyen: 714-903-7000 x4463, email [email protected]

Fall 2011 Volume 10, Issue 1

1

We exceeded our

A.P.I. growth target with

a score of 864!

Edison High School Mission Statement

Our mission is to educate all students by providing a challenging relevant curriculum and, ad-dressing their personal and academic needs, in a safe and supportive environment, develop-ing critical thinkers, effective communicators, and self directed, productive individuals.

Coastline ROP The 2011-2012 school years are off and running with over 100 sophomores, juniors and seniors enrolled in ROP classes! ROP benefits those going directly into the work force by developing knowledge and skills, which help students to qualify for higher paying positions. ROP bene-fits those continuing on to college by providing a practical hands-on experi-ence related to a particular major. This experience can give students an edge with admissions officers when students apply for impacted programs. ROP helps because ROP reflects a serious interest and a realistic desire to pursue a par-ticular field of study. ROP classes on high school transcripts can be evidence of career exploration and can be used to enhance resumes and entrance essays. ROP is available to any student 16 years and older and can be taken for elective credit. Edison students enrolled in ROP courses at surround-ing high schools include Administration of Justice, Careers with Children, Retail Sales and Merchandis-ing, Computer Aided Drafting, First Responder, Fire Technology, Animal Health Care, and Entrepreneur-ship, to name just a few! DON’T DELAY now is the time to investigate the ROP opportunity! See Mrs. Osbourne in the Career Center, room 121 or call 962-1356 ext. 4436 E-mail [email protected]

Library News Destiny is the new program our school uses to check out both textbooks and li-brary books. Your student may create an account in this system to keep track of textbooks and library books checked out. Students may also renew library books, put books on hold, request books from other campuses and suggest books for li-brary purchase. We plan to go paperless in the library by sending re-minders of when books are about to be due via email. Overdue notices will also be emailed to students. To create an account, go to: http://destiny.hbuhsd.org/ ∗ Choose your school. ∗ Click on Create Account in the upper left corner. ∗ Enter student last name. Barcode number is stu-

dent ID number. ∗ Verify student birthday and create user name and

password. Please feel free to contact me if you have any questions or comments. Thanks for reading, Stephanie Taylor [email protected] Teacher Librarian

From the Guidance Office The guidance staff, which includes three guidance spe-cialists, a registrar, a college & career center specialist, a school counselor, a student support specialist, two psychologists and an administrator, would like to wel-come you to the 2011-2012 school year. We are off to a great start with 2732 students. We look forward to sup-porting academic, college and career goals for students so that they will have a positive and successful four years at Edison High School.

2

COLLEGE ADMISSION TESTING

Seniors can test through the December test date to qualify for 4-year college admission. The SAT Reasoning test and the ACT w/ writing test are equivalent in the eyes of the college admission office.

SAT Test Dates Registration Deadlines December 3rd November 8th January 28th December 30th Go online to www.sat.collegeboard.com to register. Click on the Students tab and then on the SAT link for more informa-tion. ACT Test Dates Registration Deadline December 10th November 5th Go online to www.actstudent.org to confirm dates and to register. Create an ACT Student Web account by clicking on the Sign up/Log In button. (The school code for EHS is 051218) PSAT Juniors who are thinking about attending a 4-year college should take the PSAT being offered at EHS on Saturday, Oc-tober 15th at 8 AM. The PSAT can never hurt a student’s chance of admission and Juniors who score well may qualify for National Merit Recognition and/or scholarship opportuni-ties. Sign up early to ensure you have the opportunity to take the test. Sophomores who would like a chance to take the PSAT (for practice only) may buy their $21 ticket at the Financial Office on Tuesday, October 11th or Wednesday, October 12th. Freshmen are allowed to take the PSAT for practice, but are advised to wait until at least their sophomore year. The main reason is that freshmen have not been taught the material on the test. Even if their math knowledge is accelerated, they have not been exposed to the appropriate level of English instruction. Tickets are $21 and will go on sale for Juniors through Wednesday, October 12th in the Financial Office. COLLEGE APPLICATIONS CSU applications begin online October 1st and have a submission deadline of Novem-ber 30th. UC application opens for submission November 1 through November 30th. PRIVATE AND OUT OF STATE college application availability and deadlines vary. Applica-tions can be found on the college websites. Students are re-sponsible to obtain their own application information. Pay strict attention to deadlines!

PRIVATE SCHOOL APPLICATION RECOMMENDATIONS Be sure to contact your teachers and Mrs. Quay for recom-mendations at least one month before the application is due. Mrs. Quay completes the counselor recommendations. Stu-dents must have a list of their activities (resume), a transcript release form, and three comment sheets from teachers on file in the Career Center. Come to the Career Center to pick up a Secondary School Report packet to give to teachers to request this information. This information is separate from the formal teacher recom-mendations required by most private schools. SCHOLARSHIPS Mrs. Quay maintains a list of current scholarship information which is posted online at www.edisonchargers.com, Student Services, Career Center. Students should check the list fre-quently or come to the Career Center to review the paper ap-plication on file. Most of the applications for scholarships during September to December are national contests. After that, more local scholarships become available. Be sure to never pay for scholarship information. Free scholarship in-formation can be found on the Web – www.fastweb.com, www.finaid.org, and www.studentaid.ed.gov Please review the list of various scholarship websites at the Career Center website to register for scholarship eligibility. Refer to your district planning guide for a list of additional scholarship web-sites. FINANCIAL AID The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) forms will be available online in December. Earliest submission date is January 1st. All students that want to apply for Fed-eral financial aid fill out this form online at www.fafsa.ed.gov. State aid is in the form of a Cal Grant www.calgrants.org and is determined by filling out a GPA Information Release form and submitting it to Mrs. Quay. Any student applying to private institutions may need to fill out another form called the CSS PROFILE These forms are available NOW and can be submitted as early as September 15th. Submit the CSS Profile at www.collegeboard.com. All updated College information is on the Career Center webpage at www.edisonchargers.com, Students, Career Center.

CAREER CENTER NEWS

3

Huntington Beach Sister City Exchange Become an Ambassador of Good Will and participate in a unique opportunity for a reciprocal 2-week exchange with a student from Japan. Huntington Beach students host a Japanese student for 2 weeks in July and travel to Anjo, Japan for 2 weeks in August, 2012. Applicants must live or attend school in Huntington Beach and be entering freshmen, sophomore or junior year. Additonal information at hbsistercity.org.

Edison High School’s Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) 864!!!

In May 2011, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders took the Califor-nia Standards Tests in Mathematics, English/Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. Edison High School’s Academic Performance Index (API) of 864 is out-standing. An API score of 800 is considered exemplary. Congratulations to Edison High School’s students and staff!

Edison High School’s Standardized Testing and Re-porting (STAR) 864!!! In May 2011, 9th, 10th, and 11th graders took the Califor-nia Standards Tests in Mathematics, English/Language Arts, Science and Social Studies. Edison High School’s Academic Performance Index (API) of 864 is out-standing. An API score of 800 is considered exemplary. Congratulations to Edison High School’s students and staff!

What is the API (Academic Performance Index)? The purpose of the Academic Performance Index (API) is to measure the year-over-year growth in academic performance for California schools. The API summarizes a school's stan-dardized test results into a single number. Each school's STAR and CAHSEE results are calculated into a complex formula that assigns the school an API between 200 and 1000 (1000 being the best score). What is the CAHSEE (pronounced Kay-see)? The California High School Exit Exam is a test used to deter-mine whether students have mastered key skills before gradu-ating from high school. High school students must pass the CAHSEE in order to graduate. The CAHSEE is administered to all grade 10 students on March 13th and 14th. The test is divided into two sections: English/ Language Arts and Math. The English/Language Arts portion includes the content standards through grade 10, including vocabulary, reading, and writing strategies and conventions. In addition to answering multiple-choice questions, students write an essay on a specific topic. The Math portion covers academic content standards for grades 6, 7 and algebra I, including: statistics, data analysis and probability, number sense, measurement,

algebra and functions, math reasoning and ge-ometry. The CAHSEE is a pass/fail test, which is not timed. A score of 350 or above satisfies the state’s requirement to pass the CAHSEE for a high school diploma. Edison High School’s California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) Results. In March 2011, the Class of 2013 (current Juniors) took the California High School Exit Exam for the first time. The Exit Exam tests students’ abilities in English/Language Arts and Mathematics. Ninety-seven percent of students in the class of 2013 passed the English/Language Arts and ninety-six percent passed the Mathematics portion on the first attempt! Congratulations to the class of 2013 for these out-standing passing percentages. What is the STAR test? Each spring California students in grades 2 through 11 take a series of tests through the Standardized Testing and Report-ing program, more commonly known as STAR. First admin-istered in 1998, the STAR program requires all public schools in California to test students between mid-March and mid-June of every year. The CST (California Standards Tests) are a component of the STAR. The CST’s were devel-oped to measure whether students are mastering the specific skills defined for each grade by the state of California. Students with identified special learning disabilities may take a different version of California assessments known as the CAPA and CMA. These are in lieu of the STAR test.

Testing

First Semester 09/30/11 Last day of grading period 10/13/11 Progress Reports mailed 10/28/11 Last day of grading period 11/10/11 Quarter Report Card mailed 11/18/11 Last day of grading period 12/08/11 Progress Reports mailed 01/27/12 Last day of grading period 02/09/12 Semester Final Grades mailed

Second Semester 02/29/12 Last day of grading period 03/13/12 Progress Reports mailed 03/30/12 Last day of grading period 04/19/12 Quarter Reports Card mailed 04/27/12 Last day of grading period 05/10/12 Failure Notices mailed 06/17/12 Last day of grading period 06/30/12 Semester Final Grades mailed

2011-2012 Timeline for grades

CAHSEE Make Ups (Jr. & Sr. only) Nov. 1 & 2, 2011 CAHSEE Make Ups (Sr. only) Feb. 7 & 8, 2012 CAHSEE (Soph), (Jr. & Sr. Make Ups) Mar. 13 and 14, 2012 STAR/CAPA Testing Window (Fresh, Soph, Jr) Apr. 23-May 20, 2012 Advanced Placement Exams (Soph-Sr.) May 7-18, 2012

IMPORTANT TESTING DATES:

4

Edison PTSA Welcomes Back Parents, Teachers, & Students

Welcome to Edison High School! Most of you have heard the acronym “PTSA” throughout your student’s educa-tional journey. Here at Edison, your PTSA is actively in-volved supporting our parents, teachers, and students. Support of the Arts through our National Reflections pro-gram, drug and alcohol awareness education through our Parent Partnership Committee, and college preparedness education through parent Programming events are just a few things you will see this year.

Knowing what is happening on campus is a key benefit to PTSA membership. Please consider joining us at our As-sociation Meetings, on Mondays this school year at 7pm in the EHS Media Center (Library) on November 14, Janu-ary 9, March 12, and May 14. We will provide valuable information about this community, how it works, & how to help students navigate through it all.

In addition to Meetings, PTSA offers special evening Events highlighting critical high school issues and topics. We kicked these off on Thursday, September 29rd in the EHS Gym with keynote speaker Don Betterton, addressing the topic of getting into college, with specific information about “Playing Sports in College-What Every Athlete

Needs to Know,” as an insider’s view of how admission committees select students.

On Saturday, October 29 join us for REAL , a gather-ing for 6th-12th grade students and parents from 9:30-12:30 at Edison High. The objective of this event is to give teens and parents concentrated information, direction, and open communication on teen topics such as dating vio-lence, substance use and technology issues, including bul-lying and predators.

We hope you will join us in all our activities and we en-courage you to become a member. With membership, you will receive valuable email communications and informa-tion, in addition to discounts with our national PTA spon-sors. Please visit our new web site either through the www.edisonchargers.com link or by going to www.edisonchargersptsa.org.

Kathy DeSalvo President

(714)968-6983 [email protected]

5

Edison Welcomes New Staff Members

Jeffrey Lam (Special Ed), Betty Chamberlin (Special Ed), Jill McBride (Math), Melissa Dorman (Math) and Brian Brierly (Science). Not pictured: Ryan Cherney (SAC) and Nancy Martin (SAC-Adaptive PE)

Classified Staff: Daniela Garisek (SAC Aide) Rachelle Guillen (Attendance), Lorri Mazer-Wussick (Guidance Secretary), Julie Luong (Instr Aide-Special Ed), Sara Neufield (Instr Aide-Special Ed) and Holli Vanderman (Athletic Trainer) Support Staff: Scott Coleman (Resident Sub), and Irene Igual (Nurse)

ABC Supports Edison Academics

Welcome to the 2011-2012 school year! It’s hard to believe that we are already back at school and mov-ing full steam ahead. A big thank you to all of the EHS families who joined the Foundation this year. Where do your Foundation donations go? Last year, the Founda-tion was able to purchase a new, portable public address system for the school, provide funding for the student planners and provide funding for the Teen Truth Live, Drugs and Alcohol Education Program. The Foundation also partnered with the Class of 2000 to purchase a digital display monitor for the Administration building. We were also able to facilitate a donation to the EHS Science Depart-ment with a matching gift from Boeing California. All of this would not have been possible without your support. As we head into the new school year the Foundation will be working closely with the administrative team to determine how we can help support our EHS students and teachers. We would like to recognize the following organiza-tions for their support last year: Bank of America, Wells Fargo Bank, Boeing Employees Community Fund and the Automobile Club of Southern Cali-fornia. We would also like to thank John Giliam of Ransom Girl clothing and his wife Mari. Ransom Girl was a featured vendor at last year’s Holiday Treats Boutique and they donated all of their pro-ceeds from that event to the Foundation. Speaking of which, our first event of the year, our annual Holiday Treats Boutique, will be held on Saturday, December 3rd from 9:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m. in the cafeteria. If you are interested in being a vendor at this event please call Dolores White, Vice President, at 949/849-9571, or email her at [email protected]. Thank you again for supporting the Foundation and for helping the students and faculty of EHS through your generous donations. Renee Mock, President EHS Foundation

Welcome to all the students at Edison High School, and thank you so much to all the parents who have already stepped forward to kick off our Student Store this year!! The Student Store, along with Membership Dues, provides nearly all of our funds to support teacher and student academic requests, ceremonies and scholarships!! P.E. clothes, sweats and hats are available for sale dur-ing tutorial 8:00 am to 8:27 am Tuesday through Friday and during lunch Monday through Friday at the Student Store. If your child forgets his/her school supplies, the Student Store is there for them! We also carry a lim-ited selection of healthy snacks. If you have any questions or suggestions, feel free to e-mail Carolyn Seiler at [email protected]. You are all invited to join us on the first Wednesday of every month for our meeting in the Gilissen Room, which is located right next to Dr. Melendrez’s office at 5:00 pm. ♥ HERE ARE SOME OF THE WAYS ABC ASSISTS

& SUPPORTS ACADEMICS

♥National Honor Society Memberships ♥Academic Pins and Letters Ceremony ♥Recognition Awards Program ♥ Student Store ♥Teacher request and Career Center support ♥Revolution SAT Prep ♥ABC SCHOLARSHIPS (members only)

ABC needs your support to continue our tradition of success at Edison. You can help by… • Registering your debit, ATM or credit cards with escrip.com for Edison ABC. Go to www.escrip.com, click on sign up, group name is EDISON HIGH SCHOOL ABC, Group ID is 164757446. We get 1-8% back from participating stores and restaurants. • Register at Office Depot and we can get 5% back to ABC, our school number is 70008914. Become a member and help out at some of our events throughout the year.

Debbie Hoenecke, President

6

EHS Foundation

ABC

Class of 2012 Bach, Allan Barker, James Beltramo, Steven Blumer, Nicole Christian, Mark Clark, Jason Conrad, Jenna Culhane, Natalie Deats, Lauren Estrella, Sydni Fewel, Matthew

Goebel, Brian Grego, Lauren Grimes, Nichole Herpy, Madeline Hoenecke, Lauren Hudak, Erin Israel, Karyn Jahansouz, Emily Jarjour, Bashar Johnston, David King, Arend Kochanowski, Nicole Kubond, Bryce Lambright, Nicolette

Ledesma, Jason Leung, Emily Mailman, Riley Mc Cortney, Tara Metzger, Katherine Mudgway, Ross Nguyen, Damnhien Nguyen, Kenny Nicodemus, Sierra Olgun, Meral Owens, William Phan, Kristine Pharn, Benjamin Plaza, Jessica

Privett, Alyssa Quinn, Meghan Rennie, Sydne Schuck, Allison Slader, Mark Smith, Joshua Stadfelt, Sarah Su, George Thieu, Tiffany Tran, Jenny Tran, Joanne Tran, My Linh Truong, Julia Tseng, Andrew

Tucker, Paris Vogel, Nicole Vogler, Herbert Wang, Jonathan Wang, Roger Wells, Kristen Williams, Alys Wolf, Shannon Wood, Sarah Yasutake, Jared Zapotoczny, Nicole Zepeda, Aubrey

Distinguished Honor Roll Students--4.0 GPA and Higher

Edison Honor Roll Spring Semester Academic excellence has always been an emphasis of this school, and we are proud to announce that the following students have been recognized through the Edison High School Honor Roll program. The staff wishes to congratulate the following students for the excellence they achieved during the 2011 spring semester.

Class of 2013 Arenado, Kelsea Balding, Melissa Barone, Lauren Becan, Hannah Beck, Rachel Bercher, Thanh Borkton, Samuel Boster, Connor Brunelli, Harrison Chen, Joleen Chen, Sarina Cheng, Daniel

De Marco, Joseph Dinh, Sylvia Emerzian, Brianna Frazin, Jennifer He, Yuening Huynh, Lauren Justen, Marissa Kerr, Bonni Grace Koeller, Annie Kotlyar, Daniel Larson, Sydney Lowe, Riley Ly, Vy Mayer, Rachel

Moore, Makenna Nakagaki, Michael Nguyen, Dennis Nguyen, Ellen Nguyen, Michelle Osaki, Reed Paramanathan, Sivam Pham, Jeff Pierce, Jared Plaza, Matthew Porter, Deborah Powers, Carmen Raidy, Andrew Rezai, Alexander

Ritchey, Grace Ritter, Nathan Roberts, Nicholas Romero, Lucas Roulson, Emily Ruelas, Osmin Russell, Alyse Salo, Jayde Samuelson, Karlie Seiler, Stacy Semmelroth, Austin Smith, Erin Stout, Sydney Sui, Lisa

Tang, Lilian Tolan, Jeff Torgersen, Aleksander Tran, Alexander Trinh, Justine Truong, Jennifer Tseng, Daniel Tseng, Ethan Turnbaugh, Annette Vogler, Nikolai Vuong, Isabella Weiss, Elizabeth Weiss, Jane Young, Elisa

Class of 2014 Adanza, Beatriz Andrews, Ryan Austin, Trevor Barden, Taylor Barrett, Jeremy Batman, Kyle Bond, Hailey Carbury, Nicole Chaaban, Mohamad Chen, Grace Chin, Ryan Corrales, Dania Davis, Amber Davison, Karla D'Innocente, Christopher Do, Justin Doran, Kerry Dorman, Jack Duran, Riley Elliott, Kathryn Engelmann, Morgan English, Ryan

Espinoza, Victor Flores, Emily Flores, Natalie Funke, Sierra Gibb, Chandler Gibson, Amber Glinskas, Natalie Gong, Emily Hadley, Connor Hanson, Julia Harada, Jamie Harris, Shad Hartman, Austin Hitomi, Alex Hoang, Vanna Hubbard, Jackie Hwang, Alexander Jahansouz, Alison Jinkins, Allison Kelley, Hunter Kelly, Hunter Kluck, Sarah Kochanowski, Brianne Komara, Maurice Kubond, Brett

LaMontagne, Renee Latham, Cole Le, Emily Lee, Katherine Ly, Teyler Ly, Viet Madey, David Martinez, Emily May, Natalie McBee, Shannon McElroy, Melissa McGarrigle, Erin Mcginnis, Maya Mclandrich, Maureen Meade, Kevin Menke, Joseph Metzger, Thomas Miller, Chloe Moreno, Jacqueline Nadasia, Dhillon Newton, Devin Nguyen, Kelly Nguyen, Nathan Nguyen, Phi Khanh Nguyen, Phuong Khanh

Oates, Troy Owen, Ashley Owens, Sarah Patel, Sanum Pathagamage, Pawan Pepper, Melissa Pham, Carolin Pham, Vivian Poveda, Marisa Powley, Trevor Price, Alexandra Quiroz, Derek Remo, Julianna Rick, Sierra Robinson, Hannah Rockwell, Jessica Rothbart, Steven Rowerdink, Natalie Santos, Josette Shehadeh, Ayman Shklanko, Kristen Shklanko, Sarah Singer, Alexander Stiffler, Jessica Su, Thomas

Summerell, Destiny Talataina, Lizabelle Thomson, Maisey Tong, Nathan Tran, Brandston Vo, Andrew Walker, Rayna Whiteman, Lindsay Wischmeyer, Kennedy Yamaguchi-Pedroza, Katsumi Yatauro, Alexa Yatauro, Gabrielle Yin, Christopher Yin, Peter Zarkades, Kathryn Zylstra, Sara

7

Honor Roll Students--3.5 to 3.9 GPA

Class of 2012 Africano, Casey Ahern, Connor Alvarez Cates, Drake Annala, Zack Backer, Sydney Baljeu, Troy Bantegui, Lisette Becker, Jessica Bennion, Aurora Binder, Haley Boyer, Victoria Campbell, Bryce Clapp, McKenzie Clarke, Natalie Culhane, Connor

Curtis, Elizabeth de Jesus, Andrea Donohue, Brett Dorman, Ashley Dunn, Sarah Dunne, Jaclyn Dunne, Lauren Fernandez, Dane Feuerstein, Megan Finney, Kaitlin Gerosa, Brandon Graham, Briana Green, Anthony Gurela, Karlie Hamborg, Jachin Hasen, Alexandra Hawkins, Jake

Hoskins, Charles Hunt, Zachary Hurley, Michael Jensen, Kyra Kha, Lincoln Koeller, Jack LaMontagne, Erin Lawton, Savannah Loh, Nathan Lopes, Timothy Lyle, Jordan Lysengen, Michelle May, Stephanie Mayer, Max Mc Coy, Brian Mc Coy, Erik Mc Ginis, William

Messerschmidt, Lindsey Millikan, Jonathan Minko, Emily Mitchell, Devon Moore, Jeffrey Morelli, Anthony Morse, Emilie Neiger, Lauren Nguyen, Brandon Nguyen, Dorothy Nguyen, Jocelyn Norgan, Holly Olsen, Danielle Olson, Shawn Oshiro, Abigail Pennell, Joseph Petersen, Sara

Robinson, Jack Rowerdink, Jay Jr Ruiz, Laura Salo, Shane Savela, Sierra Stafford, Jackson Strickland, Cassandra Thai, Megan Tran, Charlene Tran, Lillian Tran, Lynn Truong, Duy Verone, Trevor Vu, Vinh Whalen, Brandon Wise, Tommy

Class of 2013 Alcazar, Ann Bahrami, Jayde Baldwin, Shion Borns, Brooke Boyce, Kylie Breaux, Adam Brown, Daniel Bryson, Lily Bullat, Sarah Cao, Annie Carlson, Blake Clarke, Donovan Cochran, Alex Cohen, Brandon Cone, Taylor Curtis, Allison Dorff, Aaron Drexler, Elaine DuBrock, Jeffrey Estrada, Ariana Evans, Laurel Fahilga, Jensen

Fajardo, Samantha Faria, Erika Ferguson, Carly Ferrara, Adrian Fraser, Jonathan Freedman, Johnathan Froehle, Matthew Gale, Ronny Galvan, Isaac Garbett, Tiana Garcia, Elizabeth Garcia, Garrett Gavin, Jacob George, David Glinskas, Bianca Green, Davis Groves, Patrick Haar, Joshua Hauss, Madison Hobson, Hunter Janisse, Dillan Kalhor, Yasmine Kaplan, Carly Kasliwal, Dipika

Kirby, Olivia Kos, Alayna Kossick, Chloe Krenik, Sierra Laramie, Dayna Lawler, Julia Lay, Charlotte Le, Cindy Lee, Allison Lesinski, Jacob Lindsey, Anna Lograsso, Rachel Lyle, Justin Ma, Cindy Maehara, Jay Markle, Adrienne Martin, Alexis Martin, Sinead Martinez, Adrian Mason, Christine McHenry, Jeremy Meintz, Amanda Meng, Erica Menzel, Caitlin

Monestime, Alexis Nelson, Rachel Nemes, Kelly Newberry, Stone Nguyen, Austin Nguyen, Christine Nguyen, Jackqueline Nguyen, Liem Nguyen, Tyler Nguyen, Vivian Oddy, Devon Owen, Quinn Park, Abigail Payette, Jacob Piscopo, Kevin Privett, Ashley Rascon, Savannah Reams, Brian Richards, Kaiya Rierson, Sarah Rodriguez, Johnathan Rundle, Sarah Salib, Sean Satterthwaite, Rachel

Schaeffer, Michaela Schiltz, Cory Segovia, Denice Smythe, Hayley Spies, Taylor St Laurent, Nicole Stuart, Jordan Terakado, Takuma Thomas, Lindsey Tran, Kaily Vournas, Logan Vu, Christopher Ward, Kaitlin Webb, James Weizoerick, Madison Welker, Gregory Wendell, Payton Wester, Karley Wetzstein, Kelsey Wong, Elaria

8

Class of 2014 Adams, Courtney Aldea, Madisyn Aldrich, Jake Arango, Aidan Arceo, Abigail Aspiz, Aaron Badger, Katherine Bain, Brooke Barber, Katherine Bartusick, Caitlin Bauer, Cameron Becan, Daniel Becan, David Bergdahl, Morgan Bersch, Jacob Bersch, Wyatt Bezzina, Ashley Blume, Sara Borton, Cassandra Boutcher, Stephanie Boyer, Markus Bush, Joseph Buss IV, John Buyan, Alex Cao, Lea Carrigg, Desiree Carter, Colette Casson, Ian Cerda, MacKenzie Chen, Jeffrey

Cheng, Michelle Chiu, Catherine Choa, Kaylee Clark, Cally Collaro, Dane Conway, Katherine Cool, James Coppolino, Carli Crandal, Spencer DeLuca, Julia Demers, Gabrielle Deutsch, Garrett Dominick, Bradley Dorff, Analee Douglass, Colin Dugan, Katie Faure, Jean Baptiste Freiberger, Angelina Fuga, Teancum Georgieva, Anna Gerosa, Andrew Gerwatosky, John Gillespie, Thomas Gooch, Lauren Goodman, Samantha Gravley, Nicolas Gressier, Jordyn Griffith, Abigayle Grunbaum, Brandenn Harrison, Justin Hayford, Nicole

Heil, Amy Herbel, Taylor Hoang, Matthew Hoskins, Nicholas Hurtado, Yvonne Johnson, Kirra Keating, Jack King, Brigitte Kochanowski, Katrina Koyama, Konomi Lasala, Kiani Lasalle, Dylan Lash, Madison Latsombath, Alexander Le, Thao Lennert, Miranda Lepak, Jordyn Lespier, Kathryn Lewis, Alexander Louda, Sebastian Luciani, Krista Ludwig, Ryan Marino, Jacob Martin, Melissa Martinez, Chelsea Maxwell, Janelle McLaughlin, James Mendola, Charles Millikan, Trevor Mills, Bianca Moore, Joey

Mordhorst, Matthew Moses, Jacob Moss, Katelyn Nelson, Callum Nguyen, Melissa Nguyen, Nicholas Ogas, Kelly Olivo, Ivan Orel, Tanner Ortiz, Austin Oshiro, Justin Paff, Gabriella Pearson, Carley Piper, Drake Preiss, Koral Pritchett, Alyssa Privett, Andriana Rayos Del Sol, Kellen Reed, Kelsey Rhoades, Baylee Robertson, Kylie Rosa, Apolo Rosecrans, Nathan Rosenberg, Evin Rossi, Samantha Ruiz Flores, Kimberly Salcido, Owen Schooler, Brooke Schuck, Charles Schuster, Gasetoto Scrivner, Christopher

Shell, Kayla Sherouse, Rylee Silvestri, Emma Sloate, Cierra Slovak, Chase Smythe, Eamon Sneed, Dylan Stetson, Samantha Stirrat, Chandler Stratton, Jennifer Templin, Zachary Tessier, Alexandria Thai, Vy Tomita, Brett Torres, Nathan Trinh, Jayson Vasquez, Tyler Velez, Diego Vuong, Paulina Washburn, Suzy Welch, Madalyn White, Brooke Whitlock, Hanna Williams, Zachery Wood, Cassandra Wright, Chelsea Zordani, Kiani

CAREER CENTER ANNUAL REPORT EHS Class of 2011: Where Are They Now?

CALIFORNIA STATE--Total 84 Cal Maritime Dominguez Hills Fresno Fullerton Long Beach Los Angeles Poly Pomona Poly San Luis Obispo Sacramento San Diego San Francisco San Jose Sonoma

VOCATIONAL/TRADE SCHOOL/APPRENTICE PROGRAMS--Total 9

OUT OF STATE--Total 53 Arizona State – AZ Boston University – MA Brigham Young Univ – ID Brigham Young Univ – UT Chaminade Univ – HI Colorado St @ Ft Collins – CO Dixie State – UT Drury University – MO Duquesne University – PA Embry Riddle – AZ Georgia State – GA Greenville College – IL Hendrix College – AR Ithaca College – NY Johnson & Wales – RI Longwood University – VA Macalester College – MN Miami University – FL New York University – NY Northern AZ University – AZ Northern Illinois Univ – IL Northland College – WI Oberlin College – OH Oregon State – OR Princeton University – NJ Southern Utah Univ – UT Southern Methodist Univ – TX St. John’s University – NY Stetson University – FL The Kings College – NY Univ of Michigan @ Ann Arbor University of North Carolina University of Texas @ Austin Univ of Miami @ Coral Gables University of Alabama University Alaska @ Anchorage University of Arizona University of Central Oklahoma University of Denver – CO University of Montana University of Northern TX University of Northern Colorado Univ of Michigan @ Ann Arbor University of North Carolina University of Texas @ Austin University of Northern TX University of Northern Colorado University of Reno Nevada University of Rochester – NY University of TX @ Dallas University of Utah University of Wyoming Washington Univ @ St Louis – MO

The Edison Class of 2011 was 560 strong. 99% of the students re-turned our survey about their fu-ture plans. Here are the results.

221 (39%) Four-year college/university 306 (55%) Two-year community college 7 ( 1.2%) Vocational/Trade School/Apprentice Program 10 ( 1.8%) Military 16 (3%) Other (work, travel, etc.)

MILITARY--Total 1 U.S. Air Force U.S. Marine Corps U.S. Navy

TWO-YEAR COLLEGES--Total 312 Coastline Community College Cuesta Community College Cypress Community College Fullerton Community College Glendale Community College Golden West College Irvine Valley College Mt. San Antonio Community College Orange Coast College Saddleback College Santa Ana College Santa Barbara City College Santiago Canyon College

UNIV. CALIFORNIA--Total 44 Berkeley Davis Irvine Los Angeles Merced Riverside San Diego Santa Barbara

The following businesses for donating items for our end of the year teacher

appreciation banquet!

Jersey Mike’s Silky Sullivan’s

Oggi’s Pizza and Brewing Company Los Alamitos Race Track

Duke’s Restaurant Santa Anita Park

In-N-Out Shades Restaurant at The Waterfront Hilton

The 45 parents that helped and donated

items for the Class of 2011 Senior Picnic. Our appreciation also goes to The Bender

Family, The Siegel Family, Le Chef Bakery, and Lucci's Deli.

Edison Thanks

Art Institute of California California Institute of the Arts Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising James Albert Modeling Paul Mitchell Cosmetology

PRIVATE COLLEGE--25 zusa Pacific University Biola University California Baptist University Chapman University Menlo College Occidental College Point Loma Nazarene Univ Scripps College Stanford University University of Redlands University of San Diego University of San Francisco University of Southern CA Vanguard University Woodbury University

9

Attendance and Safety Highlights from the Edison Parent/Student Handbook (available in its entirety on www.edisonchargers.com)

Safe Students, Safe School Parking Lot Safety - All drivers should drive slowly and with cau-tion. We encourage all parents/guardians to drop off and pick up students along Magnolia Ave. Please do not drop off student in front of the Admini-stration building. This area is for loading and unloading of district busses only. Visitors during school hours should ob-tain a parking permit from the switchboard upon arrival. Do not drive or park on the service roads. Student ID Cards and Lunch Passes - Students must carry their Edison identification card during school hours and at all school related activities. It must be presented upon request. Lunch passes allow 11th/12th students to go home for lunch with parent permission. It does not permit students to buy lunch from fast food restaurants, eat lunch in their cars, loiter in the park, or visit the homes of other students. Cell Phone/Electronic Device Policy - The cell phone pol-icy prohibits the use of a cell phone in class. Students are allowed to use their phones before school, after school and during break and lunch. Please encourage them to use their phones responsibly. If they violate the cell phone policy the teacher will take the phone and turn it over to the supervision office where the parent can pick it up. The student will also receive a Saturday School as a consequence for the violation. Dress Code – No bare midriffs, excessive cleavage, strapless tops or dresses, or muscle shirts are allowed. Any clothing, which allows underwear to be exposed, is pro-hibited. The District prohibits clothing that shows or conveys messages of a sexual tone, promotes violence, drug or alco-hol use. Excessively short shorts or skirts are prohibited. A good rule of thumb is if the shorts or dress does not reach the palm of the student’s hand when their arms are down the item of clothing is too short. Hats - Only EHS co-curricular teams or plain dark green hats are permitted. All ball caps must be worn with bill facing forward. All other hats, baseball caps, or other headwear are not permitted (unless specifically required for religious or health purposes as approved by the principal). If a student violates the dress code they will be asked to change out of the inappropriate item of clothing. Attendance Matters- Learn and Succeed IN SCHOOL. Regular attendance and promptness to class are important components of a student’s academic success. Students who are frequently absent may be jeopardizing not only their immediate academic success, but also their ability to graduate on time.

With block scheduling, most classes meet just three times a week. If a student should miss one day or even a single period, it could result in significant loss of instruction for your child. Being tardy to class interrupts classroom instruction. We ask for help from all parents and guardians to encourage their child to attend every class on a daily basis and to be to school on time. Students with habitual truancies will be referred to the District Attorney’s Office and the Student Attendance Review Board (SARB) process may be utilized. Attendance Quick Reference What is the Attendance Office Phone #? (714) 962-1356 Ext. 4427 or 4428 If a student answers, please ask to speak with an adult and always take the name of the person you spoke with regarding the attendance issue. What information is needed on notes and phone calls to the attendance office? All notes and phone calls MUST include the following information: (1) full name of student; (2) student ID number; (3) date(s) of absence and period(s) missed; (4) specific reason for absence; (5) parent/guardian signature; (6) parent/guardian contact phone number. How many days after a return to school must a note or phone call be presented? A written absence note or parent/guardian phone call is re-quired within five (5) days. Any uncleared absences become TRUANT after five days. This is a District policy. We rec-ommend bringing a note to the attendance counter the day of return. The attendance office is located in the administration building and opens at 7:00 a.m. daily. What if my student must leave campus before the school day ends? If a student comes to school and must leave for any reason, he/she must check out with the Attendance Office or Health Office before leaving school. Failing to do so will result in the absence being considered a TRUANT! What happens if I fail to clear absences in a timely manner? If a student does not clear absences in a timely manner, the absence will be considered a truancy. Any all day truancy, or 5 single period truancies, will result in a Saturday School assignment. Saturday School does not clear the truancy but is a discipline measure only.

10

11

EHS Dress Code Inappropriate, Revealing Attire at School

Halters, draped, tube tops, spaghetti straps, sheer clothes, low necklines

(even with sweaters):

Short shorts or short dresses and skirts: With arms at their sides, if they can

feel skin with the palms of their hands, it is too short for school.

On the first dress code offense, students violating dress code will be made to wear PE clothes or a parent will be called to bring appropriate attire for the student to change into. Additional information regarding

dress code may be found in the Edison Student Handbook pages 22 and 23. Here’s the link: http://www.edisonchargers.com/campus_information/parentstudenthandbook.asp

Not Appropriate

LADIES’ GUIDELINES

MEN’S GUIDELINES

Not Appropriate Appropriate

Plain dark green or EHS only (must be worn with bill forward &

removed indoors)

Senior athletes hoping to partici-pate in college athletics at a Divi-sion I or II College next year must register with the NCAA clearing-house. This is required of all ath-letes and is available online at www.ncaaclearinghouse.net.

2011-2012 Edison Booster Club Presidents Academic Booster Club Debbie Hoenecke [email protected] Aquatics (Boys/Girls) Lourdes Peterson [email protected]

Band Boosters Dave Yasutake [email protected]

Baseball Boosters Jim DeMarco [email protected] Basketball Boosters Boys Jon Haar [email protected] Basketball Boosters Girls Michael Lowe [email protected] Charger Boosters (Bingo) Scott Zimmon [email protected]

Choral Boosters John & Meg Schneider [email protected]

CIBACS Foundation Amy Gingrich [email protected]

Cross Country Boys Jamie Huante [email protected]

Cross Country Girls Robbie Grego [email protected]

Dance Team Boosters Ana Davison [email protected]

Field Hockey Boosters Jennie Coco Mike Bartusick

jennie@the cocos.com [email protected]

Football Boosters Chris Clark [email protected] Foundation Renee Mock [email protected] Golf – Boys Brandon Patch [email protected] Golf – Girls Paul Harrell [email protected] Grad Night Committee Laurie Vandeman [email protected] MUN Boosters Claudette Brunelli [email protected]

PTSA Kathy DeSalvo [email protected]

Soccer Boosters Boys Jan Campbell Tamarin Piper

[email protected] [email protected]

Soccer Boosters Girls Amelia Freeman [email protected] Softball Boosters Karl Tahti [email protected] SAC Boosters Joyce Wittal [email protected] Surf Boosters Kelly Krautkramer [email protected] Tennis Boosters Boys Joyce Ewarts [email protected] Tennis Boosters Girls Cindy Nemes [email protected] Track Boosters Boys TBA Track Boosters Girls TBA Volleyball Boosters Boys Lynda Niemec [email protected] Volleyball Boosters Girls Mary Vogel [email protected] Wrestling Joe Cucinotti [email protected]

Pepsters Nancy Buchoz Shawnee Miller

[email protected] [email protected]

Congratulations

George Su

National Merit

Scholar Semifinalist

Thank you to all our new and returning volunteers who donated countless

hours of time to registration, SOS, photos, assisting with alphabetizing, textbook distribution, the faculty breakfast. The donation of your time and talent makes a huge impact on the success of Edison High School! If you are interested in becoming an EHS VIP, or receiving EHS News e-mail me at [email protected]. Cindy Berman Community Resource Coordinator

12

VIPS-Volunteers In Public Schools

Activities Office News HOMECOMING 2011 The Associated Student Body (ASB) is busy preparing for Homecoming 2011, The theme for Homecoming week, October 10th-15th, is “There’s No Place Like Home Base.” The all-school Fall Sports and Home-coming Assembly will be held Thursday, October 13th in the gym. During the assembly, candidates for Homecoming King and Queen will be introduced, with the King being crowned. The underclassmen royalty will also be introduced. That evening, the Charger football team will battle the Griffins of Los Alamitos High School at 7:00 p.m. in the HBHS stadium. During half time, the Homecoming Court will be introduced and the Queen will be crowned. On Saturday evening October 15th EHS students will enjoy a fun and fast paced evening of dancing and so-cializing. The dance will be held at Angel Stadium in Anaheim from 7:30 p.m. until 11:30 p.m. Hall Photog-raphy will be taking couple and group pictures at the dance (picture price list will be available with purchase of dance ticket). Tickets are on sale through Thursday October 13th. Students may purchase tickets before school, during break, during lunch and after school until 3:15 each day. Ticket sales will end at 3:15 on Thursday, Oc-tober 13th. NOTE: All students attending will be required to have a signed parent contract in the Activities Of-fice. Contracts can be downloaded from the “News & Information” page of the school website (edisonchargers.com), or students may pick one up in the Activities Office. The 2011 Homecoming dance ticket prices are: (per couple) October 10-13 $100.00 with ASB card $110.00 w/o ASB card Because this is a school sponsored activity, the EHS dress code will be enforced at the dance. People not dressed appropriately will be asked to go home and change. Please Note:this is not a costume dance. For girls, the attire should be long or short gowns, after 6 or evening style dresses or dressy pantsuits. Boys should not wear jeans, denims or t-shirt.

Homecoming is dressy -slacks, shirt, tie, sweater or vest, collar-less dress shirt with a coat.

S.O.S. (Student Orientation Squad)

Edison High held its 16th annual Freshman Orientation on August 25th, 2011. The Student Orientation Squad Program is designed to help freshmen adjust to high school and meet new people. Those attending participated in group activities held in the gym and other campus lo-cations. After group activities, the freshmen were split into smaller groups facilitated by 75 upperclassmen. Within these smaller groups, students interacted with one another and toured the campus. The festivities con-cluded with a catered lunch. Special thanks to Mr. Bob Strachan (Social Studies Department) and Ms. Melody Mangrello (SAC Depart-ment) for coordinating the student leaders. Congratula-tions to Student Coordinators, Shannon Wolf, Hayley Mayol, and Lindsey Thomas who gave their time and energy in training the SOS. Thanks to the many par-ents and PTSA for their active support of this impor-tant activity.

BATTLE FOR THE BELL The Chargers football team will host the Fountain Valley Bar-ons at Orange Coast College on Friday November 4th, 2011. View the website for ticket price information, directions to

the stadium and other events during this tradition-packed week. BLOOD DRIVE The Edison ASB will sponsor two Blood Drives for the UCI Medical Center. Com-missioners of Community Service, Savannah Lawton and Ashley Nunez will coor-dinate these annual events scheduled for December 8th and April 24th in the student cafeteria. Students must be at least 17 years old and weigh at least 110 pounds. Permissions slips are required for all students donating blood.

13

The Principal’s Newsletter is an Edison High School Information Publication to parents and the community. Edison High School is a four -year high school of the Huntington Beach Union High School District Dr. Greg Plutko, HBUHSD Superintendent; Dr. D’liese Melendrez, Edison High School Principal; Cindy Berman, Community Resource Coordinator. (714) 962-1356 ext.4601, Fax(714) 963-4280 We thank the advertisers who support the publication of this newsletter. Advertisements in this newsletter do not constitute an endorsement by the Huntington Beach Union High School District or Edison High School.

Board of Trustees: Dr. Bonnie Castrey Brian Garland Susan Henry Kathleen Iverson Dr. Michael Simons

Charger Newsletter

Edison High School 21400 Magnolia Street Huntington Beach, CA 92646

Non Profit Organization U.S. Postage

PAID Huntington Beach, CA

Permit No. 252

2011-2012 Edison High School Admin Team

Rod Raschke, AP, Ext.4406 • Discipline • Lockers • Lunch Passes • Parking Permits • School Safety • Supervision • Campus Supervisors

Kim Fricker, AP, Ext.4404 • College/Information

Nights • Counseling • CROP • Enrollment/Registration • Master Schedule • Records/Transcripts • Technology

Edison Fall Calendar Dates

October 15 PSAT

15 Homecoming Dance

25 ABC Pins & Letters Ceremony

November 4 EHS/FV Bell Game

11 SCHOOL HOLIDAY-Veteran’s Day

21-25 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS-Thanksgiving

December 6 Senior Cap/Gown/Announcement ordering

8 Blood Drive

Dec 19-Jan 2 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS-Winter Break

John Elliott, AP, Ext.4408 • Activities • ASB • Athletics • Facilities Usage • Honor Code Violation • School Marquee • Textbook Center/IMF

Louise Raya, AP, Ext.4403 • AP Program/Tests • Assessment • Attendance • Curriculum • School Site Council • Staff Development • Student Forum

Receive EHS announcements T-F E-mail [email protected]

Edison Fall Newsletter

Documents

Transcript of Edison Fall Newsletter