Concert Band

Congratulations to the Edison Concert Band that received a rating of Superior, and to the Edison Wind Ensemble that received a rating of Excellent at the District X Band Assessment this past weekend!

In 2015, FCPS received a $50,000 High School Innovation Planning Grant from the VDOE to start the GSCP. Grants were offered to schools that proposed bold, innovative programs aimed at building the 21st Century Workforce. GSCP is a three-year interdisciplinary program in which students engage in problem-based challenges connected to the real world, and are designed to teach concepts in math, science, and engineering. Students enrolled in the program are part of a cohort that operates as a smaller learning community within Edison High School.

Wrestling: Congratulations to Will Dight and Dylan Beirne, who finished 3rd and 5th in the State Wrestling tournament!

Girls Basketball: Our girls are still in the game! They beat Woodson High School on Tuesday and West Potomac HS on Thursday. Our girls play at 6:00 PM at Fairfax HS, this Saturday, February 29. Come out and support our Lady Eagles!

Boys Basketball: Congratulations to Coach Henderson and the Boys Basketball team for Winning the National District Championship last Friday evening. They played well this week but ultimately lost to rival Hayfield Secondary School on Tuesday evening.

Technology and Engineering Education
The Edison Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) Department has formed a partnership with the Noman M. Cole Pollution Control Plant to produce tanks used by the plant to run their Sewer Science Program. Melissa Atwood (scientist at the plant) came to Edison three years ago to run the first sewer science program at Edison for the Global STEM students.

Students have created new plans for the original tanks being used. The TEE program will produce at least two more sets of tanks this year for the Sewer Science Program.

Our TAEMUN Eagles did it again. This weekend at George Mason’s University Arlington Campus, MASUN 30, our students prepared and presented their position papers, debated, and proposed solutions to world issues and had fun in the process. They delegated with such excellence and came out on top! We would like to congratulate all the students that attended this conference for they all worked hard and did a wonderful job. Click on this blog to see the students who won awards at MASUN 30:

Good News from the Choir

The following four students were selected to represent Edison HS and District 10 in the All-VA Honor Choir this April:

• Kevin Haes – Tenor 2 (Delegate #2)
• Sophia Pelekasis – Soprano 1 (Delegate #1)
• Charlotte Malone – Soprano 1 (Delegate #2)
• Maya Pattison – Soprano 2 (Delegate #4)

In addition, the following two students were selected as alternates for the festival:

• Amen Adib - Tenor 2 (1st Alternate)
• Rachel Pinkney – Alto 2 (2nd Alternate)

Please congratulate these students when you see them!

Congratulations to the Edison Wrestling Team who won the National District Championship on Saturday! Will Dight, Matt Miranda and Dylan Beirne were all champions in their respective weight class!

Good luck to the team at Regionals this weekend! #OneEdison

Coach of the Year
Please join us in congratulating our girls basketball coach, Dianne Lewis, on being named the 2018-2019 Virginia Girls Basketball Coach of the Year by the National Federation of State High School Associations. Dianne was nominated by the Virginia High School League as the most deserving recipient of this honor.

Our Academic Team (see below) won the Washington-Liberty Invitational last weekend as well. Congratulations to Coach Pandin and his team!

Congratulations to our Boys and Girls Track Teams! Both teams won the District Championship this past weekend, and Coach Chirinos was named Coach of The Year!