Message froM the PrinciPal

Dear Eagle Families, I hope you had a wonderful spring break and you are prepared for the testing season that is quickly approaching. Sophomores have already completed FCAT Writes, and our freshmen and sophomores are ready for FCAT Reading 2.0 followed by the end of course exams in a number of subjects. Please check our website and the PTSA eBlast for all testing updates. As always, we ask students to arrive on time and be prepared for testing by getting plenty of rest and eating a balanced breakfast. This year OCPS is offering an “AP Boot Camp” on individual school campuses to help students prepare for the rigorous AP tests in a variety subjects. The AP Boot Camp schedule will be listed on our web site, and teachers may be contacted directly should students have any questions. “Fire and Ice” is this year’s prom theme which will be held April 20 at the Sheraton in Lake Buena Vista. Students

AdministrationPrincipal Michele Erickson . . . . . . . . Ext. 6062222

Assistant Principals Gracemarie Howland . . . Ext. 6064928 Anthony Serianni . . . . . . . Ext. 6064925 Tim Shuler . . . . . . . . . . . . Ext. 6064904

must have at least a 2.0 GPA and parent permission to attend this event. Need a dress? Please visit our E Boutique for the latest styles and the best prices available (free!). Students are reminded that this is an OCPS school sponsored event, and the Code of Conduct is enforced. We encourage students to make good choices! The May calendar is filled with senior activities, soplease check our website for events and information. Students are invited to visit the College and Career Center for scholarship and testing information. This is a very busy time of year, and we don’t want any student to miss deadlines or opportunities. Please note that graduation for the Class of 2013 is May 29 at 4:00 at the Amway Center. Where has the year gone?

Michele Erickson, Principal

Edgewater High SchoolOffice: 407-835-4900

Fax: 407-245-2758

Vision Statement The Edgewater High School students, staff, parents, and community envision a rigorous, relevant, and real-world learning environment. The students pursue personal and academic excellence; while learning to use a variety of technological tools to communicate, create, and problem-solve. They experience a sense of community to prepare for life in a dynamic, multicultural world.

Mission Together students, staff, parents, and community will ensure that Edgewater High School provides a rigorous, relevant and real world education to develop productive and responsible citizens for a changing and multicultural world.

‘Eagle News’April 2013

Published Four Times Per Year Orange County Public Schools

Edgewater High School3100 Edgewater Drive

Orlando, FL 32804Issue # 1

THE EDGEWATER HIGH SCHOOL

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Promoting the interests, programs and facilities of Edgewater High School

Come Soar with Us!

For information, call EHS407-835-4922 ext. 4910

April 2013Volume18•Issue1

For the Parents, Students, and Community of Edgewater High School

To download a PDF version of this newsletter, go to http://academypublishing.com/schools/edgewater/edgewater.php

2You are invited to join The Edgewater High School Foundation’s

Board of Directors and Hall of Fame membersfor an evening of

Hors D’oeuvres, Drinks, Music and an“Eagle” Auctionat the

“Friends of the Foundation” Spring EventSaturday, April 6, 2013

7:00-9:30 p.m.The Rotunda at City Hall, downtown Orlando

$50 ticket donation /$75 at the doorBusiness Attire, please

To RSVP or for more information, please contact Lynette Earley at lbearley@aol.com or

Missy Wilson at mwilson@tewscompany.com.

EHS Foundation Board of DirectorsLogan BakerLibby BludsworthByron W. BrooksKelly CrowderLynette EarleyMichele Erickson

Eric HoustonPeter KrzyzakPatti NordinRoger PaladinoTommy Pinel Michelle Reynolds

Bill RobbinsonStephanie SaboorSusan SorrowBob SorvilloJill VianelloMissy Wilson

Generosity Filled the Gap Almost half of the just over 1,700 Edgewater students qualify to receive free and reduced-price lunch, and more thanathirdarefromfamilieswithincomesbelowthepovertyline.Thosearejuststatistics,however.Limitedfinancialresources don’t stop these Eagles from succeeding in the classroom or from making huge contributions to our Edgewater community, but the school system can help promote those outcomes in important ways. Through EHS, students have access to a variety of programs and resources that can help address unmet educational, nutritional, and developmental needs. Yet there are some unmet needs that the school isn’t set up to meet or that extend beyond what schools do. At Edgewater, we are fortunate to have dedicated faculty and staff as well as generous friends in the Eagle and College Park communities that that are mindful of those needs. One such effort that becomes particularly important this time of year is the E-Boutique, a special place organized by PTSA volunteers that lets girls (and guys) “shop” free of charge for gently used formal wear and accessories they need for Prom but could not otherwise afford. Through the work of the E-Boutique, students who might not have been able to attend Prom and other special events will have those memories. All of the inventory is donated by EHS students, families and friends. For more basic clothing and related needs that arise on a more regular basis,studentshaveaccesstoa“store”filledwithneworslightlywornitemsthat have been donated. Mr. Moran, the EHS SAFE Coordinator, and volunteers

from Webster University converted an unused room in Building 2 to become the “Eagle Exchange.” Tofillgapsinaccesstofood,thePTSAmaintainsafoodpantryintheAdministrationBuildingstockedwithavarietyofdonated non-perishable food items. This includes both staples that can address short-term needs at home as well as ready-to-eat items for use at school. Needs are assessed and addressed by Ms. Lopez, Assistant to the Principal, and Ms. Velazquez, our school nurse. The EHS family has done a great job meeting these needs so far, stocking the pantry as well as providing the foodneededtofill80basketsdistributedtoEaglefamiliesfortheholidays.OldFloridaNationalBank,theChristianServiceCenter, and the College Park and Paramount Publix stores, and our own SGA have also been instrumental in that effort. WeareverygratefultoeveryonewhohashelpedfillthesegapsalongthepathwaytosuccessforallEagles.Wehavemoretodo,however,asmanyoftheseneedsarisethroughouttheschoolyear.DonationsthatmeettheabovespecificationscanbedroppedofftoMs.Williamsinthefrontoffice.

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Student of the Month(9th Grade)

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Keep Up-to Date-with All Things Eagle This may be the last issue of Eagle News published in hard copy. However, there are still many ways that you can stay connected with what is happening at Edgewater High School: Edgewater High School website www.ocps.net/lc/north/hed This is theofficial sourceof school informationand isupdated regularly.Thehomepage includesaschool calendar and current announcements. EHS “Connect-Ed” You should be automatically subscribed if EHS has your current phone number

onfile.TheGuidanceDept.canupdate/edit. This is the service that Mrs. Erickson and Orange County Public Schools use periodically to deliver important announcements to Eagle families. Eagle Athletics on Twitter Follow @GoEHSEagles This is the best way to keep up with the latest scores and other Eagle sports news. EHS PTSA “E-Blast” To subscribe, send an email to ehsptsa@gmail.com. This is a periodic e-mail that keeps the Eagle community aware of news and events, especially ways to be engaged and involved in making our great school even better. You do not need to be a PTSA member to receive these emails. EHS PTSA on Facebook Like the Edgewater High School PTSA pageEdgewater Foundation website www.edgewaterfoundation.com This is the website for the EHS foundation, which is like the booster club for the entire school. Each year, the Foundation distributes money it raises to EHS programs, clubs, organizations, faculty and teacher development and appreciation, and projects for the school itself.

Eagle Flight 5K Soars to New Heights The PTSA hosted the 2013 Eagle Flight 5K Walk/Run on February 23rd. It was the perfect day to run (or walk) through the Edgewater campus and adjacent College Park neighborhoods! This year, the event raised more than $11,000 after expenses – an Eagle Flight record. All of these funds were distributed directly to EHS clubs, teams and groups as well as to our feeder schools. As part of the registration process for the event, each participant or sponsor could designate a group or organization connected to EHS in some way to receive a share of the event proceeds. In fact, half of each registration fee and sponsorship wentdirectlytobenefittheserecipientgroups. Boys Lacrosse ($1,245), Girls Lacrosse ($915), and Baseball ($710)teamswerethebiggeston-campusbeneficiaries.LakeSilver Elementary ($635), Princeton Elementary ($635) and The Christ School headed the list of Edgewater feeder schools. Out on the course itself, Mark Irons was the race winner (andfirstEaglefinisher),followedbyOisaAldrichandEdmondHook.HaleyBeamwasthefirstfemaleEaglefinisher. The PTSA thanks everyone who supported the Eagle Flight 5K event, including all participants, volunteers, in-kind donors, and corporate sponsors (shown below). Special thanks go to Florida Hospital for their generous event sponsorship of $5,000.

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EHS Testing Calendar We are approaching the height of testing season here at Edgewater. Between FCAT, End of Course, Advanced Placement, and SAT/ACT Exams, almost every Eagle will participate in some form of standardized testing at some point this spring. The calendar above lists the current schedule of testing for the next few months. For some tests, such as the End of Course Exam, a full week is reserved, but the testing will actually occur over a one- or two-day periodwhichhasnotyetbeenfinalized.Although testing is important, it should not be a source of anxiety. Students should be sure to get a good night’s rest and breakfast before arriving on time for test day, but they should not worry and just do their best.

Dates to remember:April 20 PromMay 6 Senior Awards (EHS Auditorium) 6:30 p.m.May 15-17 Senior ExamsMay 17 Project Graduation (at Wet ‘N Wild) 11:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m.May 22 Baccalaureate (EHS Auditorium)6:30 p.m.

Students report to cafeteria at 5:30 p.m. in cap and gown.May 23 Senior Clearance (EHS Auditorium) 8:00 – 11:00 a.m.May 24 Senior picnic (EHS Stadium) 9:00 – 11:00 a.m.TBA Graduation RehearsalMay 29 Graduation (Amway Center) 4:00 p.m.

Students report to Amway at 2:00 p.m. in cap and gown.

Class of 2013 UpdateIt’s that time of year when all things senior take over the school calendar. Here’s what you need to know:• If your senior has not ordered a cap and gown and paid senior dues, (s)he must go to

www.herfforlando.com immediately to take care of this. The cost is $90.00. Your senior cannot graduate without this!

• If you have a college-bound senior who hopes to receive any kind of government scholarship or aid, including Bright Futures, you need to fill out your FAFSA now at www.fafsa.ed.gov.

• If your senior is eligible for a Bright Futures Scholarship, (s)he should have already registered at school. If not, go to http://www.floridastudentfinancialaid.org to apply.Complete instructions can be found on the EHS website.

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The Edgewater Athletics Golf TournamentGolf Tournament, Athletic Benefit Dinner and Silent Auction

“Why be a bogey when you can be an EAGLE!” The purpose of The 3rd Annual Edgewater Athletics Golf Tournament is to create a fundraiser for the Edgewater High School Athletic Department. The Athletic Department sponsors 51 athletic teams and over 750 student athletes each year. The funds raised at this event will help us to pay for the operational costs of the athletic program and to help maintain the new state of the art athletic facilities on campus. If you are unable to join us on the golf course, we hope that you will consider joining us for dinner and the silent auction, or by simply making a donation. We look forward to having our EHS supporters at this fun and memorable event!All donations and sponsorships are tax deductible. Please make all checks payable to Edgewater High School.

Golf and Sponsorship PackagesTournament Title Sponsor $5,000(4) Group Golf Packages plus (16) Dinner Guest Tickets; (1) Hole Sponsorship; Tournament Title Recognition and Signage; Sponsorship recognition throughout event; Company materials to be included in all Tee Packages; (1)Tent Opportunity at Tournament; PA Announcement Package for the 2012 Football Season; (1) Banner for Football Field and (1) Banner for Gym; (2) Full page advertisements in the 2013 Edgewater Football Program; (2) EHS Sports Passes for FourEagle Sponsor $2,500(2) Group Golf Package plus (8) Dinner Guest Tickets; (1)Hole Sponsorship; Banner Recognition at Tournament; Sponsorship recognition throughout event; Company materials to be included in all Tee Packages; (1) Banner for Football Field OR Gym; PA Announcement Package for the 2012 Football Season; (1) Full page advertisement in the 2013 Edgewater Football Program; (1) EHS Sports Pass for FourCorporate Golf Package $1,000(1) Group Golf Package; (1) Hole Sponsorship; Sponsorship recognition throughout event; Company materials to be included in all Tee Packages; PA Announcement Package for the 2012 Football Season; (1) Full page advertisement in the 2013 Edgewater Football ProgramOther Sponsorship Opportunities ($500 each):Longest Drive Sponsor (One available): Hole Signage; Tee Package Materials; Tent Opportunity at Tee BoxClosest to the Pin (Three available): Hole Signage; Tee Package Materials; Tent Opportunity at Tee Box or FlagLunch Sponsor (One available): Lunch Signage; Tee Package Materials; Tent Opportunity at CourtyardPrize Sponsor (One available): Tent Opportunity at Check-In; Prize Table Signage; Tee Package MaterialsHole Sponsor $250Hole Sponsorship (1); Company materials to be included in all Tee Packages; Sponsorship recognition at eventGroup Golf Package $440(4)Golf and Buffet Dinner, Tee Packages, Range and CartIndividual Golf Package $125(1)Golf and Buffet Dinner, Tee Package, Range and CartAdditional Dinner and Reception Tickets - $40 per Person

Tournament and Dinner LocationDubsdread Golf Course & Tap Room

549 West Par StreetOrlando, FL 32804

(407) 246-2551Friday, April 26th, 2013

Noon Shotgun StartPlease Contact Valerie Miyares at valerie.miyares@ocps.net / (407) 835-4906

All sponsorships must be registered and paid in full by Friday, April 12th, 2013All Foursomes and Individual golfers must be registered and paid in full by

Friday, April 19th, 2013

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From the Desk of the Athletic Director Welcome, Coach Jed Kennedy! I am pleased to announce that this past February we had the opportunity to hire a new head football coach. Coach Kennedy and his family will be moving to Orlando from Wisconsin to become Eagles! Coach Kennedy was a State Champion and Wisconsin Coach of the Year in 2011 while he was at Bradford High School in Kenosha, WI. We are looking forward to watching him build ourfootballprogramandreturnEdgewaterHighSchoolbacktoglory!Youcanfindthevideoofmyinterviewwith Coach Kennedy on the Orlando Sentinel’s Varsity website under the football tab. Are you on Twitter? The EHS Athletic Department is now actively tweeting! You can follow us @GoEHSEagles. Home games and athletic department information is updated almost daily. Who’s ready to Golf? The 3rd Annual Edgewater Athletics Golf Tournament is fast approaching! The event will be held on Friday, April 26th at Dubsdread Golf Course and The Tap Room. Come join us for abeautifuldayofgolfingandconnectingwithotherEHS supporters. Shotgun start is at1pm,with lunchand silent auction to follow. Foursomes with lunch are $440; Individual Golfers are $125. Sponsorships are available as well. Every team needs to register either one foursome or two hole sponsorships to help with operational costs for the athletic department. If you’re interested in registering to support a team, please email valerie.miyares@ocps.net or at extension 606-4906 for more information. 100% of your donation goes back to the Athletic Department and is tax-deductible! Spring Football is just around the corner, with practice starting May 1. The Spring Game for 2013 will be held at West Orange HS on Friday, May 24, and the Fall 2013 schedule will be available online soon. Be sure to check it out and mark your calendars for our Friday nights under the lights! Added to this year’s regular schedule are two old rivalries that have been revived: Bishop Moore and Evans. We are looking forward to an exciting season this coming fall! On May 30th, we will host the EHS Athletic Department Open House and Physical Night. Orlando Orthopedic Center and their doctors will be on campus from 5:30 PM to 7:00 p.m. The cost is $20 and all money collected goes directly back to Edgewater. OCPS physical packets will be available as well. This will be a great opportunity for all student-athletes to have your paperwork completed, signed, approved and onfilefornextschoolyear.At7:15p.m.,anoverviewofEdgewaterAthleticsandeligibilityrequirementswillbe presented for all current and incoming EHS students in the Auditoriums. After the presentation, there will be a brief opportunity to meet the coaches in the cafeteria and ask about their program(s). The Red and White Society isanannualgiving levelprogram tobenefit theathleticdepartment.More information is available on the EHS website. If you’re interested in advertising or attending events at Edgewater, this is a great opportunity to get the most out of your donation. Please call or email me for more information. Thank you to Edgewater parents Bradley Watkins and Brian Hogan for being our inaugural Red and White Society Members! Senior student-athletes who have signed letters of intent or who have committed to play at the next level include:

Baseball Alan Kolb, Mars Hill College (NC)JB Woodman, Ole Miss

Basketball Trimaine McCullough, USFZach Vandergrift, Mars Hill College (NC)

Football Keith Dilley, Elon University (NC)David Green, Mars Hill College (NC)Malik Thompson, Hutch CC (KS)Darius Tolbert, FAMU

Soccer Chandler Rich, Warner College

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Winter Sports RoundupBy Valerie Miyares, EHS Athletic Director

On Saturday, February 26, our Women’s Basketball Team completed the historic task of winning back-to-backStateChampionships!TheLadyEaglesfinishedtheirseason26-6.SeniorTrimaineMcCulloughwas a McDonald’s All-American Nominee. Trimaine was also named as the Under Armour Outstanding Player of the Game for Edgewater, which defeated Choctawatchee 50-49 in the state championship game. Trimaine will join the University of South Florida’s women’s basketball team next fall. Our Men’s Basketball Team also excelled, finishing as Regional Runner-Up in February after anexcitinggameandtoughloss toGainesvilleHighSchool in theregionalfinal.OurEagleswillgraduate8seniors this year, and it’s been a pleasure to watch each of them grow into wonderful young men and very talented players. For the 2013-14 season, the team has been invited to play in St. Louis for winter break. Our Competition Cheer Squad finished4th in the “SmallCo-Ed”Division at States in February,narrowlymissingforthefinalsbyjustafewtenthsofapoint.Iamveryproudofourcheersquadandcoachesfor having such a successful season. Don’t forget that our cheer squad will be putting together the 2013 football program soon and will be looking for advertisers! Also in February, two members of our Wrestling Team - Jordan Mainer and Jack Bales - competed at States.Bothyoungmenwontheirfirst tworoundsandadvancedtobecomeoneof thetopsixwrestlers in their respective weight classes. Both Jordan and Jack are juniors this year and will be looking to advance even further in the state tournament next year. Congratulations to our wrestling program and coaches for another successful year! Women’s Soccer advancedpastthefirstroundoftheplayoffsforthefirsttimeinfouryears.Head Coach Chuck Green and his staff have vastly changed the culture of and expectations for this program, making our girls work hard and understand true soccer fundamentals. Chandler Rich will be signing a scholarship with Warner College in Lakeland to continue her soccer career beyond EHS. Congratulations, Chandler! Men’s Soccer lostinthedistrictsemifinalgamethisyear,withanumberofplayersearningindividual honors. Jay Nisbett and Jay Bywater were both selected for the Orange County/Seminole County All-Star Game. We are also hopeful that two more of our players, Connor Nibert and John Norvelus, will sign soccer scholarships before the school year ends. Women’s Weightlifting had another successful season. Junior Maryah Sullivan won the Sub-Sectional Meet in the 129 pound weight class. She then advanced to the Sectional Meet, where she placed 5th overall. Congratulations to all of these Eagles for a great season!

National Honor SocietyBy Anita Tezanos-Mishler

This year the National Honor Society, Helen M. Torrance Chapter, started the year with 95 members and inducted another 92 in early December. We havefivecommittees,witheachofficerinchargeofa committee:• The Spirit Committee, chaired by President

Sarah Courson, cheers on underappreciated teams and activities.

• The Green-Up Committee, chaired by Vice President Ryan Pearl, have completed clean-ups of the stadium after football games as well as on Orange Blossom Trail for Martin Luther King Jr. Day; they have also collected recycled and gently used shoes for the Sole Mates fundraiser.

• The committee chaired by Historian Taylor Clauss has collected gently used, brand-name clothing for the Eagle Exchange, which provides clothing to fellow Eagles in need), and helped feed the homeless of Orlando at the Coalition for the Homeless. They plan to assist with research for the American Heart Association.

• The committee chaired by Destinee Wheeler has been very active at the local Ronald McDonald house: making brunch for the families of children there, assembling new-mom packages and comfort kits, and launching a campaign at EHS to collect pop tabs as a fundraiser. (Destinee has been named the recipient of the MLK Humanitarian Award.)

• The Tutoring Committee, chaired by Treasurer Allison Karaus, tutors students in math twice a week after school.

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Fine Arts Department Update By Tracy Freeman

The Fine Arts Department has been very busy during Spring Exhibit Season. You may have had an opportunity to see our blossoming artists’ latest creations at the Central Florida Fair or perhaps on display in the lobby at the Dr. Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center. On the national level, Abigail Goetz was awarded First Place in the Ocean Pals National Poster Contest. Her “Be Aware: Save Our Sharks” computer-generated project competed at Beneath the Sea in New York City. Huge congratulations also go out to the following students for having their work selected for display at the Orlando Museum of Art juried exhibition in the Peggy Crosby Student Gallery:Paden Brunault Callie Jensen Megan McNamaraShannon Carroll Melanie McMullen Olivia WinslowKelly Gardner

The Youth Art Exhibition, better known as the Y.A.M. show, will be on display at the Dr. Ronald Blocker Educational Leadership Center until March 31, 2013. This exhibition features Orange County Public Schools student art, with over 400 works on display. The following students had their work selected to represent Edgewater High School for this annual exhibition:Genesis Creasman Madelyn Gasdick Cameron OchseAlicia Devine Abigail Goetz Calvin SlaughterKelly Gardner Alexandria Mcfadden Olivia Winslow Finally, our very own Jamie Kratzer has been asked to have her photograph published by “Teen Ink” as part of a book series by HCI Publications. The book will be focusing on bullying and should be available in stores this fall. All royalties will be donated to The Young Authors Foundation. Way to go Jamie!

Chamber Orchestra Update By Doreen Johnson

Spring is a very busy time for the EHS Orchestra. We have just finishedMPA,andIamproudtoreportthatallourperformersdidverywell. The Orchestra will next be playing for the Friends of the Edgewater Foundation event on Saturday, April 6. Our spring concert, “A Night Out”, is set for Monday, May 13, at 7 pm in the EHS auditorium. Students will be playing music from movies and musicals. Finally, they will play for the seniors’ Baccalaureate Ceremony on Wednesday, May 22. The Orchestra will be selling candy bars during the last two weeks of April as a fundraiser. This helps us to get the things done that we need to do and pay for items that we need. So if you have hankerings for chocolate, please see one of our students and sup/port your EHS Orchestra!