Edison High School (Fresno, California)

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name = Edison High School


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established = c. 1906
grades = 9 - 12
district = Fresno Unified School District
type = Public high school
principal = Rick Lopez
enrollment = 2,345 (as of 2005-06)
faculty = 92.6 (on FTE basis)
ratio = 25.3
teamname = Tigers
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location = 540 E. California Avenue
Fresno, CA 93706
information = 559-457-2650
website = [http://www.edison.fresno.k12.ca.us/ School website]

Edison High School is located in Fresno, California, United States, as part of the Fresno Unified School District. It is a public high school located next to Computech Middle School.

Became one of the first public schools to integrate students of different ethnicities.Fact|date=November 2007

Founded c. 1906, the school was first named Edison Technical High School until a major renovation in the 1960s, when the name became the current Edison High School. In 1982-1983, Irwin Junior High School, located adjacent Edison High School was finally integrated by 1985, forming a larger campus; Edison Computech High School.

It is currently a Magnet school in the academic areas of Math & Science. Academically, it is one of the highest ranked schools in the San Joaquin Valley. It is also competitively ranked among the highest on an academic level among all high schools in the State of California.

Is known for having a large Armenian population.Fact|date=May 2008

As of the 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 2,345 students and 92.6 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 25.3. [http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=3404710&ID=340471000380 Edison High School] , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed November 1, 2007.]

Many athletes who after graduation have gone professional have been produced by Edison High School's Athletic Program.

Awards and recognition

Edison High School has been consistently recognized as one of the country's top high schools in "Newsweek" magazine's rankings since their inception, which are based on the number of Advanced Placement Program (AP) exams taken by the school's graduating class. The school has been ranked #79 in the 1998 listing [ [http://www.bhsalumni.net/top100.htm "CLASS STRUGGLE THE TOP 100* HIGH SCHOOLS"] , copy of article from "Newsweek", March 30, 1998. Accessed November 15, 2007.] , #83 in 2000 [Matthews, Jay. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/education/articles/tophighschools0601.htm "The Top High Schools"] , "The Washington Post", originally appeared in "Newsweek", March 13, 2000. Accessed November 15, 2007.] , #166 in 2003 [ [http://www.newsweek.com/id/58432 "The Top High Schools: A Web-Exclusive Extended List Of The Nation's Top High Schools"] , "Newsweek", May 24, 2003 (see [http://www.newsweek.com/id/58432/page/29 page 29 of listings] . Accessed November 15, 2007.] and #331 in 2005. [ [http://www.newsweek.com/id/51671 "The Complete List of the 1,000 Top U.S. Schools"] , "Newsweek", May 5, 2005 (see [http://www.newsweek.com/id/51671/page/56 page 56 of listings] ). Accessed November 15, 2005.]

The school was recognized by the California State Board of Education as a California Distinguished School in 2001. [Rush, Angela Valdivia. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-73102203.html "Edison High among state elite Fresno school earns Distinguished award"] , "The Fresno Bee", April 11, 2001. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Edison High School Principal Jim Bowen was the lone person on campus Tuesday when he learned the school had earned one of the state's highest honors, the California Distinguished School award."] The school was also honored with the award in 1990 ["8 VALLEY SCHOOLS HONORED STATE RECOGNIZES ACHIEVEMENT EFFORT", "The Fresno Bee", April 17, 1990.] and 1992, and again in 2007. [ [http://www.cde.ca.gov/ta/sr/cs/ap/distingcounty.asp?county=10&submit1=Submit Award Winners for Fresno County] , California Distinguished Schools. Accessed November 15, 2007.]

Extracurricular activities

As of 2008, the school's Academic Decathlon team had won the Fresno County Academic Decathlon competition for twelve consecutive years. [Correa, Tracy. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-141733203.html "Battle of the brains Edison High gets its 10th straight win at the Fresno Co. Academic Decathlon."] , "The Fresno Bee", February 5, 2006. Accessed November 15, 2007.]

In 2007, the National Forensic League recognized the school's forensic team with its "Leading Chapter Award". [ [http://www.edison.fresno.k12.ca.us/Images/Edison/HomePage/Edison%20Forensic%20Honor.pdf Letter to Edison High School] , National Forensic League, dated September 24, 2007. Accessed November 15, 2007.]

As of 2006 holds weekly meetings of the The Simpsons Club. This particular chapter is titled EHS DOH, Edison High Schools/Edison Honors Simpsons Divine Order of Homers.

As of 2007 publishes Feckless, the first student run humor magazine.As of 2008 Feckless is now available on Itunes as a weekly podcast simply titled "Feckless".

Notable alumni

*Bruce Bowen (1971-), small forward for the San Antonio Spurs. [Wise, Mike. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/13/AR2005061301761.html "Bowen Has Every Right and Reason to Be Defensive"] , "The Washington Post", June 14, 2005. Accessed November 15, 2007. "Bowen was the first great athlete I interviewed at my first job. In 1988, he was the star of Edison High School's varsity basketball team."]
*Ricky Manning, Jr. (1980-), cornerback for the Chicago Bears. [Fontana, Cyndee. [http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-112847027.html "Patriotic Exercise Fresno coach cheers his former player in defeat"] , "The Fresno Bee", February 2, 2004. Accessed November 15, 2007. "It's the ring that eluded Ricky Manning Jr. in 1998, when his Edison High School Tigers lost to Sanger in the championship game."]
*Tim McDonald (1965-), NFL strong safety who played for the Phoenix Cardinals and San Francisco 49ers. [ [http://www.databasefootball.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=MCDONTIM01 Tim Mcdonald] , database Football. Accessed November 15, 2007.]
*Elbert "Ickey" Woods(1966-), ---> Cincinnati Bengals / "The Ickey Shuffle"
*Randy Williams (1953-), 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist in the Long Jump at Munich Olympics and 1976 Olympic Silver Medalist at Montreal Olympics.
*Charle Young (1951-), former NFL tight end. ["SEAVER, YOUNG LEAD 7 INTO HALL OF FAME", "Fresno Bee", November 6, 1986.]

References

External links

* [http://www.edison.fresno.k12.ca.us/ Edison High School website]
* [http://www.EdisonTigersAlumni.com/ Edison Alumni Website]
* [http://edison89reunion.googlepages.com/ the Class of '89]