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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
[email protected] 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 [email protected] 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:
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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 [email protected]
Allred, Karen 24059 [email protected]
Behler, Shannon 24110 [email protected]
Blumenthal, Dave 24068 [email protected]
Brocchini, Michael 24064 [email protected]
Brown, Natalie 24065 [email protected]
Cilsick, Ryan 24105 [email protected]
Clark, Alan 24055 [email protected]
Clarke, Briana 24107 [email protected]
Cofer, Brandy 24077 [email protected]
Cook, Jim 24056 [email protected]
Czajka, Tracy 24053 [email protected]
Ecker, Mike 24066 [email protected]
Fenzl, Bryan 24094 [email protected]
Flint, Marisa 24076 [email protected]
Franco, Joe 24095 [email protected]
Glenn, Anna 24078 [email protected]
Glover, Helen 24106 [email protected]
Hardy, Tracy 24083 [email protected]
Horton, Julia 24104 [email protected]
Ingleton, Krystal 24052 [email protected]
Jenkins, Jeff 24063 [email protected]
Jenkins, Sandy 24063 [email protected]
Johnson, Nathaniel 24057 [email protected]
Johnston, Sean 24108 [email protected]
Kaltenbach, Andy 24058 [email protected]
Krehbiel, Cinsy 24067 [email protected]
Kyzer, Melanie 24086 [email protected]
Leutbecker, Leslie 24054 [email protected]
Maier, Melinda 24051 [email protected]
Marquez, Monica 24074 [email protected]
Martinez, Aida 24081 [email protected]
Mehok, Steve 24088 [email protected]
Miller, Dennie 24096 [email protected]
Muir, Bill 24070 [email protected]
Noah, Tina 24061 [email protected]
O;Hern, Susan 24050 [email protected]
Perotti, Rosa 24082 [email protected]
Phillips, Diane 24080 [email protected]
Ramos, Neryvette 24079 [email protected]
Rawls, Lisa 24075 [email protected]
Reninger, Katie 24112 [email protected]
Rhoden, Susan 24072 [email protected]
Robbins, Laura 24062 [email protected]
Sierra, Paige 24060 [email protected]
Snyder, Beth 24073 [email protected]
Spencer, Meredith 24103 [email protected]
Vickers, Patrick 24085 [email protected]
Waterman, Chris 24092 [email protected]
Woods, Jeff 24084 [email protected]
Woodside, Deborah 24087 [email protected]
Worcester, Eryn 24101 [email protected]
Worcester, 24111 [email protected]
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
Student Records
Mrs. Kugelmann Ext. 24024
Guidance Counselor N-Z
Mrs. Cooper, Ext. 24027
Guidance Counselor Hi-M
Ms. Taylor, Ext. 24025
Guidance Counselor A-He
Mrs. Krestan, Ext. 24026
Guidance Services Specialist
Ms. Christy Flora, Ext. 24023
Front Office 454-1030
Ms. Cahill, Ext. 24001
Ms. Ingratta, Ext. 5
Mrs. Roessler, Ext. 24003
Secretary
Mrs. Lance, Ext. 24004
Bookkeeper
Mrs. Artura, 454-1034
Cafeteria Manager
Principal: Jacqueline Ingratta
Assistant Principal: Dr. Julia Diakakis
Assistant Principal: Nicholas Stewart
School Start Time
8:30
School Dismissal
3:30
