INSIDE THIS ISSUE:

The Chargers continue the tradition of excel-lence at Edison High School as a 3A’s School: Academics, Arts and Athlet-ics. Football and Girls Golf Sunset League Champs. Seven fall athletic teams went on to CIF playoffs winning 5 titles overall. Jeff Thies finished 9th in the state and Haley Seward finished 13th in the state in Cross Country. The Charger football team won the Battle for the Bell for the 8th year in a row and went on to win the CIF Championship at Angel Stadium on November 30th! The Academic Booster Club honored 159 stu-dents with Academic letters and pins this month. The achievements of high expecta-tions just keep coming. Our Pageantry Corps qualified for State Championship competition and we produced the musical, The Putnam County Spelling Bee. Finally - We are celebrating receiving a Golden Bell Award from the California School Boards Association for our SAC autism program – called S.U.C.S.E.S.S . This is a great honor for our school! We have been very busy implementing parts of our school improvement accreditation action plan. A wonderful collaboration of parents and community organizations spon-sored the Real Teen Event on November 3rd in response to the goal to educate parents and students about real issues that our young people face – bullying and temptations of alcohol and drugs. Thank you to Kim Green, her committee, PTSA and “Be the Solution” student club. Our staff is delving into the new Common Core State Standards and fo-cusing on getting our graduates to be college and career ready. I would like to remind our families that school starts at 8:00 a.m. Tuesday through

Friday with a FREE Tutorial. Every stu-dent needs to attend tutorial - especially stu-dents earning D’s and F’s, and students who need to make up work due to ab-sences. Please make tutorial a family “mandatorial!” We also provide a Math T u t o r i n g C e n t e r o n T u e s d a y s and Wednesdays after school in room 220, as well as the Saturday Scholars program one Saturday morning per month.

The extra support your child will receive from a teacher could make all the difference in his/her level of accomplishment. We encourage parents to be active in your high school student’s progress. One way to do this is to log in to the parent/student portal to check on attendance, grades and credits to-ward graduation. Contact your child’s guid-ance specialist if you need assistance with logging on. Another way to get support is to check out the district Parent University web-page and Facebook page (http://parentuniversity.hbuhsd.edu/). In closing, we have high expectations for every Charger. But we also want to give them support and help them celebrate their successes. We appreciate the partnership of the parents and guardians in achieving these goals. Please read this entire newsletter and join us in celebrating the accomplishments of our students. We wish you and your family a happy holiday season with many special memories, blessings and love.

D’liese Melendrez Your Proud Principal

PINS & LETTERS 2

CAREER CENTER 3

ROP 3

SATURDAY SCHOLARS

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TUTORING 4

HEALTH 5

ABC/ FOUNDATION

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PTSA 7

PARENTING 8

ATTENDANCE 8

ACTIVITIES 9

EDISON EXCELLENCE

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FOOTBALL 11

A CALIFORNIA DISTINGUISHED SCHOOL A Three A’s School: Academics, Arts and Athletics

Edison High School Dr. D'liese Melendrez, Principal

Winter 2012-2012 Volume 11, Issue 2

Principal’s Message:

High Expectations – Student Support - Celebrations

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∗ Si le gustaria tener esta información en español, favor de llamar Sandy Smallshaw: 714-903-7000 x4461, email: ssmall-shaw@hbuhsd.org

∗ Nêu quy vi cân bân thông tin bang tiêng Viêt, xin quy vi liên lac John Nguyen: 714-903-7000 x4463, email: jnguyen@hbuhsd.org

ABC Honors EHS Scholars with Academic Pins & Letters Congratulations to the following students who have demonstrated outstanding academic achievement at Edison High School. Edison’s Academic Booster Club awarded school letters and pins to these students on Oct. 25th.

Academic Pin Recipients Each additional semester of 4.0 or greater after the

Academic Letter is awarded.

Ann Alcazar Jayde Bahrami Kyle Batman Hailey Bond

Samuel Borkton Brooke Borns

Lily Bryson Sarah Bullat

Amanda Caswell Mohamad Chaaban

Grace Chen Ryan Chin

Dania Corrales Allison Curtis Amber Davis Karla Davison

Christopher D'Innocente Kerry Doran

Elaine Drexler Anna Duan Riley Duran

Morgan Engelmann Laurel Evans

Samantha Fajardo Erika Faria Ronny Gale

Tiana Garbett Amber Gibson

Emily Gong Connor Hadley Julia Hanson

Madison Hauss Alex Hitomi

Vanna Hoang Hunter Hobson

Alexander Hwang Alison Jahansouz

Carly Kaplan Dipika Kasliwal Hunter Kelley

Brianne Kochanowski Maurice Komara

Brett Kubond Renee LaMontagne

Sydney Larson Cole Latham

Emily Le Katherine Lee Anna Lindsey

Viet Ly David Madey Sage Magee

Erin McGarrigle Maureen McLandrich James McLaughlin

Kevin Meade Joseph Menke Caitlin Menzel

Thomas Metzger Chloe Miller

Jacqueline Moreno Dhillon Nadasia Devin Newton

Nathan Nguyen Phi Khanh Nguyen

Phuong Khanh Nguyen Quinn Owen Sarah Owens Sanum Patel

Pawan Pathagamage

Melissa Pepper Anthony Pham

Jeff Pham Vivian Pham Drake Piper

Stephen Pollmann Marisa Poveda Alexandra Price

Derek Quiroz Kellen Rayos Del Sol

Julianna Remo Sarah Rierson

Hannah Robinson Natalie Rowerdink Kristen Shklanko Sarah Shklanko

Alexander Singer Brigitte Spence

Destiny Summerell Lindsey Thomas

Nathan Tong Brandston Tran

Kaily Tran Jennifer Truong

Daniel Tseng Gregory Welker

Lindsay Whiteman Katsumi Yamaguchi-

Pedroza Alexa Yatauro

Christopher Yin Peter Yin

Sara Zylstra

*Indicates the student has earned two academic

pins Jayde Bahrami

Melissa Balding* Lauren Barone* Hannah Becan*

Rachel Beck Thanh Bercher*

Hailey Bond Samuel Borkton Brooke Borns

Harrison Brunelli* Lily Bryson Sarah Bullat

Amanda Caswell Mohamad Chaaban

Grace Chen Joleen Chen* Sarina Chen* Daniel Cheng*

Ryan Chin Dania Corrales Karla Davison

Joseph De Marco Sylvia Dinh* Kerry Doran Anna Duan

Brianna Emerzian* Laurel Evans Erika Faria

Jennifer Frazin* Tiana Garbett Amber Gibson

Emily Gong Madison Hauss

Alex Hitomi Vanna Hoang Lauren Huynh*

Alexander Hwang Alison Jahansouz Marissa Justen* Yasmine Kalhor*

Carly Kaplan Dipika Kasliwal Hunter Kelley

Bonni Grace Kerr* Annie Koeller*

Maurice Komara Daniel Kotlyar* Brett Kubond

Renee LaMontagne Sydney Larson Cole Latham Allison Lee*

Katherine Lee Anna Lindsey Riley Lowe*

Viet Ly Vy Ly*

David Madey Sage Magee

Rachel Mayer* Erin McGarrigle

Maureen McLandrich Joseph Menke Caitlin Menzel

Thomas Metzger Chloe Miller

Makenna Moore* Jacqueline Moreno

Dhillon Nadasia Michael Nakagaki* Dennis Nguyen* Nathan Nguyen

Phi Khanh Nguyen Phuong Khanh Nguyen

Reed Osaki* Quinn Owen Sarah Owens

Sivam Paramanathan* Sanum Patel

Anthony Pham Jeff Pham

Vivian Pham Jared Pierce*

Matthew Plaza Stephen Pollmann Deborah Porter* Marisa Poveda

Carmen Powers* Alexandra Price

Ashley Privett* Derek Quiroz

Savannah Rascon Julianna Remo

Alexander Rezai* Grace Ritchey* Nathan Ritter*

Hannah Robinson Lucas Romero* Alyse Russell*

Karlie Samuelson* Michaela Schaeffer

Stacy Seiler Austin Semmelroth Kristen Shklanko Sarah Shklanko

Erin Smith* Jordan Stuart*

Lisa Sui* Destiny Summerell

Lilian Tang* Lindsey Thomas

Jeff Tolan Nathan Tong

Aleksander Torgersen Brandston Tran

Kaily Tran Justine Trinh

Jennifer Truong Daniel Tseng Ethan Tseng*

Annette Turnbaugh* Nikolai Vogler* Isabella Vuong Jane Weiss*

Karley Wester* Lindsay Whiteman

Katsumi Yamaguchi-Pedroza

Alexa Yatauro Christopher Yin

Peter Yin Elisa Young* Sara Zylstra

2013 National Merit Scholarship Program

(Commended Students) Sarina Chen,Daniel Cheng, Vy Ly,Sivam Parama-nathan, Alexander Rezai, Grace Ritchey, Lisa Sui, Ethan Tseng and Elisa Young have been named Commended Students in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program. Commended Students placed among the top five percent of more than 1.5 million students who en-tered the 2013 competition by taking the 2011 NMSQ Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholar-ship Qualifying Test (PSAT/T®).

Academic Letter Recipients Three Semesters of 4.0 or greater.

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Financial Aid For College The FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) will be available online at www.fafsa.ed.gov in December. The earliest submission date is January 1st with a priority filing date of March 2. All senior students should apply for finan-cial aid regardless of financial background. All students wishing to be considered for SCHOLARSHIPS, GRANTS, WORK STUDY, and/or LOANS must fill out the FAFSA. The first step to apply for the FAFSA online is for the stu-dent and one parent to obtain a PIN number. PIN numbers are obtained at www.pin.ed.gov and used to sign your FAFSA application online. To receive a CAL GRANT (State money), www.calgrant.org students need to fill out the Cal Grant GPA Information Release form available online in January. Your GPA along with information from your FAFSA will determine if you will be eligible for CAL GRANTS that can be used at UC, Cal State, California Pri-vate Institutions and CA community colleges. This form must be submitted to Mrs. Quay by March 1, 2013. Any student applying to private institutions may need to fill out another form called CSS/Financial PROFILE at www.collegeboard.com (this can be done now). Check with your colleges of choice for their requirements or for their own forms. There are several web sites to help you deter-mine if you will be eligible for federal aid. These sites calcu-late your tax/asset information and will give you an idea of your expected family contribution. Any one of the following web sites will do this calculation: www.collegeboard.com , www.edfund.org , www.fafsa.ed.gov , www.finaid.org .

Scholarships For College: Sudents can access free scholarship information online with the www.fastweb.com scholarship search program. Other websites students are using are www.zinch.com and www.cappex.com . Remember, students should never have to pay for scholarship information! Make sure you check the Edison Career Center website to search for scholarships. There is a lot of valuable information on this site regarding careers and colleges including information on the UC Sys-tem, Cal State University, Community Colleges, SAT/ACT testing, college research and career development, volunteer service, and much more. One college and career research w e b s i t e i s c a l l e d C a l i f o r n i a C o l l e g e s , www.californiacolleges.edu , where students can research all sorts of careers, take quizzes to help them decide what to do after high school, and look into two and four-year colleges throughout the state of California. Another great website is the Bridges Transitions web page, https://access.bridges.com,. (User id: 0010469 Password: edison) where the program, Choices Explorer, can be used. Students can research colleges and careers here and can take a quiz that will give them the top jobs that their interests and skills match.

Career Center & Regional Occupational Program

The Coastline Regional Oc-cupational Program (ROP) benefits all students by pro-viding early exposure and experimentation in a variety of classes. With over 45 ca-reer preparation courses, ROP offers quality, up-to-date work place learning and career development. Some people perceive ROP as a vocational program for job training and for immediate entry into the work place. ROP is that and much more! ROP benefits those going directly into the work force by developing knowledge and skills, which aid to qual-

ify for higher paying posi-tions. ROP benefits those continuing on to college by providing a practical hands-on experience related to a particular major. This can give students an edge with admissions officers when applying for impacted pro-grams. The classes taken can indicate a serious inter-est and realistic desire to pursue a particular field of study. ROP classes on high school transcripts can be evidence of career explora-tion and can be used to en-hance resumes and entrance essays. When I hear applicants to

top colleges bemoaning their lack of opportunities to truly stand out in a crowded ad-missions field, I always know that these students have not fully explored how ROP courses can help them stand out in the field. ROP offers courses that will en-hance your application to virtually any college in prac-tically any academic disci-pline. ROP offers hands-on powerful experiences with real-world applications. I can think of very few activi-ties that will better round out a college application. ROP- possibly the most misunder-stood and underused college admissions advantage.

Career Center

Regional Occupational Program ROP has 9 courses that meet the UC/CSU Visual and performing arts “f” requirements:

Art of Animation Computer Graphics

Film & Digital Media Studies

Multimedia Communications Design

Music Technology Theater Technology

Visual Imagery Virtual Enterprise-

meets the UC/CSU pre-paratory elective “g” re-quirement for economics.

For more information contact: Chanel Osbourne

ROP Career Spec.~Rm 121 Cosbourne@hbuhsd.edu 714-962-1356 ext-4436

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Help Center

Free math tutoring every Tuesday and Wednesday from 2:45 PM - 3:45 PM in room 220. Your stu-dent will receive individual and small group in-struction from peer-tutors and one of our own cre-dentialed math teachers.

Math Tutoring

PEER TUTORS Does your student need a tutor? Our guid-ance specialists keep a list of student tutors. Have your student see their guidance spe-cialist for names. Tutors charge an average of $10-$15 an hour.

Saturday Scholar Program Saturday Scholar is designed to help those students who are not doing well in class by providing extra tutoring in a small setting. This is an opportunity for students to get help with homework, make up miss-ing assignments, get extra help, etc. These will be held twice a month on the regu-lar Saturday School days.

Students who are failing will be assigned to Saturday Scholar Program by their teacher. The student needs to be at school at 8 a.m. on Saturday and they will stay until 12:00 p.m.. If they have a Saturday School for disciplinary or attendance reasons they will get credit for that by attending the scholar program.

Teachers using the program will give students their scholar program referral at least two weeks in advance of the date so they have time to raise their grade. Par-ents will receive a Connect-Ed call reminder.

On Saturday the students will first report to the cafeteria to sign in and then go to the room where tutoring is being pro-vided in the needed subject area. If they receive more than one referral they can move from

teacher to teacher, however they are required to sign in with each teacher and stay a minimum of two hours in each class. Students who are disruptive or refuse to work will be sent to the cafeteria where they will be supervised in a more traditional Saturday School setting and they will not receive Saturday Scholar Program credit.

Career Exploration Program http://vitallinkoc.org Vital Link is a 501c3 non-profit that provides creative and professional programs that focus on leading edge job skills and job development curriculum.

With a library of over 3,600 videos on everything from arithmetic to physics, finance, and history and hundreds of skills to practice, we're on a mission to help you learn what you want, when you want, at your own pace.We are a donor-supported not-for-profit and would not be possible without the generous support of users everywhere.

http://www.khanacademy.org/

English Tutoring Thursdays, 2:45—3:45, Room 124

Are you struggling with writing? Is your English grade plummeting? We can help! Bring your textbook, ques-tions, and essays.

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Voluntary Drug Testing Program

Our Voluntary Drug Testing program will continue to be offered this year. To participate in this pro-gram, complete the form (found on line, or in the Supervision office), and return it to the Supervision office. Thank you for your generous donations that aid in the funding of this school wide program. Students are randomly tested by an outside agency – the results are sent directly to the parents confiden-tially and NOT released to the school.

The process for requesting a transcript has been improved district-wide: Current students and students that attended Edison from 1999 thru 2012: Effective November 1, 2012, all transcript requests will be processed through Docufide/Parchment. Please go to www.parchment.com and create a student account. If you attended Edison prior to 1999, two options are available: Option 1: Visit Edison’s Registrar in person to order. M-F 7:30 am - 4:00pm Official transcripts are $10.00 and unofficial are $2.00. CASH ONLY! And please allow 24 hours for proc-essing. Option 2: Send a signed written request that includes: Full name while attending Edison High School Date of birth and last year of attendance Graduate or Non-Grad? Copy of current identification (driver’s license or valid photo ID) Address to which you would like the transcript sent. $10.00 per OFFICIAL and $2.00 per UNOFFICIAL (check or money order) Checks/money orders should be made payable to “Edison High School” Mail your request to: Edison High School Office of the Registrar 21400 Magnolia Street Huntington Beach, CA 92646

Every Parent Needs to Know:

Need a Transcript??? It Just Got Easier!

ACT Testing Register at www.act.org

Test date Registration Deadline February 9, 2013 January 11, 2013 April 13, 2013 March 8, 2013 June 1, 2013 May 2, 2013

Test date Registration Deadline January 26, 2013 December 28, 2012 March 9, 2013 February 8, 2013 May 4, 2013 April 5, 2013 June 2, 2013 May 8, 2013

SAT Testing Register at www.collegeboard.com

(The school code for EHS is 051218)

Pre-Paid Lunches Pick up the form from our receptionist or download http://www.edisonchargers.com. Go to Activities and click on Parent Information/Forms then click on Campus Catering. Free and Reduced Lunches Information on qualifying and applying for Free and Re-duced price meals is available at www.edisonchargers.com, Students , Food and Nutri-tion. http://edisonchargers.com/food-and-nutrition

Pre-paid and Free & Reduced Lunch

The Edison Math Department

is in need of TI-84 Graphing

Calculators. Please contact

Kendra Rosales -

krosales@hbuhsd.edu or

Nicole Schwenk -

nschwenk@hbuhsd.edu,

if you have questions and

would like to help.

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Thank you to everyone who attended our 5th Annual Holi-day Treats Boutique, held on Saturday, December 1st, in the Edison cafeteria. What a fantastic event supporting Edison! Special Thanks to our event coordinator Dolores White and all the wonderful vendors who brought their unique wares out for our boutique. A photo gallery of the event will be up soon on our website, so keep checking back. Still looking for a holiday gift for that certain someone? Consider purchasing an Edison Alumni Brick. Each brick can be personalized to your specifications. Be a part of Edison for years to come with a lasting on-campus monu-ment in the form of an Alumni Brick. Order forms are available on our website Edisonhighfoundation.org We appreciate all the donations that continue to come in toward our much needed computer lab. It's not too late to make your tax-deductible donation for calendar year 2012. EHS Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit organiza-tion. All donations directly benefit the students of Edison High School. Lastly, does your new year's resolution include getting more involved? We would love to have you join us on the Foundation! We are always look-ing for more parents to bring their fresh ideas and enthusiasm to our organization. Warmest Regards, Joy Moyers

We would like to make a special acknowledgement to those Students who just received their Pins and Letter at our ceremony at the end of Oct. These students have achieved a 4.0 GPA for three or more semesters and represent roughly 10% of the Junior and senior class!! In addition, for the first time this year, “Encouragement” letters were mailed to students who have already earned 2 semesters of a 4.0 GPA or better letting them know of our once-a-year October ceremony and encouraging them to “keep up the good work”. What an amazing group of young men and women, they will surely be our future leaders in the community. For those students that were unable to attend the ceremony, the Pins and Letters are in the activities office for you to pick up. The student store now has EDISON CHARGER CARDS. Also, check out our new SPIRIT WEAR. Samples will be arriving at the Student Store shortly or see the full line-up of items and order directly from http://edisonchargers.com/edison-spirit-wear-abc The student store is open during tutorial and lunch. We also carry PE clothes, school supplies, sweatshirts, sweat-pants, and yummy snacks to hold you through the day. All the profits from the student store are used to enrich and award the academic development of all the EHS students. Another way to support ABC is to enroll in the escrip program at www.escrip.com and use ID#164757446 or sign up for an Albertson card. Just a reminder, a member in your family must be a member of ABC in order for your senior to qualify for our schol-arships in April 2013. To learn more about ABC, go to our website at http://edisonchargers.com/volunteer_groups/abc/abc.asp

Debbie Hoenecke, President, ABC

Applauding Our Scholars

The State Seal of Biliteracy is a certifi-cation that a student can speak, read and write in at least two different languages. Applications are available in the Regis-trar’s Office or Mrs. Caballero’s class-room Room 209. Applications are due March 29, 2013. Proficiency in English: Completion of all English language arts graduation requirements with an overall GPA of 2.0 in those courses AND Score at or above Proficient level in California Standards Test in English Language Arts adminis-

tered in 11th grade. Note: If the student is an English Language Learner, he/she shall also attain the Early Advanced (4) proficiency level on the CELDT (California English Language Develop-ment Test.) Proficiency in Language Other Than English: Successful completion of a 4-year high school course of study in a world lan-guage offered by HBUHSD OR

Passing score on an advanced language assessment such as: Advanced Place-ment (AP) Test with score of 3 or better, International Baccalaureate (IB) Exam with score of 4 or better, SAT II foreign language examination with a score of 600 or higher. Note: For students who are fluent in Vietnamese or ASL but not enrolled in those courses, the district will provide an appropriate alternate assessment.

The State Seal of Biliteracy

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EDISON PTSA

We’re In This Together…

Collaboration is what drives an or-ganization’s success, and your PTSA has been working with a va-riety of resources to bring Edison families timely information that will positively impact the health and welfare of our community. In October, PTSA held a screening of Teen Truth Live for parents in the school library. This explosive, student-shot film helped those at-tending to think differently about bullying and school violence and to reflect upon the impact our actions have on others every day. Also in October, PTSA donated 80 hard cover editions of Jay Asher's Thirteen Reasons Why for use in English and health classes. This powerful book told from a unque perspective explores themes of bul-lying, underage drinking and teen suicide. Like the film, Teen Truth Live, Thirteen Reasons Why com-

pells the reader to reconsider the ways we interact with one another as our actions can have unintended and unforseen consequences. On Saturday November 3rd, PTSA hosted the second annual REAL Teen Event. Attendees heard from two great speakers on the topics of prescription drug abuse and under-age drinking in our community. Separate sessions were held for par-ents and teens. Parents and teens attended from twelve area schools. Eighteen clubs and professional oranizations were on hand to an-swer questions and provide re-sources. A hard working team of volunteers and generous donations from our business community helped to make this event a success. I would like to give a HUGE thanks to Kim Green, the event coordina-tor and Chair of our Parent Partner-ship Committee, for her vision and passionate devotion to the health

and welfare of our teens. I would also like to thank our Student Sup-port Specialist, Linda Temple, and our Assistant Principal of Su-pervision, Rod Raschke, who part-nered with Kim to bring our com-munity this worthwhile event. Our Coastline ROP Career Spe-cialist, Chanel Osbourne, visited us at our November 5th PTSA As-sociation Meeting to share her out-standing program for readying our students for academic and career excellence after Edison. As we approach the holidays, I want to thank our volunteers who have shared their time with a gener-ous heart. Because you make a dif-ference in so many ways, I am grateful to be working alongside you as we help our students to achieve their full potential. Jeannette Price, Edison PTSA President

Edison PTSA congratulates participants in its

National Reflections Arts Program. The following winning applications for our high school have been sent up

to our Council level for judging:

Musicial Composition Award of Excellence: Sarina Chen

Visual Arts Award of Excellence: Sarina Chen

Award of Merit: Cailey Ham Honorable Mention: Angelique Henry

Literature Award of Excellence: Vy Ly

Award of Merit: Grace Ritchey Honorable Mention: Caitlin Menzel

Photography Award of Excellence: Jensen Fahilga

Award of Merit: Adam Einck Honorable Mention: Cassandra Sturdevant

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As I was reflecting on what great words of wisdom I might have that would be helpful to Edison parents, many thoughts bombarded my mind. I could talk about bullying and its impact, or substance abuse which is timely and relevant. But a consistent question kept coming back to mind and that is “How to Promote Self-Determination in Teen-agers.” As the Student Support Psychologist, I hear students speak words of defeat and attitudes of wanting to give up fre-quently. When confronted with adversity or a challenge, these students have not yet developed a sense of self-determination. However, as parents, you can help your student with this very im-portant and very, needed discipline. Please read and have a great holiday parents! The following information comes from the book, “Motivating Children and Adolescents for Academic Success” by Norman Brier. How to Promote Self-Determination Not surprisingly, children who willingly engage in an activity are likely to have higher levels of motivation, compared with children forced to engage in an

activity. Children who willingly engage in a learning activity are more likely to believe the activity has some degree of personal usefulness and relevance and that they can complete it successfully through their own efforts. Even minor choices, such as choosing when to begin working and which homework assign-ments to do first, are likely to increase a sense of self-determination and motiva-tion. Parents can enhance a child’s sense of self-determination in a number of ways (Reeve&Jang, 2006):

• Tuning in to the child’s needs and interests

• Listening to help identify and articulate—as clearly and com-pletely as possible—these needs and interest, as well as the par-ticular outcomes the child is inter-ested in achieving

• Resisting the urge to impose their own agenda, interest, and goals on the child

• Helping the child design, select, and implement strategies to achieve self-determined goals

• Supplying any needed resources to implement the strategies the child selected

In contrast, unfortunately, parents may diminish a child’s sense of self-determination in these ways:

• Insisting that a child subscribe to the parents’ own agenda, interests and goals

• Supplying a child with solutions or answers

• Minimizing a child’s sense of c h o i c e b y e m p l o y i n g “ought,”should,”and “must” statements when discussing a school activity

• Telling the child what the stan-dard of success must be

When parents dictate what a child should do, how it should be done, and how success is to be defined, the child is less likely to see the task as valuable or important and, as a result, less likely to be motivated to perform the task. Linda Temple School Psychologist

Promoting Self-Determination in Teenagers

PHONE IN YOUR CHILDS ABSENCE Report your child’s absence 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! Leave a message with the Student ID#, Name, Date of Absence, and reason for absence. You have 5 school days to clear an absence. SICK STUDENTS Sick Students must check out through the Health Office in room 304. Parents, if your student calls you from school sick,please make sure that they go the Health Office to check out.

DR./DENTIST/PERSONAL APPOINTMENTS Students leaving campus for any reason must check out through the Attendance Office prior to leaving. Students must have a note from a parent and wait for a check out slip. Students then show their teacher the check out slip and are permitted to leave at the appointed time to meet parents at the attendance office. Students may not be checked out over the phone. Any student leaving campus without being checked out through the Attendance Office or the Nurses Office will be marked truant. Questions? Please call our Attendance Office.

Student Absence/Check Out Procedure 714-962-1356

Students with Last Name : A-K ext.4427 or 4619 and L-Z ext.4428 or 4618

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Activities Office News Assistant Principal John Elliott

“Homecoming of Horror” was the theme for this year’s annual celebration the week of October 15-20th. Break-time activities and dress up days were a fun part of the week. Our all school assem-bly was held on Friday October 19th. Commissioners of Assem-

blies, Lindsey Thomas and Josh Croom welcomed the student body to a ghoulishly themed program. Per-formances by Dance, Cheer, Song, and our SAC cheerleaders were well received as was the introduc-tion of our Fall Sports Teams. Freshman Prince– Shane Fulbright Freshman Princess– Ember Johnson Sophomore Prince– Thomas Smith Sophomore Princess– Kylie Anotonopoulis Junior Prince– Tico Fuga Junior Princess– Jenna Serna King Nominees-Brandon Albertson, Luke McCrea, Scott Monroe, Rayan Mustafa, and James Pabst. Queen Nominees-Taylor Dennison, Ariana Estrada, Bayley Lara, Denice Segovia, and Annette Turn-baugh. ASB Vice President Darla Ballesteros emceed the Half-time show at HBHS stadium later that night. Escorted by their mothers and fathers, the King and Queen can-didates were introduced. Rayan Mustafa and Ariana Estrada were crowned King and Queen. The Homecoming Dance was held at The Yost Thea-ter in Santa Ana on Saturday night October 20th. Stu-dents liked the venue and the DJ!

TEACHER OF THE MONTH Teachers of the month have been selected for Septem-ber thru December. The ASB Senate uses the follow-ing criteria in determining outstanding teachers:

• Excels in the performance of their duties as a classroom teacher

• Attends or assists in an extra-curricular activity or event

• Benefits students, the school and/or community • Is available to assist students during non-

instructional hours

Congratulations Teachers: September-Rebecca Richter

(Family and Consumer Studies) October-Francesa Rosemont (World Language)

November-Bridget Fagan (Language Arts) December—Terah French (Science)

STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Student of the month is an honor bestowed on twenty senior students each school year. The students self-nominate themselves by filling out an application and writing a short narrative. A selection committee com-posed of staff and administration review and select the recipients .

Congratulations to seniors:

September– Harrison Brunelli and Carly Kaplan October– Vy Ly and Quinn Owen

November– Deborah Porter and Alexander Rezai December –Brigitte Spence and Lindsey Thomas

BLOOD DRIVE In conjunction with UCI Medical Center, EHS completed the first of two blood drives for Thursday December 6th. Stu-dents wishing to donate must be 17 years of age on or before that date, must weigh at least 110 pounds, and must be in good health. Other criteria apply. To find out more, students can pick up an information sheet outside the Activities Office. Parents and older siblings are invited to donate as well.

Holiday Vocal Concert Dec. 19

Edison High School’s

Vocal Department Presents: A Holiday Concert St. Wilfred’s Episcopal Church, Huntington Beach

7:30 p.m., $5 Adults, $3 Children

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Coastline ROP Student of the Month

Alicia Antonopoulos~December Alicia is currently enrolled in Sports Medicine and doing exceptional!! So for that ROP would

like to recognize this amazing student!

Edison Band and Colorguard

Newport Harbor Field Tournament, 10/13/12 1st place

Subgroup Awards: Color Guard - 1st Place Percussion - 1st Place

Caption Awards: High Music

High General Effect High Visual

Capistrano Valley Tournament of Bands,

10/20/12 1st place

Subgroup Awards: Color Guard - 1st Place Percussion - 1st Place

Caption Awards High Music

High General Effect High Visual

Surf City Open,

11/3/12 1st Place

Subgroup Awards: Color Guard - 1st Place Percussion - 3rd Place

Caption Awards High Music

California State Band Championships,

11/17/12 2nd Place

Subgroup Awards Color Guard - 1st Place (undefeated season)

Percussion - 3rd Place

Edison’s SUCSESS program has been chosen as one of 58 recipients of the state’s leading educa-tional honor, the Golden Bell Award. The Golden Bell Award, now in its 33rd year, is spon-sored by the California School Boards Associa-tion. The award recognizes public school pro-grams that are innovative and sustainable, make a demonstrated difference for students, and focus on meeting the needs of all students. The SUCSESS (Systematic Utilization of Com-prehensive Strategies for Ensuring Student Suc-cess) program was developed to provide an inno-vative and functional education to high school age students with moderate and severe autism who need a structured and supportive environ-ment to meet their unique needs. The HBUHSD Board of Trustees; Greg Plutko, Superintendent; D’liese Melendrez, Principal; Elliot Skolnick, Special Programs Administra-tor,; Lori Matsumoto and Dave Yonts, Sucsess Teachers; Jennifer Morton, Sucsess Speech and Language Specialist; Crissy Werner, District Au-tism Specialist accepted the award in San Fran-cisco on December 1st.

SUCSESS PROGRAM Students with

Moderate/Severe Autism

Sunset League Champs

EHS Football

EHS Girls Golf

EDISON EXCELLENCE

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EIGHT is great! The Charger football team de-feated the Fountain Valley Barons for an 8th consecutive time on Friday night October 26th at Orange Coast College. A weeks worth of activities included an all school assembly, break-time activities, an ASB Breakfast with the Coaches, and the tradi-tional all night (4:00-Midnight) “Poster the Campus party” on October 25th. Special thanks to our football parents, cheer parents and ASB Senate for the many hours devoted to this traditional event.

CIF Southern Sections Southwest Division Champions

1st CIF Championship since 1985 when EHS shared the Big Five crown with Long Beach Poly.

Sunset League champions second year. Won or shared six of the last seven league titles.

Coach White’s 200th career victory!!!

BATTLE FOR THE BELL

CHARGERS….FOR THE WIN!!!!

Courtesy of Michael Goulding, The Orange County Register

Coach White CIF Model Coach of the Year

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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 consti-tute an endorsement by the Huntington Beach Union High School District or Edison High School.

Board of Trustees: Dr. Bonnie Castrey Dr. Duane Dishno Susan Henry Kathleen Iverson Dr. Michael Simons

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Edison Winter-Spring Calendar Dates DECEMBER 24-Jan 4 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS—Winter Break JANUARY 11 Sadie’s Dance 21 SCHOOL HOLIDAY-King’s Birthday 25 Last Day of 1st semester 28 NO SCHOOL-Staff Development Day 29 First Day of 2nd semester FEBRUARY 12 Talent Show 16 Winter Dance 11 SCHOOL HOLIDAY-Lincoln’s Birthday 18 SCHOOL HOLIDAY-Washington’s Birthday APRIL 1-5 SCHOOL HOLIDAYS-Spring Recess 13 Blood Drive MAY 27 SCHOOL HOLIDAY-Memorial Day JUNE 1 Prom 13 Senior Graduation 13 Last Day of School

Our mission is to educate all students by providing a chal-lenging relevant curriculum, addressing their personal and academic needs in a safe and supportive environment, and developing critical thinkers, effective

communicators, and self-directed productive individuals.

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