Happy Holidays

Happy Holidays to all of our FX family and friends! 

This weeks guest bloggers are FX students Brittany Marts and Sarah Jones.  These are two exceptional students whose hard work pays off with their high achievements.   

Hi, my name is Brittany Marts. I’m currently a freshman at Edgewood High School. I’m very active in extra curricular activates, such as basketball and soccer. There are few athletes that get the privilege of being a part of a varsity team, especially as young as I am. Haley Rutherford, and Jenna Brown are teammates of mine who also share in my experience. Chris Allen (wrestling), Tanner Wright (boy’s basketball), Kayla Hensler, Stephanie Schumacer, Connor McAdams, Hanna Polisini (all swimming) are also lucky student-athletes representing our school at a varsity level. Even being a freshman you are expected just as much as an upper classmen. Sometimes it is rather difficult to compete with people up to 4 years older than you, but it is completely worth it. There is nothing better than the feeling of working hard enough to be eligible to play, or compete at that level. Edgewood High School is blessed with a group of hardworking and determined students; with this the future is limitless.

My name is Sarah Jones, and I am a cheerleader for the Edgewood Boy’s freshman basketball team. I’m one of the six girls on our team, along with Haley Black, Julie Beach, Lauryn Wirtley, Ciara Richter, and Scottie Smith. Being a cheerleader doesn’t seem like a tough job, but it comes with a lot of pressure! We’re expected to learn 7 dances to perform in front of an audience at Varsity games, learn more than enough chants to do at our own game, make up our own clever, unique cheers, and still remembering everything when it comes to game time. It all comes together in the end, and we laugh about our mistakes. The challenge is very fun to take on, and it makes the girls closer as we help each other throughout the season. I absolutely love cheer, I look forward to growing up & helping the new freshman learn everything Edgewood High School cheer has for them. :)

A Visit from Mr. Stratton

A Visit From M. Stratton
This week Mr. Stratton has been visiting FX Homerooms and reviewing graduation requirements.  We believe that you, as parents, need to be aware of these requirements also.

All Edgewood students need 21 credits to graduate.  Year long classes are worth 1 credit and semester classes are worth .5 of a credit.  P.E. is the exception, all gym classes are worth .25 of a credit.  

The breakdown of credits that are required are as follows:

- 4 credits each of Math and English (8 total)

- 3 credits each of Science and Social Studies (6 total)

- 1 credit of Fine Art (1 total)

- .5 credit each of Computer App, Health, and P.E. (1.5 total)

The above mentioned requirements add up to 16.5 credits.  Students will need to earn 4.5 elective credits to reach 21.  

Mr. Stratton, our FX counselor is always available to speak to you and/or your son or daughter.  You can reach him at  867-7425 ext 2139.

Facebook and Twitter

Edgewood City Schools launched their facebook and twitter page this week.  Please follow us on twitter @EdgewoodDist and facebook http://www.facebook.com/EdgewoodSchools.

Schedule Change

Effective January 4, 2012 

High School Hours will now be 8:15-3:05, Monday - Friday.  

We will no longer be having Thursday late Arrival.

Thankful Thanksgiving

The students of the FX were able to collect over 1000 cans to donate to the Edgewood Ministerial Association.  Thank you for your participation. 

Tacky Christmas Sweater Day

It's time to pull out those Christmas sweaters.  I'm sure your son or daughter will find one in your closet that they think is tacky!  Try not to get your feelings hurt; we were all young once.

Make sure you check out our latest photos, TGIF with the FX.

It's Conference Time!

Conferences
Our second quarter conferences are scheduled for Tuesday, November 29th.  Don't miss this opportunity to sit down and discuss the academic achievements of your son or daughter with the team of teachers that work with them daily. We encourage you to bring them with you so we can address any problems or concerns. If you would like to schedule a conference, please contact our counselor Chris Stratton at 867-7425 ext 2139.


Art Show
The FX art faculty, Mrs. Peterson, Mrs. Joseph and Mr. Pletz are proud to present the HIgh School art show. The opening reception will be on Tuesday, December 6th from 6:30-8:00PM.  It is free and open to all family and friends.  The location of the show will be at the Fitton Arts Center in Hamilton.  If you would like more information on this, contact one of the art teachers. There will be refreshments to enjoy! The address for the Fitton Center is 101 South Monument Ave. Hamilton, Ohio 45013 (513) 863-8873 ext. 110.

Here is a preview of what you can expect to see. 

Who Would You Invite?

Today I asked my students to tell me who they would invite to their Thanksgiving dinner and why.  I believe that often times adults forget just how grown up our kids really are.  Many of the submissions look similar, however the students could not see what others were writing. 

Logan T If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving this year it would have to be my grandma who's not with us anymore. She was always happy when the hollidays came around which is one reason I would invite her. She loved it when we would come to have dinner at her house. I just think it would be amazing to see her at least for one more day.

Jennifer W I would invite my grandparents. They passed away years ago. I never got to meet my grandma but I heard that she would love me. I was 6 years old when my grandpa passed away. They both died of lung cancer but I would love to meet my grandma and get to know my grandpa better.

brittany m If I could invite anyone to a thanksgiving dinner, it would be Justin Bieber. I've always wanted to meet Justin Bieber, so he would fall in love with me and we'd get married. Thanksgiving would be the perfect oppertunity. I'd make him sing his new AMAZING christmas cd. He would meet my family, and we could live happily ever after. That would be the perfect Thanksgiving! :)

juliann s I would invite my aunt because she really can't come and if she could come my mom would really like that.

Alexander T If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving this year it would be my grandfather becaouse it's the first Thanksgiving he's not going to be here. He loved spending time with family at Thanksgiving and loved the food. It would also be nice to see him again.

Ashley S If I could bring one person to Thanksgiving it would be my grandma who passed away a few years ago. I would bring her because she loved eating with us on hollidays & she also loved making the food. I really would love too see her one more time.

TImothy F if I could have any one over for thanksgiving I would invite my great gandpaw. He died at the age of 102 earlyer this year. He was a vary important person to me. He was a fire cheif and I got to go see the truck He drove at one of their meetings.

Sara G I would invite my grandma. I would invite her because thanksgiving was her favorite holiday. We always ate at her house and she cooked all the food homemade.

Savannah S The person that I would invite to Thanksgiving would be my grandpa. He died a couple of years ago and we miss him alot. Him being over for one more Thanksgiving would be really surreal and it would make my mom really happy. Its been hard not having him there, and he would be the one I would invite.

Madison M  I would invite my great grandma who lives in Indianna to Thanksgiving because we never get to see her much and she always makes Thanksgiving and Christmas better when she is around.

sydney m If i could bring anyone I would bring my grandma who died when I was 6 so that i could get to know her, because I didnt really know her at all.

Drake C If I had one person to bring to Thanksgiving it would be wes welker Wide resever for the Patriots. The reason I would want him is because I look up to him. He is one of the littlest Wide resevers in the NFL. He is a tuf wide resever, like i said one of the littlest guys in the NFL but is not scared to take hits by them be line backers over the middle. I look up to him and he makes me wanna work harder to get were he is at.

MacKenzie K Two people I would invite to Thanksgiving is my Grandma and Grandpa Gray. My grandma passed away a year ago on November 4th and my grandpa passed away back in October of '01. My family and I have misssed them more than anything and would give anything to spend one last thanksgiving with them. Even though they are not physically with us now, we know they always are watching down on us as we enjoy the holidays.

David M If I could invite anyone I would invite the best cook in the world so I could have a very good Thanksgiving. I would also see if I could hire them to cook all of my food for a year.

Savanna R if I could invite anyone to thanksgiving I would invite my grandma because she died about 2 years ago and before she died we would always have thanksgiving at her house.

Elizabeth SI would invite my brother because he is not able to celebrate it with us because he has to stay at college for break.

Courtney L If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving it would be my Grandpa on my dad's side of the family. He passed away when I was about 3, so I have never really got to meet him. It would be great to just sit down and have dinner with him over the holidays.

Cody  W I would invite John Lennon from the Beatles because he knows how to throw a party and a turkey dinner would not be fun without a hippie to get things interesting.

Megan W I would invite my mom, dad, my brother nick, my two sister's brittany and lindsay, and little brother tyler (: i want my family to be together as a familt like they used to be before they got divorced  and every one needs to be a family over the holidays (:

Cody K I would bring back my Grandpaw. he died in september of 01. I barley got to know him/ remember him because I was only 5. And my little brother who was born a week before he died wouls actually get to meet him for basically the first time. I barley remember him, when he died my brothers were 2 and the other was 1 week old when our Grandpaw passed away. So none of use remember him very well.

Taylor C I would invite my Grandma Marylin who passed away about five years ago and also my Grandpa who is suffering from alzheimers. I always spent the Holidays with them and I would do anything to have one more.

Megan S If I could invite two people to thanksgiving, it would be my great grandpa and my grandpa. My great grandpa passed away when i was only three, and we were very close. My grandpa is still alive today. I haven't seen him in a while. I only see him about once a year due to things that has occured in the past. I miss them both very much.

 dj C If I could invite anyone to thanksgiveing i think iit would be Cartman and Kenny from south park because are funny and it would be hilarious.

sydney p If I could invite anyone to my Thanksgiving dinner I would invite, my Great Grandma. I would invite her because I know my mom used to be really close with her & my mom would do anything to have her back in her life. I would also invite her because I always hear about how great of a person she was & I never got to meet her. I would invite her because she lived in a two bedroom house and raised 5 boys & I would love to know how she did all of what she did. Lastly, I know how much she meant to my mom & how much it would mean to my mom to have her back in her life for just a day.

Nikki C If I could invite anyone to thanksgiving i would invite my great-grandma. She passed away last year on my birthday and i miss her sooooo much! Another person that i would invite would be my brother and his wife and my baby nephew. My brother is in the army and he is stationed in hawaii now and he has been there for almost three years now and I havent seen him in a while and i miss him a lot!

Taylor H I would probably invite my uncle. He passed away after being in a car accident. He came into my life in June of 2005, and left in april of 2009. My family missed him alot, and the few years I did have hime in my life was good, and he always ate everything with a spoon, and to be able to make laughs about it for one more year that would be the best gift i could ask for. R.I.P<3

Danny A I would invite some one thats famous so it could be on the news. Also a bunch of random family members so that the famous person doesn't feel like hes in a house with like 4 people. It would be great because my family would be together and happy.

Allison W If I Could Invite Anyone To My Thanksgiving Dinner , I Would Invite My Grandpa Greg Booth . He Died 4 Years Ago Of Lung Cancer , And It Has Really Hurt My Family . I Would Also Invite My Great Uncle Glenn . He Was My Role Model As A Little Girl , I Always Wanted To Be Just Like Him And Have A Whole Bunch Of Cars , But He Died In A Car Wreck Last Year . .

I Would Invite My Little Brother , John Coffman III . He Died At Birth , All Of His Organs Weren't Working , And He Was Way Too Small To Put Him Under Surgery , And Nothing Else Could Be Done . . That Would Make My Entire Family Be Very Thankful , Especially My Mother .

Thomas s If I could invite any one to thanksgiving it would be my dad's dad because he died when my dad was in highschool, and I really like to meet him and get to know him, since I never met him.

Annabelle B If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving dinner, it would be my little brother John Michael. He died before my mom gave birth to him and I think it would be really special to get to see him and talk with him and find out the kind of man he would have been.

Nathan M I would invite Dwayne Wade. I would invite him because he is my idol. He is the best player in the NBA. I have always wanted to meet him.

Ronnie Z If I could invite anyone to thanksgiving it would be my grandpa becuase him and my dad were so close and when he passed away my dad was so depressed and i would love to see my dad happy again.

Emily H If i could invite any one to thanksgiving it would be my family from Boston because we don't get to see them that much, and i think it would be cool to get to see them and and there children again.

Matthew C If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving it would be entire family, because my entire family isn't able to get all together all that much. It would be nice to have them all together for a day. Thats what its all about giving thanks for what we have and one of the best things we have os our family.

Dave M If I could invite anyone AND have them come? It'd be the current President, Obama. Some don't like him, some hate him, some think he is a bad president, but we all have opinions. I have a high opinion of him. I would love to be able to talk to him freely about the country and similar things, not that my opinion would matter really, to be of any true substance to such an important person.

Nick J If I could invite anyone to thanksgiving I would invite Gene Simmons because i always wanted to meet him.

Mariah S I would invite my whole family because they live in a lot of different places in the country and we don't get to get together that much.

Rebecca M I would invite my whole family to thanksgiving because i never get to see them at one time, it's always different parts of my family at different times and places so its always a long day on Thanksgiving.

Dalton J If I could invite anybody to Thanksgiving it would be George Washington. I choose him because he is just awesome. He is the reason we have democracy and have presidents instead of having a dictatorship or a monarchy.

jenna s If I could invite one person to Thanksgiving i would invite my grandma. She died in 2007 and I know that the whole family would love to see her and have one more holiday with her.

Cassidy H If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving, I would invite my great grandpa. He just recently past away a little over a month ago and I would invite him becasue I miss him and I want him there.

Bradley B If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving, it would be my cousin Adam. He died while fighting overseas. It would be interesting to know more about him. Also I would want to know what kind of person he is because I didn't know him all that well.

Jenna B I would invite Jesus. I know that He is always with me, but I just think it would be so amazing to be able to see Him and have a real conversation with Him.

Isabelle M If I could invite anyone, it would be all of my family and all of them get along. Some of my family live in Texas and Washington, so I would love all of them to be at my grandmothers and enjoy a dinner together.

Adam H If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving it would be my whole entire family. I would invite them because I have so many people in my family that i dont know because they are spread out all over the country. That would be my choice.

kayla T If I could choose anyone to come to Thanksgiving it would be my aunt and uncle that live in Texas because they are awesome and i haven't seen them in 5 years. I miss them.

Jeffrey S I would invite my whole family, because we don't get to see each other that much.

tyler t If I could invite anyone, it would be All of my family because I never get to see them at all, because they all live so far away ( down south and in the west), my family always gets along when we are all together.

Miranda H Some people I would invite to my Thanksgiving is my boyfriend , and my family I never get to see who live in other states or far away from where I live.

kenny W Two people I would invite to Thanksgiving are God and Satan (the devil)l so they can make up.   I would also invite Jerry Springer in case GOD and satan get into a fight and he can solve it!

Randi S I would invite my friend Megan because she's like a sister to me and she's really fun to be around. other than that i really don't have anybody i would want to invite.

Sierra M The one person I would invite is my family members in different states because I dont get to see all of my family very often. Also I would invite my dad so I would be able to meet him and get to know him.

jesse w If I could invite anyone to thanksgiving I would invite Obama. I would tell him everything he is doing wrong.

Kennedy Sheehy I would invite my friends from Middletown, because I miss them & they're cool like that & I love them.

Abby B If I could invite any to Thanksgiving it would be Lady Gaga. I think it would be really interesting to talk to her in peron. She's such a different individual that i'd love the chance to see her and just hear the things she had to say.

Brie L I would bring my friend Jacob because he would make thanksgiving a lot better for me and he is always fun to be around. My mom considers him part of the family and he can always have a fun time.

Nathan G I would invite a turkey so I could eat it...

Austin M I'd invite my aunt because I havent seen her since 2002, 2003, something like that she died in a car accident and nobody else cause I dont like anybody else.

Valerie J I would invite my friend from Florida because I only seen her for a week and I had to leave to go back home and i miss her terribly.

Austin M My Grandma. She died in 2007. I would invite her because I would want to see her again.

jade m I would invite my great grandma. She died when I was 3, and I'd invited her to give her the chance to see what has happened since she died.

Courtney L I would invite my grandmother back to eat and spend time with. She passed away less than a year ago. She lost her battle with ovarian cancer on November 30, 2010. She always used to make my favorite cake and no one could make it better than her.

Marissa A My great aunt. She died last year from cancer. I miss her. <3

Ryan W I would invite my grandma. I would invite her because she lives in Texas so I can never see her. I would also invite my aunt and who who also live in Texas too.

Megan C If I could invite on person to thanks giving dinner it would be Shaylynn Hilman. because she is is one of my friends. and she is funny.

dana r No one because i dont really care who shows up.

Bre M If i could invite anyone to thanksgiving it would be everybody because I want to have the biggest party ever.

Justin S I would invite my Grandmother who died last year so I could see her again and talk to her.

Kelly B I would invite my grandpa who just died.

Cole S I would invite Nicki Minaj because she is so cool and her music is so dope and clever. I would also invite her bacause she would have tons of money and be able to cater the whole thanks giving and we would have a very expensive thanksgiving. Another reason is she could like perform a concert for us while we eat.

Stephen W I would invite my mamaw because she died in 1995 in a car wreck and I never got to meet her.

Matthew S I would invite my grandpa who died when i was young so i could get to know him.

chelsea h I would invite my mom. nuff said.

Rachel F I would invite my uncle Jabe. He was the best cook ever but died in 1990 sadly. I never got to meet him but everyone talks about his food and how he was always in high spirits.

Austin F If i could invite anyone to thanksgiving it would be my cousin Dustin because we have been best friends since we were little. His side of the family and my side are very close. 

taylor c I would invite a couple friends that are very close to me because they haven't came over in a long time and I miss them. When I moved we lost a little bit of touch and 1 of them has let me meet alot of their family and I'd like to do the same.

Joseph B 2 ppl i would invite to thanks giving is lil wanye and 2 pac there the 2 best rapers

Haley B If i could invite any one to thanksgiving, id invite my dad because i miss him more than anything, and i would invite LAdy gaga, because she is amazing.

alivia w I would invite my mom and dad because they make amazing food and i love them very much.

Kristen King If i could choose anyone to invite to thanksgiving my first option would definitely be Patt Summit. This lady is my idol. She is extremely inspirational and i amire her. She has recently been diagnosed with a terrible thing but she is going to keep doing what she loves and what she is good at.

kenny c if i could invite any one to thanksgiving i would invite is any would who wants to come.

Andrew M I would invite Albert Pujols and Jose Bautista to thanksgiving dinner because they are the best hitters in the American and National league in the MLB.

Sean D I would Invite my dad because i wish he could be there again

Garrison B I invited Jesus because he's my best friend.

Kayla T If I could invite anyone to Thanksgiving it would be my pastor's wife, because she is the woman that inspires me the most aside from my mom, and Johnny Depp, because he is an AMAZING actor!

Samantha S I would invite a lot of my distant family and people who have made and imrint on my life because They are the people im thankful for most.

ayejay j I would invite carrol shelby and joey jordenson. I would invite them because carrol shelby is one of the best race car drivers ever and he has devloped more world series winning cars then anyone and he is the person that put america into the world series track racing events and was the first to win the race as well. I would invite joey because he is my favorite drummer because he just does his own thing and is like no one else and he never just does the same beat over and over again there always changeing and never repeats one beat into another song. Most drummers cant do that because it requires alot of talent and skill.

Tanner G I would invite my great grandfather because he was the one person that was fun to be around all the time and yes hes dead he fought in WW2 and he had stories but he did not tell them very often and he loves thanksgiving i mean every one on my dads side of the family does I mean who doesnt and thats the one person that I would bring to thanksgiving so I say for you grampa strassburger i salute you.

drake c I would invite Bill Hass because he is my favorite golfer. I have always liked him and this year he won the FedEx cup witch is my dream.

Danielle M If I could invite anyone to thanksgiving i would invite my friends from my old school. I would invite them because since i moved I really haven't had time to visit them because were all so busy. Inviting them to thanksgiving would be a great way to catch up on what's been going on with them.

Sierra B If I could invite anyone I would invite my cousin. She lives in kentucky and is the only person in my family that is my age. We are both in band and she even played the same song I did at around the same time, at a school concert, in two different states. Until a few days ago, at a funeral, we haven't seen each other since we were 3 or 4.