Friday, August 26, 2011

Week Two



George Sheehan
What an amazing week at the Edgewood Freshmen Experience! Our students and teachers have all settled into their routines and are beginning their journeys to success!
Last week I introduced you to Tyler T, a civil war historian. This week I would like you to meet Kayla T and Kyra W.

Kayla loves to read and has designed a blog to share her love of books. This was not a classroom assignment, just something she thought she would do on her own. I am sure she would appreciate if you were to leave her a comment! You can read her blog here.

Kyra has her heart set on becoming a veterinarian after she graduates from High School. Her love for animals just can't wait that long so she has decided to become an animal rescuer. Kyra has rescued close to 10 animals. She was able to talk her parents into letting her keep the kitten.


Student Teachers: The Freshmen FX is excited to have four student teachers assigned to us. These four awesome individuals bring our students an excitement for education and learning. We are learning just as much from them as they are learning from us.
Eli Johnson is SeƱora Baker's student teacher for the semester. He is a 2008 graduate of Middletown High School and a current senior at Miami University in Oxford. Currently living in Oxford, Eli enjoys singing, playing racquetball and attends the Oaks Community Church in Middletown.
Eli has traveled abroad to Mexico City numerous times and studied abroad in Costa Rica this summer. He is very excited to have his student teaching experience be here at Edgewood High School and is already loving the community and students!

Mrs. Schick is a senior at Miami University (class of 2012) majoring in Secondary Mathematics Education (grades 7-12).
She is currently a student teacher here at Edgewood High School in the Freshman Experience, student teaching with Mr. Boyle.
Austin Neal is a senior at Miami University (class of 2012), studying for a bachelors in mild to moderate special education (K-12).
Austin is currently a student teacher Edgewood High School in the Freshman Experience, as an Intervention Specialist alongside Mrs. Rose Harvey and Mr Boyle.
Austin looks forward to getting to know the students at Edgewood High School, and hopes that he learns from them as much as they learn from him.
Devon Rollbuhler will be student teaching in your son/daughter’s Freshman World History Class. She is a Senior at Miami University and will be assisting in the classroom for the fall semester. Under the supervision of Ms. Dreger, she will begin taking on more teaching responsibilities throughout the semester. Devon is looking forward to working with the students at Edgewood High School and is hoping to make your child’s learning experience fun and exciting!
* Photos courtesy of Freshmen Students Annabelle Beeler and Haley Black
UPCOMING DATES:
Wednesday is picture day!
Thursday is a One Hour late Arrival

Friday, August 19, 2011

Welcome Week One

The kickoff to the Freshmen Experience was held Wednesday night at Edgewood High School. Hundreds of parents and incoming freshmen turned out for the first annual event, offering an opportunity for the new ninth graders to get acquainted with the high school. Students had a chance to look over their schedule, find their classrooms and lockers, and meet their new teachers, counselors and principals.
The beginning of the year has proved to be successful for the Edgewood Freshmen Experience. The staff has been treated to an amazing group of students who are ready to learn. We are all positive this is going to be an exciting year.
Our Freshmen class is filled with some fascinating students. Today I had a chance to chat with Tyler T. Tyler has a fascination with Civil War history and on his own he used the Internet to locate a reenactment unit. He has joined the unit as a confederate Marine. Tyler tells me that he has been in more then 20 reenactments and has no plans to stop this "rather expensive hobby." We are proud to have Tyler as part of our 2011-2012 Freshmen Academy.
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