The FX Gives Back

We believe that the satisfaction and pride that will come when our students begin to help others is an important reason to commit ourselves to community service projects.  Our hope is that these projects will help strengthen our FX community and help to teach responsibility not only for themselves, but also for other people.

In November we will be holding a canned food drive.  We are asking students to bring in their donations throughout the month of November.  We understand that students have been participating in food drives throughout their school years.  This year we are encouraging our students to perform odd jobs to earn extra money so they can go to the grocery and purchase canned goods for their contribution.  Do you need your car washed or your leaves raked?  It's a win-win situation.  

Our plans for December include a glove tree.  We are asking students to help decorate our FX tree with hats, gloves and scarfs. 


If you have any ideas for future community service projects please contact us.  You can find our email addresses here.




Google Sketch Up:
Have you been hearing your student talk about Google Sketch Up?  The Computer Application classes have finished their unit and I believe the students really enjoyed learning this amazing software.  Google Sketchup is a free 3D drawing program from google that makes 3D drawing simple and easy.  You can download the program, free of charge here. 


Students chose to create several different projects.  They were all fantastic.  I wish I had room to show them all to you, however I have chosen a few of my favorites.  


Savannah S's favorite past time is reading.  She designed this room to spend her free time in.  I would love to kick back with a good book here.  How about you? 

These are a few of the bedrooms that were designed.  

Allison W

Briana E

Taylor H

This is a sample of the many houses that were built. 

 (It is difficult to appreciate the complexity of these without seeing them in 3D.)

Tristen C

Ayejay J and Drake C

If you have a home computer I would encourage you to download Google Sketch Up and ask your son or daughter to show you their Sketch Up skills.  You will be amazed!   Just in case you get hooked, you can view some great tutorials here. 

REMINDER: Chamber to host meet the Candidates night

Wednesday, November 2, from 7 - 9 pm the Chamber of Commerce of Trenton will host a "Meet the Candidates" night at Edgewood High School in the auditorium. Mr. Bill Triick, President of the Chamber, will be the moderator for the evening event. Candidates will be afforded the opportunity to discuss their views on education and Edgewood City Schools. There are seven candidates running for two open seats on the Edgewood Board of Education.

Dancing with the FX'rs

Our spanish student teacher, Eli Johnson, is going above and beyond with the students of the Freshmen Experience.  He is  teaching them how to Salsa.  It has been a real pleasure to watch Eli during his student teaching experience.  Under the supervision of Terri Baker we have watched Eli become an original, innovative, dedicated and fun teacher.


Mr. Pierce's classes spent some time last week dissecting poetry. The mini-unit culminated in a Poetry Analysis Challenge.  In this challenge, students from each class teamed up to see who could locate and explain poetic devices such as symbolism, alliteration, personification, metaphors, etc. within a single poem. The team that best analyzed the poem was deemed our Master of Poetry. All of the classes did very well, but the winning class was able to pull out an amazing score by identifying and explaining 42 aspects of analysis in the poem.

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A Successful Parent Teacher Conference

Parent Teacher Conferences 
The Edgewood Freshmen FX held the first parent teacher conference of the school year on Thursday evening.  The staff was very pleased with the success of the evening.  The two teams were able to meet with 19 parents which is a substantial amount compared to past years attendance.  We were able to  discuss students moving up into honors classes to raise the bar/challenge, strategies for teams and parents to work together for success of the student, important health information as well as a few personal issues. The teams now feel empowered to continue working towards academic success for our students.  


If you missed conferences it is never too late.  The FX staff is always ready and willing to meet with you to address the success of your student.  If you would like to make an appointment with the team you can call 513-867-7425 extension 2128. You can find the contact for individual staff members here.


Students Teaching Students through Skype
The students in Mrs. Phares' computer class are becoming experts on the Google 3d modeling software Google SketchUp.  Wednesday morning the computer classes Skyped in with the Madison computer classes to share their knowledge about SketchUp.  The Madison students had not been trained on the software so our students took the lead and became the teachers.

An early Google Sketch up project by FXer Rob P. 

A Successful Girls Soccer Season
Our girls ended a successful soccer season this week.  The  freshmen girls would like to extend their thanks to the seniors and to coach Adams. We thought you would enjoy seeing how nice they look when they dress up on game day. 

  


Cardboard City
Please click here to read about our annual Cardboard City.

Project Week

Please remember that our first parent teacher conference will be held this Thursday from 3:20 to 7:30.  Please call 513-867-7425 extension 2128 to schedule a conference.


This week we have two exciting projects to share with you. Students in the computer lab worked on a project that had to do with SAT words and Green Screen Technology. Each student was assigned a different vocabulary word from the SAT list. They then researched the word and wrote a sentence. The next step was to compose themselves into a green screen photo.

Open publication - Free publishing - More green screen

The next project came from Mr. Pierce's language Arts Students. His students created narrative comics to demonstrate their knowledge of characterization, dialog, plot line, voice, and theme.