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EHS FX House Project
Honors Geometry will be creating house plans for specific lots in Trenton, Ohio.  Students will have to follow city planning codes/regulations.  Students will give presentations throughout the project, create informative videos and a project group website along with creating 3-D representations using Google SketchUp.


Trenton's City Manager John Jones and Zoning Director Bill Jones will be "expert" resources throughout the project along with the Quandrel Group, led by Nate Minnich-Weber & Todd Clevinger (currently building the new high school)

MAPS
Students in Mrs. Phares' computer applications classroom have been exploring the truly amazing capabilities of Google Maps. One thing they discovered was the ability to make their own tours. To show their understanding students were asked to design a tour of 15 places that were related. The interesting thing was how the personality of the students started to shine through these projects.





  Lauren Enderle choose 15 warm and sunny beaches. 
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  We will visit 16 places that Alyssa Davis' favorite country music stars live. 

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Kaitlyn Specht shares her memories of a precious family vacation.

Robert Jones designed a Google Map tour that displays interesting facts and history about trains.

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Ask your student to show you their map.  Showing you care will mean so much to them.



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January 20, 2012

An Amazing Week of Learning

The Edgewood chapter of the FCCLA ( Family, Career, and Community Leaders of America) sponsored a Real Money/Real World event.  Real financial/life simulation for our FX students.  After months of planning Mrs. Gregory and the event student coordinators presented a incredible successful day.  

The program gave students a real life scenario, where they had to budget and maintain a household with an assigned income. Students were given (by a random drawing) a career/job, an income and a predetermined household with dependents.

With the generous help of local businesses and volunteers our students saw how an occupation affects income, how to budget and how finances can quickly deplete when paying for the necessities of life.

Senior reporter Kyle Grand reported on the event throughout the day on the Edgewood City Schools  facebook page.   

Enjoy the photos that FX student photographer Alex Leonard took throughout the day. 

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Odyssey and Romeo and Juliet

Good books are always a pleasure to read; however there is something about a cup of hot chocolate, a cold winters day and a good book. The Edgewood FX Language Arts teachers believe that reading and literacy skills provide students with the keys to lifelong learning. The more students read, the better readers they will become. Every effort should be made both at school and at home to get students to do as much reading as possible. Our classes are diving into the classics. Mr. Pierce's classes are reading Romeo and Juliet and Mr. Holland's classes are finishing up The Odyssey.

We know that these books are not light reading.  These are classic novels.  Many times they are not easy to follow.  However, we feel it is important in the development of a young persons mind.

There is help. The web site  Shmoop is the first place we would go. In their words "Shmoop will make you a better lover (of literature, history, life)." When you take a minute to look around Shmoop, you will be simply delighted! These are not your "Mothers Literature Guides"...Shmoop makes learning and writing more fun and relevant for students in the digital age.   Both Romeo and Juliet and The Odyssey have literature guides on Shmoop.


Mr. Holland has used the web site Quizlet to design online flashcards  for an upcoming quiz.  



http://quizlet.com/6551301/odyssey-flash-cards/

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So, now the question is, how are you going to encourage your son or daughter to read?  If you have any ideas, please share them in the comment box below. 

Happy 2012

Happy New Year and Welcome back to School!  With the new year comes a new semester.  Your son/daughters scheduled should  basically be the same with the exceptions of their semester classes. (Computer, PE, Art)

Have you seen the Edgewoood City Schools Facebook page? It's easy to keep up to date with the exciting things that are going on! http://www.facebook.com/EdgewoodSchools

Are you following the FX on twitter?  @ehsfx  A great way to stay up to date!

The computer classes have rolled out a new Learning Platform called "It's Learning."  The platform is specifically designed to support student-centered learning with extensive project support, individual learning plans, and a full set of multimedia tools for students to use to carry out their education plans.  Each student has already set up an online ePortfolio and an individual blog.  Our next step is to get our parents accounts so you can become involved in the process.  It is a very exciting time in the computer lab! 

Good Luck to our Freshmen winter athletes.  We understand how difficult it is to keep your grades high and your sports schedule a priority.   If you need extra help, please let us know!