Thomas A. Edison High School (Fairfax County, Virginia)

Coordinates: 38°46′56″N 77°08′01″W / 38.78222°N 77.13361°W / 38.78222; -77.13361

Thomas Alva Edison High School
Address
5801 Franconia Road Alexandria , Virginia 22310 United States
Information
School type	Public, high school
Motto	"As eagles we soar"
Established	1962
School district	Fairfax County Public Schools
Principal	Pamela Brumfield
Staff	approximately 230
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	2,166 (2018-2019)
Campus	Suburban
Color(s)	Red, white, and navy blue
Athletics conference	National District Northern Region
Mascot	Eagles
Rivals	Mount Vernon High School, Hayfield Secondary School
Feeder schools	Mark Twain Middle School,
Website	www.fcps.edu/EdisonHS

Thomas Alva Edison High School is one of twenty-five high schools in Fairfax County, Virginia, United States. Thomas Edison is an International Baccalaureate school. Edison High School has traditionally been a relatively small public high school in terms of the size of its student population. It can has a culturally and ethnically diverse student body. Its student body and graduating classes in the mid- and late 1990s and early 2000s included students of Australia, Korean, Eritrean, Vietnamese, Chinese, Thai, Cambodian, Polish, Italian, Mexican, Colombian, Ghanaian, Cameroonian, and Pakistani ancestry or nationality. The diverse religious backgrounds of the students ranged from Christian and Mormon to Muslim, Jewish, and Buddhist. The school's diversity clearly reflected the massive influx of immigrants to the Northern Virginia region generally.

In the 1990s, the school's debate and forensics teams gained widespread and even national recognition for their achievements in those fields. Its academic team has appeared on the local television quizbowl game show "It's Academic", which is broadcast by the local Washington, DC NBC affiliate station, WRC-TV.

Edison's graduates have typically moved on to attend local and state colleges and universities, such as the University of Virginia, George Mason University, and Northern Virginia Community College. Prominent graduates of the school have included Jan Smith, a local television news reporter and wife of nationally renowned TV journalist Sam Donaldson, and Eric Barton, a professional American football player with the National Football League.

In both 1996 and 1997 Edison's theater club won second place and then first place and the regional level of the VHSL one-act play festival.

Edison's graduates have typically moved on to attend local and state colleges and universities, such as Virginia Tech, the University of Virginia, George Mason University, Virginia Commonwealth University, and Northern Virginia Community College.

Demographics[]

Presented below are some demographics for Thomas Edison during the 2016-17 school year: ^[1]

Test Scores[]

Edison High School is a fully accredited high school based on the Standards of Learning tests in Virginia. The average SAT score in 2006 for Edison was a 1494 (502 in Critical Readng, 505 in Math, and 487 in Writing).

The Edison Academy[]

The Edison Academy is a career center that 10th-12th graders can take courses based on a career they want to do when they finish school. It helps them build the skills they need for a successful career in the future. Edison High School is one of the selected schools in Fairfax County to have an academy center.

Athletics[]

Edison participates in the AAA National District of the 6A North Region. Sports offered to students include:

Notable alumni[]

• Eric Barton, NFL linebacker
• Charlie Hales, mayor of Portland, Oregon^[3]
• Andy Najar, soccer player
• Pat Toomay, 1966, former NFL defensive end

References[]

External links[]

• Main Website