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SUPERINTENDENT COUNSELORS Dr. John W. Schultz 2020-2021 Nicole Plafcan (952) 848-3184

A-Br [email protected] PRINCIPAL -- William Hicks (952) 848-3127 Andrew Beaton Bu-Ec [email protected] Taylor Johnson (952) 848-3142 ASSISTANT PRINCIPALS Ed-Hau [email protected] Jenny Johnson Dylan Hackbarth (952) 848-3125 Hav-Lan [email protected] Michael Pretasky Lisa Burnham (952) 848-3126 Jenn Carter Lao-Mor [email protected] Sandy Schmidt (952) 848-3128 ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL/ Mos-Rol [email protected] Julie Block (952) 848-3188 CTIVITIES IRECTOR A D Website Rom-Swa [email protected] Troy Stein Robin Dayneko (952) 848-3189 Swb-Z [email protected] DEAN OF STUDENTS Natalie Golberg 9th grade (952) 848-3187 Jeff Marshall Angela Kieffer 9th grade (952) 848-3122

CURRICULUM COMMUNITY

A comprehensive curriculum of 140+ courses emphasizes preparation Edina is both a small city, population 49,050 and a suburban, residential for college. Besides extensive offerings in English, mathematics, social community on the southwest edge of . With a high per- studies and sciences, study in four languages is offered: six years of centage of college graduates, most parents are employed in profession- French and Spanish, five in Latin, five years in Chinese and three years al and managerial positions. in American Sign Language (ASL). Please note: We do not offer first and second year classes in French. Sophomores in our 9-12 high FACULTY school will typically take the third year of this language. One notable the 170 certified faculty members, 84 percent have earned master’s, exception: approximately 40 French students in have been specialist or doctoral degrees. 54 staff are National Board Certified. part of our Immersion program since ; as sophomores, they will take Diverse Francophone World. As juniors, they’ll take AP GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS French Language & Culture. As seniors, they all have an opportunity The Board of Education requires a minimum of 43 credits in grades 9-12. Re- to take French Culture in the Modern World. quirements for the class of 2021 are:

In addition, students have an opportunity to take courses in business education, family and consumer sciences, performing and fine arts and wEnglish-Four years, including one year of literature wHealth-One semester; Physical Education-Two semesters physical education. wMath-Three years, at least through Advanced Algebra with Probability and For complete course descriptions go to: Statistics www.edinaschools.org/ehscounseling_registration wScience-Three years, including Biology and at least two additional credits in

Edina students have numerous opportunities for enriched Physics or Chemistry wSocial Studies-One year of U.S. History, one year of Government, one (accelerated) or AP courses. semester of Economics, and one year of either World History or European AP COURSES (25 total) History. The state geography requirement is satisfied through a year of U.S. History and either a year of World History or European History. wBiology wLatin V wCalculus AB wPhysics wCalculus BC wPsychology E XTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES wChemistry wSpanish Language and Culture Besides the formal curriculum, Edina students are engaged in many co- wChinese Language and Culture wStatistics & Trigonometry curricular activities at our school. Surveys show approximately 85% of our wComparative Government wStudio Art 2D high school students take part in these activities. One in three takes one or wComputer Science wStudio Art 3D more leadership roles. Edina offers a wide array of opportunities including wComputer Science Principles wUnited States Government athletics, debate, music, publications, student government, theater, and clubs wEconomics (Micro/Macro) wUnited States History ranging from art to foreign language to math. Our Youth Serving Youth pro- wEnvironmental Science wUnited States Literature and Language gram, focusing on leadership, community service and social awareness has wEuropean History wWorld History over fifteen groups. wFrench Language & Culture wWorld Literature and Language wHuman Geography DECILE RANK

ENRICHED (ENR) COURSES (10 total) By Board policy, Edina High School High School will not rank students, but wBiology wPre-AP French Language & Culture will provide a grade distribution chart by deciles. Decile rank is determined wChemistry wFrench IV by deciles, that is, groups of ten percent of the senior class. With a senior wCollege Algebra wPhysics class of 700 students, or example, the first decile includes approximately the wPre-AP English 9 wSociology top 70 student GPA’s. The second decile contains the next ten percent and wPre-AP English 10 wSpanish IV so forth.

Honors Courses (1 total starting with class 2022) G RADING SYSTEM

Pre-Ap English 10 (semester one only) - POST SECONDARY ENROLLMENT OPTION - In addition, 11th and 12th grade students may also complete graduation require- - ments by taking course work, funded by the state, at public and private colleges. Seventy plus students designated as PSEO on their transcript, are enrolled - in this program on a full or part-time basis for the 2020-21 school year. Recent Test Scores POST-SECONDARY PLANS

***Due to the COVID-19 Pandemic, there is limited testing data for the Class of 2020. The data for ACT/SAT below is for the class of 2019. CLASS OF 2020 Four-year Colleges/Universities ····························· 83% ACT - AMERICAN COLLEGE TEST (2018-19) w 63% Public, 37% Private Number of seniors taking the test: 646 w 40% Minnesota, 60% Out-of-State Percent of the class: 95% Community Colleges/Technical Colleges ··················· 9% Science Gap Year ························································ 3% English Math Reading ACT Reasoning Military ·························································· .5% % % % % N/A ···························································· 3.5% Other/Employment ············································ 1% 33-36 20 8 18 10 Graduates will attend 180 different Colleges and Universities in 2020-2021 28-32 23 20 29 23

24-27 20 30 15 25 ONORS AND WARDS H A 20-23 20 18 20 26

16-19 7 16 11 12 w U.S. Department of Education National School of Excellence.

13-15 8 7 5 2 w Five Star School (highest rating possible) designated by the Minnesota

0-12 2 1 2 1 Department of Education. w #1 College prep high school in Minnesota (Niche) Mean Scores 26.6 25.2 26.9 25.8 w Top school for student success in Minnesota (USA Today) The average ACT score was 26.3 w #1 in Minnesota for sending students to elite colleges (Polaris list)

Note: According to ACT, the percentage of Edina students w Student publications include Images, our literary arts magazine, ready for college level course work was twice as high Zephyrus, our student newspaper, and Whigrean, our yearbook. Each of as the typical Minnesota High School graduate. these publications has won state and national awards from organizations such as Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Journalism Educators of SAT REASONING TEST (2018-19) Minnesota, and National Scholastic Press Association. Students are Number of seniors taking the test:: 87 selected for Whigrean and Zephyrus through a competitive process. Percent of the class: 12% w Comprehensive music program features Concert, Symphonic, Varsity, Marching and Pep Bands; Symphonic, Chamber and Philharmonic SAT Reasoning Mean orchestras; Concert Choir, Varsity, Men's and Bel Canto Choir. Small

Evidence Based Reading groups include jazz ensembles, chamber choirs, solo and ensemble 656 & Writing contest participation. The Concert Choir, Concert Band and Orchestra

Math 649 have earned superior ratings from the Minnesota State High School League for decades. GRAMMY® Signature school. This award Total Score 1305 recognizes the top public high schools across the United States that have made outstanding commitments to music education. The ADVANCED PLACEMENT PROGRAM Minnesota String and Orchestra Teachers Association (MNSOTA)

recognized ’ (EPS) orchestra program with the 2017 Meritorious Orchestra Program Award.

w 187 state athletic championships - #1 among 500 members of the - Minnesota State High School League.

- w Over 50 sports, activities and academic teams - th w Edina’s athletic program is ranked 8 in the nation by - Magazine. The ranking is done once a decade and recognizes all-around - achievement over a 10-year period w The Green Machine, Edina’s robotics team, received the highest award Note: Edina High School administered in May 2020 almost twice as many AP exams as any other high school in the state. in competition at the national FIRST Robotics Competition in 2019. w Award winning Model United Nations and DECA teams ADVANCED PLACEMENT SCHOLARS w Leadership Opportunities: Student Council, Student Senate, 212 Leader ship, Mosaic and Hornet Mentors w Unified Options include Physical Education, sports and theater. # of Average 2020 School Year w Over 50 student led clubs. Examples: Project Earth, Coding Club, Girl Students Score Up AP Scholars 167 3.51

AP Scholars with Honor 86 3.84 COUNSELING OFFICE CONTACTS

AP Scholars with Distinction 254 4.28 Assignment of students to counselors is done by team in 9th grade and National AP Scholar 68 4.59 alphabetically in grades 10- 12 as indicated on the top corner of the reverse side. Besides the counselors listed on the front page, two NATIONAL MERIT SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM administrative assistants serve the department. Mrs. Nancy Knutson (952) 848-3131 works with Nicole Plafcan, Taylor Johnson, Bill Hicks and Dylan Hackbarth. Ms. Samantha O’Donnell (952) 848-3803 works with Lisa Burnham, Julie Block, Sandy Schmidt and Robin Dayneko. College representative visits may be scheduled in RepVisits at least two weeks in advance of the desired time. EDINA HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES OF 2016-2020 POST-SECONDARY PLANS

Alexandria Community & Technical College (2) College of Southern Nevada, Henderson Hawaii Pacific University (1) American University (12) Campus (1) Hennepin Technical College (12) Amherst College (2) College of the Desert (1) High Point University (2) Argosy University-Twin Cities (1) College of the Holy Cross (1) Hobart William Smith Colleges (1) Arizona State University (7) College of Wooster (2) Hofstra University (1) ArtCenter College of Design (1) Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface (1) Illinois Institute of Technology (1) Auburn University (4) Colorado Christian University (1) Illinois Wesleyan University (2) Augsburg University (29) Colorado College (11) Indiana University at Bloomington (18) Augustana University, SD (4) Colorado School of Mines (1) Institute of Production and Recording (2) Aveda Institute Minneapolis (3) Colorado State University, Fort Collins (15) Inver Hills Community College (1) Babson College (1) Columbia College, Chicago (4) Iowa State University (91) Ball State University (1) Columbia University (4) IPR College of Creative Arts (1) Bard College Berlin (1) Concordia College, Moorhead (6) Irvine Valley College (1) Barnard College (1) Concordia University - Seward (1) Itasca Community College (2) Bates College (1) Concordia University at Saint Paul (7) Ithaca College (3) Baylor University (11) Concordia University Montreal (1) Kalamazoo College (3) Belmont University (4) Concordia University, Montreal (1) Kansas State University (1) Beloit College (3) Connecticut College (1) Kenyon College (2) Bemidji State University (6) Cornell College, IA (5) Knox College (2) Benedictine College (1) Cornell University (12) Lake Forest College (1) Berklee College of Music (1) Creighton University (45) Lake Superior College (1) Bethel University (22) Dakota County Technical College (1) Lawrence University (8) Biola University (1) Dakota State University (2) Le Cordon Blue London (1) Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania (1) Dartmouth College (6) 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College (1) Marymount Manhattan College (1) Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo (11) Ellsworth Community College (1) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (6) Calhoun Community College (1) Elon University (5) McGill University, Canada (9) California Baptist University (1) Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (1) Merrimack College (1) California Institute of Technology (2) Emerson College (2) Mesa Community College (2) California Lutheran University (1) Emory University (7) Metropolitan State University (3) Calvin College (1) Empire Cosmetology (1) Metropolitan State University of Denver (1) Cape Fear Community College (1) Fairfield University (1) Miami University, Oxford (29) Carleton College (16) Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (1) Michigan State University (7) Carleton University (1) Florida Atlantic University (2) Michigan Technological University (6) Carnegie Mellon University (4) Florida Gulf Coast University (1) Middlebury College (6) Carroll University (1) Florida Institute of Technology (2) Milwaukee School of Engineering (4) Carthage College (2) Florida Southern College (2) Minneapolis College (32) Case Western Reserve University (3) Florida Southwestern State College (1) Minneapolis College of Art & Design (5) Cedarville University (1) Fordham University (5) Minneapolis Media Institute (1) Central College, IA (1) Front Range Community College-Larimer (1) Minnesota State Community & Technical College Central Lakes College, Brainerd (3) George Mason University (1) -Moorhead (1) Central Piedmont Community College (1) George Washington University (4) Minnesota State University, Mankato (17) Century College (5) Georgetown University (2) Minnesota State University, Moorhead (3) Chapman University (2) Georgia Institute of Technology (1) Montana State University, Billings (1) Clark University (1) Gettysburg College (1) Montana State University, Bozeman (52) Clemson University (4) Gonzaga University (8) Mount Holyoke College (3) Cleveland Institute of Music (2) Grand Canyon University (15) National University of Ireland Galway (1) Cleveland State University (1) Grinnell College (7) New England Conservatory of Music (2) Coe College (1) Grove City College (1) New York Film Academy, FL (1) Colburn Music Academy (1) Gustavus Adolphus College (37) New York University (13) Colby College (2) Hamilton College (1) Normandale Community College (219) Colgate University (2) Hamline University (14) North Central University (2) College of Saint Benedict (20) Hampshire College (1) North Dakota State College of Science (1) College of Saint Scholastica (7) Harvard University (7) North Dakota State University (22) CLASSES OF 2016-2020 POST-SECONDARY PLANS (CONTINUED) North Hennepin Community College (6) Tacoma Community College (1) University of North Florida (1) North Park University (1) Taylor University (1) University of North Texas (2) Northeastern University (9) Temple University (1) University of Northern Iowa (2) Northern Arizona University (1) Texas A&M University, Galveston (1) University of Northwestern, MN (1) Northern Michigan University (3) Texas Christian University (28) University of Notre Dame (13) Northern State University (1) The Citadel (1) University of Oklahoma (1) Northwestern Health Sciences University (1) The King's College (4) University of Oregon (8) Northwestern Michigan College - Great Lakes The Ohio State University (4) University of Ottawa (1) Maritime Academy (1) Trinity College (2) University of Pennsylvania (6) Northwestern University (15) Trinity University (2) University of Pittsburgh (4) Oberlin College (1) Tufts University (2) University of Puget Sound (11) Occidental College (2) Tulane University of Louisiana (8) University of Redlands (1) Ohio University (1) Tuskegee University (1) University of Rochester (1) Ohio Wesleyan University (1) Union College (1) University of Saint Andrews, Scotland (3) Oklahoma State University (2) United States Air Force Academy (3) University of Saint Thomas (150) Oregon State University (1) United States Military Academy, West Point (3) University of San Diego (11) Pace University, New York City (2) United States Naval Academy (1) University of San Francisco (3) Parsons The New School of Design (1) Universal Technical Institute of Arizona (1) University of Sioux Falls (1) Pennsylvania State University, University Park (6) Universal Technical Institute, Orlando (1) University of South Carolina, Columbia (3) Pepperdine University (4) University College Dublin (1) University of South Dakota (2) Point Loma Nazarene University (1) University of Alabama (2) University of South Florida, Tampa (2) Pomona College (1) University of Arizona (11) University of Southern California (14) Portland State University (1) University of British Columbia (2) University of Southern Indiana (1) Post University (1) University of California University of Southern Mississippi (1) Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Berkeley (7) University of Texas, Austin (2) Poland (1) Davis (3) University of Toronto (3) Princeton University (5) Los Angeles (9) University of Tulsa (1) Providence College (2) San Diego (2) University of Utah (4) Purdue University (24) Santa Barbara (4) University of Vermont (7) Reed College (1) Santa Cruz (4) University of Virginia (3) Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (1) University of Chicago (3) University of Washington, Seattle (3) Rhodes College (1) University of Cincinnati (1) University of Wisconsin Rice University (2) University of Colorado at Boulder (42) Eau Claire (40) Riverland Community College (2) University of Colorado, Colorado Springs (1) La Crosse (7) Rochester Community & Technical College (5) University of Dayton (1) Madison (120) Rochester Institute of Technology (3) University of Denver (14) Milwaukee (4) Rocky Mountain College (2) University of Dubuque (2) Oshkosh (1) Roosevelt University (1) University of Exeter (1) River Falls (11) Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (1) University of Florida (2) Stevens Point (2) Saint Catherine University (15) University of Georgia (1) Stout (35) Saint Cloud State University (9) University of Greenwich in London (1) Superior (1) Saint Cloud Technical & Community College (1) University of Guadalajara, Mexico (1) University of Wyoming (2) Saint John's University (34) University of Hawaii, Manoa (1) Valparaiso University (1) Saint Lawrence University (3) University of Illinois at Chicago (3) Vanderbilt University (5) Saint Louis University (3) University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (6) Vassar College (2) Saint Mary's College (1) University of Indianapolis (1) Vermilion Community College (1) Saint Mary's University of Minnesota (6) University of Iowa (26) Villanova University (7) Saint Norbert College (2) University of Jamestown (1) Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (1) Saint Olaf College (55) University of Kansas (26) Wake Forest University (4) Saint Paul College (2) University of Kentucky (2) Washington & Lee University (1) San Diego State University (3) University of Maine, Orono (1) Washington University in Saint Louis (8) San Francisco Conservatory of Music (1) University of Manitoba (1) Wellesley College (5) San Francisco State University (1) University of Maryland, College Park (2) Wesleyan University (2) Santa Ana College (1) University of Massachusetts, Amherst (2) Western Illinois University (1) Santa Clara University (10) University of Miami, Florida (3) Western Michigan University (1) Savannah College of Art & Design (3) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (26) Western Washington University (4) School of the Art Institute of Chicago (1) University of Minnesota Westmont College (2) Scripps College (1) Crookston (2) Wheaton College, Illinois (12) Seattle University (3) Duluth (40) Wheaton College, Massachusetts (1) Seton Hall University (1) Morris (2) Whitman College (2) Smith College (3) Rochester (2) William Penn University (1) South Dakota School of Mines and Twin Cities (466) Williams College (3) Technology (4) University of Mississippi (3) Winona State University (16) South Dakota State University (2) University of Missouri Columbia (12) Wyotech Institute (1) Southern Methodist University (4) University of Montana, Missoula (0) Xavier University (4) Staffordshire University, England (1) University of Nebraska at Lincoln (33) Yale University (3) Stanford University (4) University of Nebraska at Omaha (3) Zaytuna College (1) State University of New York at Albany (2) University of New Hampshire at Durham (1) Stonehill College (1) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (1) **As of July 1 of Graduation Year Syracuse University (3) University of North Dakota (41) COVID-19 IMPACT OF LEARNING ADDENDUM

SPRING 2020 Distance Learning at Edina High School took place during the time period of March 16th through June 30, 2020, resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. This is also noted on all student transcripts. The Edina School Board passed a resolution to allow students the opportunity to change any passing grade from Semester 2, 2020 to a P (“Pass”) on the their transcript. Non-passing grades for Semester 2, 2020 are noted as NG (“No Grade”).

2020-2021 SCHOOL YEAR

Edina High School is providing two learning models for students, part-time in a hybrid learning model and a full-time online learning model.

· A hybrid model of learning is a weekly blend of in-school learning following strict safety guidelines, and at-home learning via technology.

· Full-time distance learning in the newly designed Edina Virtual Academy. This includes synchronous and asyn- chronous school days.