Thomas Edison High School of Technology

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Thomas Edison High School of Technology
Motto Experience Success
Established 1954
Type Public Secondary Vocational
Principal Carlos Hamlin
Students 646
Grades 10–12
Location Silver Spring, Maryland,, USA
District Montgomery County Public Schools
Campus Suburban
Website Thomas Edison Homepage

Thomas Edison High School of Technology (often referred to as Thomas Edison or Edison) is a public vocational/technical high school located in Silver Spring, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland.

Edison is a member in the Downcounty Consortium. [1] The school is unique compared to other Montgomery County Public Schools. All programs consists of an academic base, industry competency requirements, employability skill development and career/college planning components, as well as opportunities for leadership development. Thomas Edison registers all students who are enrolled in to the career and technical student organization, SkillsUSA.

A typical day for a student is to spend half of their day at Thomas Edison, and the other half at their home school. Thomas Edison offers two sessions: the morning session from 7:45 AM - 10:30 AM, and the afternoon session from 11:00 AM - 1:30 PM.

Thomas Edison is also the headquarters for the Montgomery County Students Trades Foundations Office.

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[edit] Programs

Thomas Edison offers nineteen programs for students to choose, courses take one, two or three years to complete; depending on the curriculum.

[edit] One year programs

  • Biotechnology
  • Foundations of Building and Construction
  • Hospitality and Tourism
  • Nail Technology
  • Network Operations
  • Web Technology and Digital Media

[edit] Two year programs

  • Automotive Body Repair Technology
  • Automotive Technology
  • Carpentry
  • Construction Electricity
  • Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
  • Masonry
  • Plumbing
  • Restaurant Management

[edit] Three year programs

  • Cosmetology

[edit] Student body

For the 2005-2006 school year Thomas Edison has a total of 646 enrolled students, 70.1% Male and 29.9% female. The student body is 31.6% Caucasian, 30.3% Hispanic, 28.0% African American, 9.8% Asian, and 0.3% American Indian. [1]

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Thomas Edison HS of Tech at a Glance (PDF).

[edit] External links

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