Thomas Edison High School of Technology

Thomas Edison High School of Technology
Address
12501 Dalewood Dr. Silver Spring, Maryland USA
Coordinates	39°3′39″N 77°4′4″W / 39.06083°N 77.06778°W / 39.06083; -77.06778Coordinates: 39°3′39″N 77°4′4″W / 39.06083°N 77.06778°W / 39.06083; -77.06778
Information
Type	Public Secondary Vocational
Motto	Experience Success
Established	1981
School district	Montgomery County Public Schools
Principal	Carlos Hamlin
Grades	10–12
Enrollment	612 (2009-2010)
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 Wheaton, an unincorporated section of Montgomery County, Maryland. It is physically connected to Wheaton High School.

Edison is a member of the Downcounty Consortium.^[1] The school is unique compared to other Montgomery County Public Schools. All programs consist 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 the career and technical student organization, SkillsUSA.

A typical day for students 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 to 10:15 AM, and the afternoon session from 11:00 AM to 1:30 PM.

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

Programs

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

One year programs

Foundations of Building and Construction
Academy of Hospitality and Tourism
Nail Technology
Network Operations
Medical Careers ^[2]

Two year programs

Automotive Body Repair Technology
Automotive Technology
Carpentry
Construction Electricity
Foundations of Automotive Technology
Interior Design∞
Print Technologies & Digital Graphics
Principles of Architecture & CAD Technologies
Heating Ventilation and Air Conditioning
Masonry
Plumbing
Restaurant Management

Three year programs

Cosmetology

Student body

For the 2012-2013 school year, Thomas Edison has a total of 650 enrolled students, 65.8% male and 34.2% female. The student body is 39.9% Hispanic, 27.1% African American, 22.9% Non-Hispanic Caucasian, 10.0% Asian, and 0.2% American Indian.^[1]

References

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External links

Montgomery County Public Schools

Consortiums	DCC NEC

High Schools	Albert Einstein Bethesda-Chevy Chase Blake Winston Churchill Clarksburg Damascus Gaithersburg Walter Johnson John F. Kennedy Magruder Montgomery Blair Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Richard Montgomery Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Springbrook Wootton Whitman Watkins Mill Wheaton

Technical High Schools	Edison

Closed High Schools	Robert E. Peary Charles W. Woodward

Middle Schools	A. Mario Loiederman Argyle Benjamin Banneker Briggs Chaney Cabin John Col. E. Brooke Lee Earle B. Wood Eastern Forest Oak Francis Scott Key Gaithersburg Herbert Hoover John Poole John T. Baker Julius West Kingsview Lakelands Park Martin Luther King, Jr. Montgomery Village Neelsville Newport Mill North Bethesda Parkland Thomas W. Pyle Redland Ridgeview Robert Frost Roberto W. Clemente Rocky Hill Rosa M. Parks Shady Grove Silver Spring International Sligo Takoma Park Tilden Westland White Oak William Farquhar

Primary Schools	List of 131 Schools

Alternative Schools and Special Education	Alternative Programs Carl Sandburg Center Emory Grove Center Fleet Street Glenmont Hadley Farms Longview Mark Twain McKenney Hills Regional Institute For Children & Adolescents Rock Terrace Stephen Knolls

Montgomery County, Maryland High Schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

Zoned schools	Bethesda-Chevy Chase Montgomery Blair Blake Winston Churchill Clarksburg Damascus Albert Einstein Gaithersburg Walter Johnson John F. Kennedy Magruder Richard Montgomery Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Watkins Mill Wheaton Walt Whitman Thomas Sprigg Wootton

Magnet/Alternative schools	Thomas Edison High School of Technology

Charter schools?

Charter schools	??

Independent schools

Secular private	Barrie School Bullis School Georgetown Preparatory School German School Washington, D.C. Holton-Arms School Landon School Lycée Rochambeau Nora School

Religious	Academy of the Holy Cross Avalon School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Andrew's Episcopal School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

This list is incomplete.

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