Edina » Events/Festivals http://mncommunitynews.com/edina Real Estate News and Information for the Edina Community Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:35:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Edina Education http://mncommunitynews.com/edina/2008/04/16/edina-education/ http://mncommunitynews.com/edina/2008/04/16/edina-education/#comments Wed, 16 Apr 2008 16:35:39 +0000 admin http://mncommunitynews.com/edina/2008/04/16/edina-education/ Edina High School has been often listed in the top 1 to 100 schools in the United States in academics (most recently in Newsweek, 2007[10]), the top 10 in sports (number 8 in a Sports Illustrated review of over 30,000 schools), the top 15 in debate, the top 40 in music, national awards in writing, and so on. A recent study showed that 100% of EHS students graduate, that 96% of EHS grads go to college and that 85% of Edina High School graduates completed college within 5 yrs after high school graduation. A recent follow-up study showed that ten years after graduation from Edina High School 46% of EHS graduates had obtained advanced postgraduate degrees or were pursuing graduate degrees at the time of the study. The elementary and junior high schools have won many national and state excellence awards. French immersion programs are offered there starting in kindergarten. The high school offers six years of French and Spanish, five years of Latin, Russian, and German, four of Japanese, and three of Chinese and American Sign Language.

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