Thomas Edison Preparatory School is a public school located in midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma serving students from the 6th grade to the 12th grade.It is a part of Tulsa public schools
Overview
The school was recently ranked by Newsweek as the #467 best high school in the nation. This ranking puts them #2 in Tulsa and #3 in Oklahoma. In 2005, 92 percent of Edison seniors graduated. Edison has more than 30 clubs and organizations for the estimated 2,220 students enrolled. The school recently became a "Program of Choice" (replacing the former program called Magnet Schools). The school offers a wide variety of classes including three foreign languages (French, Spanish, Chinese). They also offer classes that range from Music, Leadership, and Drama.
The school opened in 1956 on a 44-acre (180,000 m2) lot on 41st street between Harvard and Lewis.
Extracurricular Activity
Edison Preparatory has Extracurricular classes, like their Marching Band and their Choir, which semi consistently gets finals at contests such as Oologah and Bixby
Notable alumni
- Tom Adelson - State Senator
- Daniel Borochoff - Founder of CharityWatch
- Cindy Chupack - Screenwriter and film director, winner of three Golden Globes and two Emmys
- Larry Drake - Actor, multiple Emmy winner
- Mike Fanning - NFL Defensive Lineman, 10 Years Los Angeles Rams, Notre Dame '73 NCAA Football National Champions
- Bill Goldberg (born 1966), professional NFL football player, undefeated wrestler, and actor
- Jason Graae - American musical-theater actor
- Bill Hader - Actor/comedian
- Tom Hankins - basketball coach[1]
- William F. Martin - United States Deputy Secretary of Energy
- Kevin Pritchard - Basketball player, NBA President of Basketball Operations (Indiana Pacers)
- Carl Radle - bass guitarist for Derek and the Dominos
- Bill Raffensperger - Tulsa Sound musician, bassist for J. J. Cale[2]
- Nancy Riley - State Senator
- Susan Savage - Former mayor of Tulsa
- Phil Seymour - musician[3]
- Ted Shackelford - Actor
- Spencer Tillman - All-American running back (Oklahoma), TV Sports Analyst
- Jeanne Tripplehorn - Actress
- Dwight Twilley - musician[3]
- Marcia Mitchell - Co-Founder and first Executive Director for 40 years of The Little Lighthouse https://www.littlelighthouse.org/ and Author of Milestones & Miracles
References
- ^ "Tom Hankins - Men's Basketball Coach". University of Central Oklahoma Athletics.
- ^ Tim Stanley, "Publicity-shy rocker was one of the greats", Tulsa World, January 14, 2010.
- ^ a b Gene Triplett, "Tulsan Dwight Twilley records musical autobiography", The Oklahoman, September 30, 2011.
External links
- Edison Preparatory School Homepage
- Tulsa Public Schools Homepage
- Tulsa's Edison Foundation Homepage
- Edison Eagles Alumni Site
- Edison Eagles Class of 1981 Alumni Site
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