The Speech and Debate team of Edison Middle School were honored for their achievements during the 2024-25 competitive season. Seven members were inducted into the National Speech and Debate Association Honor Society for Middle Schoolers. To be inducted, students must have accumulated at least 25 NSDA competition points, competed in at least four tournaments and show leadership and skill in persuasive debate or competitive speech events. The seven students pictured all competed at the OSDA State Middle School tournament held in February at Wooster High School. Two of the students were honored for having advanced to the final round at the State Tournament: Austin Warren, finalist in Congressional Debate and Kasen Proctor, 6th place in Interpretation. Kasen will compete at the National Speech and Debate competition in Des Moines, Iowa in mid-June, EMS's first national competitor in speech. (In 2017 EMS qualified two policy debate teams at the Middle School level. That year the team of Aidan Anderson and Otto Berckmueller placed 13th in the nation in policy debate!)

Last night the Edison Robotics Team competed in the Sandusky Bay Robotics League Tournament.  Our 2 teams, Project Vex, team members, Keegan Dingle, and Jacob Kuhl, worked in an alliance with Control+Alt+Defeat, team members Lizzie Campbell, Mary Moon, and Rozeta Gevorgyan.  Our alliance team displayed great teamwork skills winning in the first round of the tournament 18-15, in a hotly contested match.  Unfortunately, the team fell in the next round 26-14.  The Robotics team  will finish our regular season this weekend in Brecksville.

One of our foreign exchange students presented about her country, Armenia, to the Rotary Club.  Thank you, Rozeta, for sharing your culture!

The Berlin Heights Kiwanis are pleased to announce Ingrid Berckmueller is the February Student of the Month at Edison High School.

Ingrid has been chosen for her contributions to Edison High School and the Berlin Heights and Milan communities.  Ingrid’s school activities:  Class President; Student Council; Interact Club Officer; Speech & Debate (national alternate, state competitor in poetry); Mock Trial (attorney and witness); National Honor Society Treasurer; French Club President; French Honor Society; currently working on obtaining her bi-literacy seal in French; Soccer (All-Star, District 2nd Team, Charger Award recipient); track (regional competitor, highest point scorer for girls team, coach’s award recipient); Buckeye Girls’ State; honor roll; President’s Award of Academic Excellence recipient; State Trooper Program member; and 4-H (champion beekeeper, state competitor, outstanding national resource exhibitor).

Ingrid plans to study biology and history with a minor in French at Washington and Lee University.  She also plans to attend graduate school to purse a law degree. Ingrid would like to work overseas in France or a French-speaking African region helping young women and children in less fortunate areas of life either through her profession or volunteering. Ingrid is the daughter of Fritz and Bethany Berckmueller of Milan, Ohio.

Power of the Pen, the 7th and 8th grade creative writing team, competed against 18 other schools at the District Competition in Tiffin on Saturday. The 7th-grade team placed 2nd overall, with Josie Rockwell finishing in 8th place, Maddie Moon in 6th, and Kase Proctor in 4th.For the 8th-grade team, Clara Ward placed 10th, and Ava Pennell earned 4th place. Many of the team members will advance to Regionals in March. Good job Chargers!

The Berlin Heights Kiwanis are pleased to announce Rory Conrad is the January Student of the Month at Edison High School.

Rory has been chosen for her contributions to Edison High School and the Berlin Heights and Milan communities.  Rory’s activities:  Speech & Debate Club President (state qualifier 2023 and 2024, national qualifier 2024); Student Council Secretary; Drama Club (event planner, drama council and thespian); National Honor Society; Mock Trial; Writing Club (state qualifier 2024); Spanish Honor Society; Key Club; Interact Club; bowling team captain (2nd Team All-SBC 2023 and 2024 and first ever 4-year female letterman); cross country (varsity alternate 2023); youth group worship team at The Chapel; DaySpring mission trips to Mexico every summer.

Rory will be attending The Ohio State University majoring in Physics.  She then hopes to secure a job at a university or NASA to conduct research and work with particle accelerators.   Rory is the daughter of Charles and Tricia Conrad of Norwalk, Ohio.