EDISON PREPARATORY SCHOOL

'Thomas Edison Preparatory School' is a public school located in midtown Tulsa, Oklahoma serving students from the sixth grade to the twelfth grade.

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Overview

Notable Alumni

External links

Overview

The school was recently ranked by Newsweek magazine as the #562 best school in the nation. This ranking puts them #2 in Tulsa (following #75 Booker T. Washington High School) and #4 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 several foreign languages (French, German, Latin, Russian, Spanish, and American Sign Language). They also offer classes that range from TV Production to Web Design to Teen Law.
The school opened in 1954 on a 44-acre lot on 41st Street in between Harvard and Lewis.

Notable Alumni

★ Larry Drake - Actor, multiple Emmy winner

★ Bill Goldberg - Professional wrestler, Actor

★ Ted Shackelford - Actor

★ Spencer Tillman - All-American Running Back (Oklahoma), TV Sports Analyst

★ Jeanne Tripplehorn - Actress

★ Julia Wolov - Comedian, Actress

★ Tom Adelson - State Senator

★ Nancy Riley - State Senator

★ Paula (Duncan) Nongard - Author and writer. Class of 1988.

★ Kevin Pritchard - Basketball player, NBA general manager (Portland Trailblazers)

★ Susan Savage - Past mayor of Tulsa

★ Kathy Keating - Former First Lady of Oklahoma

External links

★ Edison Preparatory School Homepage

★ Tulsa Public Schools Homepage

★ Edison Eagles Alumni Site