Schools
For 56 years, Edina boys swimming coach Art Downey has been running practices, bringing home championships, and teaching the value of gentility in the process.
His trademark horn-rimmed glasses allow him to focus on the thousands of gentlemen he’s helped create, not the tally of state championships won. The black spectacles allow him to make clear eye contact with each swimmer, not just the svelte ones. In his 56th season as head coach of the Edina swimming team, Art Downey has been molding boys into men... Read more
Urinetown cleans up, while upcoming productions of The Diviners and Burial at Thebes aim to show EHS theatre program’s serious side.
The Edina High School Thespians have a flair for the dramatic, and people are beginning to notice. Recently the high school theatre program was awarded 11 SpotLight Awards for its fall musical presentation of Urinetown: The Musical. These awards, presented by The Hennepin Theatre Trust, are given to productions and individuals for outstanding... Read more
