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| Today's East High School
East High School, Memphis, Tennessee |
Some information about East High School in
the
present time.
Another good source of current information about East High is our
East In the
News section, our At the school listing, our History
Section, and the school's web site.
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| Academics | Building and Campus |
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2009 Report Card on Schools Released
November 3, 2009 - The Tennessee Department of Education released its annual "report card" on schools
showing the latest standardized test averages. Methods and baseline
years have been changed, making comparison to previous years' reports
difficult or impossible. However, the score The East High Alumni Page
finds important is one that does not change methods often, the ACT. For
those East High students taking the ACT in 2008-2009, the average
composite ACT score was 17.07. While that score is up from last year's 16.72,
it is significantly below the state average. It also is approximately
equivalent to a pre-1989 ACT score of 13.07. White Station High
School, often cited as the best academic high school in the Memphis
City School system in the present era, achieved a 2009 composite ACT
score of 23.71. You may view the 2009 Report Card figures about our
school by searching for "East High" in the form at the Tennessee Department of Education web site. Below is information previously posted about academics at East High. East High remains on "target" list of schools not meeting benchmarks. In the initial report posted here yesterday, it was indicated
that it was unknown if East was on the target list since that list was
unavailable. It was further speculated that since East did not move
back to the high priorty listing, it might also free itself from the
targeted school list since if it had failed in the same categories as
it previously did it would have qualified as high priority. The
Tennessee Department of Education does not publish the list of targeted
schools because it does not wish those schools to be labeled as
failing. However, the list was made available through a public records
request and therefore we were today able to somewhat clarify the
situation regarding East High. East Fails to maintain progress
in 2008 Also
see these documents: The
current principal of East High School is Mr. Fred Curry.
He assumed the
top administrative position at the school for the 2005-2006 school
year. As of August, 2007, the school known as East High became, for the first time in its history, only a high school. There is no middle school, or junior high, on campus. East High has only classes for grades 9 through 12. Grade 8 was eliminated after the 2006-2007 school year, grade 7 was moved the previous year. Elementary classes were discontinued after the 1984-1985 school year. East High is the location for the school system's optional school program for college preparatory classes in health sciences, engineering, and allied health. In
January, 1999, East High School was chosen as one of New American High Schools
are selected to participate in a program with the goal of fully
preparing students to meet the challenges of a changing technological
and global economy. These schools expose students to information about
careers while adhering to challenging academic standards. They help
students acquire the communications, problem-solving, computer and
technical skills Information about East's selection as a New American High School and the program itself is from The United States Department of Education. More information about the selection of East is available from the East In the News section of The East High Alumni Page. For more information on the New American High School program itself, visit the U.S. Department of Education's NAHS web page
November 10, 2008 - The
2008 "report card"
on schools was released and despite some slippage, East is removed from the state's "high priority" list. November 3, 2007 - The 2007 "report card" on schools was released November 2, 2007. See the data about East High at the Tennessee Department of Education web site. Use the tabs near the top of that page to see the various sections of data. August 6, 2007 - State Recognizes improvement at East High. See our In the News ... section.
July 31, 2007 - Tennessee Department of Education intervenes in the running of 17 Memphis City Schools, including East High School. See our report and the State's directives. 2005 Annual Yearly Progress evaluation indicates failure to meet standards. Read more... Dept.of Education Year 2004 Report Card on East High - click here |
Fenced in? A new
fence was observed in the spring of 2008. Since
part of the campus is also used by the Parks Division of the City of
Memphis, it was not immediately known if the fence was erected by the
Parks
Department or by the school system. The green hurricane fence
extends along the southern edge of the campus between the athletic
fields and Poplar Avenue. There is no corresponding fence on the Walnut
Grove Road side of the campus. There is an entry at the west end of the
campus and one can walk around the end of the gate on the east side to
access the athletic fields and the Sportplex park. August 1, 2007 - Today's East
High looks
quite a bit different inside than the old East High after a $12.8
million renovation. Take a photo tour with the Mustang Roundup - Alumni Edition. There are two
schools on the East High Campus today: East High School
and the East Career and Technology Center. The career and technology
center had its beginnings with the construction of a vo-tech building
in 1976. An additional building was added for the optional school
programs (health sciences and engineering) in 1984. In 2006,
these two buildings became part of a separate school from East High and
the optional school programs were moved to the main building. The new
buildings were placed on the highest point on the campus where
some elementary classes had recess and several trees were removed to
make way for the buildings. In
1999, the Memphis Park Commission and City Schools completed a joint
project to make the athletic fields area of campus the East High
Sportplex. It features a 3/4 mile fitness trail, the school's 4 Lane
400m track, 2 soccer fields, 1 football/soccer
field,
2 baseball/softball fields, and a playground. See our "In the news ..."
section for more details.About 1960, a senior high Physical Education dressing room was added to the school. It was used almost exclusively for senior high boys athletic programs. In 1954, the auditorium was completed and opened. It had been removed from the original construction plans to save money. The auditorium was extensively remodeled in 2007. "The annex," a 1951 addition to the school to provide additional classrooms to alleviate overcrowding was used for classes until the mid 1980s and then was used for offices and storage. In 2003, in association with a mold scare, it was demolished. For more information about the building(s) and campus, please see our history page and our In the news ... section. Also for selected current events, see our At the school listing. |
| And in sports: 2009-2010 Baseball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Mar 15 Whitehaven East 3:30 Mar 16 Mitchell East 4:00 Mar 17 Overton Halle Stadium 3:30 Mar 19 Trezevant East 3:30 Mar 22 Whitehaven Whitehaven 3:30 Mar 23 Melrose East 3:30 Mar 24 Craigmont East 3:30 Mar 25 Craigmont Craigmont 3:30 Mar 26 Ridgeway Ridgeway 1:00 Mar 29 Overton East 1:00 Mar 30 Manassas Manassas 3:30 Apr 5 Northside East 3:30 Apr 6 Wooddale East 3:30 Apr 7 Central East 3:30 Apr 8 Northside East 3:30 Apr 9 Hamilton Jesse Turner Field 3:30 Apr 13 Hamilton East 3:30 Apr 14 Wooddale Wooddale 4:00 Apr 15 Kirby Kirby 3:30 Apr 16 Trezevant Trezevant 3:30 Apr 19 Ridgeway East 4:00 Apr 20 Central Tobey Field 4:00 Apr 21 White Station* White Station 2:45 Apr 22 Kirby East 3:30 *Denote a doubleheader. | 2009-2010 Softball Schedule Date Opponent Location Time Mar 15 Hamilton East 3:30 Mar 17 Mitchell East 3:30 Mar 19 Wooddale East 3:30 Mar 23 White Station White Station 3:30 Mar 24 Melrose East 3:30 Apr 7 Central East 3:30 Apr 12 Whitehaven Whitehaven 3:30 2009-2010 Boys' & Girls' Track Schedule Date Opponents Location Time Mar 18 BTW White Station,Middle College Crump 3:00 Mar 23 Melrose, White Station Fairgrounds 3:00 Apr 3-4 Tr-State Invitational Fairgrounds 3:00 Apr 6 Cordova, Kingsbury, Overton Halle 3:00 Apr 13 Central, Sheffield Crump 3:00 Apr 22 Kingsbury, Carver, Northside Halle 3:00 Apr 23 Scratch Meeting MIAA Office 3:00 Apr 26 League Preliminaries Fairgrounds 3:00 Apr 27 League Finals Fairgrounds 3:00 Apr 29 City Championship (Field Events) Halle 3:00 May 1 Running Finals Fairgrounds 2:00 May 10 AAA Pentathlon Houston May 17,18,22 AAA Sevtional Fairgrounds May 26-28 TSSAA State Meet Murfreesboro, TN |
| Sports Championships: State |
Know when East was Champ?
The athletic director at East High is attempting to identify
championships won by East High athletic teams and individuals during
its history. If you were a member, or coached, a championship team, let
us know and we will compile a list and forward it to the athletic
director. District, City, Regional, State* and other championships are
welcome and information as to the sport (i.e. women's track), level
(senior/junior high), and year of championship is needed. You may
e-mail the information to editor@EastHigh.org. * We are aware of the TSSAA state championship listings. |