Edwardsville High School

Edwardsville Senior High School is a public high school located in Edwardsville, Illinois.

Edwardsville High School
Address
6161 Center Grove Road

Edwardsville
,
Illinois
62025

United States
Coordinates38.78913°N 89.975567°W / 38.78913; -89.975567
Information
School typePublic Secondary
Opened1997 (current building)
School districtDistrict 7
SuperintendentDr. Patrick Shelton
PrincipalDr. Steve Stuart [1]
Teaching staff122.00 (FTE)[2]
Grades9–12
Gendercoed
Enrollment2,353 (2020-21)[2]
Student to teacher ratio18.27[2]
Campussuburban
Color(s)  orange
  black
Fight song"Go Tigers"
Athletics conferenceSouthwestern Conference
MascotTiger
NewspaperTiger Times (online), The Claw (print)
YearbookThe Tiger
Websiteecusd7.org/ehs

History

Edwardsville High School was first located on North Kansas Street in downtown Edwardsville. Due to the expansion of the town, a new high school was commissioned in 1921. Today, the first building is Columbus Elementary School. The second Edwardsville High School was completed in 1925, on 145 West Street. Rather than rebuild a bigger school, it was expanded over the years to meet the demands of the growing school district.

In 1993, Edwardsville High school was unable to be expanded any longer, and a motion was passed to turn the old High School into a middle school, and build a new state of the art High School at 6161 Center Grove Road.[3] The current Edwardsville High School complex was completed in 1996 by the Korte Company and began regular use in 1997[4]

Features

Edwardsville High School's Chuck Fruit aquatic center is home to the only Olympic size swimming pool in the Metro East[5]

Incidents

The school has been the target of several bomb and shooting threats, most notably in 2004,[6] 2010,[7] 2014,[8] and 2018.[9]

In November 2019, several fights broke out due to racial posts on Snapchat.[10]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Faculty and Staff".
  2. "Edwardsville High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  3. "About". Edwardsville Community District 7 Schools. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  4. "Edwardsville High School | The Korte Company". 13 March 2018.
  5. "Chuck Fruit Aquatic Center". Great Rivers & Routes. Retrieved 2023-08-06.
  6. Wilkinson, Krista (2004-05-20). "EHS student faces charges". The Edwardsville Intelligencer. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  7. Hillig, Terry. "Edwardsville student charged after alleged bomb threat". STLtoday.com. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  8. "Police investigating bomb threat made from Edwardsville". Alton Telegraph. 2014-12-02. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  9. "Edwardsville High School evacuated after written threat". FOX 2. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2021-10-08.
  10. Edwardsville High School officials speak out after fights erupt due to racist posts, retrieved 2021-10-08
  11. Freeney, Brent. "Edwardsville's A.J. Epenesa plays Saturday on NBC in Army All American Bowl all-star football game". River Bender. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  12. "A.J. Epenesa Stats | Pro-Football-Reference.com". Pro-Football-Reference.com.
  13. ""That's my little girl"". 16 May 2013.
  14. "Barb Honchak | UFC". 14 September 2018.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.