East Bay High School

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East Bay Senior High School was originally chartered in 1959 on Big Bend Road in Gibsonton, Florida. The school's current facility was established in 1971, on a new campus adjacent to the right of the old one. Its former campus is now the campus of Eisenhower Middle School.

1 General Information
2 Mascot, motto, and colors
3 References
4 External link

[edit] General Information

East Bay High School is located in Gibsonton. Its location is in the center of a rapidly developing region, attracting students from Balm, Riverview, Ruskin, Wimauma, and many other neighboring towns.^{[citation needed]}

The school is known to easily surpass its 1,700 student capacity on a regular basis. In the 2005-2006 school year, the school held around 2,300 students. Even with the opening of two new high schools--Spoto and Earl J. Lennard--in 2006, the school remains crowded at its maximum capacity of 1,700.^{[citation needed]}

The current principal for the 2006 school year is Sharon Morris, former Assistant Principal.

[edit] Mascot, motto, and colors

The school's mascot and football team is the "Fighting Indian". The campus is adorned with many Native American-related Senior Class projects, most notably the full-sized wall paintings of the gymnasium and the statue in front of the auditorium. The logo of the school, prior to 2006, was the the head of a Native American. The current logo is a spearhead with the initials "EB" within it.^[1]

The school colors are crimson red and gray, with alternate colors of white and black also appearing on team shirts and signs.^[1]

The school motto is "Aiming for Excellence".^[1]