Episcopal High School (Baton Rouge, Louisiana)

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Episcopal High School is a private, coeducational day school in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founded in 1965, it has approximately 1,060 students residing in East Baton Rouge Parish and surrounding areas, and has a student/teacher ratio of 11:1. The school serves students in grades PK-12. Episcopal is located on a scenic 50-acre campus located in the southeastern section of Baton Rouge, Louisiana. The school's mascot is the Knight, and school colors are blue, gold, and white. Episcopal is the only school in Baton Rouge affiliated with the National Association of Independent Schools and is a member of the National Association of Episcopal Schools. The current Head of School is Deborah Kay Betts, who was appointed in 2005. Episcopal High School is an independent school that is fiscally self-sufficient. Episcopal receives no funds from the Episcopal Diocese of Louisiana, solely relying on funds generated from tuition, fees, capital giving, and the Annual Fund, a yearly fund-rasing program in which all donations made are used for investment in school plans and facilities. The current administrative team consists of division heads for the Lower School (Cheryl Ollmann), Middle School (Lucy Smith), and Upper School (David Zielinski).

Contents 1 History 2 Facilities 3 Mission Statement 4 Notable Alumni 5 Sports 6 External link

[edit] History

Episcopal High School was founded in 1965 with intentions of bringing an Episcopalian college preparatory school to Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Founding members of the school include G. Allen Penniman, Henry Klock, Dick H. Hearin, and A. C. Lewis. Originally on the site of St. James Episcopal Church of Baton Rouge located in Baton Rouge, Episcopal served students in grades 8-12. Later moving to its current campus loc ated at 3200 Woodland Ridge Blvd., the school expanded to grades 5-12, on to 1-12, and K-12 in 1995.

[edit] Facilities

Facilities at Episcopal include the Visual and Performing Arts Center, the Middle School building, a science building, the Lower School and Greer Center for the Performing Arts, the Kindergarten building, large classroom buildings, a chapel, and a dining hall. Episcopal also has computer and writing labs, as well as computers with Internet access in each classroom. The main library was renovated in 2000 in order to make it the technological hub of the campus, servicing a network of Dell computers and a wireless network accessible anywhere on campus. A second, newly renovated library serves Episcopal's Lower School students. Athletic facilities include two gymnasiums, a weight room, a football stadium, soccer fields, a softball field, an all-weather track, a heated swimming pool, five tennis courts, and a baseball complex. Some of the buildings on campus were designed by renowned Louisiana architect A. Hays Town.

[edit] Mission Statement

The Episcopal Mission Statement is the "core value" in which all Episcopal students are expected to hold — both in school and out of school — which helps keep the school environment conductive to learning and to the development of honest, alert, intellectually curious, and academically disciplined students.

The Mission Statement is as follows:

The mission of Episcopal High School as a Church school is to nurture and develop students who benefit from and contribute to, an academically challenging college preparatory education through courses and activities which develop the whole person - spiritually, intellectually, morally, and physically.

..

[edit] Notable Alumni

• Will Wright -- '76, co-founder of the American game development company Maxis and creator of The Sims.
• Todd Graves -- founder of the Louisiana-based fast-food chain Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers.
• Jimmy Williams -- sensational student-athelete. Currently plays for the Seattle Seahawks
• Stuart Skinner -- master shelf builder/bike rider
• Cade "Al" Saizan -- Blocked punt in high school football game.
• Blair "Cade Killer" Edrington -- Once STUFFED a layup by fabled EHSIBL star Cade "Al" Saizan

[edit] Sports

Girls Cross Country has won states 2 years in a row. They are class 2A. Boys Cross Country has won 10 years in a row. They are class 2A. Also the high school baseball team won the 2004 state championship. And the '06-'07 football team finished the season 8-2. The Volleyball team has one the state championship for two consecutive years, 05'-06' and 06'-07'

• EHSIBL -- Fabled basketball leauge started by members of the Class of 2002. Still plays games to this date.

[edit] External link

• Episcopal - Baton Rouge - The school's official website.