Eisenhower High School (Yakima, Washington)

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D. D. Eisenhower High School
Established	1956
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Ms. Stacey Locke
Students	~2,064
Grades	9-12
Location	702 S. 40th Avenue, Yakima, Washington, USA
District	Yakima School District
Campus	Urban
Colors	Red, White and Blue
Athletics	cross-country, volleyball, soccer, swimming and diving, bowling, basketball, wrestling, track & field, baseball, fast pitch, tennis, football
Mascot	Cadets
Website	http://www.ysd.wednet.edu/Eisenhower/

D.D. Eisenhower High School in Yakima, Washington is a school named after U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower. It is one of four high schools in the Yakima School District with the others being Davis High School, Stanton Academy and O.I.C. Alternative. Students of Eisenhower and other schools refer to Eisenhower as Ike. Currently there are 2,064 Students attending Eisenhower.

Eisenhower High School is located on 40th Avenue in Yakima, Washington and was built in the 1950s. Two school bonds that called for renovation of Eisenhower were rejected In 2006 and 2005. The student body is over 2,000 and many people find it crowded due to its linear formulaic design. Classroom sizes are about 30 students.

1 Cross Country and Track and Field
2 Notable alumni
3 Notes
4 External links

[edit] Cross Country and Track and Field

The Eisenhower High School XC and Track and Field teams have been nothing short of legendary under head coach Phil English (Known affectionately as Mister) as well as a slew of assistant coaches, beautiful Robert Price, Arnie Tyler, Ray Menzia and Annette Menzia (Known affectionately as the Menzias), Von Steinhilb (Since retired), Rick Alderson, Wayne Tegen, Aleah and Eric Mickelson, and more recently, Brandon Hauver and Matt Keeler. Under the watchful eye of this renowned coaching staff, Eisenhower has dominated the since-changed Big-9 league since the 1990's, including, but not limited to, a 2000 State Championship Team in women's track and field, a 6 year undefeated streak in duel meets in track and field, multiple State Championships for the XC team, a Nationally Ranked XC team, as well as sending many of it's participants to D-I schools on full rides, including Notre Dame and Washington State University, and many other D-II scholarships. Eisenhower Cross Country is the host to the biggest Cross Country Meet in the Northwest, The Sunfair Invitational, as well as one of the bigger meets in the state, the Don-Holder Relays.

Eisenhower Cross Country has also been known to send it's world class runners to the Nike Nationals, the Iolani Invite in Hawaii, as well as all around the country. The Track and Field team has been good enough to be invited to the Arcadia Invitational in recent years, with gaining notoriety. ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]