Eureka High School (Missouri)

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Location
Eureka High School
Eureka, MO, United States
Information
Principal	Dr. Kevin Keltner
Assistant Principals	Dan Thoman Deborah Asher Ray Longi Karen Francis Marty O'Hern
Students	1600
Type	Public school
Grades	9th - 12th
Mascot	Wildcat
Established	1908
Homepage	http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/eurekahs/

Eureka High School, located in Eureka, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.

1 Student Body
2 Activities

[edit] Student Body

Eureka has a student body that usually numbers over a thousand students. Most students are from Wildwood Middle School or LaSalle Springs Middle School.

[edit] Activities

In the way of sports, Eureka has teams for:

Boys' and girls' basketball
Boys' and girls' cross-country
Boys' and girls' golf
Boys' and girls' lacrosse
Boys' and girls' swimming
Boys' and girls' track
Boys' and girls' volleyball
Boys' and girls' tennis
Boys' and girls' soccer
Boys' and girls' swimming and diving
Rugby
Baseball
Wrestling
Water polo
Freshman, junior varsity, and varsity football

Eureka also has the following activities:

140-member marching band (The "Wildcat Pride Marching Band," won sweepstakes in 2004 for their show "Stormworks." Won best percussion is 2006.)
Color guard to perform with the marching band, as well as a winter guard.
Large open concert band, took "I", "I-", and "II" ratings at the State Band Festival in 2006.
Selective symphonic band, scored three perfect "I+s" at the State Band Festival in 2006.
A curricular jazz lab band as well as an extracurricular jazz band/big band.
Chamber, Concert, and Symphonic Orchestras.
Mixed, Mixed Chamber, Treble, and Treble Chamber Choirs, as well as a Concert Chorale and a Show Choir. ("Onstage!")
Junior varsity and varsity pom/dance squads ("Goldenline") (Won state in 2007.)
Freshman, junior varsity, and varsity cheerleading squads (Won state in 2005.)
A quiz bowl team
A debate team
An International Club
A Yoga Club
A Photography Club
A Renaissance Committee
A theater company, ("etc...") winning regional awards from the CAPPIES for their 2005 run of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. Their 2006 and 2007 musicals were, respectively, "Thoroughly Modern Millie", and "My Fair Lady".
Many variously-themed clubs and student bodies.

[edit] Academics

In 2004, Newsweek named Eureka one of the most challenging High Schools in the country. ^[1] Time also listed Eureka among its top 1000 high schools. ^[2]