| East Aurora High School | |
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| http://www.d131.org/images/header_schoolbuild.jpg | |
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| 779 5th Ave Aurora, Illinois, 60505 United States |
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| School type | Public Secondary |
| Opened | 1917 |
| School district | East Aurora District 131 |
| Superintendent | Jerome Roberts[1] |
| CEEB Code | 140170 |
| Principal | Sheila Conrad[2] |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Gender | coed |
| Enrollment | ~ 3, 135 |
| Average class size | 28.1[3] |
| Campus | suburban |
| School Colour(s) | red black |
| Athletics conference | Upstate Eight |
| Mascot | Tomcat |
| Nickname | The Fighting Tomcats |
| Average ACT scores | 16.3[3] |
| Newspaper | 'The Auroran' |
| Yearbook | 'Speculum' |
| Website | http://www.d131.org/easthigh.asp |
East Aurora High School, or EAHS, is a public four-year high school located in Kane County, at the corner of Smith Boulevard and Fifth Avenue in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the sole high school in East Aurora Public School District 131. East Aurora High School also exists in East Aurora, New York.
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East Aurora High School is located in Aurora, IL. Aurora is a city of approximately 200,000 residents on the Fox River Valley.
District 131 has the distinction of being the “first” school district in Illinois, becoming a charter district April 30, 1847. The district was recognized by the State in 1851. There are 73% Hispanic 14% African American 12% caucasian 1% Asian/American/Indian/Other
There are Honors and Advanced Placement classes offered in one or more of the following: Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies & Fine Arts.
In 2005, East Aurora had an average composite ACT score of 16.6 and graduated 75.5% of its senior class. The average class size is 17.3. East Aurora has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act.[4]
The staff is 178 teachers, of whom 60% hold an advanced degree.[5]
East Aurora has 23 athletic teams, of 11 boys and 12 girls teams, which compete in the Upstate Eight Conference and Illinois High School Association. East Aurora's mascot is the Tomcat. Teams include football, tennis, badminton, baseball, softball, bowling, volleyball, track and field, basketball,soccer and cheerleading.
East Aurora offers dozens of opportunities for students participation in extracurricular activities. Activities include drama, Speculum (yearbook),The Auroran(school paper), and family focus. Approximately 250 semester courses by eight major departments are taught at East Aurora.
The school also offers a wide spectrum of clubs and organizations, included are: Literary Magazine, GSA (Gay Straight Alliance), NHS (National Honor Society), GHS (German Honor Society), Street Films, Music Club, Art Club, FCCLA, DECA and many more.
East Aurora is also known for its involvement in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or NJROTC. The high school boasts more than six hundred in the program. Students elect to exchange their required physical education credits for credit in the federally funded program, which focuses on instruction in citizenship, personal discipline and leadership skills as well as regular physical training and exercise. The unit is headed by Lieutenant Commander Darryl Person, USN retired, and his staff of five instructors.
From among the students that are involved in the program, there is chain of command, much like there would be in the actual United States Navy. The highest leadership role had been Commander. There is only one in the entire regiment and a new one is selected each school year by the five instructors (YN1 Lachowicz, MCPO Mrnak, MCPO Allen, Chief Farmer, Chief Fayfar, Chief Meadows) based on involvement in the program and leadership potential. The student chosen to be commander wears five gold bars on his or her right collar. Due to an increase student enrollment in the program, the rank has changed in 2004 to be that of captain, which means the student selected wears six gold bars on his or her right collar.
East Aurora's NJROTC has been the Area 3-Wast Champions for the past several years. Upon this achievement, East Aurora has gone to Navy Nationals held in NAS Pensacola, FL for the past seven years. East Aurora has won many honors including, Distinguished Unit, 2006 National Color Guard Champions and many more. The East Aurora NJROTC Rifle Team (led by Chief Fayfar) has also had very successful years traveling and competing in Colorado, Tennessee, and Navy nationals Ohio in 2009.
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