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Excellentia Sacrificium Poscit
."Excellence demands sacrifice."
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| Edmondson Building , 501 Athol Ave. Baltimore, Maryland 21229 |
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| School type | Public, Magnet, Vocational-technical |
| Established | 1955 |
| School district | Baltimore City Public School System |
| Superintendent | Dr. Andres Alonso, CEO |
| School number | 400 |
| Principal | Patricia Lowe-Gould |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,027 [1] (2011) |
| Language | English |
| Area | Urban |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Mascot | Redskins (1955 - 2002) Redstorms (2002-present) |
| Team name | Redstorms |
| Website | www.baltimorecityschools.org/400 |
Edmondson-Westside High School is a public high school and trade school in Baltimore, Maryland. It is located in the southwest section of the city in the area known as Edmondson Village. The school is made up of two buildings, the Edmondson Building (located on Athol Avenue) which is used primarily for Academic Studies, and the Westside Building (located on Edmondson Avenue) which is used for Vocational and Technical Studies such as Culinary Arts, Child Care, Automotive, Media Technology, Computer Programming and Nursing. The Edmondson building opened in September 1955 and the Westside Building opened up in September 1980 to expand the school.
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Edmondson's Redstorms (formerly known as Redskins) hold many athletic championships around the city. In the 2006-2007 academic year, their varsity football team were the 2A State Champions[2] and the varsity wrestling team were the city champions.
The Edmondson "Red Skins" teams of the 1960's dominated the Maryland high school sports scene with the football team being the undefeated Maryland Scholastic Association State champs from 1963 to 1968.
Graduates of those teams won scholarships to many prestigious schools such as the Naval Academy, WestPoint and The Penn State University.
While the football team enjoyed their undefeated win streak, other sports such as basketball and swimming won State championship after championship.
Edmondson’s lacrosse program under the direction of Auggie Waibel and Lon Russ, fielded one of the first integrated high school Lacrosse teams in the nation. The teams received many honors and many of the black youth were recruited to play at the college level where they did well.
The class of 2002 was the last to graduate that had used the Redskins as the school mascot. That class is often nicknamed "The Last of the Redskins."
George E.Felder Ret.USAF;All-MSA Football,Wretling,Lacrosse:class of 72