Enid High School

Enid High School
Location
600 W. Wabash
Enid, Oklahoma, 73701
United States of America
Information
Type Public school
Established 1884
Principal Jim Beierschmitt
Grades 9-12
Number of students 1700
Color(s) Blue and white          
Mascot Plainsmen
Yearbook 'The Quill'
Website [1]

Enid High School (EHS) is a public secondary school in Enid, Oklahoma operated by the Enid Public Schools school district. With a student body of about 1,700 in grades 9-12, Enid High School has about a 65 percent matriculation rate. Some graduates continue their education in-state at University of Oklahoma, Oklahoma State University, at one of the many other schools in Oklahoma, or in recent years West Point, Princeton University, Trinity University (Texas), and Yale University.

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History

EHS began as a tent school shortly after the land run in 1893, operating out of various locations throughout Enid including an opera house and a Baptist church. Between 1906 and 1912 classes took place in the long-demolished "old" Lincoln school at 600 North Independence.[1] By February 1912, the high school's current building was constructed. It became accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools in 1911, and holds the distinction of being the second Oklahoma high school to be accredited by the organization.[2] Enid High operated in a segregated school district from 1896 to 1959 with black children attending Booker T. Washington, Douglass, and George Washington Carver Schools.[3]

In 1943, a fire broke out, damaging the building. From 1943 to 1948, classes were held at Emerson and Longfellow Junior High Schools, displacing the seventh graders, who remained at their respective elementary schools.[2] The school finished restoration in 1948, added a gym in 1950, auditorium in 1953, music building in 1991, and a large food court in 2005 to accommodate a new closed campus policy. During these times several new class rooms were also added. The building did not have air conditioning until a bond was passed in 1997.[2]

Athletics and Clubs

Enid High School has several athletic programs including: baseball, boys and girls basketball, football (soccer), wrestling, tennis, swimming, softball, volleyball, academic team, bowling teams and the American football team.

The basketball, wrestling, and volleyball programs played in historic Mark Price Arena until March 23, 2008, when athletic director, Bill Mayberry, made the decision to move the home games and events to the athletic village on NOC Enid campus, due to the deteriorating condition of the arena. The Plainsmen American football and football (soccer) programs play in one of the oldest stadiums in the state, D. Bruce Selby Stadium.

Awards

Alumni

See also

References

  1. ^ Garfield County Oklahoma 1907-1982 Volume 2, Garfield County Historical Society, pg 1032-1034
  2. ^ a b c http://www.enidhighalumni.org/ehs_history.htm
  3. ^ Garfield County Oklahoma 1907-1982 Volume 2, Garfield County Historical Society, pg 1027
  4. ^ http://www.bigblueband.net/bandindex.html
  5. ^ a b http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/P/PR013.html
  6. ^ a b c d e f http://www.plainsmenfootball.com/enid-alumni.html
  7. ^ http://www.okhistory.org/shpo/architsurveys/SouthernHeights&EastParkPt2.pdf
  8. ^ http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/J/JA007.html
  9. ^ http://digital.library.okstate.edu/encyclopedia/entries/G/GA014.html

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