Eagle High School

Eagle High School is a four-year public secondary school in Eagle, Idaho, a suburb northwest of Boise. EHS opened 21 years ago in August 1995, the third of five traditional high schools in the West Ada School District. The school colors are hunter green and silver, and its mascot is a mustang. Eagle's enrollment in 2012 is approximately 1,500.^[4]

Awards & Accomplishments

In 2006 the Eagle High School Broadcasting program, overseen by Jim Seaney and ran by Nigel Goodwin, won a national high school division emmy for public service announcements they did on Teen Dating Violence.^[5]

In 1996, Eagle High School choirs began to populate the school's trophy cabinet under the direction of R. John Hamilton. Notable achievements that year include the Sweepstakes (all-division) award for the varsity women's jazz choir and a first place division award for the varsity jazz choir at the historic Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival at the University of Idaho, Moscow.

Starting in 2003, with the hiring of Seth McMullen (former Idaho ACDA president) as choral director, the Eagle High School choral union has become a powerhouse and received awards and commendations for excellence at local and regional choral festivals, including invitations to perform at the Idaho Music Educator Association's 2004 state conference, and the 2008 ACDA NW Conference in Vancouver, BC.

Under the direction of Deeann Orchard, starting in 2005, the Eagle High School Orchestra has experienced many accomplishments, including many notable trips. First of which was their trip to Anaheim, California in the 2010, in which the orchestra got first place under their division at Heritage Festival after performing at Fullerton College. After their performance they were allowed to apply to visit and perform at Carnegie Hall, as part of the 2011 National Invitational Bands & Orchestra Festival.^[6] Eagle was one of the 17 high schools allowed to go and play at Carnegie hall out of the 500 that applied. Finally in 2012, the Eagle High School Orchestra competed at the Heritage Festival in Anaheim, California, and won first place along with other awards.

Eagle High School's award winning band program has doubled in enrollment since the arrival of director T.J. Eriksen in the fall of 2008. The EHS Band program offers four academic ensembles including Varsity Marching/Symphonic band, Varsity Jazz Band (Eagle High School Jazz Orchestra), Concert Band, and Jazz band II. In the spring of 2012 the Eagle High School Varsity Jazz Band was invited to perform at the Idaho Music Education Association conference in Coeur d'Alene. The following fall The Eagle High School Thundering Mustang Band was featured in a performance with the Boise Philharmonic. The Thundering Mustang Band has won many division titles and captions at regional marching competitions. Through a local grant, the EHS band program has had the pleasure of having the musicians from the Boise Philharmonic woodwind quintet and brass quintet in the classroom for sectionals, side by side rehearsals, and performances twice a year since 2010. In support of creating new music, the EHS band program has commissioned four original works since 2009.

In 2011, The Eagle High Drama Class won State Championship under the direction of Tracy Harrison.

In 2010 and 2011, the Eagle High Speech and Debate Team won State debate.

Athletics

Eagle competes in athletics in IHSAA Class 5A, the largest schools in the state. EHS is a member of the Southern Idaho Conference (5A) (SIC), the state's largest and most competitive conference.

State titles

Boys

• Football (3): fall 1998 (4A), 2001, 2009^[7]
• Wrestling (4): 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005^[8]
• Baseball (2): 2003, 2011^[9]
• Golf (4): 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012^[10]
• Cross Country (1): 2010^[11]
• Track and Field (6): 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2008, 2010^[12]

Girls

• Soccer (2): fall 2004, 2005^[13]
• Volleyball (5): fall 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009^[13]
• Softball (5): 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008^[14]
• Golf (1): 2003^[15]
• Track and Field (5): 1997, 2002, 2009, 2010, 2013^[16][17]
• Cheer (3): Coed 2005, All-Girl 2006, 2008

In 2006, Eagle High School became the first high school in Idaho to install an artificial turf football field on its campus.^[18] The project cost $500,000 and was funded entirely by donations, half of which was raised by the Eagle High Booster Club.

Notable alumni

• Luke Barats, member of the Spokane-based sketch comedy duo Barats and Bereta
• Erik Fisher, alpine ski racer, U.S. Ski Team
• Taylor Kelly, Arizona State quarterback
• Jeb Putzier, former NFL tight end
• Derek Schouman, former NFL tight end for the New Orleans Saints
• Scott Jorgensen, UFC Fighter

References

External links

• Official website