Encinal High School

Coordinates: 37°46′22.7″N 122°17′21.37″W / 37.772972°N 122.2892694°W / 37.772972; -122.2892694

Encinal High School
Location
210 Central Avenue
Alameda, California 94501
United States
Information
Type Public
Established 1952
Principal Kirsten Zazo,
Faculty Approximately 60
Enrollment Approximately 1,300
Color(s) Royal Blue and White
Mascot Jet
Information (510)748-4023: Phone
(510)521-4956: Fax
Website http://ehs.alamedausd.ca.schoolloop.com/

Encinal High School is a public coeducational high school serving grades 6-12. It is located in Alameda, California and is part of the Alameda Unified School District.

Threatened closure

The school was one of several in the Alameda district that was said to face closure depending on the success or failure of Measure E, a $150-per-parcel property tax increase voted on by mail-in ballot.[1] Measure E was defeated when it failed to garner the required two-thirds majority; however, the school did reopen in fall 2010.

Demographics

The student body is 23% African-American, 20% White non-Hispanic, 39% Asian, 15% Hispanic or Latino, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 1% Pacific Islander, and 1% Multiple Ethnicity or No Response, according to the California Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year.[2]

College and work preparation

SAT

Continuing education

Courses offered

Other

Student budget protests

April 1st, 2010 budget teach-in

On April 1, 2010, about 200 students attending Encinal High School staged a "teach in" protest in light of possible further budget cuts from the AUSD and closure of the school. Teachers and students planned a series of classes that were divided into two sessions with a break in between that included free food (from the Barbeque Club) and live music from certain Encinal staff members. Most of the classes were led by teachers, but two were taught by seniors (including a "no boundaries" music class led by Matt Ortega). The students that attended showcased their Jet Pride by participating in a variety of unique classes including how to make salt water taffy through chemistry, protest poetry and art, a music class with no musical boundaries, cow eyeball dissection, and many more. A small point that the coordinators of this event wanted to get across was the date that was chosen for it: April 1, 2010 was the Thursday before Encinal's Spring Break began.[4]

March 2008 student walkouts

On March 5, 2008, about 1,000 students from Encinal High School walked out of class to protest the budget cuts for the 2008-2009 school year. The budget cuts were a result of the $4 billion budget cut approved by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The budget cuts would eliminate many school sports, Advanced Placement classes, and lay off about 46 teachers. The walkout began at Encinal High where students marched to the Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) offices located on the Alameda High campus, where the 1,000 Encinal students were joined by many more students from Alameda High. After about a half hour of chanting protests outside the District offices, AUSD superintendent Ardella Dailey invited the walking out students into the Kofman Auditorium to try to explain why the cuts were required.[5]

Text messaging technology, as well as social networking sites, such as MySpace, Facebook, and YouTube helped the students coordinate and announce the walkout. Before they reached the district office, many Encinal students text messaged students at Alameda High. Aware of the walkout only when the Encinal students reached the district office, Alameda High officials were unable to prevent their students from leaving class.They were all marked with cleared absences.

Other student activities

Athletics

Encinal Jets Football

Encinal High has several Varsity sports, including:

The Jets are a member of the West Alameda County Conference (WACC 12).

Partnership with Jetsetters

Jetsetters has partnered up with Encinal to provide ROP Classes for students such Drivers' Education, Dancing, and Arts & Crafts. They also have an after school program where it's designed to help out students in need.

Clubs

Sanctioned clubs at the school include:

Other activities

The Encinal High Jets band, the Marching Jets, is the island's only high school marching band, which is led by Band Director, Armen Phelps. Throughout the year, the musicians compete in band reviews all over Northern California and hold the Island Winterguard show every March of the school year. Perhaps one of the most anticipated events is the Encinal Extravaganza of Bands where more than 3000 musicians, guard units and spectators come to watch the marching band competitions. During the 2005-2006 school year, the band placed in the top three in every review they entered.

Encinal High School also possesses an extremely rich dramatic arts program,ran by Robert Moorehead. The Encinal drama department has in past years performed critically renowned productions of such classics as Les Misérables, Hamlet, and The Sound of Music. In the spring of 2006 Encinal High performed Cats. In the winter of 2007, Encinal High School performed Twelve Angry Men.

In 2008 they performed Angels in America. They were the first high school to do so, and were extremely well received. They also performed Carousel and Twelve Angry Men.

In 2009 they became one of the first schools in the country to perform the school edition of Rent.

In 2010 they performed the classic musical West Side Story.

In 2011 they performed their version of Seussical, a Dr. Seuss musical.

In 2012 they performed the classic musical Anything Goes.

In 2013 they performed a high school version of the musical Hair (musical), though without the nudity in the traditional renditions of the musical.

In 2014 they performed the musical Hairspray.

In 2015 they performed In the Heights.

In addition, the school has a nationally recognized JROTC program.

Miscellaneous

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 Voters face tough choice: pay up or shutdown
  2. ↑ CA Department of Education, "Student Ethnicity", http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ca/other/6, 2005-2006
  3. ↑ CA Department of Education, "API Index", http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/ca/6, 2005-2006
  4. ↑ Encinal students stage learn-in April 2, 2010
  5. ↑ Student Walkout In Alameda Over Budget Cuts, March 5, 2008
  6. ↑ "Alameda Rugby".

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