Eastern High School (Washington, D.C.)
Eastern High School | |
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Location | |
1700 East Capitol Street NE Washington, D.C. 20003 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°53′26″N 76°58′49″W / 38.89056°N 76.98028°WCoordinates: 38°53′26″N 76°58′49″W / 38.89056°N 76.98028°W |
Information | |
Type | Public |
Motto | The Pride of Capitol Hill |
Established | 1890 |
School district | District of Columbia Public Schools |
NCES School ID | 110003000078[1] |
Principal | Sah Brown |
Faculty | 63.00 (on FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Enrollment | 792 (2019-2020)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 12.57[1] |
Color(s) | Blue & White |
Mascot | Rambler |
Metro Stop | Stadium Armory |
Website | www |
Eastern High School is a public high school in Washington, D.C. It educates about 1100 students in grades 9 through 12.The school is located on the eastern edge of the Capitol Hill neighborhood at the intersection of 17th Street and East Capital Street Northeast. Eastern was a part of the DCPS restructuring project, reopening in 2011 to incoming freshmen and growing by a grade level each year. It graduated its first class in 2015.
Eastern is part of the District Of Columbia Public Schools. It was founded in 1890 as the Capitol Hill High School was later relocated and rebuilt in the collegiate gothic style and renamed Eastern Senior High School.[2]
Eastern was designated an International Baccalaureate school in 2013, and awarded its first IB diploma in 2015.[3] Expected growth will make Eastern the second biggest high school in DCPS after Wilson, with over 1500 students.[1]
Sports[]
- Football
- Basketball
- Track
- Volleyball
- Soccer
- Baseball
- Softball
Notable alumni[]
This article's list of alumni may not follow Wikipedia's verifiability policy. (February 2021) |
- Vernon D. Acree, Commissioner of the United States Customs Service[4]
- Maude E. Aiton, educator; namesake for Aiton Elementary School of D.C.[5][6]
- Calvin Beale, demographer whose work led to the development of the Beale code[7]
- George D. Beveridge, pulitzer prize-winning journalist[citation needed]
- George S. Blanchard, U.S. Army four-star general[8]
- Robin Campbell (attended, did not graduate), Olympic sprinter[9]
- Jerry Chambers, former NBA player[10]
- Dave Chappelle (attended, did not graduate), actor, comedian[11]
- Bennett Champ Clark, U.S. Senator from Missouri, and later U.S. Federal Judge[12]
- Gail Cobb (attended, did not graduate), D.C. Metropolitan Police officer[13]
- Vince Colbert, former MLB player (Cleveland Indians)[14]
- Y'Anna Crawley, urban contemporary gospel artist and musician[15]
- Lester A. Dessez, decorated officer of the U.S. Marine Corps[citation needed]
- Stephen Early, White House Press Secretary and first United States Deputy Secretary of Defense[16]
- Pat Flaherty (attended, did not graduate), actor[17]
- Isaac Fulwood (1959), Chief of the Metropolitan Police Department of the District of Columbia (1989–1992)[18]
- Alexander D. Goode, lieutenant and rabbi of the U.S. Army who was one of The Four Chaplains[19]
- Alvin C. Graves, nuclear physicist[20]
- Cecil D. Haney, retired U.S. Navy admiral[21]
- Ernest E. Harmon, aviation pioneer[22]
- George Huddleston Jr., U.S. Congressman from Alabama[23]
- Gilbert Hunt, mathematician[24]
- Mark Johnson, former professional boxer and International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee[25]
- Gilbert Kelly, American football player and coach[26]
- Charles T. Lanham, decorated U.S. Army soldier, author and poet"[27]
- Kevin LeVar, singer, songwriter[citation needed]
- Jackie Martin, photojournalist[28]
- Franklin McCain (1959), civil rights activist and member of the Greensboro Four[29]
- Josh Morgan (attended, did not graduate), former NFL wide receiver[30]
- Edna G. Parker, United States Tax Court judge[31]
- Art Perry, former American collegiate basketball coach[32]
- Jamorko Pickett, NBA forward (Detroit Pistons) former college basketball guard/forward (Georgetown)[33][34]
- James Ratiff, former college basketball standout (Howard)[35]
- Kelvin Scarborough, former college basketball point guard (University of New Mexico)[36]
- Eugene Scott, political journalist[citation needed]
- Dallas Shirley, NBA referee[37]
- John Smith, MLB utility player[38]
- Mary Eleanor Spear, data visualization specialist who pioneered the development of the bar chart and box plot.[39]
- Gladys Spellman (attended, did not graduate), member of U.S. House of Representatives from Maryland's 5th district[40]
- Ibrahim K. Sundiata, scholar of West African and African-American history[41]
- Krissah Thompson, journalist and first African-American woman managing editor at The Washington Post[citation needed]
- Brandon Todd, former D.C. Councilmember[42]
- Earle Wheeler, U.S. Army general[43]
- Mike Wilcher, former NFL linebacker[44]
- Frank Wright, award-winning artist[45]
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