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Encinal High School
Location
210 Central Avenue
Alameda, CA 94501
USA
Information
Principal Mike Cooper
Enrollment

Approximately 1,100
Faculty Approximately 50
Type Public
Mascot Jets
Color(s) Blue and White
Established 1952
Information (510)748-4023: Phone
(510)521-4956: Fax
Homepage http://alameda.k12.ca.us/encinal1/encinal.html

Encinal High School is a public coeducational high school serving grades 9-12. Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The term public school has two distinct (and virtually opposite meanings depending on the location of usage in the United States, Australia and Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. It is located in Alameda, California and is part of the Alameda Unified School District. Alameda is a city in Alameda County, California, United States. The Alameda Unified School District serves the city of Alameda, USA

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Demographics

Encinal High is very ethnically diverse, with a student body which is 23% African-American, 20% White non-Hispanic, 22% Asian, 17% Filipino, 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. An academic term is a division of an academic year the time during which a School, College or University holds classes [1]

College and work preparation

SAT

Continuing education

Courses offered

Other

Student activities

Athletics

Alameda Islanders Rugby playing Marin Highlanders
Alameda Islanders Rugby playing Marin Highlanders

Encinal High has several Varsity sports, including:

March 2008 Student Walkouts

Main article: 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. Events 363 - Roman Emperor Julian moves from Antioch with an army of 90000 to attack the Sassanid Empire, in a 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common This article is about the year For the film see 2009 Lost Memories. The budget cuts were a result of the $4 billion budget cut approved by California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger ( German ˌaɐnɔlt aloʏs ˈʃvaɐtsənɛɡɐ born July 30 1947 is an Austrian American Bodybuilder, Actor The budget cuts would eliminate many school sports, Advanced Placement classes, and lay off about 46 teachers. The Advanced Placement Program is a program that offers college level courses at High schools across the United States and Canada. 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. The Alameda Unified School District serves the city of Alameda, USA 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. [1]

Text messaging technology, as well as social networking sites, helped the students coordinate and announce the walkout. Text messaging, or texting is the common term for the sending of "short" (160 characters or fewer including spaces text messages from Mobile phones 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.

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. The Junior State of America (formerly Junior Statesmen of America) (“JSA” is an American Non-partisan student-run Youth organization 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. The Encinal drama department has in past years performed critically renowned productions of such classics as Les Misérables, Hamlet, and the Sound of Music. Les Misérables (pronounced /le miːzeʁabl(ə translated variously from French as The Miserable Ones, The Wretched Hamlet is a Tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1599 and 1601 The Sound of Music is a musical with music by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II, and a book by Howard Lindsay In the spring of 2006 Encinal High performed CATS. Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T In the winter of 2007, Encinal High School performed 12 Angry Men.

In 2008 they performed the well-received Angels in America, as well as the classic musical Carousel. Angels in America A Gay Fantasia on National Themes is a play in two parts by American Playwright Tony Kushner. Carousel is a musical by Richard Rodgers (music and Oscar Hammerstein II (book and lyrics that was adapted from Ferenc Molnar Jamie Legaspi (talk) 05:33, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

In addition, the school has a nationally recognized JROTC program. The Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps ( JROTC) is a Federal program sponsored by the United States Armed Forces in High schools across

Miscellaneous

Notable alumni

External links

References

  1. ^ CA Department of Education, "Student Ethnicity", http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ca/other/6, 2005-2006
  2. ^ CA Department of Education, "API Index", http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/ca/6, 2005-2006
  3. ^ Alameda Rugby. Wilver Dornell "Willie" Stargell ( March 6, 1940 &ndash April 9, 2001) nicknamed " Pops " in the later years of The Pittsburgh Pirates are a Major League Baseball club based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. James Calvin "Jimmy" Rollins (born November 27, 1978 in Oakland, California) nicknamed "J-Roll" is an All-Star Isaiah Rider Jr sometimes known as JR Rider (born March 12 1971 is a retired American professional Basketball player Dontrelle Wayne Willis (born January 12, 1982 in Oakland California) nicknamed "D-Train" is a Starting pitcher in the John Harrington (born December 27, 1966) is an American Photographer and Author.
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