Escondido High School

Escondido High School

Loyal, strong & true
Address
1535 North Broadway
Escondido, California 92025
United States
Coordinates 33°08′46″N 117°05′31″W / 33.146°N 117.092°W / 33.146; -117.092
Information
Type Public high school
Established 1894 (1894)
School district Escondido Union High School District
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 2,839 (2008–2009)
Color(s) Orange and black
Mascot The Cougar
Rival San Pasqual High School
Orange Glen High School
Newspaper The Cougar
Yearbook The Gong
Website http://www.ehscougars.com

Escondido High School (EHS) is one of three high schools in the Escondido Union High School District located in Escondido, California. Escondido High received a California Distinguished School award in 2007.[1]

History

The first building to house Escondido High School was located in downtown Escondido. The University of Southern California (USC) constructed it in 1889 for use as a Methodist seminary. The seminary operated for ten years but eventually closed due to lack of finances. USC donated the building to a man named Henry Putnam, who himself gave it to the Escondido Union High School District. Overcrowding prompted the construction of a three-story building just south of the original site; this new building opened in 1927. The original building burned down in 1929.

The severe damage to many school buildings in the 1933 Long Beach earthquake prompted the California State Legislature to pass the Field Act, mandating that school buildings be earthquake-resistant. The state inspected EHS and found the campus to be unsafe, but the inspection report was never acted upon. In the 1950s, the district wanted to construct a new high school to address overcrowding. The new school was to be named Vallecitos High School and located at the present-day North Broadway site. Two bond measures were required to fund construction. When the district began the process of submitting the second bond measure, the state confronted them with the old inspection report. The state again declared the campus unsafe and then required the district to vacate EHS before attempting the bond measure. Classes were moved to the partially completed Vallecitos High, temporary tents, and the buildings at EHS that were still considered safe. The North Broadway campus was completed in 1954. The Vallecitos name was dropped and the campus took the Escondido High name. The downtown campus was fully demolished in the mid-1980s.

Stats

Sports

Year-Round
Fall
Winter
Spring

Clubs

Extracurricular activities

October 2007 wildfires

During the California wildfires of October 2007, Escondido High School was an emergency shelter for evacuees, along with Mission Hills High School, Mission Hills Church, and Calvin Christian School.[2][3]

Notable alumni

Gavy Cravath, first Major League Baseball player from San Diego area. Held Major League season home run record until it was broken by Babe Ruth.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "2007 Distinguished Middle and High Schools". California Department of Education. 2009-08-09. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  2. ↑ "Road closures and evacuations". Los Angeles Times. 2007-10-23. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  3. ↑ "List Of Area Evacuations". KGTV. 2007-10-26. Retrieved 2010-02-13.
  4. ↑ List of MLB Draftees – San Diego State University Aztecs. Baseball Reference]. Retrieved on January 31, 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mike Frank Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  6. ↑ Boxrec.com
  7. ↑ Baseball Reference
  8. ↑ Baseball Almanac
  9. ↑ Pgatour.com
  10. ↑ Pgatour.com

External links

Coordinates: 33°8′39″N 117°5′29″W / 33.14417°N 117.09139°W / 33.14417; -117.09139

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