East Aurora High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = East Aurora High School
motto = "All Children Can and Will Learn"
picture =
principal = Sheila Conrad
established = 1847
type = Public secondary
grades = 9–12
city = 500 Tomcat Lane
Aurora
state = Illinois
country = USA
enrollment = 2,534
faculty = 178
campus = Suburban
newspaper = "Auroran"
yearbook = "Speculum"
mascot = Tomcat
colors = Red and Black
website = [http://www.eastaurorahighschool.org/ www.eastaurorahighschool.org]

East Aurora High School, or EAHS, is a public four-year high school located in Kane County, at the corner of Smith Boulevard and Fifth Avenue in Aurora, Illinois, a western suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is the sole high school in East Aurora Public School District 131.

History

District 131 has the distinction of being the “first” school district in Illinois, becoming a charter district April 30, 1847.Fact|date=September 2008 The district was recognized by the State in 1851.

Academics

There are Honors and Advanced Placement classes offered in one or more of the following: Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies & Fine Arts.

In 2005, East Aurora had an average composite ACT score of 16.6 and graduated 62.0% of its senior class. The average class size is 17.3. East Aurora has not made Adequate Yearly Progress on the Prairie State Achievements Examination, a state test part of the No Child Left Behind Act. [ [http://www.d131.kane.k12.il.us/easthigh05.pdf Illinois School Report Card] ]

The staff is 178 teachers, of whom 60% hold an advanced degree. [ [http://www.eastaurorahighschool.org/site/misc/about_eahs.html About East Aurora High School] ]

Athletics

East Aurora has 23 athletic teams, of 11 boys and 12 girls teams, which compete in the Upstate Eight Conference and Illinois High School Association. East Aurora's mascot is the Tomcats. Teams include football, tennis, badminton, baseball, softball, bowling, volleyball, track and field, basketball and soccer.Fact|date=September 2008

Activities

East Aurora offers dozens of opportunities for students participation in extracurricular activities. Activities include drama, Speculum (yearbook),The Auroran(school paper), and family focus. Approximately 250 semester courses by eight major departments are taught at East Aurora.

The school also offers a wide spectrum of clubs and organizations, included are: Literary Magazine, GSA(Gay Straight Alliance), Street Films, Music Club, Art Club, FCCLA, DECA and many more.

NJROTC

East Aurora is also known for its involvement in the Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps, or NJROTC. The high school boasts more than six hundred in the program. Students elect to exchange their required physical education credits for credit in the federally funded program, which focuses on instruction in citizenship, personal discipline and leadership skills as well as regular physical training and exercise. The unit is headed by Lieutenant Commander Paul McNabb, USN retired, and his staff of five instructors.

From among the students that are involved in the program, there is chain of command, much like there would be in the actual United States Navy. The highest leadership role had been Commander. There is only one in the entire regiment and a new one is selected each school year by the five instructors based on involvement in the program and leadership potential. The student chosen to be commander wears five gold bars on his or her right collar. Due to an increase student enrollment in the program, the rank has changed in 2004 to be that of captain, which means the the student selected wears six gold bars on his or her right collar.

References

External links

* [http://www.eastaurorahighschool.org/ School website]
* [http://www.eastaurorahighschool.org/site/departments/njrotc.html/ East Aurora NJROTC]
* [http://www.eanjrotc.bravehost.com/index.html EANJROTC]