Eastwood Academy

Eastwood Academy

Infobox Secondary school
name = Eastwood Academy
native_name = Eastwood Academy Charter High School

motto = "Expectation Graduation"
established = 2001
type = Public Secondary
category = Internal Charter
gender = Co-ed
affiliations = Austin High School
Rudy C. Vara Center for Technology
Houston Community College
chairman_label = Region Superintendent
chairman = Thelma Garza
principal = Rebecca Becnel
asst principal =
faculty = 9
teaching_staff = 20
enrollment = Approximately 250
students =
grades = 9-12
address = 1315 Dumble Street
city = Houston
state = Texas
country = USA
district = HISD
oversight_label = Trustee
oversight = Diana Dávila
campus = Urban
colors = Blue, Gray
athletics = "Eastwood Boxers"
mascot = Boxer
emblem =
yearbook =
newspaper = "The Boxer Times"
free_label_1 = TEA Rating
free_1 = Exemplary
free_label_2 =
free_2 =
free_label_3 =
free_3 =
testname =
testaverage =
National_ranking =
website = [http://www.eastwoodacademy.org eastwoodacademy.org]
footnotes =

Eastwood Academy Charter High School (Eastwood Academy for short) is a public secondary school in the Eastwood neighborhood of Houston, Texas, United States. The school is a member of the Houston Independent School District.

The school does not automatically take students from the surrounding neighborhood; residents of the area surrounding Eastwood are zoned to Austin High School. [" [http://dept.houstonisd.org/ab/schoolboundarymaps/AustinHS.pdf Austin High School Attendance Zone] ." "Houston Independent School District".] The school admits students who live within the Austin zone. [" [http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/special/schools/03/charter/2044020.html HISD campus charters] ." "Houston Chronicle".]

History

Eastwood was built in 1954 as a Baptist Church before the Houston Independent School District bought the property and admitted it the school as an Internal Charter in 2001. The convert|22000|sqft|m2|sing=on building was renovated and expanded for a re-adaptive use of a 175 student capacity. The renovation includes administrative offices, library, cafeteria, classrooms, science laboratories, computer laboratories and a multi-purpose room with a stage. The school was originally supposed to be a 9th grade school and feeder to the nearby Austin High School. After some consideration, the founders decided that the school would serve as a its own campus for advanced students.

Since then Eastwood Academy has admitted students from all around the Houston area; the majority enrolled are from nearby schools, some of which include Edison Middle School, Jackson Middle School, and Project Chrysalis Middle School. Students are required to apply since it is a charter school and are admitted based on their grade point averages, TAKS scores, Stanford Test scores, and interviews.

Eastwood Campus Expands

The Eastwood Academy campus expanded when HISD purchased the property fronting on Dumble and across from the neighboring Jack in the Box restaurant in Spring 2007. HISD plans to extend the fencing to encompass the entire area. Plans call for additional campus parking in the acquired area.

Dress Code

Students are required to wear collared shirts, buttoned at all times, bearing solid, plaid, stripe, or check patterns.

Trousers, skirts, and shorts may be in any color except white and may be made of denim material [http://www.eastwoodacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/student_parent_handbook.pdf] .

Athletics

Eastwood Academy is a small school which impedes it from participating in High School sports through HISD. Students may participate in sports through Eastwood's affiliation with Austin High School. Eastwood Academy also participates in sports through local leagues in Houston parks.

Some of Eastwood Boxers Athletic teams include:
*Baseball
*Soccer
*Volleyball

References

External links

* [http://www.eastwoodacademy.org/ Eastwood Academy Official Website]
* [http://www.op97.k12.il.us/cyberteen/2005/fall/eastwood/index.html Eastwood Academy Student Online Newsletter (Oct. 2005)]
* [http://www.eastwoodacademy.org/wp-content/uploads/boxertimes22007edit.pdf October 2007 Student Newsletter]


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