Eastern Technical High School

Infobox school| name = Eastern Technical High School
motto= "A School Like No Other"


free_text = Maverick
established=1970
type= Public high school
grades = 9-12
schoolnumber = [phone]
address= 1100 Mace Avenue
location = Essex, MD, 21221
campus = Suburban
colors = Orange and Black
free_label = Mascot
information = 410-887-0190
website =http://www.easttech.org
principal = Thomas G. Evans

Eastern Technical High School is a Blue Ribbon school located in Essex, Baltimore County, Maryland. Along with their regular classes, students enrolled at this magnet school participate in a career major of their choosing. Majors include Engineering, Information Technology, Allied Health, Construction Technology. The school also features a variety of sports teams for both girls and boys. Eastern Technical High School used to be known as "Eastern Vocational Technical High School", but due to lack of participation in the vocational program and an increased demand for technology education, the vocational program was removed and the school renamed. Unlike the other high schools in the area, Eastern Tech is not districted - it is not a "home" high school for any students regardless of location. All students must apply and meet certain standards for acceptance to the school.

Attendance

Eastern Technical High School is often noted for the exceedingly high attendance rate of its students. In recent years, the school has maintained a daily attendance rate of 97 percent.

Academic Performance

Students at the school consistently perform at high academic levels. In 2006, Eastern Tech had the highest pass rate in Baltimore County of the High School Assessments in Algebra, Biology, English, and Government. Over 20 percent of the student body participate in Advanced Placement programs, and over 80 percent of those students achieve a passing grade on the AP exams.

Athletics

Eastern Technical High School is known for the success of several of its sports teams.

With no home track, Eastern Tech produced a State Champion 110m hurdler in 2005. In 2006, Eastern Technical won State Championships Boys and Girls long jump, Boys 400 meter run, Girls triple jump and 1600 meter run. In 2005 the Varsity Baseball Team won the schools first ever State Championship and just a few months later the Girls Varsity Soccer Team Won the second. [1]

Built originally as a middle school, Eastern Tech lacks a 400 meter track as well as the number of fields that many high schools have and, as a result, many teams practice on other campuses around the Essex area, such as the neighboring Kenwood High School or CCBC Essex. The school's mascot is the Maverick.

State Championships

* 1987 - Wrestling, Class AA-A
* 2005 - Girls Soccer, Class 2A
* 2007 - Baseball, Class 2A

Career majors

Although no longer a vocational school, all students attending the school have a career major class during their sophomore, junior, and senior years. The majors offered at Eastern are: Allied Health, Automotive, Business and Administration, Communications/Multimedia and Design, Computer Aided Drafting (Discontinued beginning in Fall 2007), Construction, Culinary, Engineering, Information Technology, Law Related Careers, and Teaching Education. In previous years some programs such as the Engineering major required students to begin career major classes in their freshman year. However that practice has recently been abandoned to give all students a chance to experience the "swing". This course allows students to spend a few weeks at a time in classes pertaining to each major in order to aid in their career choice. All 9th graders have to go through the swing in order to receive their Technology Credit as required by the state. In the present, Eastern Technical High School remains a Blue Ribbon School. "A School Like No Other."

Notable Alumni

* Timothy R. Ferguson, Former Maryland State Senator
* Rudy Gay, NBA basketball player, attended ETHS for 2 years
* Jessie Karangu, Host of a radio show on BlogTalkRadio.com

Image Gallery

ee also

*List of high schools in Maryland

External links

* [http://www.easttech.org Eastern Technical High School] School Website
* [http://www.bcps.org] Baltimore County Public Schools Homepage