East Bay High School

East Bay Senior High School was chartered in 1959 on Big Bend Road in Gibsonton, Florida. The school's current facility was established in 1971, on a new campus adjacent to the east of the old one. Its former campus is now the campus of Eisenhower Middle School.

General information

East Bay High School is located in Gibsonton in the center of a rapidly developing region. It attracts students from Balm, Riverview, Ruskin, Wimauma, and other neighboring towns.Fact|date=February 2007

The school surpasses its 1,700 student capacity on a regular basis. In the 2005-2006 school year, the school held around 2,300 students. Even with the opening of two new high schools--Spoto High School and Earl J. Lennard High School--in 2006, the school remains crowded at its maximum capacity of 1,700.Fact|date=February 2007

The principal is Sharon Morris, former Assistant Principal.

East Bay's Athletic Director is Scot Tipton. Mr. Tipton was a respected wrestling coach in Hillsborough County with Bloomingdale, and today he lends his guidance and support to the Indians program.

Mascot, motto, and colors

The school's mascot and football team is the "Fighting Indian". The campus is adorned with many Indian-related Senior Class projects, most notably the full-sized wall paintings of an Indian warrior in the gymnasium. [http://eastbay.mysdhc.org/ East Bay High School] -- Official website for the school.]

The school colors are red and grey, with the alternate colors of white also appearing on team shirts and signs.

Former East Bay wrestling coach Tom Lota was a 2006 inductee into the Florida Wrestling Hall of Fame.After Lota retired from East Bay, Erik Matricardi took over the wrestling program.

The school motto is "Determined to Achieve".

Alumni

* Willa Ford, singer
* Jason P. Ferguson, producer
* Debra Beasley Lafave

References

External links

* [http://eastbay.mysdhc.org/ East Bay High School website]