Eureka High School (Missouri)

Infobox School2
name = Eureka High School


motto =
established = 1908
type = Public school
locale =
grades = 9th - 12th
head_name = Principal
head = Dr. Kevin Keltner
head_name2 = Assistant Principals
head2 = Dan Thoman Deborah Asher Ray Longi Karen Francis Marty O'Hern
city = Eureka
state = MO
country = United States
students = 1600
faculty =
athletics =
school_colors = Purple & Gold
mascot = Wildcat
free_label =
free =
website = http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/eurekahs/

Eureka High School, located in Eureka, Missouri, is a secondary school in the Rockwood School District.

tudent Body

Eureka has a student body that usually numbers over a thousand students. Most students are from Wildwood Middle School or LaSalle Springs Middle School.

=Activities=In the way of sports, Eureka has teams for:
* Boys' and girls' basketball
* Boys' and girls' cross-country
* Boys' and girls' golf
* Boys' and girls' lacrosse
* Boys' and girls' swimming
* Boys' and girls' track
* Boys' and girls' volleyball
* Boys' and girls' tennis
* Boys' and girls' soccer
* Boys' and girls' swimming and diving
* Rugby
* Baseball
* Wrestling
* Water polo
* Freshman, junior varsity, and varsity football

Eureka also has the following activities:
* 140-member marching band (The " [http://eurekabands.homestead.com/marching.html Wildcat Pride Marching Band] ," won sweepstakes in 2004 for their show "Stormworks." Won best percussion is 2006.)
* Color guard to perform with the marching band, as well as a winter guard.
* Large open concert band, took "I", "I-", and "II" ratings at the State Band Festival in 2006.
* Selective symphonic band, scored three perfect "I+s" at the State Band Festival in 2006.
* A curricular jazz lab band as well as an extracurricular jazz band/big band.
* Chamber, Concert, and Symphonic Orchestras.
* Mixed, Mixed Chamber, Treble, and Treble Chamber Choirs, as well as a Concert Chorale and a Show Choir. ("Onstage!")
* Junior varsity and varsity pom/dance squads ("Goldenline") (Won state in 2007.)
* Freshman, junior varsity, and varsity cheerleading squads (Won state in 2005.)
* A quiz bowl team
* A debate team
* An International Club
* A Yoga Club
* A Photography Club
* A Renaissance Committee
* A theater company, ("etc...") winning regional awards from the CAPPIES for their 2005 run of the musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. In the 2006/2007 school year they won 8 St. Louis CAPPIE Awards for their productions of "Thoroughly Modern Millie" and "Hamlet". In 2007/2008 etc... went on to win Best Play for their production of "Wait Until Dark" and other recognitions for "My Fair Lady"
* Many variously-themed clubs and student bodies.

Academics

In 2004, Newsweek named Eureka one of the most challenging High Schools in the country. [ [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/education/challenge/2006/challengeindex05.html The Challenge Index | washingtonpost.com ] ] Time also listed Eureka among its top 1000 high schools. [ [http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/18757087/?sort=Rank&count=1257&search=&start=700&limit=100&year=2007& America's Top Public High Schools - Newsweek America's Best High Schools - MSNBC.com ] ]

Newspaper

The school's student newspaper publication is " [http://ehspublications.net/bugle/bugle.htm The Bugle] ".

References

External links

* [http://www.rockwood.k12.mo.us/eurekahs/ Official website]