- Oswego East High School
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Oswego East High School 
Address 1525 Harvey Road
Oswego, Illinois 60543Information School type Public secondary Established 2004 Opened 2004 School district Oswego Community Unit School District 308 Principal Dr. Jeff Craig Vice principal Jim Seput & Brent Anderson Faculty 141 Grades 9–12 Gender Co-ed Average class size 25.35 Hours in school day 7h30m Campus type Suburban Color(s) navy
silverFight song Oswego East Fight Song Athletics conference Southwest Prairie Conference Nickname Wolves Rival Oswego High School Newspaper 'The Edge' Website www.oswego308.org/schools/oehs Oswego East High School, or OEHS, is a public four-year coeducational high school located in Oswego, Illinois, a southwest suburb of Chicago, Illinois, in the United States. It is part of Oswego Community Unit School District 308, which also includes Oswego High School. Established in 2004 because of the growing population in Oswego, Illinois.
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Principal history
Name Years Dr. Edward Howerton 2004–2008 Dr. Jeff Craig 2008 - present Administration
Name Office Dr. Jeff Craig Principal Jim Seput Assistant Principal Brent Anderson Assistant Principal Laura Waibel Athletic Director Jennifer Wikoff Dean of Students, A - Gi Jerry Wicks Dean of Students, Gj - O Eric Koranda Dean of Students, P - Z Cocurricular
Athletics
Oswego East High School is a part of the Southwest Prairie Conference and the Illinois High School Association.
Boys teams
- Baseball
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Football
- Cross Country
- Golf
- Soccer
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Girls teams
- Badminton
- Basketball
- Bowling
- Cheerleading
- Cross Country
- Gymnastics
- Soccer
- Softball
- Swimming
- Tennis
- Track
- Volleyball
Clubs
Academic decathlon
This is a ten-event competition. Every team member competes in mathematics, science, economics, social science, language and literature, fine arts, prepared and impromptu speech, interview, essay and superquiz. Each team is made up of three honor students, three scholastic students, and three varsity students, by GPA; honor (3.75-4), scholastic (3-3.75), varsity (0-2.99).
Drama/theater
The OEHS drama and theater company puts on three main stage shows each school year: a fall play, a winter play, and a spring musical.
The productions of the 09-10 year: Fall: The Taming of the Shrew. Winter: w00t! the musical. Spring : Chicago.
The Productions of the 10-11 year: Fall: 1001 Arabian Nights. Winter: A Sketch Comedy Show. Spring: Ragtime.
The Productions of the 11-12 year: Fall: Hamlet. Spring: The Producers.
Interact
The OEHS interact club is dedicated to doing community service and is sponsored by The Oswego Rotary club.
Mathletes
Students volunteer in Honors Math classes. Mathletes coach makes the final selections. Mathletes compete against various schools in math contests as well as in the Suburban Prairie Conference.
Pom Squad
Membership is for freshman, sophomore, junior and senior classes. Poms perform at football and basketball games as well as at student pep assemblies. There is also a summer clinic and camp that students are expected to participate in to increase their skills. Fundraising activities are a major aspect of being a Pom.
Robotics Club
Started as an engineering club, the robotics team is about to begin it's 5th year. The club has since grown to attract students from both Oswego High School and Oswego East High School to design and create robots.
Scholastic Bowl
Membership on the Scholastic Bowl Team is made by the sponsor of the team. Students compete in College Bowl format of competition against various other schools as well as the I.H.S.A. state series.
Speech Team
Speech Team is open to all students who wish to improve their public speaking and/or stage skills. Competition at meets consists of the areas of oratory, oral declamation, prose, verse, humorous/dramatic interpretation, impromptu, humorous/dramatic duet acting, extemporaneous, radio speaking and original comedy. The season runs from November through February. They also had a state winner in OC during the 2010-2011 season.
Wolfpack News/East T.V. 16
Students involved with East TV 16 produce the morning announcements via live TV hooked up to all OEHS classrooms. Experiences range from floor director, camera operator, videotape playback, video switching, video editing, teleprompting, computer graphics, audio engineering and producing. This is a club who holds anchor tryouts every spring for the upcoming school year. Mr. Gutman is the director of the group. Broadcasting 1 and 2 students are the ones who creat most of the advertisements on EAST TV.
The Executive prodcer for the 09-10, 10-11 period Was Alyssa Bare and Co producer Gil bothom. For the 11-12 year is Andrea Esquinca.
The opening theme song for Wolfpack News during the 2006/2007 and half of the 2007/2008 school year was "Let It Ride" by Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Currently, it is "Through the Fire and Flames" by Dragonforce.
Staff
- Paul Hurt LRC Director
- Gerri Brazeau LRC Assistant
- Carol Kline LRC/AV Assistant
- Greg Malnick Computer Lab/AV Assistant
External links
Categories:- High schools in Illinois
- Educational institutions established in 2004
- Schools in Kendall County, Illinois
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