Easley High School

Infobox Secondary School
name = Easley High School

motto = Character First, then Scholarship
city = Easley
state = South Carolina
country = USA
district = School District of Pickens County
type = Public High School
principal = Betty Garrison [cite web |url=http://pickens.ehs.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=28752&sessionid=3a4249979670e5367355d6e8a857b189&sessionid=3a4249979670e5367355d6e8a857b189 |title=Administration |publisher=Easley High School |accessdate=2008-02-04]
enrollment = 1649 students [cite web |url=http://pickens.ehs.schoolfusion.us/modules/cms/pages.phtml?pageid=28690&sessionid=3a4249979670e5367355d6e8a857b189&sessionid=3a4249979670e5367355d6e8a857b189 |title=School Facts |publisher=Easley High School |accessdate=2008-02-04]
athletics = South Carolina High School League Division 4A Region I
colors = Kelly Green, White
mascot = Green Wave

Easley High School is a public high school in Easley, South Carolina. The largest high school in Pickens County, it educates people in the eastern area of the county.

Alma Mater

The Easley High School Alma Mater is as follows:

Hail! Alma Mater, dear, may thine be naught to fear.
Thine be the strength to bear, from year to year,
Yield we our hearts to thee, spirit of loyalty,
Our love will ever be, Easley, for thee.

Thine be the right alone; justly thy cause has grown;
Honor and far renown shall be thy own;
Teach us by ways to know, thy blessings to bestow;
Flushed be thy emblem's glow, Easley, to thee.

Then when we drop the fight, others will bear thy light;
Lift high the "Green and White" and carry on.
Ne'er may thy creed decay, but live from day to day;
First, last, eternally, Easley, for thee!

Pickens-Easley rivalry

Easley High School has a ferocious rivalry with the second largest high school in Pickens County, the Pickens High School Blue Flame. The rivalry is arguably the fiercest rivalry is the state of South Carolina, attracting over seven thousand fans a year. The two most notable events are: 1) in the early 1920s, Easley supporters sent a hearse to Pickens "to pick up the body of a dead team." They found themselves face-to-face with the Pickens Fire Department and their hoses. The hearse did a snappy turn back to Easley. 2) In 1969, a huge knife fight occurred at Bruce Field (Pickens home field) between fans that involved the National Guard. The teams did not play each other again for 13 years. Motto: Only seven miles separate Pickens and Easley, but six feet separates winners and losers.

References

External links

* [http://pickens.ehs.schoolfusion.us/ Easley High School website]