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| Encinal High School | |
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210 Central Avenue Alameda, California 94501 | |
| Coordinates | 37°46′22.7″N122°17′21.37″W / 37.772972°N 122.2892694°W /37.772972; -122.2892694 |
| Information | |
| Type | Publichigh school |
| Motto | Go Jets! |
| Established | 1952 |
| Principal | Kirstin Snyder (interim) |
| Teaching staff | 52.15 (FTE)[1] |
| Grades | 6-12 |
| Enrollment | 1,218 (2023–2024)[1] |
| Student to teacher ratio | 23.36[1] |
| Colors | Royal blue and white |
| Mascot | Jet |
| Website | encinal |
Encinal High School is aco-educationalpublichigh school serving grades 6–12. It is located inAlameda, California, United States, and is part of theAlameda Unified School District.
Most students come from the Academy of Alameda (formerly Chipman Middle School) or Wood Middle School.
The school was one of several in the Alameda district that was said to face closure depending on the success or failure of Measure E, a $150-per-parcel property tax increase voted on by mail-in ballot.[2] Measure E was defeated when it failed to garner the required two-thirds majority; however, the school did reopen in the fall of 2010.
In the 2005-2006school year, the student body was 23% African-American, 20% White non-Hispanic, 39% Asian, 15% Hispanic or Latino, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 1% Pacific Islander, and 1% multiple ethnicity or no response.[3]
On April 1, 2010, about 200 students attending Encinal High School staged a "teach-in" protest in light of possible further budget cuts from the AUSD and closure of the school. Teachers and students planned a series of classes that were divided into two sessions with a break in between that included free food (from the Barbeque Club) and live music from certain Encinal staff members. Most of the classes were led by teachers, but two were taught by seniors (including a "no boundaries" music class led by Matt Ortega). The students who attended showcased their Jet Pride by participating in a variety of unique classes including how to make salt water taffy through chemistry, protest poetry and art, a music class with no musical boundaries, and cow eyeball dissection. A small point that the coordinators of this event wanted to get across was the date that was chosen for it: April 1, 2010 was the Thursday before Encinal's spring break began.[5]
On March 5, 2008, about 1,000 students from Encinal High School walked out of class to protest the budget cuts for the 2008–2009 school year. The budget cuts were a result of the $4 billion budget cut approved by California governorArnold Schwarzenegger. The cuts would eliminate many school sports andAdvanced Placement classes, and lay off about 46 teachers. The walkout began at Encinal High where students marched to theAlameda Unified School District (AUSD) offices located on the Alameda High campus, where the 1,000 Encinal students were joined by many more students from Alameda High. After about a half-hour of chanting protests outside the District offices, AUSD superintendent Ardella Dailey invited the walking out students into the Kofman Auditorium to try to explain why the cuts were required.[6]
Text messaging technology, as well associal networking sites, such asMySpace,Facebook, andYouTube, helped the students coordinate and announce the walkout. Before they reached the district office, many Encinal students text messaged students at Alameda High. Aware of the walkout only when the Encinal students reached the district office, Alameda High officials were unable to prevent their students from leaving class. They were all marked with cleared absences.
The Jets are a member of the West Alameda County Conference (WACC 12).
Encinal High,Alameda High School, andSt. Joseph Notre Dame High School collectively field men's and women'srugby union teams.[7]
Jetsetters has partnered up with Encinal to provide ROP classes for students such as Drivers' Education, Dancing, and Arts & Crafts. They also have an after school program designed to help students in need.
The Encinal High Jets band, the Marching Jets, is led by Band Director Anthony Gennaro.[citation needed] Throughout the year, the musicians compete in band reviews all over Northern California and hold the Island Winterguard show every March. During the 2005–2006 school year, the band placed in the top three in every review they entered. During the 2016–2017 school year, the band took first place in their division at every review they attended, including taking first place at the Santa Cruz Band Review for the third year in a row.
Encinal High School dramatic arts program was run by Robert Moorhead until his retirement in 2016. The drama department has performedLes Misérables,Hamlet, andThe Sound of Music.[citation needed] In the spring of 2006 Encinal High performedCats. In the winter of 2007, Encinal High School performedTwelve Angry Men. In 2008 they performedAngels in America. They were the first high school to do so.[citation needed] They also performedCarousel. In 2009 they became one of the first schools in the country to perform the school edition ofRent. In 2010 they performed the classic musicalWest Side Story. In 2011 they performed their version ofSeussical, a Dr. Seuss musical. In 2012 they performed the classic musicalAnything Goes. In 2013 they performed a high school version of the musicalHair, although without the nudity of the traditional version. In 2014 they performed the musicalHairspray. In 2015 they performedIn the Heights. In 2016 they performedAnnie.
The TV showMythBusters sometimes used the school's facilities in its experiments, including the pool and football field. In December 2009 President Obama posed for a photo withJamie Hyneman andAdam Savage from the show while holding an Encinal Jets hooded sweatshirt.[8] Hyneman's spouse Eileen Walsh was a teacher at the school.
Encinal High students operate the low-power FM radio stationKJTZ-LP.[9][10][11][12]
The school mascot is a Marine CorpsA-4 Skyhawk attack jet, a tribute to the military heritage of the town and to the now-closed Naval Air Station on the west end of the island. In 2004 there was a dispute as to whether the mascot symbolized war, and some people wanted to have it removed. The jet was not removed, after a show of support from the students and the community.
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