Encinal High School
Location
210 Central Avenue Alameda, CA 94501  United States
Information
Principal	Tony Kuns
Enrollment	Approximately 1,100 Image File history File links Encinal2. ... Alameda is a city located in Alameda County, California. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ...
Faculty	Approximately 50
Type	Public
Mascot	Jets
Color(s)	Blue and White
Established	1952
Information	(510)748-4023: Phone (510)521-4956: Fax
Homepage	http://alameda.k12.ca.us/encinal1/encinal.html

Encinal High School is a public coeducational high school serving grades 9-12. It is located in Alameda, California and is part of the Alameda Unified School District. The term public school has three distinct meanings: In the USA and Canada, elementary or secondary school supported and administered by state and local officials. ... Year 1952 (MCMLII) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nickname: Location in the state of California and Alameda County Coordinates: , Country State County Alameda Government  - Mayor Beverly Johnson (D) Area  - Total 23. ... The Alameda Unified School District serves the city of Alameda, USA. The school district is a unified district, meaning that it includes K-8 schools and high schools in the same jurisdiction. ...

Demographics

Encinal High is very ethnically diverse, with a student body which is 23% African-American, 20% White non-Hispanic, 22% Asian, 17% Filipino, 15% Hispanic or Latino, 1% American Indian or Alaskan Native, 1% Pacific Islander, and 1% Multiple Ethnicity or No Response, according to the California Department of Education for the 2005-2006 school year.^[1] The school year, also academic year, describes the time(s) a student goes to school, college, university etc. ...

College and work preparation

SAT

• 56% of students take the SAT.
• Average SAT scores are 500 verbal and 520 math.

Continuing education

• 86% of graduates will attend two or four year colleges.
• 21% of graduates will attend UC's.
• 25% of graduates will attend CSU's.

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Courses offered

• Encinal offers 15 Advanced Placement courses: Biology, Calculus AB, Chemistry, Computer Science, Economics, English Language, English Literature, Environmental Science, European History, French Language, US Government, US History, Spanish Language, Statistics, and Studio Art.
• The school also offers five special school-to-career programs in automotive technology, child development, computer programming and technology, cosmetology, and finance and marketing.

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Other

• Encinal High School has an Academic Performance Index of 6/10. However, when compared to socioeconomically similar schools, its API is an 8/10.^[2]
• Encinal is the only high school in the city of Alameda to have open-enrollment AP classes.
• Encinal High School shares its campus with the Alameda Community Learning Center; a charter school that offers an alternative way of learning.

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Student activities

Athletics

Alameda Islanders Rugby playing Marin Highlanders

Encinal High has several Varsity sports, including:

• Badminton
• Basketball
• Baseball
• Cheerleading
• Football
• Golf
• Soccer
• Softball
• Swimming
• Tennis
• Volleyball
• Water Polo

• Encinal High, Alameda High School, and St. Joseph Notre Dame High School collectively field men's and women's Rugby union teams.^[3]

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March 2008 Student Walkouts

Main article: March 2008 Student Walkouts

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 governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. The budget cuts would eliminate many school sports, Advanced Placement classes, and lay off about 46 teachers. The walkout began at Encinal High where students marched to the Alameda 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.[1] This article is about the day. ... 2008 (MMVIII) is the current year, a leap year that started on Tuesday of the Anno Domini (or common era), in accordance to the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger (German IPA: ; born July 30, 1947) is an Austrian-American bodybuilder, Golden Globe-winning actor, businessman and politician currently serving as the 38th Governor of the U.S. state of California. ... Advanced Placement (AP) is the term used to describe high school classes that are taught at a college level. ... The Alameda Unified School District serves the city of Alameda, USA. The school district is a unified district, meaning that it includes K-8 schools and high schools in the same jurisdiction. ...

Text messaging technology, as well as social networking sites, 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. Text messaging, or texting is the common term for the sending of short (160 characters or fewer) text messages from mobile phones using the Short Message Service. ... A social network is a map of the relationships between individuals, indicating the ways in which they are connected through various social familiarities ranging from casual acquaintance to close familial bonds. ...

Clubs

Sanctioned clubs at the school include:

• Afghan Club
• Anime Club
• Art Club
• Black Student Union
• Chess Club
• Chinese Club
• DECA
• East African Club
• French Culture Club
• Filipino Club
• Junior State of America
• Key Club
• Latino Raza Club
• National Honor Society
• Pirate Club
• Philosophy Club
• Red Cross Youth Club
• Vietnamese Club

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Other activities

The Encinal High Jets band, the Marching Jets, is the island's only high school marching band. Throughout the year, the musicians compete in band reviews all over Northern California and hold the Island Winterguard show every March of the school year. Perhaps one of the most anticipated events is the Encinal Extravaganza of Bands where more than 3000 musicians, guard units and spectators come to watch the marching band competitions. During the 2005-2006 school year, the band placed in the top three in every review they entered.

Encinal High School also possesses an extremely rich dramatic arts program. The Encinal drama department has in past years performed critically renowned productions of such classics as Les Misérables, Hamlet, and the Sound of Music. In the spring of 2006 Encinal High performed CATS. In the winter of 2007 Encinal High School performed Twelve Angry Jurors. This article is about the original 1862 novel. ... For other uses, see Hamlet (disambiguation). ... Julie Andrews as Maria, seeks guidance from the Mother Abbess, played by Peggy Wood, in this scene from the 1965 film version. ... Cats is an award-winning musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber based on Old Possums Book of Practical Cats and other poems by T. S. Eliot. ...

In addition, the school has a nationally recognized JROTC program. A Navy JROTC cadet salutes during the parading of the colors ceremony held at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. ...

Miscellaneous

• The school mascot is a Marine Corps A-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.
• Most students come from Chipman Middle School or Wood Middle School.
• The TV show MythBusters sometimes uses the school's pool in its experiments.
• Eileen Walsh, spouse of Jamie Hyneman from the MythBusters is a teacher at Encinal High School.

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Notable alumni

• Willie Stargell - Pirates Hall of Fame baseball player
• Jimmy Rollins - Baseball Player; 2007 NL Most Valuable Player
• Isaiah Rider- NBA Player & 1994 Slam Dunk Champion
• Dontrelle Willis - Baseball player; NL Rookie of the Year 2003
• John Harrington - Photographer, author

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External links

• Encinal High School Homepage
• Encinal High School Alumni Site A Site run by alumni for alumni

References

1. ^ CA Department of Education, "Student Ethnicity", http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/ca/other/6, 2005-2006
2. ^ CA Department of Education, "API Index", http://www.greatschools.net/modperl/achievement/ca/6, 2005-2006
3. ^ Alameda Rugby.