East Bakersfield High School

East Bakersfield High School
Address
2220 Quincy Street Bakersfield, California, 93305 United States
Information
School type	Public
Opened	1938
School district	Kern High School District
Principal	Lee Vasquez
Vice principal	Pam Crain, Jon Rose
Grades	9 to 12
School color(s)	Scarlet Red and Royal Blue
Athletics conference	Southeast Yosemite League
Mascot	Blades
Rival	Bakersfield, Garces Memorial, Highland
Website	http://east.kernhigh.org/

East Bakersfield High School is a high school located in Bakersfield, CA.

East Bakersfield High School was built in 1938. It is the second oldest high school in Bakersfield, after Bakersfield High School.

Academics

All students enrolled at EBHS must at least meet the following criteria before graduation:

• 4 years of English (40 credits)
• 4 years of Social Studies
  • 1 year of World History, Culture, Geography
  • 1 year of American History and Geography
  • 1 year of U.S. Government/Economics
• 4years of Math (30 credits)
  • All students must pass Algebra or an approved sequence of courses covering the Algebra standard (Ed. Code 51224.5) in grades 7-12.
• 2 years of Science. (20 credits)
  • 1 year of Physical Science
  • 1 year of Biological Science
• 4 years of P.E. (20 credits)
• 1 year of Foreign Language/Fine Arts (10 credits)
• 1 semester of Health (5 credits)
• 95 credits of electives

Freshmen Starting August 2013 will need 200 hours community Service to Graduate.^[1]

In total, 220 credits are necessary for a student at EBHS to graduate. Also, every student who graduates must pass the CAHSEE and an approved Algebra course.

Athletics

EBHS sports teams are called the Blades, and have their home games on campus. The Blades participate in the Southeast Yosemite League (Div. II, CIF Central Section) and have Varsity, JV and Frosh/Soph teams. Below are all the sports that EBHS participates in and their respective seasons:

Fall Football Cross Country Women's Golf Women's Tennis Women's Volleyball

Winter Men's Basketball Men's Soccer Women's Basketball Women's Soccer Wrestling

Spring Baseball Men's Golf Men's Tennis Softball men's sausage Swimming Track & Field

Notable alumni

• Robert Beltran: actor.
• Rick Sawyer MLB player^[2]
• Fred Boyd: former NBA player.
• James Shaffer & Brian "Head" Welch: guitarists for the band Korn.
• Merle Haggard: Country music legend.
• Mary K. Shell: First woman mayor of Bakersfield and Republican activist.

References

1. EBHS MOM
2. Ewing, Zach (September 26, 2012). "High school notebook: Highland hires ex-MLB pitcher coach". Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved September 20, 2014.