Elsie Allen High School

Coordinates: 38°24′20″N 122°44′06″W / 38.40556°N 122.73500°W / 38.40556; -122.73500[1]

Elsie Allen High School
Location
Santa Rosa, California
United States
Information
Type Public secondary
Established 1995
School district Santa Rosa City Schools
Principal Mary Gail Stablein
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 981 (2012-13)
Color(s) Navy blue, silver and white
              
Mascot Lobos
Website www.elsieallen.org

Elsie Allen High School (EAHS) is a high school located in Santa Rosa, California at 599 Bellevue Ave. It is part of the Santa Rosa High School District, which is itself part of Santa Rosa City Schools. The primary feeder school is Cook Middle School. The school is named after Elsie Allen.[2]

History

Elsie Allen High School was founded in 1995. The first graduating class of the school was in 1997. It was named after Pomo basket weaver and educator Elsie Allen.[2] A senior student was beaten on campus by members of the Santa Rosa Police Department in March, 2011. The student was accused of pulling a knife on the police during an early morning confrontation.[3] In February 2013, the Elsie Allen boys basketball team was apologized to by Petaluma High School for racial actions and remarks made by students during a basketball game towards Latino student players on the Elsie Allen team.[4] In November, 2013, the campus was put on lockdown after a teacher was stabbed by a student at Midrose High School, which is located on the Elsie Allen campus.[5]

Campus

The campus is also home to Midrose High School, an alternative school. Midrose is located on the northside of the campus.[5]

Extracurricular activities

Clubs

Elsie Allen has a number of student clubs, including the California Scholarship Federation, Rotary Interact, Key Club, and a Gay-Straight Alliance.

Journalism and yearbook

The school yearbook is called Phoenix and has been published annually in the spring since 1995. The school newspaper goes by the name The Tracker and has been published continuously since fall 1994. The school graduated its first class in 1997[6]

Sports

Elsie Allen has an American football team. Starting in 2011, they stopped playing in the North Bay League and became an independent team.[7] The school also has a men's rugby team.[8] Elsie Allen also has a boys and girls basketball and track and field.[4][9] There is also badminton, swim team and girls tennis.

Former principals

The founding principal was Carnell Edwards. He died in his home state of North Carolina in May 2011 of a heart attack. [10]

References

  1. ↑ U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Elsie Allen High School
  2. 1 2 "Elsie Allen 1899-1990". University Library. Sonoma State University. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  3. ↑ Clark, Leilani (May 18, 2011). "Danger Zone". Metroactive. Bohemian. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  4. 1 2 Jackson, John (February 14, 2013). "Petaluma High School grapples with racial incident at basketball game". Petaluma360. Argus-Courier. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  5. 1 2 Benefield, Kerry; Johnson, Julie; Callahan, Mary (November 20, 2013). "Teacher released from hospital after stabbing on Elsie Allen campus". Press-Democrat. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  6. ↑ Clegg, Eileen (1997-06-14). "Elsie Allen Graduates First Class". The Press Democrat. Retrieved 2008-07-07.
  7. ↑ Barber, Phil (August 23, 2011). "Elsie Allen football goes independent". PrepSports (Press-Democrat). Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  8. ↑ "Napa Stormers Rugby teams sweep Elsie Allen". Sports (Napa Valley Register). February 13, 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  9. ↑ Serafini, Steven (May 19, 2014). "Libbey, Ljung, Miles, Reyes win SCL track titles, 21 Dragons earn NCS". Sonoma Index-Tribune. Retrieved 6 July 2014.
  10. ↑ http://www.pressdemocrat.com/news/2300139-181/obituary-carnell-edwards#page=0

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