East Kentwood High School (EKHS) is a public high school located just outside the city of Kentwood, Michigan, United States. It is part of the Kentwood Public Schools district, working together with the Crossroads High School, an alternative learning center.
East Kentwood High School was built in 1969 in Gaines Township. Since then it has undergone numerous renovations, including the addition of the West Wing in 1975 and the construction of the Freshman Campus in 1994. Further construction was finished in 1983, 1986, 1994, and 2006. The 1994 project included a renovation of the fieldhouse and expansion of the West Wing, which involved adding several new science classrooms. In the mid-1980s, a south corridor was completed to shelter students crossing each wing. East Kentwood is one of two public high schools in the state of Michigan to have its own ice arena on campus. East Kentwood also has its own competitive and community swimming pools, and a 1,600-seat Fine Arts Auditorium.
The original Kentwood high school, which is now Crestwood Middle School, opened in 1960. When the new site was built in 1969, the new school was named East Kentwood because there were plans to eventually build a second high school, which would have been known as West Kentwood a few years later. West Kentwood would have built on the same physical campus as East Kentwood. When the first vote for a second high school was turned down in the early 1970s it led to the construction of East Kentwood's first swimming pool as well as what was referred to as the Freshman wing. To this day, talks of building a second high school periodically resurface but have so far been turned down in favor of the economic advantages of running one large high school.
Renovationedit
East Kentwood 10-12 Building during construction
In 2003, an $85.5 million bond was passed that allowed new construction at the High School Campus. A new athletic stadium was built with a capacity of over 7,500 along with a new 38-meter pool and a 75-foot community pool. Further work was done at the Freshman Campus to build it to the supportable core of 1,450 students with the moving of office and support staff to a new highly visible wing, and renovation of the previous office space with six classrooms and adding onto the existing classroom wings with 10 rooms. Additional work was done at the 10-12 main campus with the addition of more performing arts space including new practice rooms along with work at the auditorium with more dressing rooms, staging areas, and a new lighting and sound system. Furthermore, the seating was also refurnished.
Another major project was the expansion of the east wing cafeteria and renovation of classrooms in that wing. The circle drive that has been a mainstay of the school was removed with a new corridor built to link the west and east wings. The new corridor also puts a large commons area in front of the school with the pools, field house, and auditorium on each side. This hallway added 6 entrances, which is twice as many as before, along with creating two courtyards. Beyond the front of the school work the art department was given a remodel which includes a new art gallery. Along with all of this new carpeting has been placed through the school. Furthermore, a south side road was placed between the school and the practice fields along with a possible storage facility were added between the new south road and the field house. A renovation of the softball and baseball diamonds was also done then which included new home plate structures, scoreboards, and permanent bleachers.
In the summer of 2011, the library was renovated as well as the weight room, which was completely remodeled.
Curriculumedit
East Kentwood offers 21 Advanced Placement courses. Those courses include AP Biology, AP Calculus, AP Drawing, AP Chemistry, AP Macroeconomics, AP Microeconomics, AP English Language, AP US Government and Politics, AP Latin, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Spanish Language, AP Spanish Literature, AP Statistics, and AP U.S. History, AP English Literature, AP Studio Art, AP World History, AP Computer Science.
Referencesedit
^ ab"East Kentwood High School". Statistical abstract. National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES). 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^"Staff List". Kentwood Public Schools. 2014. Retrieved 15 January 2014.
^"Staff Directory". Kentwood Public Schools. 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ abc"East Kentwood High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 6, 2020.
^ abc"East Kentwood High School". Michigan High School Athletic Association (MHSAA). 2011. Retrieved 11 August 2011.
^ ab"MI School Data Annual Education Report". MI School Data. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
External linksedit
Official website
East Kentwood Falcons historical football scores
October 28, 2023
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This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources East Kentwood High School news newspapers books scholar JSTOR April 2007 Learn how and when to remove this template message East Kentwood High School EKHS is a public high school located just outside the city of Kentwood Michigan United States It is part of the Kentwood Public Schools district working together with the Crossroads High School an alternative learning center East Kentwood High SchoolAddress6230 Kalamazoo AveKentwood Michigan 49508United StatesCoordinates42 51 03 N 85 37 09 W 42 8507 N 85 6193 W 42 8507 85 6193InformationSchool typepublic secondaryOpened1969School districtKentwood Public SchoolsNCES District ID2620340 1 SuperintendentMichael Zoerhoff 2 NCES School ID262034005721 1 PrincipalOmar Bakri 3 Staff104 15 FTE 4 Grades10 12GendercoedEnrollment1 981 2018 19 4 Student to teacher ratio19 02 4 Campus typeSuburbanColor s red black 5 Athletics conferenceOK Conference 5 MascotFreddy The FalconTeam nameFalcons 5 NewspaperThe TalonYearbookSkylinerWebsiteofficial websiteStudent assessments2021 22 school year 6 Change vs prior year 6 M STEP 11th grade proficiency rates Science Social Studies Advanced 15 8 9 6Proficient 22 0 29 9PR Proficient 13 5 45 3Not Proficient 48 7 15 2Average test scoresSAT Total943 1 15 7 Contents 1 History 2 Renovation 3 Curriculum 4 References 5 External linksHistory editEast Kentwood High School was built in 1969 in Gaines Township Since then it has undergone numerous renovations including the addition of the West Wing in 1975 and the construction of the Freshman Campus in 1994 Further construction was finished in 1983 1986 1994 and 2006 The 1994 project included a renovation of the fieldhouse and expansion of the West Wing which involved adding several new science classrooms In the mid 1980s a south corridor was completed to shelter students crossing each wing East Kentwood is one of two public high schools in the state of Michigan to have its own ice arena on campus East Kentwood also has its own competitive and community swimming pools and a 1 600 seat Fine Arts Auditorium The original Kentwood high school which is now Crestwood Middle School opened in 1960 When the new site was built in 1969 the new school was named East Kentwood because there were plans to eventually build a second high school which would have been known as West Kentwood a few years later West Kentwood would have built on the same physical campus as East Kentwood When the first vote for a second high school was turned down in the early 1970s it led to the construction of East Kentwood s first swimming pool as well as what was referred to as the Freshman wing To this day talks of building a second high school periodically resurface but have so far been turned down in favor of the economic advantages of running one large high school Renovation edit nbsp East Kentwood 10 12 Building during constructionIn 2003 an 85 5 million bond was passed that allowed new construction at the High School Campus A new athletic stadium was built with a capacity of over 7 500 along with a new 38 meter pool and a 75 foot community pool Further work was done at the Freshman Campus to build it to the supportable core of 1 450 students with the moving of office and support staff to a new highly visible wing and renovation of the previous office space with six classrooms and adding onto the existing classroom wings with 10 rooms Additional work was done at the 10 12 main campus with the addition of more performing arts space including new practice rooms along with work at the auditorium with more dressing rooms staging areas and a new lighting and sound system Furthermore the seating was also refurnished Another major project was the expansion of the east wing cafeteria and renovation of classrooms in that wing The circle drive that has been a mainstay of the school was removed with a new corridor built to link the west and east wings The new corridor also puts a large commons area in front of the school with the pools field house and auditorium on each side This hallway added 6 entrances which is twice as many as before along with creating two courtyards Beyond the front of the school work the art department was given a remodel which includes a new art gallery Along with all of this new carpeting has been placed through the school Furthermore a south side road was placed between the school and the practice fields along with a possible storage facility were added between the new south road and the field house A renovation of the softball and baseball diamonds was also done then which included new home plate structures scoreboards and permanent bleachers In the summer of 2011 the library was renovated as well as the weight room which was completely remodeled Curriculum editEast Kentwood offers 21 Advanced Placement courses Those courses include AP Biology AP Calculus AP Drawing AP Chemistry AP Macroeconomics AP Microeconomics AP English Language AP US Government and Politics AP Latin AP Psychology AP Physics AP Spanish Language AP Spanish Literature AP Statistics and AP U S History AP English Literature AP Studio Art AP World History AP Computer Science References edit a b East Kentwood High School Statistical abstract National Center for Educational Statistics NCES 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2011 Staff List Kentwood Public Schools 2014 Retrieved 15 January 2014 Staff Directory Kentwood Public Schools 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2011 a b c East Kentwood High School National Center for Education Statistics Retrieved November 6 2020 a b c East Kentwood High School Michigan High School Athletic Association MHSAA 2011 Retrieved 11 August 2011 a b MI School Data Annual Education Report MI School Data Retrieved 2023 01 10 External links editOfficial website East Kentwood Falcons historical football scores Retrieved from https en 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