Eastwood Academy
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| Eastwood Academy Eastwood Academy Charter High School | |
|---|---|
| Motto | Expectation Graduation |
| Established | 2001 |
| Type | Public Secondary |
| Category | Internal Charter |
| Gender | Co-ed |
| Affiliations | Austin High School Rudy C. Vara Center for Technology Houston Community College |
| Region Superintendent | Thelma Garza |
| Principal | Rogelio Lopez |
| Faculty | 9 |
| Students | Approximately 250 |
| Grades | 9-12 |
| Location | 1315 Dumble Street, Houston, Texas, USA |
| District | HISD |
| Trustee | Diana Dávila |
| Campus | Urban |
| Colors | Blue, Gray |
| Athletics | Eastwood Boxers |
| Mascot | Boxer |
| Newspaper | The Boxer Times |
| TEA Rating | Recognized |
| Website | eastwoodacademy.org |
Eastwood Academy Charter High School (Eastwood Academy for short) is a public secondary school in the Eastwood neighborhood of Houston, Texas. The school is a member of the Houston Independent School District.
The school does not automatically take students from the surrounding neighborhood; residents are zoned to Austin High School.
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[edit] History
Eastwood was built in 1954 as a Baptist Church before the Houston Independent School District bought the property and admitted it the school as an Internal Charter in 2001. The 22,000 square foot building was renovated and expanded for a re-adaptive use of a 175 student capacity. The renovation includes administrative offices, library, cafeteria, classrooms, science laboratories, computer laboratories and a multi-purpose room with a stage. The school was originally supposed to be a 9th grade school and feeder to the nearby Austin High School. After some consideration, the founders decided that the school would serve as a its own campus for advanced students.
Since then Eastwood Academy has admitted students from all around the Houston area; the majority enrolled are from nearby schools, some of which include Edison Middle School, Jackson Middle School, and Project Chrysalis Middle School. Students are required to apply since it is a charter school and are admitted based on their grade point averages, TAKS scores, Stanford Test scores, and interviews.
[edit] Eastwood Campus Expands
The Eastwood Academy campus expanded when HISD purchased the property fronting on Dumble and across from the neighboring Jack in the Box restaurant in Spring 2007. HISD plans to extend the fencing to encompass the entire area. Plans call for additional campus parking in the recently acquired area.
[edit] Dress Code
Students are required to wear collared shirts, buttoned at all times, bearing solid, plaid, stripe, or check patterns.
Trousers, skirts, and shorts may be in any color except white and may be made of denim material [1].
[edit] Athletics
Eastwood Academy is a small school which impedes it from participating in High School sports through HISD. Students however are able to participate in sports through Eastwood's affiliation with Austin High School. Eastwood Academy also participates in sports through local leagues in Houston parks.
Some of Eastwood Boxers Athletic teams include:
- Baseball
- Soccer
- Volleyball
[edit] External links
- Eastwood Academy Official Website
- Eastwood Academy Student Online Newsletter (Oct. 2005)
- October 2007 Student Newsletter
| 2007 Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating |
| Exemplary | Recognized | Academically Acceptable | Academically Unacceptable | Not Rated: Other |
Houston Independent School District
| |
|---|---|
| Alternative and magnet K-12 schools | T. H. Rogers |
| Alternative 7-12 schools | C.L.C. |
| High schools | Austin | Bellaire | Chávez | Davis | Furr | Sam Houston | Jones | Kashmere | Lamar | Lee | Madison | Milby Reagan | Scarborough | Sharpstown | Sterling | Waltrip | Washington | Westbury | Westside | Wheatley | Worthing | Yates |
| Alternative and magnet high schools | Carnegie Vanguard | Challenge Early College | DeBakey | East Early College Eastwood Academy | H.S.P.V.A. | Barbara Jordan | H.S.L.E.C.J. | Liberty (Newcomer) |
| Alternative 9-11 schools | Houston Academy for International Studies |
| K-8 schools | Gregory-Lincoln | Woodson |
| Alternative and magnet K-8 schools | Briarmeadow | Kandy Stripe | Rice |
| 1-8 schools | E.O. Smith |
| Middle schools | Attucks | Black | Burbank MS | Clifton | Cullen | Deady | Dowling | Edison | Fleming | Fondren MS | Fonville | Grady Hamilton | Hartman | Henry | Hogg | Holland | Jackson | Johnston | Key | Long | Lanier | Marshall | McReynolds Ortíz | Pershing | Pin Oak | Revere | Ryan | Sharpstown | Stevenson | Thomas | Welch | West Briar |
| Elementary schools | Briargrove | Longfellow | Neff | Poe | River Oaks | Roberts | Twain | Walnut Bend | West University | Others |
