East Peoria Community High School is a four-year public high school located in

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, and is the only school of East Peoria Community High School District 309. As of 2018, the school has 983 students enrolled. East Peoria Community High School has several feeder schools: Central Junior High School (

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), Parkview Middle School (Creve Coeur School District 76), and Robein Elementary School (Robein School District 85).

Additions

During the summer of 2009 construction began on "E" building. The new construction includes a new larger cafeteria and multiple classrooms. The cafeteria seats 800 students and has a separate room for faculty dining. The classrooms are state of the art, with built-in sound systems, DVD and VHS, and up-to-date electronics. "E" building is the first phase of construction. For phase II the old lunch room is being turned into a fine arts wing, and phase III is the demolition of the original building "A building".

Notable alumni

Tim Broe Tim Broe (born June 20, 1977, in Peoria, Illinois) is a retired American long-distance runner. He reached the 5000 meters final at the 2004 Summer Olympics finishing eleventh. Tim competed collegiately for the University of Alabama where his 3,000m ...

Photo caption: "Olympic runner Tim Broe returns to his roots by visiting his alma mater, East Peoria Central Junior High". (1995 graduate) — runner:

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(Athens, men's 5000 meter, 11th place); graduated from Central Junior High first; also coached at EPCHS from 2007 to 2010 * Corwin Clatt - football player for

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(1967 graduate) — philosopher and Christian apologist *

Ray Giacoletti Raymond Bryan Giacoletti (born April 14, 1962) is a retired men's basketball coach, having served as head coach at Drake University, and The University of Utah. He played collegiate basketball at Minot State University in North Dakota from 1980 t ...

(1980 graduate) — basketball head coach,

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* Matthew F. Hale (1989 graduate) —

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Kent Hovind Kent E. Hovind (born January 15, 1953) is an American Christian fundamentalist evangelist and tax protester. He is a controversial figure in the Young Earth creationist movement whose ministry focuses on denial of scientific theories in the fie ...

(1971 graduate) —

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(1971 graduate) — stand-up comedian * Howard Lance (1973 graduate) — Chairman & CEO,

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(1958 graduate) — country/gospel singer *

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(1974 graduate) — basketball player for

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teams *

Gary Richrath Gary Dean Richrath (October 18, 1949 – September 13, 2015) was an American guitarist, best known as the lead guitarist and a songwriter for the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989. Early life Richrath was born in Peoria, Illinois, on Octob ...

(1968 graduate) — musician,

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player for

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'', September 14, 2015. Retrieved 2015-10-08. * Tim Simpson (1987 graduate) — football player,

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, several

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teams including

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References

External links

East Peoria Community High School
– official website Public high schools in Illinois East Peoria, Illinois Schools in Tazewell County, Illinois 1900 establishments in Illinois {{Illinois-school-stub