Elsie Allen High School (EAHS) is a

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located in

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at 599 Bellevue Ave. It is part of the Santa Rosa High School District, which is itself part of

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. The primary feeder school is Cook Middle School. The school is named after

Elsie Allen Elsie Comanche Allen (September 22, 1899 – December 31, 1990) was a Native American Pomo basket weaver from the Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California in Northern California, significant as for historically categorizing and teach ...

History

Elsie Allen High School was founded in 1994. The first graduating class of the school was in 1997. It was named after

Pomo The Pomo are an Indigenous people of California. Historical Pomo territory in Northern California was large, bordered by the Pacific Coast to the west, extending inland to Clear Lake, and mainly between Cleone and Duncans Point. One small grou ...

basket weaver Basket weaving (also basketry or basket making) is the process of weaving or sewing pliable materials into three-dimensional artifacts, such as baskets, mats, mesh bags or even furniture. Craftspeople and artists specialized in making baskets ...

and educator

. The University Center at Elsie Allen High School is the recipient of the prestigious 2010 California School Boards Association Golden Bell Award. The University Center at Elsie Allen High School guarantees admission to Sonoma State University and offers an annual savings of $10,000 in college tuition for students accepted in to the program. In 2009, the University Center boasted the only Presidential Scholar ever to come from a Sonoma County public school; Jesse Nee-Vogelman earned perfect scores in four portions of the SAT. In 2011, parents, faculty and community members came together to support Elsie Allen high School students by creating the Elsie Allen High School Foundation. The non-profit Foundation supports students by providing mentors, job shadows, career days and scholarships to college and trade schools. In 2017, the Elsie Allen High Foundation received a $250,000 grant to help set up a $1 million endowment fund to provide Elise Allen High student scholarships for decades to come.

Campus

The campus is also home to Midrose High School, an

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. Midrose is located on the northside of the campus.

Extracurricular activities

Clubs

Elsie Allen has a number of student clubs, including the

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Rotary Interact Rotary International is one of the largest service organizations in the world. Its stated mission is to "provide service to others, promote integrity, and advance world understanding, goodwill, and peace through hefellowship of business, profe ...

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, 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

Sports

Elsie Allen has an

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team. Starting in 2011, they stopped playing in the

North Bay League The North Coast Section (NCS) is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation, governing the East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, up along the northern coast of the state of California, from Fr ...

and became an independent team. The school also has a men's club

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team. Elsie Allen also has boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, cross country, and

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

. There is also badminton, swim team and girls tennis.

Performing arts

The Arts Program has twice won the Congressional Art Competition. The Drama Program has received a multitude of awards over the past several years for acting, directing, and overall performance, as well as the top award for playwriting at the annual Lenaea Festival. The Elsie Allen High Drum Line performs regularly for visiting dignitaries at businesses and community events.

Former principals

In 2018, Principal Mary Gail Stablein retired after serving as Elsie Allen High School's principal for 16 years. Stablein focused on preparing students for careers and higher education, boosting on campus the number of college-prep courses, student support services and job training and scholarship opportunities. The founding principal was Carnell Edwards. He died in his home state of North Carolina in May 2011 of a heart attack.

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