Escondido High School (EHS) is one of three high schools in the

Escondido Union High School District The Escondido Union School District (EUSD) is a school district that serves the city of Escondido, California Escondido is a city in San Diego County, California, United States. Located in the North County region, it was incorporated in 1888 ...

located in

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. Escondido High received a California Distinguished School award in 2007.

History

The first building to house Escondido High School was located in downtown Escondido. The

University of Southern California , mottoeng = "Let whoever earns the palm bear it" , religious_affiliation = Nonsectarian—historically Methodist , established = , accreditation = WSCUC , type = Private research university , academic_affiliations = , endowment = $8.1 ...

(USC) constructed it in 1889 for use as a

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. The seminary operated for ten years but eventually closed due to lack of finances. USC donated the building to a man named Henry Putnam, who himself gave it to the Escondido Union High School District. Overcrowding prompted the construction of a three-story building just south of the original site; this new building opened in 1927. The original building burned down in 1929. The severe damage to many school buildings in the

1933 Long Beach earthquake The 1933 Long Beach earthquake took place on March 10 at south of downtown Los Angeles. The epicenter was offshore, southeast of Long Beach, California, on the Newport–Inglewood Fault. The earthquake had a magnitude estimated at 6.4 , and a ...

prompted the California State Legislature to pass the

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, mandating that school buildings be earthquake-resistant. The state inspected EHS and found the campus to be unsafe, but the inspection report was never acted upon. In the 1950s, the district wanted to construct a new high school to address overcrowding. The new school was to be named Vallecitos High School and located at the present-day North Broadway site. Two bond measures were required to fund construction. When the district began the process of submitting the second bond measure, the state confronted them with the old inspection report. The state again declared the campus unsafe and then required the district to vacate EHS before attempting the bond measure. Classes were moved to the partially completed Vallecitos High, temporary tents, and the buildings at EHS that were still considered safe. The North Broadway campus was completed in 1954. The Vallecitos name was dropped and the campus took the Escondido High name. The downtown campus was fully demolished in the mid-1980s.

Stats

*Grade Range: 9-12 *Number of Academic Counselors: 6 *Stadium: Wilson Stadium *Baseball Field: Pete Coscarart Field

Sports

;Year-Round *Sideline Cheerleading ;Fall *Boys/Girls Cross Country *Girls Field Hockey *Football *Girls Golf *Girls Tennis *Girls Volleyball *Boys Water Polo ;Winter *CIF Cheerleading *Boys Basketball *Girls Basketball *Boys Soccer *Girls Soccer *Girls Water Polo *Wrestling ;Spring *Baseball *Boys Golf *Softball *Girls/Boys Swimming *Boys Tennis *Girls/Boys Track and Field *Boys Volleyball

Faces of Death film

In the 1980s, Bart Schwartz a lecturer showed the Faces of Death film to students in the school. Two students, Diane Geese and Sherry Forget claimed that they suffered too much trauma and later sued the school; they were compensated. The Bart was suspended but not fired.

October 2007 wildfires

During the

California wildfires of October 2007 The October 2007 California wildfires, also known as the Fall 2007 California firestorm, were a series of about thirty wildfires (17 of which became major wildfires) that began igniting across Southern California on October 20. At least 1,500 ho ...

, Escondido High School was an emergency shelter for evacuees, along with

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, Mission Hills Church, and Calvin Christian School.

Notable alumni

* Pete Coscarart, first Major League Baseball player signed out of

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Mike Frank Stephen Michael Frank (born January 14, 1975) is an American former Major League Baseball outfielder who played for the Cincinnati Reds in 1998. Biography Frank was born in Pomona, California and graduated from Escondido High School in (Escondi ...

, Major League Baseball outfielder *

Dashon Johnson Dashon Johnson (born January 25, 1988) is an American professional boxer, mixed martial artist, and former North American Boxing Association (NABA) title super middleweight champion. Johnson is from Fontana, California. Boxing career NABA title ...

, professional boxer/ MMA *

Randy Johnson Randall David Johnson (born September 10, 1963), nicknamed "The Big Unit", is an American photographer and former professional baseball pitcher who played 22 seasons in Major League Baseball (1988–2009) for six teams, primarily the Seattle M ...

, Major League infielder and Minor League field coordinator for the San Diego Padres *

John Mallinger John Charles Mallinger (born September 25, 1979) is an American professional golfer. Early life Mallinger was born in Escondido, California, and is the youngest of four children. He graduated from Escondido High School. Amateur career Mallin ...

, professional golfer *

Mark Redman Mark Allen Redman (born January 5, 1974) is an American former professional baseball left-handed starting pitcher. Early career A 1992 graduate of Escondido High School in California, he played baseball and football before attending The Master' ...

, All-Star Major League Baseball pitcher and member of the 2003 World Series Champion Florida Marlins *

Mark Wiebe Mark Charles Wiebe (born September 13, 1957) is an American professional golfer who currently plays on the PGA Tour Champions. He also played on the PGA Tour and Nationwide Tour. Early life Wiebe was born in Seaside, Oregon and grew up in Escon ...

, professional golferPgatour.com
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References

External links

Website of Escondido High SchoolEscondido Union School DistrictEscondido Unified High School District
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