E. C. Glass High School

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E. C. Glass High School
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Address
E. C. Glass High School
2111 Memorial Ave

Lynchburg
,
Virginia
24501

United States
Coordinates 37°24′27.9″N79°9′59.8″W / 37.407750°N 79.166611°W / 37.407750; -79.166611
Information
Type Public high school
secondary school
MottoTogether we keep climbing
Founded1871 [1]
School district Lynchburg City Public Schools
SuperintendentCrystal Edwards
PrincipalDani Rule
Teaching staff82.50 (FTE) [2]
Grades 9–12
Gender Co-educational
Enrollment1,325 [2]  (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio16.06 [2]
Color(s)Blue and White
  
Athletics conference Virginia High School League Class 4 Seminole District
Nickname Hilltoppers
Team nameE.C. Glass Hilltoppers
Rivals Heritage High School,
Brookville High School,
Jefferson Forest High School
Website Official site
Former building on Park Avenue Park Avenue School, Lynchburg.jpg
Former building on Park Avenue

E. C. Glass High School is a public school in Lynchburg, Virginia, United States. It was founded in 1871 as Lynchburg High School and was named for long-time Superintendent of Public Schools in Lynchburg, Edward Christian Glass. [1]

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Academics

Part of the Lynchburg city public school system and governed by the Lynchburg City School Board, E. C. Glass offers a range of Advanced Placement courses, including: AP Human Geography, AP World History, AP Research, AP American History, AP US & Comparative Government, AP African American Studies, AP Psychology, AP Physics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Computer Science, AP Calculus AB & BC, AP Statistics, AP Latin, AP German, AP Spanish, AP French, AP Language & Composition, AP English Literature, AP Art History, AP Music Theory, AP Macro and Micro Economics, AP European History, and AP Portfolio Art. [3] E. C. Glass also offers a range of extra classes such as Drafting, Culinary Arts, and Personal Finance. These classes help students get a head start in the real world.

Some of the awards and recognition for E. C. Glass High School include: [4]

  1. US Department of Education Blue Ribbon School 1983, 1993
  2. Redbook Magazine School Award 1996
  3. Newsweek Magazine, 2007 Ranked in Top Public High Schools
  4. Best Comprehensive High School in Virginia

Athletics

E. C. Glass has a rich athletic tradition. Its football team competed in the Virginia High School State Championship Play-offs in 1925, 1930, 1933, 1938, 1972, 1974, 1976, 1977, 1988, 1991, 1992, and 1995, and the semi-finals game in 1993, 1994 and 2022. [5] The Hilltoppers won the State Championship in 1930, 1933, 1938, 1988 and finished as state runners-up in 1991 and 1992. . [6] The Hilltopper soccer team went undefeated over many seasons.

Arts

In 1926, E. C. Glass' literary magazine, Menagerie (formerly, The Critic), was the first to receive the Virginia High School League's Trophy Class award. [7] The literary and poetry sections of the Glass yearbooks, along with other publications and media creations, have sought to help us understand ourselves better across the decades.

Glass Theatre offers a full program in acting and technical theater. [8] Under Jim Ackley, a graduate of the Virginia Military Institute, the program won four Virginia theatre championships in the 80's and 90's. They were selected five times to perform on the Main Stage at the Educational Theatre Association National Convention and were named high school theatre champions twice by the American High School Theatre Festival. Glass Theatre represented the United States at the Edinburgh (Scotland) International Arts Festival Fringe five times where they received critical acclaim and performed to sold-out audiences. [9] In 1991, the US Congress named the EC Glass Senior Acting Drama Class Students the winners of the “Young Writers and Inventor’s Award” for their play 'Going Toward the Light', written under Mr. Ackley’s supervision. [6]

In 2012, Mr. Ackley retired after 32 years teaching at Glass - a record. Mr. E. Tom Harris was theater director afterwards for seven years, and was followed by EC Glass alumna and former Broadway and film actor, Allison Daugherty, in 2019.

E. C. Glass offers a full program for musicians. Glass's combined concert and chamber orchestra regularly travels to competitions and performances around the region, often selected to be in the All-Virginia Band and Orchestra event in Richmond.

Additionally, Glass has concert band, wind ensemble, percussion ensemble, and jazz band classes. The E. C. Glass Marching Band, called "The Pride of Old Dominion," performs at football games and competitions around the state. The school also has an award winning Choral Department. Ensembles and classes within the Choral Department include the Chamber Singers, Concert Choir, and Male and Female Acapella Ensemble.

In 2017, English teacher Casey Wood introduced an elective course entitled "Exploring Language and Culture Through Hip Hop". This course follows the historical timeline of classic Hip-Hop culture and allows students to analyze Rap lyrics as poetry. In 2024, E.C. Glass High School's record label, BTG (Break the Glass Productions) released their first album entitled "Break the Glass: Volume 1" which features songs written, produced and performed by students, teachers, and members of the E.C. Glass community.

Rejection of "It Gets Better" Grant

In November of 2023, the Lynchburg City School Board made national headlines when they voted 7-2 to throw away an already-gifted $10,000 grant awarded by the It Gets Better Project to students who had applied for the funding to create a quiet tolerant safe space for all students. The students who applied for the grant were quoted by local news as saying the decision "broke our spirits" and that the board "made us feel like we weren’t even there." [10]

Notable alumni

References

  1. 1 2 "Welcome to E. C. Glass High School" . Retrieved September 12, 2011.
  2. 1 2 3 "E.C. Glass High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 19, 2024.
  3. ↑ Academics | E. C. Glass High School
  4. ↑ http://www.vsaart.com/ec_glass Virginia School of the Arts: EC Glass High School
  5. ↑ http://www.vhsl.org/files/fb-pastchampions-1920-69.pdf Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine ; http://www.vhsl.org/files/fb-pastchampions-1970-present.pdf Archived 2010-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  6. 1 2 Id.
  7. ↑ Magazines
  8. ↑ "Glass Theatre". Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Glass Theatre". Archived from the original on January 12, 2012. Retrieved January 16, 2012.
  10. ↑ Dvorak, Petula (November 30, 2023). "LGBTQ teens won a grant for their school. Adults sent the money back". Washington Post. Retrieved November 30, 2023.
  11. ↑ Gillis, Casey (May 22, 2012). "E.C. Glass's drama director to retire". The News & Advance . Archived from the original on May 24, 2012. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Connie Britton on TV.com". CBS Interactive Inc. p. 1. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  13. 1 2 "Scout.com: Ruben Brown Profile" . Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  14. ↑ "Buffalo Bills: Brad Butler". Archived from the original on May 3, 2009. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  15. ↑ "HOF Inductees Class of 1995 William "Bill" Chambers". Archived from the original on February 28, 2008. Retrieved December 29, 2009.
  16. ↑ "Faith Prince Biography – Yahoo! Movies" . Retrieved December 29, 2009.
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