Eastmoor Academy

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Eastmoor Academy
Location
Eastmoor Academy
417 South Weyant Avenue

Columbus
,
(Franklin County)
,
Ohio
43213

United States
Coordinates 39°57′49″N82°54′30″W / 39.96361°N 82.90833°W / 39.96361; -82.90833
Information
Type Public, coeducational high school
School district Columbus City Schools
SuperintendentAngela Chapman
Grades 9–12
Color(s) Red, white and royal blue [1]    
Athletics conference Columbus City League [1]
MascotTitan Warrior
Team nameWarriors [1]
RivalWalnut Ridge
Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools [2]
Website www.ccsoh.us/eastmooracademyhs

Eastmoor Academy is a public high school located on the east side of Columbus, Ohio. It is part of Columbus City Schools.

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Eastmoor Academy was formerly known as Eastmoor High School. The school's colors are red, white and blue, and its mascot is a warrior.

In the 1960s, frequent performers at Eastmoor included Mexican virtuoso solo trumpeter, Rafael Méndez, and the American jazz trumpeter, Doc Severinsen. During the eighties, the school was a frequent stop for high-profile speakers in the civil rights movement such as Coretta Scott King.

The movie Speak starring Kristen Stewart was filmed at Eastmoor in 2003.

In 2008, the Eastmoor football team went 13–2, eventually losing in the Division 3 State Championship Game to the Aurora Greenmen, 21–10.

Ohio High School Athletic Association State Championships

Girls Track Team - State Champions - 2013

Notable alumni

Eastmoor is the high school alma mater of two-time Heisman Trophy winner Archie Griffin, after whom their football stadium is now named; it is also the alma mater of former Lynyrd Skynyrd drummer Artimus Pyle (class of 1966), [4] and jazz musician Michael Feinstein.

Detroit Lions linebacker Paul Naumoff is a graduate (1964), as was Doug Van Horn, offensive lineman for the Detroit Lions and later the New York Giants.

References

  1. 1 2 3 OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association member directory". Archived from the original on November 4, 2010. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  2. ↑ NCA-CASI. "NCA-Council on Accreditation and School Improvement". Archived from the original on September 23, 2009. Retrieved February 17, 2010.
  3. ↑ OHSAA. "Ohio High School Athletic Association Web site" . Retrieved December 31, 2006.
  4. ↑ Pyle, Artimus (October 17, 2017). Street Survivor: Keeping the Beat in Lynyrd Skynyrd. Backbeat Books. ISBN   978-1617136542.


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