Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School

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{{Infobox school

| name = Bettye Davis East Anchorage
High School

| other_name = East High School

| former_name = East Anchorage High School

| streetaddress = 4025 East Northern Lights Boulevard

| city = Anchorage, Alaska

| zipcode = 99508

| country = USA

| coordinates = {{Coord|61.200472|-149.80545|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

| ceeb = 020002

| type = Public high school

| established = {{start date and age|1954|p=1}}

| district = Anchorage School District

| superintendent = Jharrett Bryantt{{cite web |title=Dr. Jharrett Bryantt, Superintendent |url=https://www.asdk12.org/superintendent |website=Anchorage School District |access-date=September 17, 2022}}

| principal = Ron Brown

| teaching_staff = 90.65 (FTE)

| grades = 9-12

| ratio = 19.45

| mascot = Thunderbird

| newspaper =

| yearbook =

| website = {{URL|https://www.asdk12.org/east}}

| pushpin_map = USA Alaska Anchorage#USA Alaska

| colors = Red and blue
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| enrollment = 1,763 (2019–20){{cite web |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&Zip=99507&Miles=5&SchoolPageNum=3&ID=020018000075 |title=East High School |publisher=National Center for Education Statistics |access-date=November 10, 2021}}

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Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School (BDEAHS) is a public high school which serves grades 9–12 in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage School District. The current principal is Ron Brown.{{Cite web|url=https://www.asdk12.org//site/default.aspx?PageType=2&PageModuleInstanceID=26984&ViewID=d23c305b-e295-4186-9257-b05a61f233d9&RenderLoc=0&FlexDataID=0&Filter=Site%3AAdministrative%20Staff|title=East High {{!}} Anchorage School District|website=www.asdk12.org|access-date=November 10, 2021}} East's mascot is the Thunderbird, and the school colors are red and blue. With an enrollment of 1,765 students as of the 2019–2020 school year, East High School is the second largest school in Alaska, after West Anchorage High School, which enrolled 1,772 students in the same school year.{{Cite web |url=https://education.alaska.gov/stats/SchoolEnrollment/2018SchoolEnrollment.pdf |title=School Enrollment by Grade as of October 1, 2018 |website=education.alaska.gov |access-date=November 10, 2021}} In October 2020, it was decided by the Anchorage School District Board to rename East Anchorage High School as Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School after the late Bettye Davis.{{Cite web|last=Media|first=Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public|date=October 22, 2020|title=Anchorage School Board renames high school after Bettye Davis, Alaska's 1st Black state senator|url=https://www.ktoo.org/2020/10/22/anchorage-school-board-renames-high-school-after-bettye-davis-alaskas-1st-black-state-senator/|access-date=October 23, 2020|website=KTOO|language=en-US}}

Notable alumni

{{Alumni|date=October 2021}}

  • Scott Gomez (ca. 1997), former National Hockey League player who was also an assistant coach for the New York Islanders
  • Trajan Langdon (1994), former professional basketball player with the Cleveland Cavaliers and current president of basketball operations of the Detroit Pistons
  • Sean Parnell (1980), former Governor of Alaska{{cite web|url=http://www.nga.org/cms/home/governors/current-governors/col2-content/main-content-list/sean--parnell.html|title=Alaska Governor Sean Parnell|publisher=National Governors Association|accessdate= February 2, 2013}}
  • Kikkan Randall (2001), Olympic skier{{cite web|url=http://www.kikkan.com/ssp/bio|title=Bio|website=Kikkan Randall Official Website|accessdate=April 30, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111224194713/http://www.kikkan.com/ssp/bio|url-status=dead}}
  • Lora Reinbold (1982), Alaska politician{{Cite web |url=https://akleg.gov/100years/bio.php?id=1580 |title=Lora Reinbold |publisher=Alaska Legislature |access-date=October 3, 2023}}
  • James Dale Ritchie (1994), serial killer{{cite web | last = Hopkins | first = Kyle | url = http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Serial-killer-Police-say-James-Dale-Ritchie-committed-5-murders-in-2016-420514763.html | title = Serial killer: Police say James Dale Ritchie committed 5 murders in 2016 | date = April 26, 2017 | publisher = KTUU-TV | accessdate = April 27, 2017}}
  • John Roderick (ca. 1986), musicianhttp://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-14-big-city-apology.html . Approximate timestamp 1:23:30.
  • Mao Tosi (1994), football player, Arizona Cardinals (ca. 2000)

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