Empire High School
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{{Infobox school
| name = Empire High School
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| motto = Culture-Rich, Innovative, Challenging
| established = {{start date and age|2005|p=1}}
| ceeb = 030601
| address = 10701 E. Mary Ann Cleveland Way
| city = Tucson
| state = Arizona
| country = United States
| type = Public High school
| principal = Matt Donaldson
| teaching_staff = 43.49 (FTE)
| enrollment = 888 (2023–2024){{cite web|url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?Search=1&DistrictID=0408850&ID=040885002552|title=Empire High School|publisher=National Center for Education Statistics|accessdate=December 13, 2024}}
| grades = 9-12
| district = Vail Unified School District
| mascot = Raven
| colors = Black and red
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| website = {{URL|https://ehs.vailschooldistrict.org/}}
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| coordinates = {{Coord|32.088166|-110.763737|display=inline,title|format=dms|type:edu}}
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Empire High School, also known as EHS, is a public high school in the Vail Unified School District in Tucson, Arizona. It is the first public high school in the United States to use all-wireless laptop technology and fully digital (no textbooks) curriculum resources.{{cite web |url=https://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/08/68578 |title=Look, Ma, No Schoolbooks! |date=August 18, 2005 |publisher=Wired |accessdate=February 19, 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207121459/http://www.wired.com/science/discoveries/news/2005/08/68578 |archivedate=February 7, 2009 }}
History
Empire opened to students in August 2005 as the first one-to-one laptop, textbook free, comprehensive high school in the nation."About EHS." Ehs.vail.k12.az.us. Empire High School, n.d. Web. November 15, 2013.
Empire High School was named an "Apple Distinguished School" for the 2007-2008 and 2008-2009 school years. In the 2010-2011 school year, Empire was distinguished as an A+ school, and it earned that title again in the 2014-2015, 2018-2019, and 2023-2024 school years.{{Citation needed|date=March 2025}} Additionally, during the 2024-2025 school year, Empire was announced to be the first school in the state by the ASBA (Arizona School Boards Association.)"#1 in Arizona!!!" ehs.vailschooldistrict. Empire High School, n.d. Web. November 14, 2024.
Athletics
Empire hosts a wide variety of athletics, including football, track and field, baseball, softball, golf, volleyball, cheer, soccer, basketball and cross country. In the 2009-2010 and 2012-2013 school years, Empire's baseball team went on to the state finals. Starting in the 2012-2013 school year, students from Andrada Polytechnic High School began to compete in athletics as members of Empire's teams, moving most of Empire's teams up in divisions. In the 2014-2015 school year, Empire's softball team became the Arizona State Champions in their division, which was the first time in Empire history that one of their sports teams had earned that title. In 2017 Empire won the state softball championship; its second title in that sport and second overall for the school.{{Citation needed|date=May 2017}}
Fine Arts
Empire's fine arts programs include classes and extracurricular activities focusing on guitars, choir, pop symphony, art (including an AP class on drawing), steel drums, photography, ceramics, theatre, and technical theatre. The fine arts programs at Empire have been recognized as some of the top programs in the state. The Empire Drama Department has won countless superior awards in a variety of categories at competitions across the state, and has earned the chance to go to Nationals for their one-act plays in the 2013-2014 and 2022-2023 school years. They were named the State Champions in One Acts, took 4th place for their category at the Musical Theatre Competitions of America in California, and also won the award for Best Musical in Tucson for their performance of Urinetown all in the 2014-2015 school year.
References
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External links
- [http://ehs.vail.k12.az.us/ Empire High School homepage]
- [http://tucson.com/news/local/street-smarts-east-side-road-named-for-realtor-volunteer-activist/article_252e4586-b4aa-54e5-9ed0-10f9c47b96c6.html David Leighton, "Street Smarts: East-side road named for Realtor/volunteer/activist," (Mary Ann Cleveland Way) Arizona Daily Star, July 29, 2014]
- [https://www.onthestage.tickets/empire-high-school/about Empire High Theatre Department website]
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Category:Public high schools in Arizona
Category:Schools in Tucson, Arizona