East Peoria Community High School
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East Peoria Community High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school located in East Peoria, Illinois
, and is the only school of East Peoria Community High School District 309. It currently has 1,200 students. East Peoria Community High School has several feeder schools: Central Junior High School, Parkview Middle School, and Robein Elementary School.
The cafeteria seats 600 students and has a separate room for faculty dining. The classrooms are state of the art with built in sound systems, DVD and VHS, and up-to-date electronics.
"E" building is the first phase of construction. For phase II the old lunch room is being turned into a fine arts wing and phase III is the demolition of the original building "A building".
East Peoria, Illinois
East Peoria is a city in Tazewell County, Illinois, United States. The population was 23,402 at the 2010 census. East Peoria is part of the Peoria, Illinois Metropolitan Statistical Area, located across the Illinois River from downtown Peoria. It is home to many Caterpillar Inc. facilities...
, and is the only school of East Peoria Community High School District 309. It currently has 1,200 students. East Peoria Community High School has several feeder schools: Central Junior High School, Parkview Middle School, and Robein Elementary School.
Additions
During the summer of 2009 construction began on "E" building. The new construction includes a new larger cafeteria and multiple classrooms.The cafeteria seats 600 students and has a separate room for faculty dining. The classrooms are state of the art with built in sound systems, DVD and VHS, and up-to-date electronics.
"E" building is the first phase of construction. For phase II the old lunch room is being turned into a fine arts wing and phase III is the demolition of the original building "A building".
Notable alumni
- Tim Broe (1995 graduate) — runner: 2004 U.S. Olympic TeamUnited States at the 2004 Summer OlympicsThe United States was represented at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, by the United States Olympic Committee . The delegation of 613 athletes was the largest the country has ever sent to the Summer Olympics...
(Athens, Men's 5000 meter, 11th place) - Matthew F. HaleMatthew F. HaleMatthew F. Hale , more commonly known as Matt Hale, was the third Pontifex Maximus of the white supremacist religion, Creativity, and the founder of the group formerly known as the World Church of the Creator and now known as The Creativity Movement. The organization's headquarters were based in...
(1989 graduate) — white supremacist: Creativity Movement - Kent HovindKent HovindKent E. Hovind is an American young earth creationist. Hovind speaks on creation science and aims to convince listeners to reject theories of evolution, geophysics, and cosmology in favor of the Genesis creation narrative as found in the Bible...
(1971 graduate) — Young Earth creationist and tax protesterTax protester (United States)A tax protester is someone who refuses to pay a tax on constitutional or legal grounds, typically because he or she believes that the tax laws are unconstitutional or otherwise invalid... - Sam KinisonSam KinisonSamuel Burl "Sam" Kinison was an American stand-up comedian and actor. Kinison was known for his intense, harsh and politically incorrect genre humor...
(1971 graduate) — stand-up comedian - Howard LanceHoward LanceHoward Lance is the current chairman of the board, president and chief executive officer of the Harris Corporation. He was selected by Harris' Board of Directors in January 2003 to replace Phillip W. Farmer upon his retirement. Howard is currently in transition and working with Bill Brown...
(1973 graduate) — Chairman & CEO, Harris CorporationHarris CorporationHarris Corporation is a Florida-based international communications equipment company that produces wireless equipment, electronic systems, and both terrestrial and spaceborne antennas for use in the government, defense, and commercial sectors. It is also the largest private-sector employer in... - Cristy LaneCristy LaneEleanor Johnston, known by her professional name as Cristy Lane is an American country music and gospel music singer, best known for a number of major country hits in the late 70s and the early 1980s, including her cover version of the song, "One Day at a Time".Lane's career began to take shape in...
(1958 graduate) — country/gospel singer - Bob Thiemann (1999 graduate) — bass guitarBass guitarThe bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
player: RevisRevisRevis is an American post-grunge band from Carbondale, Illinois. They released one major label album, Places for Breathing, in 2003 before disbanding in 2005... - Roger PhegleyRoger PhegleyRoger Dale Phegley is a retired American professional basketball player. A 6'6" 205 lb shooting guard, he played college basketball at Bradley University and had a career in the NBA from 1978 to 1984...
(1974 graduate) — basketball player: several NBANational Basketball AssociationThe National Basketball Association is the pre-eminent men's professional basketball league in North America. It consists of thirty franchised member clubs, of which twenty-nine are located in the United States and one in Canada...
teams - Gary RichrathGary RichrathGary Richrath is an American guitarist, best known as a member of the band REO Speedwagon from 1970 until 1989...
(1968 graduate) — guitarGuitarThe guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
player for REO SpeedwagonREO SpeedwagonREO Speedwagon is an American rock band. Formed in 1967, the band grew in popularity during the 1970s and peaked in the early 1980s. Hi Infidelity is the group's most commercially successful album, selling over ten million copies and charting four Top 40 hits in the US... - Tim Simpson (1987 graduate) — footballAmerican footballAmerican football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
player: Fighting Illini and several NFLNational Football LeagueThe National Football League is the highest level of professional American football in the United States, and is considered the top professional American football league in the world. It was formed by eleven teams in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association, with the league changing...
teams, including the Pittsburgh SteelersPittsburgh SteelersThe Pittsburgh Steelers are a professional football team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The team currently belongs to the North Division of the American Football Conference in the National Football League . Founded in , the Steelers are the oldest franchise in the AFC...
External links
- East Peoria Community High School – official website