East High School (Salt Lake City)

East High School in July 2014.

East High School is a public high school in the Salt Lake City School District in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. and serves grades nine through twelve. It also accepts and cares for mentally and physically disabled kids. East High School was founded in 1913^[1] and currently has an enrolled student body of 2,109. It is located at 840 South 1300 East in the East Bench neighborhood. The original building was completed in 1913, and the current structure was built in 1997.^[1]

Most of the Disney Channel film High School Musical was filmed at East High School. The opening scenes of its first sequel High School Musical 2 (including the film's opening number, "What Time Is It?") were also filmed at East High. Additional filming took place in Saint George. The filming of the second sequel High School Musical 3: Senior Year began at East High on May 3, 2008.

High School Musical

Much of the Disney Channel film High School Musical and parts of its two sequels, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year, were filmed at East High. As a result, the school has become a destination for some tourists. In the summer of 2007, the school received 40 to 50 visitors per day who wanted to visit the location of the film.^[2]

In November 2007, the school performed its own production of High School Musical.^[2] Demand for tickets was so strong that the school added an extra night of that production.^[3]

Sexual misconduct and assaults

In 2007, three members of the football team were arrested and charged with various offences including forcible sodomy, attempted forcible sodomy and sexual abuse. Incidents similar to this occurred 3 times during the same season. The players were removed from the football team,^[4] and expelled from school.^[5] In March 2008, one of the defendants was found guilty of two first degree felonies: forcible sexual abuse and attempted forcible sodomy, in addition to a misdemeanor charge of lewdness; and he also faces additional sex and assault charges for an incident with two children he was baby-sitting.^[6] He was ordered into custody, where he was sentenced to mandatory therapy, and was directed to write apology letters to his victims.

In December 2008, five students were suspended and "referred to police" after assaulting a classmate.^[7][8]

In 2012, a Woods High Cross School soccer player was blatantly fouled by an East High School player with an intentional knee to the head. The assault was filmed and the video then uploaded to Internet video sharing site YouTube. The offending soccer player later apologized.^[9][10]

Notable alumni

• Jenny Oaks Baker (class of 1993), Grammy nominated violinist.^[11]
• Roseanne Barr (actress, comedian, writer, producer, director, politician) attended the school, but dropped out before graduating at 17 years old.
• Herman Franks, Major League Baseball manager^[12]
• James Irwin (class of 1947),^[13] astronaut who walked on the moon
• Bob Lewis, National champion basketball player at the University of Utah^[14]
• Jim Matheson, U.S. Representative from Utah (Class of 1978)
• Bruce "Utah" Phillips, folk singer, story teller, labor organizer, "the Golden Voice of the Great Southwest"^[15]
• Sione Pouha (class of 1997),^[16] defensive tackle for the New York Jets
• Vernon B. Romney (class of 1941), former Utah Attorney General from 1969-1977
• Ken Sansom (class of 1944),^[17] voice actor and actor, former voice of Rabbit in Disney's Winnie the Pooh
• Wallace Stegner (class of 1925),^[18] Pulitzer Prize winning author
• Will Tukuafu^[19]
• Paul Van Dam (class of 1955), former Utah Attorney General (1989-1993) ^[20]
• Richard Moll (class of 1960), actor ^[21]

References

Coordinates: 40°45′03″N 111°51′19″W / 40.75083°N 111.85528°W / 40.75083; -111.85528