Edmondson-Westside High School

Edmondson-Westside High School
Excellentia Sacrificium Poscit "Excellence demands sacrifice"
Address
501 Athol Avenue, Edmondson Building Baltimore, Maryland 21229
Coordinates	39°17′29″N 76°41′16″W / 39.29139°N 76.68778°W / 39.29139; -76.68778Coordinates: 39°17′29″N 76°41′16″W / 39.29139°N 76.68778°W / 39.29139; -76.68778
Information
School type	Public, Vocational-Technical, Magnet
Founded	1955
School district	Baltimore City Public Schools
Superintendent	Dr. Gregory Thornton [CEO]
School number	400
Principal	Muriel Cole-Webber
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	803^[1] (2014)
Area	Urban
Color(s)	Red and White
Mascot	Redskins (1955–2002) The Red Storm (2002–present)
Team name	Redstorm
Website	www.edmondson-westside.org

Edmondson-Westside High School is a public high school located in the southwest area known as Edmondson Village of Baltimore, Maryland. The school is made up of two buildings, the Edmondson Building (located on Athol Avenue) which is used primarily for Academic Studies, and the Westside Building (located on Edmondson Avenue) which is used for Vocational and Technical Studies such as Culinary Arts, Child Care, Automotive, Media Technology, Computer Programming and Nursing. The Edmondson building opened in September 1955 and the Westside Building opened up in September 1980 to expand the school.

Edmondson Ave., Westside Building

Sports

Edmondson's Redstorm (formerly known as Redskins) hold many athletic championships around the city. In the 2006-2007 academic year, their varsity football team were the 2A State Champions^[2] and the varsity wrestling team were the city champions.

The Edmondson "Red Skins" teams of the 1960s dominated the Maryland high school sports scene with the football team being the undefeated Maryland Scholastic Association State champs from 1963 to 1968.

Graduates of those teams won scholarships to many prestigious schools such as the Naval Academy, WestPoint and The Penn State University.

While the football team enjoyed their undefeated win streak, other sports such as basketball and swimming won State championship after championship.

Edmondson's lacrosse program under the direction of Augie Waibel and Lon Russ, fielded one of the first integrated high school Lacrosse teams in the nation. The teams received many honors and many of the black youth were recruited to play at the college level where they did well.

The class of 2005 was the last to graduate that had used the Redskins as the school mascot. That class is often nicknamed "The Last of the Redskins."

Edmondson-Westside drumline at the 2008 Morgan State University homecoming parade

Notable alumni

Gareth Murray, member Maryland House of Delegates, Montgomery County
Nathaniel T. Oaks, member Maryland House of Delegates, 41st district
Emory Elliott, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor, University of California, Riverside
John Miller, Baltimore Orioles Pitcher
Charlie Pittman, former NFL running back
Warren Powers, former NFL defensive end, Denver Broncos
Marvin Webster, former NBA player

Fictional alumni

Bunk Moreland, Police Detective on The Wire.
Omar Little, Stick-up Thief on The Wire.

References

External links

Official website
Edmondson-Westside High School - Maryland Report Card
Edmondson-Westside High School at Explore Baltimore Heritage

Baltimore City Public Schools

Schools	Achievement Academy at Harbor City High School Augusta Fells Savage Institute of Visual Arts Baltimore School for the Arts Baltimore Career Academy Carver Vocational Technical High School Baltimore City College Coppin Academy High School Digital Harbor High School Paul Laurence Dunbar High School Edmondson-Westside High School Francis M. Wood Alternative High School Forest Park High School Frederick Douglass High School Heritage High School Independence School Local 1 Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School Patterson High School Baltimore Polytechnic Institute Reginald F. Lewis High School Baltimore Renaissance Academy Southside Academy Baltimore Talent Development High School Vivien T. Thomas Medical Arts Academy W.E.B. DuBois High School Western High School Northwestern High School Academy for College and Career Exploration Baltimore Civitas Middle/High School ConneXions School for the Arts Baltimore Freedom Academy New Era Academy National Academy Foundation School James Mosher Elementary School Dr. Samuel L. Banks High School Doris M. Johnson High School Lake Clifton Eastern High School Northern High School Southern High School Southwestern High School Thurgood Marshall High School Walbrook High School

Miscellaneous	Desegregation of the Baltimore City Public Schools

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