Eastern Hills High School

Eastern Hills High School
Eastern Hills High School 2010
Location
5701 Shelton Fort Worth, Texas 76112
Information
Type	Public high school
Established	1959
School district	Fort Worth Independent School District
Principal	Chad McCarty
Faculty	96.2 (on FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,215 (as of 2014-15)
Student to teacher ratio	12.7:1
Color(s)	Royal Blue, Gray, and White
Mascot	Highlanders
Website	Official site

Coordinates: 32°44′52″N 97°13′57″W / 32.7477°N 97.2326°W / 32.7477; -97.2326

Eastern Hills High School is a four-year public high school in Fort Worth, Texas, United States. The school is educating students in grades 9–12, as part of the Fort Worth Independent School District. In an historical footnote, the band from the school played "Hail to the Chief" during President John F. Kennedy's visit to Dallas–Fort Worth in November 1963. EHHS is also the only school in the world with two Pulitizer Prize-winning photographers as alums -- "Skeeter" Hagler and Michael Ainsworth. The school has been recognized by the National Football League as part of its 50th Anniversary Super Bowl High School Honor Roll for serving as the home school for two former Super Bowl Players - Uwe von Schamann and Byron Chamberlain - as well as for Doug Hart, who played for the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowls I and II following graduation from EHHS's predecessor, Handley High School.

As of the 2014-15 school year, the school had an enrollment of 1,215 students and 96.2 classroom teachers (on a FTE basis, for a student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.

The school's award winning band was headed by Kathy Bernal, through 2013, when she retired. Ms. Bernal was selected as a Who's Who Among American Teachers for six consecutive years and received the Bayard H. Friedman for Teacher Excellence in Performing Arts for 2004-2005. The Jazz Band and Symphonic band regularly make tours abroad. Prior bands under Ms. Bernal's leadership took 1st place in the Nationals over a nine-year period.