Eastern High

At Eastern High School, learners discover their talents and strengthen their abilities through a broad spectrum of liberal arts and extracurricular opportunities, cuttingedge technology, and rigorous coursework empowering them as leaders and preparing them for college, career, and community.

Eastern has earned an award for being a High Performing School in the Unbridled

Learning/College & Career Readiness for All accountability system. This award is given to schools that are leaders in preparing students for college and careers.

School Highlights

• Academics comprise three programs: Advanced, Honors, and Comprehensive.
• College dual-credit courses and 23 Advanced Placement (AP) courses give students the opportunity to earn invaluable college credit while in high school.
• The Business and Information Technology (BIT) Program is unique to Eastern. It offers 27 different classes available for students. Eastern High School’s BIT Program is rated one of the best in Kentucky as well as in the country.
• An award-winning arts program encourages students to explore instrumental music, performing arts, and visual arts.

Career Pathways

• Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC)
  • Focus on citizenship, character, and leadership
  • Partially sponsored by the military services
  • Emphasis on community service through partnerships with communities and educational institutions
• Consumer and Family Services
  • Develop knowledge and skills central to career areas involving human services, consumer services, consumer protection, advising, education, and training
  • Learn about available social and community services
• Cinematography and Video Production
  • Learn to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the making and producing of videos and cinematographic expression
• Computer Programming
  • Focus on computer theory and computing problems/solutions
  • Learn about designs of computer systems and user interfaces
  • Opportunity to earn AP credit
• Graphic Design
  • Learn principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas and information
  • Learn how to package products to business and consumer audiences digitally and in other formats
• High School of Business™
  • Introduction to collegeinspired business administration
  • Accelerated series of six courses challenge students with handson marketing, management, finance, and economics courses
• Dualcredit opportunities
• Information Support and Services
  • Focus on the design of computing systems
  • Instruction in the principles of computer hardware and software components, algorithms, databases, and telecommunications
• Network Security
  • Learn to design, install, secure, and repair a Local Area Network (LAN), including all network devices, servers, and desktop computers
• Web Development/Administration
  • Create, design, and produce interactive multimedia products and services
  • Develop digitally generated or computerenhanced media and adhere to web standards, as used in business, training, communications, and marketing