Eastern High

At Eastern High School, learners discover their talents and strengthen their abilities through a full spectrum of liberal arts, cutting-edge technology, extracurricular opportunities, and rigorous coursework empowering them as leaders 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.
• 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.
• Award-winning arts program encourages students to explore instrumental music, performing arts, and visual arts.

Career and Technical Education Pathways:

• Army Junior Reserve Officers Training Corps (JROTC): Students focus upon citizenship, character, and leadership. JROTC Programs are partially sponsored by the military services. Emphasis is on community service through partnerships with communities and educational institutions.
• Consumer and Family Services: Students develop knowledge and skills central to career areas involving human services, consumer services, consumer protection, and advising, education, and training as well as social and community services.
• Cinematography and Video Production: Students build skills to communicate dramatic information, ideas, moods, and feelings through the making and producing of videos and cinematographic expression.
• Computer Science/Computer Programming: Students focus upon computer theory, computing problems and solutions, and design of computer systems and user-interfaces. Students are also given the opportunity to earn AP credit.
• Graphic Design: Students learn and apply skills that focus on the principles and techniques for effectively communicating ideas/ information and packaging products to business and consumer audiences both in digital and other formats.
• High School of BusinessTM: Students are introduced to college-inspired business administration through an accelerated series of six courses that challenge students with hands-on marketing, management, finance, and economics courses. The program also offers dual credit opportunities.
• Information Support & Services: Students build a broad range of skills in the design of computing systems. The courses include instruction in the principles of computer hardware and software components.
• Network Security: Students learn to properly design, install, secure, and repair a LAN, including all network devices, servers and desktop computers.
• Web Development/Administration: Students create, design, and produce interactive multimedia products and services. This includes development of digitally-generated or computer-enhanced media, and the adherence to web standards, as used in business, training, communications, and marketing.