East Dubuque High School, or EDHS, is a public four-year high school located at 200 Parklane Drive in East Dubuque, Illinois, a small city in Jo Daviess County, Illinois, in the Midwestern United States. EDHS serves the community and surrounding area of East Dubuque. The campus is located 2 miles east of Dubuque, Iowa, and serves a mixed small city and rural residential community.
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Academics
East Dubuque has had a successful academic team these last few years, accumulating many winning seasons and playoff appearances. The Warriors made it to the Regional Championship last year for example. East Dubuque also got academic attention this last year when one of its students received a perfect score on his ACT. East Dubuque has been known to pump out some high score for only having 200 students.
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Athletics
East Dubuque High School competes in the Northwest Upstate Illini Conference and is a member school in the Illinois High School Association. Their mascot is the Warriors, with school colors of royal blue and white. The school has a state championship in track, with East Dubuque's Abbey Redmon in 2000 in the 200 meter hurdles. East Dubuque has had much athletic success lately. The football team has gone 21-3 in the last two years being two year conference champions and quarterfianlist in a row. The basketball team has had a record year for back to back wins and most points in school career by a player. The baseball team has also been known for its consistent skill and coach Dick Core. EDHS coops with neighboring Galena High School for Boys and Girls Track and Field.
History
East Dubuque High School han no known consolidations in the recent past. Surrounding communities may have possessed high schools at some time which were consolidated into the current EDHS. Potential reference/citation: East Dubuque High School's original home was built in 1893 atop Montgomery hill overlooking the Mississippi River and the Iowa/Illinois border. The old building saw its last graduating class in 1978 when a new school was built near the Wisconsin border. The old school still stands today at 430 Sidney Street as Bell Tower Retirement Community, housing some people who attended the school as students decades earlier.
References
External links
- East Dubuque High School
- East Dubuque Community Unit School District 119
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