Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Explained

Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School
Other Name:	East High School
Former Name:	East Anchorage High School
Streetaddress:	4025 East Northern Lights Boulevard
Zipcode:	99508
Country:	USA
Ceeb:	020002
Superintendent:	Jharrett Bryantt^[1]
Principal:	Ron Brown
Teaching Staff:	90.65 (FTE)
Ratio:	19.45
Mascot:	Thunderbird
Pushpin Map:	USA Alaska Anchorage#USA Alaska
Colors:	Red and blue
Enrollment:	1,763 (2019–20)^[2]

Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School (BDEAHS) is a public high school which serves grades 9–12 in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage School District. The current principal is Ron Brown.^[3] East's mascot is the Thunderbird, and the school colors are red and blue.^[3] With an enrollment of 1,765 students as of the 2019–2020 school year, East High School is the second largest school in Alaska, after West Anchorage High School, which enrolled 1,772 students in the same school year.^{[2] [4]} In October 2020, it was decided by the Anchorage School District Board to rename East Anchorage High School as Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School after the late Bettye Davis.^[5]

Notable alumni

• Scott Gomez (ca. 1997), former National Hockey League player who was also an assistant coach for the New York Islanders
• Trajan Langdon (1994), former professional basketball player with the Cleveland Cavaliers and current general manager of the New Orleans Pelicans
• Sean Parnell (1980), former Governor of Alaska^[6]
• Kikkan Randall (2001), Olympic skier^[7]
• Lora Reinbold (1982), Alaska politician^[8]
• James Dale Ritchie (1994), serial killer^[9]
• John Roderick (ca. 1986), musician^[10]
• Mao Tosi (1994), football player, Arizona Cardinals (ca. 2000)

External links

• School website

Notes and References

1. Web site: Dr. Jharrett Bryantt, Superintendent . Anchorage School District . September 17, 2022.
2. Web site: East High School . National Center for Education Statistics . November 10, 2021.
3. Web site: East High Anchorage School District. www.asdk12.org. November 10, 2021.
4. Web site: School Enrollment by Grade as of October 1, 2018 . education.alaska.gov . November 10, 2021.
5. Web site: Media. Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public. October 22, 2020. Anchorage School Board renames high school after Bettye Davis, Alaska's 1st Black state senator. October 23, 2020. KTOO. en-US.
6. Web site: Alaska Governor Sean Parnell. National Governors Association. February 2, 2013.
7. Web site: Bio. Kikkan Randall Official Website. April 30, 2013. December 24, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20111224194713/http://www.kikkan.com/ssp/bio. dead.
8. Web site: Lora Reinbold . . October 3, 2023.
9. Web site: Hopkins . Kyle . Serial killer: Police say James Dale Ritchie committed 5 murders in 2016 . April 26, 2017 . . April 27, 2017.
10. http://www.merlinmann.com/roderick/ep-14-big-city-apology.html . Approximate timestamp 1:23:30.