About Us
East High School didn't just start out in the building it's in today. When East first opened, it was called the Arapahoe School and was located on Arapahoe street between 17th and 18 avenues. This was one of the city's first High Schools and had a second floor, a very rare occurrence at the time. Around 1881, the school started to run out of room, so it started to buy land from Stout street between 19th and 20. When 1889 came by, the new school, dubbed "Old East" (officially called East Side High School) was finished. The building housed around 700 students and featured beautiful Greek inspired architecture. The main figurehead of this was the sculpture of the Angle. Being so beautiful and inspiring, East students have since been called the Angels.
As East became even more crowed, Manual High School was built in 1893 to accomodate the growing population of East. Then in 1925, East High School opened its doors on the present site. The school was built as a project to modernize public buildings. New East was designed by George Hebard Williamson, a 1893 graduate of Old East. The most visible part of East is the clocktower. At its highest, it reaches a height of 162 feet and can be seen from almost a mile around. the clock itself weighs over a ton with each of its faces around nine feet long. It still keeps reasonably accurate time for being about three quarters of a century old. In 1991, East High School was declared a official Denver Historic Landmark.
Now, East is attracting attention from a number of sources, like the local media, professional athletes and even the mayor.