John Ehret High School
John Ehret High School is a four-year public high school serving grades 9-12 located in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana, United States, near Marrero.[1] The school, a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools, serves several communities.[2] Its service area includes portions of Marrero,[3] Harvey, Westwego, Estelle,[4] and Woodmere.[5]
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The school's mascot is the Patriot, and its colors are red, white, and blue. As of 2002, John Ehret is the largest public high school in the state of Louisiana. It had 2,700 students.[6] During Hurricane Katrina, the school suffered wind damage to many of its buildings.
History
In November 2019 parents of a student with muscular dystrophy filed a lawsuit against the district on the grounds that Ehret High did not accommodate him.[7]
School uniforms
The school requires its students to wear school uniforms.[8]
Extracurricular activities
Clubs
- 4-H club
- Academic Games
- African-American Studies
- AFJROTC (Defunct)
- Alice Paul Society
- Alpha & Omega club
- Band
- Beta club
- Broadcast Team
- Chess club
- Close-Up
- Robotics club
- Executive Suite
- French Honor Society
- Gardening club
- Gay Straight Alliance (GSA)
- Chorus
- Key club
- Leadership
- Library club
- Mock Trial Team
- Medical Academy
- music club
- Mu Alpha Theta
- National Honor Society
- Newspaper club
- Peer Mediation
- Philosophy Society
- Prostart
- Quiz Bowl
- SAPE
- Sign Language
- Student Council
- interACT club
Sports
- Baseball
- Basketball - The boys' basketball team won the Class 5A state championship for the 1992–93 and 2005–06 school years. The team was the subject of an article in the April 2006 issue of Sports Illustrated, and ESPN featured the team's success on SportsCenter. The team was honored with an Award at the 2006 ESPYS. The team was also the subject of the 2010 film Hurricane Season.
- Women's basketball
- Cheerleading
- Bare-Knuckle Boxing
- Cross Country
- Dance Team
- Flag team
- Football
- Majorettes
- Pep squad
- Soccer
- Softball
- Track & field
- Volleyball
- Wrestling
Notable alumni
- Kimberly Willis Holt – writer of children's literature
- Girod Jackson, III – former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Jefferson Parish; general contractor in Harvey
- Drake Nevis – defensive tackle with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the CFL
- Frank Ocean (born Christopher Lonny Edwin Breaux) – Grammy award winning singer-songwriter
- Elfrid Payton – NBA basketball player with the Phoenix Suns
- Kordell Stewart – former NFL quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers, Chicago Bears and Baltimore Ravens
- Reggie Wayne – former NFL wide receiver with the Indianapolis Colts
- Rio Wells – former defensive back with the Fresno State Bulldogs and Edmonton Eskimos
- Darrel Williams – running back with the LSU Tigers
References
- "Marrero CDP, Louisiana." U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on December 23, 2009.
- "High School Districts 2012-2013 West Bank of Jefferson Parish Louisiana" (Archive). Jefferson Parish Public Schools. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
- "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP (INDEX): Marrero CDP, LA" (Archive) U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 19, 2014.
- "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Estelle CDP, LA" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
- "2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Woodmere CDP, LA" (Archive). U.S. Census Bureau. Retrieved on May 18, 2014.
- Kamerick, Megan. "Seven area schools create academies for Freshmen." New Orleans CityBusiness. Monday April 1, 2002. Retrieved on March 17, 2013. Available on LexisNexis. "At John Ehret, the biggest high school in Louisiana with 2,700 students, the school has experienced fewer discipline problems this year, says Donna Donahoe, site coordinator for the grant."
- Calder, Chad (January 2, 2020). "Ehret High, Jefferson school system didn't accommodate boy with muscular dystrophy, lawsuit says". The Times Picayune. Retrieved January 5, 2020.
- "School Policies Archived 2008-03-25 at the Wayback Machine." John Ehret High School.
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