Edmond Memorial High School

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Location
Edmond Memorial High School

Edmond, Oklahoma USA
Information
Principal	Kyle Heath
Students	2154
Type	public school
Established	1893

Edmond Memorial High School (EMHS) is a school located in Edmond, Oklahoma. It has received Blue Ribbon School Award of Excellence in 2001-2002 school year. The first class graduated in 1922, and consisted of 24 students. The school mascot of EMHS is the bulldog. The school is currently constructing a Freshman academy as well as a new wrestling locker room. The renovation of the library was completed in December 2006. The renovation added an entire new section as well as a half-moon window.

1 History
2 Statistics
3 Swine Week
4 External links

[edit] History

The school was originally named Edmond High School because it was the only high school in town. In 1975, the name was changed to Edmond Memorial High School. The change was prompted after six students from the school were killed while serving in Vietnam.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Statistics

At the start of the 2007-2008 term, 2034 students were enrolled.

[edit] Swine Week

Established in the 1980s. The 2008 Swine Week raised $256,000 (after expenses) for the Oklahoma Family Center for Autism. Both Edmond North and Edmond Santa Fe have started their own week-long fundraisers, modeled after Swine Week: BALTO and DWDW, respectively.

[edit] External links

Edmond Memorial High School website

http://www.txhshelmetproject.com/OtherStates/OK/EdmondMemorial.gif

**Edmond Memorial Links**
Arts	Non-Athletic Competitions	Sports
ACT II -	Academic Team -	Baseball -
Band	Debate - Top 25 at NFL Nationals 2007 - Sunil Pai/Chase Thornhill	Boy's Basketball
Broken Barriers (student anthology)	Mock Trial	Football
Competitive Drama	Model UN	Swimming
Orchestra
Studio Art, AP
Vocal Music