East High School (Utah)

Salt Lake High School East or simply East High School is a public high school in the Salt Lake City School District in Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. It serves grades nine through twelve in general and special education. It is located at 840 South 1300 East in the East Bench neighborhood. The school is known for being a filming site of the High School Musical franchise. History East High School was founded in 1913. In 1972, a fire destroyed the interior of the main building. The school's current structure was built in 1997. Much of the Disney Channel film High School Musical and parts of its two sequels, High School Musical 2 and High School Musical 3: Senior Year, were filmed at East High. As a result, the school has become a destination for some tourists. In the summer of 2007, the school received 40 to 50 visitors per day who wanted to visit the location of the film. In November 2007, the school staged its own production of High School Musical. Demand for tickets was so strong that the school added an extra performance. The school is also the setting of the Disney+ show High School Musical: The Musical: The Series. In 2017, the school re-purposed two locker rooms below the gymnasium and installed washing machines in order to accommodate homeless students. The non-profit organization Chapman-Richards Cares donated two washing machines and two dryers to the school. About 100 students at the time were homeless. In July 2017, a flood caused about $3 million in damages to the school. Notable alumni Roseanne Barr, actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director Jenny Oaks Baker, Grammy-nominated former violinist Merrill Cook, former U.S. Representative Alyosha Efros, computer vision researcher and winner of the 2016 ACM Prize in Computing Herman Franks, former professional baseball player and manager Patrick Fugit, actor, Almost Famous Jake Garn, former U.S. Senator and astronaut Greg Grant, former Big West Conference Men's Basketball Player of the Year Josh Grant, former professional basketball player Dee Hartford, actress Abby Huntsman, American journalist and television co-host Tyler Hughes, American football coach James Irwin, astronaut and eighth person to walk on the Moon Reed Jeppson, member of the school's football team, missing since 1964 Bob Lewis, member of University of Utah's national champion basketball team Edward D. Maryon, painter and educator Jim Matheson, former U.S. Representative Scott M. Matheson, former Governor of Utah Ritt Momney, indie-pop singer Carol Ohmart, actress Bruce "Utah" Phillips, civil rights activist, folk singer, story teller, and labor organizer Sione Po'uha, defensive tackle for the New York Jets Vernon B. Romney, former Attorney General of Utah Ken Sansom, voice actor and actor; voice of Rabbit in Disney's Winnie the Pooh Elizabeth Smart, kidnapping survivor and activist Wallace Stegner, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Taki Taimani, professional football player, Minnesota Vikings Tang Wei-tsu, Taiwanese and American Olympic skier and businessman Stevie Tu'ikolovatu, professional football player, Tampa Bay Buccaneers Will Tukuafu, professional football player Paul Van Dam, former Attorney General of Utah Jaylen Warren, professional football player, Pittsburgh Steelers Steven C. Wheelwright, Harvard Business School professor emeritus and former BYU-Hawaii president Herb Wilkinson, former University of Utah and University of Iowa basketball player Russell M. Nelson, Former president of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints References External links Official website