EPHS Centennial Celebration

1.  SPECIAL EPHS BASEBALL CAPS AVAILABLE FOR PURCHASE

We are selling baseball caps to help defray the cost of the Classes of the 60’s Party scheduled during the EPHS Centennial Celebration in October, 2016 (For the schedule, click on the tab labeled “100 Year Centennial” on the EPHS Class of 64 Website).  These caps are really special and have an embroidered rendering of the front of the School with the letters EPHS.  See the picture below.  On the back are the embroidered dates “1916 – 2016”.

The caps are $20.00 each (add $5.00 if you want shipping).   For more information and to order, contact Betty Ann Seiler at bettyannseiler@gmail.com or by phone at (915) 584-1030. She will be accepting checks or cash only – no credit cards at this time.  These are high quality caps and I bought one as soon as I saw them.  The more we sell, the lower the cost to attend the Party.

2.  Special Edition Centennial Commemorative Mini Helmet •

Here's a chance to get a little piece of the El Paso High School Centennial Celebration Year and at the same time contribute to the uniqueness of theCentennial.  The El Paso High School Class of 1984, in conjunction with the EPHS Alumni Association, is sponsoring the Special Edition El Paso High Tigers Centennial Year Mini Football Helmets pictured above.  All profits from the sale of these replicas of the official 2016 Season Tigers Football Helmets are devoted to the Class of 1984 Football Uniform Fundraiser. Tigers Football for the 2016 season will have unique uniforms (including the helmet design) which the Class of 1984 is helping to fund with your purchase of these special edition mini helmets.

The football helmets, actual and mini versions, display the art which appears on each EPHS Centennial Commemorative Tile (artwork courtesy of the El Paso High Tigers Friends & Exes).  The price for each Special Edition El Paso High Tigers Centannial Year Mini Football Helmet is $40.  Order on-line from Morse Sports, or, in El Paso, go to the Morse Sports store at 112 S. Stanton (phone: 915-533-2746).  The store is downtown, between San Antonio and Overland Avenues, next to the old Gateway Hotel building.

3.  New EPHS Spirit Product for The Centennial Celebration Year •

Soccer fans will recognize this newly debuted product to commemorate the EPHS Centennial Celebration Year 2016:  a traditional knit orange and black striped muffler.  This one proclaims "VIVA LA HIGH 1916-2016" with "RAH! RAH! RAH" at the fringe on one side and "100 YEARS OF EXCELLENCE" and an EPHS Pride tiger paw on the other side.

The mufflers (or scarves if you prefer), are five-feet in length, made of easy care polyester yarn.  The text and design features are woven, not printed, into the muffler, so the features are long lasting. 

The vendor is David "Tiger" Lujan (Class of 1994) who is the father of a current Senior son at EPHS and has been a strong, spirited supporter of EPHS for two decades.  This project arose when Lujan was asked to help finance the EPHS 2016 JROTC Military Ball which has been held for several years in the school cafeteria. Because it is to be the Centennial Celebration Year, the JROTC would like to hold their annual ball in a party hall to give the occasion a special flair.  Lujan decided to design and sell a soccer style scarf and the image above is the result.  The price for the custom muffler is $20 each with an additional surcharge of $5 for each muffler if it is to be shipped to purchasers outside of El Paso. Expect three to four weeks for delivery, so an immediate order may still arrive before Christmas. 

To order the Centennial Scarf, contact David Lujan by E-MAIL tigerloko0@gmail.com or PHONE him at 915-276-9169

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This is from the EPHS Alumni Association...

Howdy fellow Tigers,

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 1916   El Paso High School Celebrates its First Century  2016  

   The doors opened for the first day of classes at The El Paso High School the morning of 18 September 1916.  The school has experienced several "firsts" and other accomplishments since moving to its  location "on the hill" overlooking the city.  EPHS will mark its first century of leadership and achievement with a year of commemoration and celebration during the 2016 calendar year.   The class that graduates in June 2016 will be the Centennial Year Class and the Class of 2017 will have the distinction of being the first class of The El Paso High School's Second Century.   

   On this page and subordinate pages to come, you may find information about plans for programs and events which are sanctioned for the EPHS Centennial Celebration.

   From a meeting on 18 March 2014, between Principal Kristine Ferret and the EPHS Alumni Association's Centennial Celebration Committee, the following preliminary plans were revealed:

• The El Paso High School Centennial Celebration will be observed from January through December 2016;
• The EPHS Alumni Association will organize two principal events (in addition to its traditional, annual projects) during the Centennial Celebration:  a Centennial Carnival on Saturday, 8 October, 2016, and major participation in the Sun Carnival Thanksgiving Day Parade (both projects will involve students and alumni working together);
• The Centennial Carnival will attempt to qualify as a new Guinness World Record for the largest high school reunion (current record is 3,299 alumni attendees);
• The Centennial Carnival will include the following elements:
  • An afternoon carnival on campus open to the community;
  • A late afternoon football game in RR Jones Stadium (possibly with arch-rival Austin Panthers as opponents);
  • A concert in the stadium following the football game with a fireworks display in the skies above "The School On The Hill";
• Alumni Classes holding reunions in conjunction with the Centennial Carnival will be asked to include the Festival in their schedules; there will be events during the day at EPHS on the Friday prior to the Festival, but Friday night will be reserved for class reuion activities as will Sunday;
• The EPHS Alumni Association will encourage the Sun Carnival Parade Committee to designate an EPHS Centennial Celebration section in the parade;
• The El Paso High School, the EPHS Alumni Association, and other supporting organizations will contribute units such as these to the EPHS Centennial Celebration section of the parade:
  • A float depicting RR Jones Stadium with the neo-classical, Trost & Trost designed EPHS building as the backdrop; students in period cheerleader uniforms will surround the float;
  • A trolly commemorating El Paso's public transportation in 1916 will carry all living past-principals of EPHS; EPHS Student Activities Managers, each of whom are alumni of EPHS, will also be featured;
  • The El Paso High School, First In Texas, Junior ROTC Battalion and drill teams;
  • The El Paso High School Tiger Pride Marching Band and Tigeretts dance team;
  • The Centennial Celebration Year El Paso High School Outstanding Ex-Student and possibly previous Outstanding Ex-Students;
• The EPHS Alumni Association is exploring the concept of having an orange, block "E" (possibly "EPHS") displayed in lights on the Wells Fargo Building in downtown during the week of the Centennial Festival and possibly during other periods in the Centennial Celebration Year.

   The EPHS Orchestra and the Jazz Ensemble are already researching period popular music representing each decade from the 19-teens through the present for presentations throughout the Centennial Celebration Year. The Drama Department is in early stages of creating original vignettes, with authentic costumes, to recreate historic events at EPHS and in El Paso to present in probably four programs during 2016.  A Centennial Lecture Series, featuring EPHS Alumni, is also being explored.   Traditional events such as Spring Fiesta, Graduation, Homecoming, and the CD Jarvis Basketball Tournament will, of course, have a Centennial Celebration component.