Talk:Evanston Township High School

Seriously?
"Evanston's mascot is Willie the Wildkit, a based version of Northwestern University's "wildcat". Evanston did not want to use the "Wildcat" mascot title because of a copyright issue as deemed by the school. At the moment, it is still under debate."

I don't live in Evanston anymore, but I have a really hard time believing that "Wildcat," of all things, is a protected mascot. Could someone closer to the school either cite a reference or debunk this? 69.142.115.249 (talk) 15:09, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Vandal
Watch out for user Slo-mo, he's been vandalizing high school pages and then reports others to admins as vandals. So wrong.

removed alumni
Someone had Thomas Jefferson as a 1999 graduate of the school. It should be obvious why I removed that :) —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Thediva (talk • contribs) 07:20, 17 January 2007 (UTC).

Fair use rationale for Image:Ethslogo.jpg
Image:Ethslogo.jpg is being used on this article. I notice the image page specifies that the image is being used under fair use but there is no explanation or rationale as to why its use in Wikipedia articles constitutes fair use. In addition to the boilerplate fair use template, you must also write out on the image description page a specific explanation or rationale for why using this image in each article is consistent with fair use.

Please go to the image description page and edit it to include a fair use rationale. Using one of the templates at Fair use rationale guideline is an easy way to insure that your image is in compliance with Wikipedia policy, but remember that you must complete the template. Do not simply insert a blank template on an image page.

If there is other other fair use media, consider checking that you have specified the fair use rationale on the other images used on this page. Note that any fair use images uploaded after 4 May, 2006, and lacking such an explanation will be deleted one week after they have been uploaded, as described on criteria for speedy deletion. If you have any questions please ask them at the Media copyright questions page. Thank you.BetacommandBot 06:58, 4 June 2007 (UTC)

Wikipedians who attended
Sign me up for a future Category:Wikipedians who attended (in the late 1970's) or whatever you want to call it. Jidanni (talk) 03:30, 28 February 2008 (UTC)

YAMO
I'm not sure why, but someone removed my tiny page that talks about YAMO. I'm a graduate of ETHS - class of 1975, and participated in YAMO when I was there. All I said was that YAMO stands for "Youth of America Marches On" (which it does, and I'm sure many older graduates can confirm this) and that it is a student written, performed and directed musical/comedy review. That is what YAMO was when I was there, and if this has changed, perhaps instead of deleting my page someone could have amended the page with that information.

Back when I, my older brother and older sister were at ETHS, YAMO was put on yearly. I don't recall how they were chosen, but a group of kids from the drama, music and dance departments were chosen to write all the sketches, the music and the dance numbers. They also casted, directed and (of course) performed in it. We built all the sets, put together all the costumes, did the makeup and lighting, set up rehersal schedules, did the publicity, sold the tickets - basically whatever was needed. We had one teacher supervising the project (when I was there it was Mr. Seiworth) making sure we didn't go over budget or hurt ourselves, and giving us advice - but that was about it. It was truly a student production, mostly done over the summer so that YAMO was usually the first production of the school year.

In 1972 (I believe) we moved the venue from the big auditorium to the "Upstairs Theater". It was then that we built the seating rafters and adapted the stage to include a loft for the orchestra (which was later used also as a balcony for other plays).

Anyway, I really think that there should be a separate page for this, since listing YAMO on the ETHS page doesn't tell anyone anything about this very special project. The Chocolate Lady (talk) 07:50, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Assessment
I am changing the importance rating on this article for the schools project to mid, however, I think it is possible this article may be more properly rated "high" based on the extensive alumni listing and long history. I will leave that to an editor more experienced in rating schools. LonelyBeacon (talk) 16:06, 2 May 2009 (UTC)

Spanish name
I found https://www.eths.k12.il.us//cms/lib/IL01903927/Centricity/Domain/220/ETHS School Profile 2018-19 SP.pdf has a Spanish name: "Escuela Preparatoria del Municipio de Evanston" // If an article is written about this school in Spanish, this could be the name. WhisperToMe (talk) 21:51, 16 July 2019 (UTC)