East Hollywood High offers a unique and powerful learning experience for students who are passionate about learning film production and related arts/media while they also prepare for college.  Such an experience is created by the confluence of experience with the core curriculum, apprenticeship learning, smaller class and student body sizes, and opportunities for students to extend their education into the film production industry.

Core Curriculum and College Preparation

All the core curriculum courses (mathematics, science, language arts, social studies, fine arts, healthy lifestyles, etc) required by the State of Utah for graduation are taught at East Hollywood. Additionally, East Hollywood offers a set of courses beyond graduation requirements that are recommended for college entry. East Hollywood also offers several concurrent enrollment courses, which allow our students to earn college credit while still in high school.

Apprenticeship Learning in Film, Digital Media, and Acting

East Hollywood High is unique in that it hires film professionals to teach its film and related courses. This means that students are receiving instruction in film production from professional actors, editors, screenwriters, directors, and animators - who can teach students "how it's really done" in the industry. Aside from their industry experience, and as with their colleagues who teach in the liberal arts, our film teachers are also licensed or authorized to teach by the state of Utah. Additionally, East Hollywood teaches students with professional grade equipment. Whether it is in our two film studios, our 2D/3D animation lab, or editing lab – students are using the cameras, lights, computers, and software used by the pros.

Class/Student Body Size

East Hollywood High maintains its student body size below 325 and its average class size below 25. East Hollywood provides room for 54 Freshman, 82 Sophomores, 82 Juniors, and 82 Seniors.  For many students who may feel lost in a larger school setting this allows students more individual access to teachers and staff and to feel that they are an important part of the learning community at EHHS.

Extension of the Educational Program

Because East Hollywood employs film, digital media, and acting professionals and has strong connections with the film production and related industries in Utah, it can afford students unique opportunities to extend and apply their learning to "real world" settings while still in high school. Not only does East Hollywood High invite film professionals to come speak to and work with students during regular class time, it also invites auditions, photo shoots, film shoots, and television shows to come use the EHHS campus – which, in turn, provides opportunities for students to observe, work with, – and at times – work for, these productions. Additionally, several East Hollywood High students have been placed as interns on sets, in studios, and on film projects while still in high school.

Extracurricular Activities

East Hollywood also has a variety of extracurricular activities. These activities include:

For more information about East Hollywood, please review the links and downloads sections of this page or email the school registrar, Renae Medina: This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  If you would like to hear more about the school, take a tour, and view some student work, please come to an information session - held every Thursday at 6PM during April thru September on our campus (2185 S 3600 W).