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50-497: The institution that would become East High School began in 1856 with the construction of Green Bay's Sale School (nicknamed "Old Brick") on land donated to the city by fur trader John Jacob Astor . Sale was the first school built by the Green Bay Area Public School District . The school traces its formal beginnings (celebrating a sesquicentennial in 2011) to a Professor Furber, who added Latin and mathematics to

100-643: A fur trade monopoly , by exporting opium into China, and by investing in real estate in or around New York City . He was the first prominent member of the Astor family and the first multi- millionaire in the United States. Born in Germany , Astor immigrated to England as a teenager and worked as a musical instrument manufacturer. He moved to the United States after the American Revolutionary War . Seeing

150-633: A 2 year window to make changes. In late 2023 West De Pere once again filed a Fast Track Request to move to the FRCC, Also Winneconne and Fox Valley Lutheran made the request to move the growing schools into the Bay Conference. The first process saw both moves with Unanimous support from the Realignment Task Force Committee to move to the next steps. This proposal became official in April 2024 with

200-548: A 70-acre farm on which he built the Astor Mansion at Hellgate. The property ran west of Broadway to the Hudson River between 42nd and 46th streets. That same year, and the following year, he bought considerable holdings from the disgraced Aaron Burr . In the 1830s, Astor foresaw that the next big boom would be the build-up of New York, which would soon emerge as one of the world's greatest cities. Astor sold his interests in

250-521: A business judgment that he declared better than that of most merchants. She assisted him in the practical details of his business, and managed Astor's affairs when he was away from New York. They had eight children: Astor belonged to the Freemasons , a fraternal order, and served as Master of Holland Lodge #8, New York City in 1788. Later he served as Grand Treasurer for the Grand Lodge of New York . He

300-469: A dairy salesman. In 1779, at the age of 16, he moved to London to join his brother George in working for an uncle's piano and flute manufacturer, Astor & Broadwood. While there, he learned English and anglicized his name to John Jacob Astor. In November 1783, just after the end of the American Revolutionary War , Astor boarded a ship for the United States, arriving in Baltimore around March of

350-530: A maintenance garage and exterior wall on City Stadium made from the building's red sandstone. East High School's current building has been remodeled several times. The first renovation was in 1927, to the auditorium, with further renovations in 1960, 1967, and 1985. A new, larger gym was added in 1995, and a $ 21 million renovation project focused on science classrooms, the band and chorus rooms, and multimedia labs began in 2001 and ended in June 2003. In 2011, East added

400-600: A prominent patron of the arts. In proportion to GDP, he was one of the richest people in modern history. Johann Jakob Astor was born in 1763 in Walldorf , a town near Heidelberg in the Electoral Palatinate , which is in the present-day German state of Baden-Württemberg . He was the youngest son of Johann Jacob Astor and Maria Magdalena vom Berg. His three older brothers were George, Henry, and Melchior. In his childhood, Johann worked in his father's butcher shop and as

450-592: A realignment plan to go into effect starting in fall 2020 for football only. The proposal has Green Bay West, Green Bay East, West De Pere, and Menasha moving to the FRCC, with Fox Valley Lutheran and Marinette joining the five other remaining Bay football schools in a revamped Bay where Shawano would be the largest school in terms of enrollment. After some modifications the final Bay Conference will consist of current schools New London, Seymour, Shawano, Waupaca and Xavier, as well as football-only schools Fox Valley Lutheran and Winneconne. In 2022 A slight modification sent FVL to

500-585: A request to move to the FRCC. After a committee reviewed the process, West De Pere's request was denied due to their failure to provide documents showing discussions with the Northeastern Conference which was provided as a solution to fill the void leaving the Bay Conference. West De Pere chose not to appeal the rejection. In 2018, the WIAA and Wisconsin Football Coaches Association released

550-714: A sawed-off shotgun. They served three to six years in prison. The school's mascot, the Red Devil, is a reference to the clay-based East River (formerly called the Devil River) that wraps around the school. In January 2014, the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association finalized a realignment plan that would send both Green Bay East and Green Bay West to the smaller Bay Conference starting in 2015-2016 due to both schools' athletic programs failing to win any conference titles since 2000 stemming from

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600-572: A time, Astor began to purchase raw hides from Native Americans , prepare them himself, and resell them in London and elsewhere at great profit. He opened his own fur goods shop in New York in the late 1780s and also served as the New York agent of his uncle's musical instrument business. Astor took advantage of the 1794 Jay Treaty between Great Britain and the United States, which opened new markets in Canada and

650-555: A vote at a Menasha School Board meeting, which resulted in Menasha's decision to remain in the FVA. In September 2011, at an WIAA area meeting held in Appleton, Green Bay West requested to leave the FRCC to join the Bay Conference, and Green Bay East asked to go if needed. West and East both cited their inability to compete in the FRCC. In a September 2012 WIAA area meeting, New London asked to leave

700-572: Is approximately 32.7% white and 44.2% Hispanic, and 9.9% Black. Other races make up the remainder of the school. Gender distribution is about equal. Over sixty percent of East students qualify for free or reduced lunch. In March 1999, a 14-year old student stole a small amount of mercury from a chemistry department storage compartment. The chemical made its way to nearby Riviera Lanes, where the school took students bowling for gym classes, and students poured it on lanes and into bowling balls. 88 individuals, mostly students, were treated for contamination, and

750-801: Is buried in Trinity Church Cemetery in Manhattan. Many members of his family had joined its congregation, but Astor remained a member of the local German Reformed congregation to his death. In the short story Bartleby, the Scrivener , Herman Melville used Astor as a symbol of men who made the earliest fortunes in New York. The pair of marble lions that sit by the entrance of the New York Public Library Main Branch at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street were originally named Leo Astor and Leo Lenox, after Astor and James Lenox , who founded

800-617: Is named after Astor, as well as an elementary school named in his honor. The background to the founding of this town is described in Washington Irving's Astoria , a book whose writing was financed by Astor. The historic neighborhood of Astor Park in Green Bay, Wisconsin , is named after Astor. In 1835, John Jacob Astor founded the Town of Astor in Wisconsin. After the Town of Astor was united with

850-579: The Astor Library for the New York public, which was later consolidated with other libraries to form the New York Public Library . He also left $ 50,000 for a poorhouse and orphanage in his German hometown of Walldorf . The Astorhaus is now operated as a museum honoring Astor. It is a renowned and popular fest hall for marriages. Astor donated gifts totaling $ 20,000 to the German Society of

900-488: The Fox Valley Association in exchange for Menasha High School , whose declining enrollment prompted them to look at other alternatives. Hortonville cited travel times and costs as well as the imbalance that existed in the Bay Conference as reasons to leave. Hortonville's enrollment was nearly twice as large as the Bay Conference's smallest school and 200 students more than the second largest school. The issue came to

950-571: The Great Lakes region . In London, Astor at once made a contract with the North West Company , which from Montreal rivaled the trade interests of the Hudson's Bay Company , then based in London. Astor imported furs from Montreal to New York and shipped them to Europe. By 1800, he had amassed over a quarter of a million dollars (the equivalent of 229 million dollars in 2024 ) and had become one of

1000-573: The Green Bay and Fox Valley metropolitan areas. Conference schools are members of the Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association . The Bay Conference was established in 1970 by charter members Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, Clintonville, De Pere, Marinette, Oconto, Oconto Falls, Pulaski, Seymour, and West De Pere. 1979 brought the addition of former East Central Conference member New London and former Wisconsin Valley Conference member Shawano, in exchange for Oconto and Oconto Falls, who would go to

1050-483: The American Fur Company, as well as all his other ventures, and used the money to buy and develop large tracts of Manhattan real estate. Astor correctly predicted the city's rapid growth northward on Manhattan Island, and he purchased more and more land beyond the then-existing city limits. Astor rarely built on his land, but leased it to others for rent and their use. After retiring from his business, Astor spent

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1100-608: The Bay Conference to move to the Eastern Valley Conference, and Denmark requested to leave. Green Bay East and West are still seeking to move. At a WIAA Board of Control meeting in September, the board gave first approval to swap Hortonville with FVA member Menasha before the 2014-15 school year. A final vote was taken after the 40-day appeal window and passed. In December 2013, the WIAA Board of Control gave first approval for

1150-661: The British captured his trading posts. In 1816, he joined the opium smuggling trade . His American Fur Company purchased ten tons of Ottoman -produced opium, and shipped the contraband to Canton onboard the packet ship Macedonian . Astor later left the Chinese opium trade and sold opium solely in Britain. Astor's business rebounded in 1817 after the U.S. Congress passed a protectionist law that barred foreign fur traders from U.S. territories. The American Fur Company came to dominate trading in

1200-574: The Central Wisconsin Conference. In 1999, Clintonville left the Bay Conference to join the newly formed Valley 8 Conference . Of the ten original members, only Seymour, and West De Pere have remained in the conference since its inception. The 2007 WIAA realignment brought major changes to the Bay Conference. Ashwaubenon, Bay Port, De Pere, and Pulaski transferred to the Fox River Classic Conference (FRCC), where they joined

1250-476: The City of New York, during his term as president, from 1837 until 1841. Astor left the bulk of his fortune to his second son William, because his eldest son, John Jr., was sickly and mentally unstable. Astor left enough money to care for John Jr. for the rest of his life. William continued building the family fortune, and was an ancestor of John Jacob Astor III , John Jacob Astor IV , and John Jacob Astor VI . Astor

1300-559: The Institute for the Fine Arts, a specialized study program in vocal and instrumental music performance. In 2013, visual arts were added to the Institute's offerings, with theatre arts coming in 2015. In 2019, as part of the school's expanding offerings in fine arts, a series of renovations created an orchestra pit for the auditorium, turned former computer lab space into a dance/acting studio, and provided new art and design facilities. The school

1350-560: The Northeastern for 2 seasons setting up double crossover games between the Bay and Northeastern Conferences in Weeks 3 and 4 of the regular season, These 2 games counted in the conference standings and for playoff qualification purposes. FVL will return in 2024 and teams in the Bay and Northeastern will have 1 Crossover game to count in the conference and playoff standings. Football Only conferences run on

1400-547: The Red Devil, named for the red clay-based Devil River (now the East River) that borders the school. Built on 23 acres of land purchased from the Hagemeister family, the building was completed in 1924 and graduated its first class of students in 1925. The South Webster building was torn down when Washington Junior High School (now Washington Middle School) was built in 1939. The "Hilltopper" building's legacy, however, lives on through

1450-596: The Town of Navarino to form the Borough of Green Bay, one neighborhood was named after him. In 1908, when the association football club FC Astoria Walldorf was formed in Astor's birthplace in Germany, the group added "Astoria" to its name in his, and the family's, honor. Bay Conference The Bay Conference is a high school athletics conference made up of eight teams in northeastern Wisconsin , centering primarily around

1500-777: The area around the Great Lakes, absorbing competitors in a monopoly. Astor had a townhouse at 233 Broadway in Manhattan and a country estate, Hellgate, in Northern New York City. In 1822, Astor established the Robert Stuart House on Mackinac Island in Michigan as headquarters for the reorganized American Fur Company, making the island a metropolis of the fur trade. Washington Irving described this at length, based on contemporary documents, diaries, etc., in his travelogue Astoria . Astor's commercial connections extended over

1550-400: The conference stayed steady at eight schools. However, in September 2016, West De Pere requested to move to the FRCC, citing inadequate athletic competition in the Bay and a school size that was rapidly growing. Other reasons included rivalries against teams in the FRCC like De Pere , Ashwaubenon and Pulaski . In December 2019, as part of the realignment process, West De Pere formally filed

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1600-591: The constant bullying he had received at the school. The would-be attack was foiled when a senior who was an acquaintance of the suspects learned of the plan and reported it to school administrators. Police found nine rifles and shotguns, homemade explosives, camouflage clothing, two-way radios, and "hundreds of rounds of ammunition" in the students' houses. All three men were charged with conspiracy to commit first-degree intentional homicide and conspiracy to commit damage of property by use of explosives, while one received additional charges for possessing homemade explosives and

1650-563: The departure of Denmark, Luxemburg–Casco, Marinette and Oconto Falls to the Eastern Valley in Return for the FRCC's Green Bay East & West and the EVC's Xavier. Waupaca would be in the Bay for football only. A final vote was taken after the 40-day appeal window & successfully passed for implementation for the 2015–2016 school year along with several other conference realignments. Starting in 2015,

1700-473: The entire globe, and his ships were found in every sea. He and Sarah moved to a townhouse on Prince Street in Manhattan, New York. Astor began buying land in New York City in 1799 and acquired sizable holdings along the waterfront. After the start of the 19th century, flush with China trade profits, he became more systematic, ambitious, and calculating by investing in New York real estate. In 1803, he bought

1750-484: The expansion of population to the west, Astor entered the fur trade and built a monopoly, managing a business empire that extended to the Great Lakes region and Canada , and later expanded into the American West and Pacific coast . Following a decline in demand due to changing European tastes, he got out of the fur trade in 1830, diversifying by investing in New York City real estate. Astor was highly wealthy and became

1800-505: The field included ornamental fencing and monuments to the history of the field, a new scoreboard, and a turf surfacing made possible by contributions from the Packers. The school has won one WIAA state championship in girls' hockey as part of a co-op team. Green Bay East and its crosstown rival Green Bay West hold the longest consecutively-played high school football rivalry in Wisconsin. Though students played against each other informally since

1850-617: The first United States community on the Pacific coast. He financed the overland Astor Expedition in 1810–1812 to reach the outpost. Members of the expedition were to discover South Pass , through which hundreds of thousands of settlers on the Oregon , Mormon , and California Trails used to later pass through the Rocky Mountains . Astor's fur trading ventures were disrupted during the War of 1812 , when

1900-503: The following year. There, he rented a room from Sarah Cox Todd, a widow, and began a flirtation with his landlady's daughter, also named Sarah Cox Todd. The young couple married in 1785. His intent had been to join his brother Henry, who had established a butcher shop in New York City. A chance meeting with a fur trader on his voyage had inspired him to join the North American fur trade as well. After working at his brother's shop for

1950-533: The formation of a citywide team in 1895, the East-West games did not formally begin until 1905. The schools have met almost without interruption since then (except for 1906, when no game was played), and celebrated 100 years of football competition in 2005. Mark Green , then Green Bay's House representative , referenced the 100th game in a September session of the House. In the teams' 2018 meeting, East defeated West 70-0 in

2000-520: The grade school curriculum in 1860. The first class to receive diplomas, consisting of four men and two women, was the class of 1875. The school moved to a new location on South Webster Avenue in 1893 and its students became known as the Hilltoppers. After the move, "Old Brick" continued to be used by the school district for administrative purposes, and was torn down in 1957. While at the Hilltopper building,

2050-549: The growth of athletic programs in suburban schools. In 2020, the WIAA announced that they would transfer the planning of football-only conferences to the Wisconsin Football Coaches Association, which returned East to the lower division of the Fox River Classic Conference for football only. The Red Devils play at City Stadium , home of the Green Bay Packers from 1925 until 1956. Recent renovations of

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2100-500: The highest scoring game of the rivalry's history. Neither team reached even 60 points at any other time. East currently leads the series 62-49-3. Many Green Bay East alumni from the early part of the 20th century played for the Green Bay Packers in their earliest years. John Jacob Astor John Jacob Astor (born Johann Jakob Astor ; July 17, 1763 – March 29, 1848) was a German-born American businessman, merchant, real estate mogul, and investor. Astor made his fortune mainly in

2150-465: The larger Green Bay, Manitowoc, and Sheboygan area high schools. Hortonville and Oconto Falls transferred from the now defunct Valley 8 Conference , and Denmark and Luxemburg-Casco transferred from the Packerland Conference . Each of these schools had increasing enrollments and had outgrown their previous conferences. In late 2008, Hortonville petitioned the WIAA to move the growing school into

2200-570: The leading figures in the fur trade. His agents worked throughout the western areas and were ruthless in competition. In 1800, following the example of the Empress of China , the first American trading vessel to China, Astor traded mostly opium, but also, furs, teas, and sandalwood at the port of Canton in China, and greatly benefited from it. The U.S. Embargo Act of 1807 disrupted Astor's import/export business because it closed off trade with Canada. With

2250-549: The library from his own collection. Next, they were called Lord Astor and Lady Lenox (both lions are males). Mayor Fiorello La Guardia renamed them "Patience" and "Fortitude" during the Great Depression . The neighborhood of Astoria in Queens , New York City, is named after Astor. The one-block Astor Place street in Manhattan, New York City, was named after Astor, soon after his death. The coastal town of Astoria, Oregon ,

2300-586: The permission of President Thomas Jefferson , Astor established the American Fur Company on April 6, 1808. He later formed subsidiaries: the Pacific Fur Company , and the Southwest Fur Company (in which Canadians had a part), in order to control fur trading in the Great Lakes areas and Columbia River region. His Columbia River trading post at Fort Astoria (established in April 1811) was

2350-416: The rest of his life as a patron of culture. He supported the ornithologist John James Audubon in his studies, artwork, and travels, and the presidential campaign of Henry Clay . On September 19, 1785, Astor married Sarah Cox Todd (April 9, 1762 – August 3, 1842). Her parents were Scottish immigrants Adam Todd and Sarah Cox. Although she brought him a dowry of only $ 300, she possessed a frugal mind and

2400-455: The school published a literary magazine called Aeroplane beginning in 1910. The publication's commencement edition served as a pseudo-yearbook, and began printing directories of the whole school in its 1917 edition. The publication was renamed East High Aeroplane in 1924 in anticipation of the school's move to its new location. The school has occupied its current location, at the far east end of Walnut Street, since 1924, changing its mascot to

2450-416: The school remained closed for two days afterward. Riviera Lanes also shut down, but was reopened in time for a bowling tournament, and all the owner lost was "109 pairs of shoes." In September 2006, three men were arrested for planning a shooting at East. One had been upset at being rejected by a girl and said that he was going to "shoot the place up" Columbine -style. The student said that his plan grew from

2500-572: Was president of the German Society of the City of New York from 1837 to 1841. At the time of his death in 1848, Astor was the wealthiest person in the United States, leaving an estate estimated to be worth at least $ 20 million, or 0.9% of estimated US GDP at the time, which is equivalent to $ 598 million in 2020. By comparison, the fortune of Jeff Bezos was worth approximately $ 200 billion in 2020, similar to Astor at approximately 0.9% of US GDP. In his will, Astor bequeathed $ 400,000 to build

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