About Us

Education Accelerated  through Service and Technology

EAST is a school-based program that focuses on inspiring change in the school and community. EAST immerses students into real-world experiences by encouraging critical thinking and creative problem-solving with the use of technology. Students are challenged to solve problems in the community with the use of technology. There are 257 EAST Programs in 4 different states of the United States. We are proud to say that EAST has been part of Calico Rock High School since 2002. 

Technology Used by EAST Students:

Animation/CAD/Solid Modeling/Visualization (Sketchup Pro, AutoDesk Suite, ArchiCAD)

Audio/Music Composition, Editing, & Production (FL Studio, Akai Note Keyboard and Sequence Controller, Multi-channel mixer/recorder, Microphones)

Game Development, Simulations, Virtual Reality (Pi-Top, Unreal Engine, Unity)

Graphic Design (Adobe Creative Cloud, Affinity)

GIS Software, GPS  Hardware (ArcGIS Online, ArGIS Pro, Garmin Glo)

Peripherals, Printers, & Other Devices (3D Printers, Plotter, Vinyl Cutter)

Photogrammetry  (Autodesk Suite)

Programming, Coding, & Web Development  (Raspberry Pi, Adobe Creative Cloud)

Video, Photography, 360/Action Camera (Final Cut Pro, Adobe Premiere, 4K Professional Video Camera & DSLFRs, Streaming Switcher, Wireless video transmitter, Insta360 Camera, Lights, green screen)

Workstations, Server, & Mobile Devices (Windows Workstations & Laptops, Apple IOS, Android, & NAS)