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The English High School of Boston, Massachusetts is a high school that was founded in 1821. Originally called The English Classical School, it was renamed The English High School upon its first relocation in 1824. [1]. The current building is located in Jamaica Plain.
[edit] HistoryThe school is currently located in the Jamaica Plain area of Boston, its seventh location in the city. Its first location, located on Derne Street at the rear of the Massachusetts State House, is marked by a metal plaque. Its second location (still standing), on the corner of Pickney and Anderson Streets, eventually became the Phillips School, a school for then free born and emancipated African Americans before the American Civil War. From 1844 to 1922, Boston English was a next door neighbor of the Boston Latin School, first near downtown Boston and then in a building on Warren Street (now demolished) in the South End. From 1954 to 1989, it was located across the street from Boston Latin at 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, the location is now part of the Harvard Medical School. Like Boston Latin, English only admitted boys for the first 151 years of its history and did not become coeducational until 1972. The current motto of the school is "College For All" [edit] CurriculumEnglish High was created originally to educate working class schoolboys in preparation for business, mechanics, and engineering trades as opposed to "latin-grammar" schools like Boston Latin that prepared schoolboys for the college, ministry and scholarly pursuits, and private academies that were open only to affluent residents. Its originally curriculum consisted of such courses as English, surveying, navigation, geography, logic, and civics as well as a strong emphasis on mathematics. [2]. Nowadays, English High has opened up its curriculum to include more liberal arts subjects such as foreign languages and writing as well as performing arts and more college preparatory courses. It is currently in the second year of an experimental "Commonwealth Pilot School" status, which is geared toward improving the curriculum of urban schools. For a while, the school had an award winning mock trial team as well. [edit] AVIDThis is one of the few schools that offer AVID. [edit] Extracurricular Activities[edit] AthleticsEach Thanksgiving since 1887, English has played Boston Latin School in football in the oldest continuing high school rivalry in the United States. It is also the fourth longest U.S. high school rivalry of all time.In 1993 football season, the football team made history. The '93 football team was the first team in school history to ever qualify for the Massachusetts State Championship. The Bulldogs (or Blue & Blue) defeated the Nantucket Whalers by the score of 16-7 to claim its school's first state championship. The '97 football team was the first team to go undefeated with a 12-0 record and English's second football state championship. Since 2005 the baseball team has started by a winning record of 18-0 and defeating their rivals the Brighton Bengals, and since then the baseball team has never let up and has won 2 city championships. English High also has competitive basketball, softball, volleyball, and track teams. Up until the 1980s, the school had a boys' hockey team, a golf team, and swimming teams for both boys and girls. [edit] Junior Reserve Officers' Training CorpsThis school offers a JROTC program. The program is led by Lieutenant Colonel Jones and First Sergeant Alford. The students participate in drill performances and parades. The most up to date parade is the Veterans Day Parade. This program is funded by the US Army. [edit] Notable alumni
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