Charlestown High School

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Charlestown High School
Charlestown
,
Massachusetts
02129

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1845; 179 years ago (1845)
School districtBoston Public Schools
PrincipalJoel Stembridge
Staff88.58 (FTE)[1]
Faculty72
Enrollment920 (2017-18)[1]
Student to teacher ratio10.39[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)Red, White, Blue    
NicknameTownies
WebsiteOfficial Website

Charlestown High School is a public school located at 240 Medford Street in

Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, United States. Charlestown High School is the only high school in Charlestown. Charlestown is part of the Boston Public Schools
. According to the article, "Focus On Children, the Boston Publics Schools School Report Card," of the students enrolled in 2003-2004, 70.6% were in regular education 7.1% in bilingual education, and 22.2% in the special education. The racial/ethnic composition of the student population in the school was: 46.3% Black, 26.4% Hispanic, 19.5% Asian, and 7.6% White.

Academic organization

The school consists of grades nine through twelve. The school’s academic program is structured around five small learning communities/pathways. These communities and pathways are within an upper school and lower school. They were created in 1998 and 1999. The five small learning communities have a college-based curriculum with a signature theme. These signature themes range from web design, law & justice, and pre-engineering, to business/technology and MCAS preparation/academics. There are ten teachers and one leader in each small learning communities. Each teacher has one specific theme to teach.

Curriculum

The Charlestown High School curriculum is designed with a focus on equipping students with the necessary skills and knowledge for college. In addition to the basic curriculum, extensive attention is given to

students
on the entire college application process and portray what college life is like to the students. Since the Boston University (and Harvard at one point) COACH program has been at the Charlestown High School, college application and admission has risen 28%. Because of this rise in college applicants at Charlestown High, over 70 percent of the recent graduates have gone to college.

Charlestown High School is also known for its vibrant visual arts program. Recognized in a 2005 Fund for Teachers award, student artwork adorns many school and municipal facilities. Other electives include a popular forensics class and Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

In addition, the school provides extensive support services through college and business partnerships, such Harvard, Bunker Hill, Liberty Mutual and more. Student volunteers from the Harvard College chapter of Peer Health Exchange also visit the high school to teach sexual and health education classes.

Busing and desegregation

Charlestown High School received considerable national attention in the 1975-1976 school year when court-mandated

African-American
children to what was at that time a predominantly white high school in an Irish neighborhood of Boston. Forced busing initially brought great discord and resulted in fights and arrests. There were also enduring images such as the famous photograph of a black and a white student holding hands out the window of their school bus (see the NPR article in the external links below).

Contributing to the discord was the infamous September 28, 1979 school shooting of Darryl K. Williams, an African-American football player for

City Hall Plaza in Boston for Williams. Also, for security reasons Charlestown High School did not play home football games for nine years.[3]

Sports success

The Charletown High school boys basketball team is in the Boston City League. The Basketball team won the State Championship for four straight years, in 1999-2003.[

NBA Orlando Magic[4] guard Shabazz Napier is a former player of the Charlestown basketball team, and his jersey was retired by the high school in January 2014.[5]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ a b c "Charlestown High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 27, 2019.
  2. ^ "Search".
  3. ^ http://archive.boston.com/sports/other_sports/articles/1990/09/30/nobody_won/?page=full Boston Globe article, "Nobody Won", September 30, 1990
  4. ^ "Orlando Magic Acquire Guard Shabazz Napier From Heat". NBA.com. NBA. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  5. ^ a b "Shabazz Napier going back to where it all started". New Haven Register. 31 January 2014. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  6. Newspapers.com. Open access icon

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