East Boston High School is a

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located in the neighborhood of

East Boston East Boston, nicknamed Eastie, is a neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts annexed by the city of Boston in 1637. Neighboring communities include Winthrop, Revere, and Chelsea. It is separated from the Boston neighborhood of Charlestown and do ...

Boston Boston (), officially the City of Boston, is the state capital and most populous city of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, as well as the cultural and financial center of the New England region of the United States. It is the 24th- mo ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts (Massachusett language, Massachusett: ''Muhsachuweesut assachusett writing systems, məhswatʃəwiːsət'' English: , ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is the most populous U.S. state, state in the New England ...

. Specifically, the school is situated in the

Eagle Hill Historic District The Eagle Hill Historic District is a residential historic district roughly bounded by Meridian, Princeton, and White Streets meeting in Prescott Square in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. This part of East Boston was de ...

. East Boston High is part of the

Boston Public Schools Boston Public Schools (BPS) is a school district serving the city of Boston, Massachusetts, United States. It is the largest public school district in the state of Massachusetts. Leadership The district is led by a Superintendent, hired by the ...

system.

Academics

The

assigns students to East Boston High School based on applicant preference and students priorities in various zones. Due to isolated geographic location, all East Boston residents are guaranteed seats at the school. East Boston High offers various

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courses, honors courses, and two languages,

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and

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. The school also accepts students with disabilities under its

Special Education Special education (known as special-needs education, aided education, exceptional education, alternative provision, exceptional student education, special ed., SDC, or SPED) is the practice of educating students in a way that accommodates th ...

department. According to the 2011–2012 school report conducted by the

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, East Boston High is made up of 18.1% special education students. Bilingual education classes are also offered. East Boston High has an Army

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, known simply as JROTC, that students may take voluntarily. The program includes competitive rifle and

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teams. East Boston High has a professional partnership school with

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

Graduate School of Education's Teacher Education Program.Professional Partnership Schools: East Boston High School
" ''

Harvard University Graduate School of Education The Harvard Graduate School of Education (HGSE) is the education school of Harvard University, a private research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1920, it was the first school to grant the EdD degree and the first Harvard scho ...

''. Retrieved on April 15, 2009. In 1996 and 2001, the architect Doris Cole led the design of renovations to the school.

Student body

As of 2011–2012, the school is 1,382 students. Within the enrollment, 65.5% were identified as

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, 16.1% as African American, 15.5% as White, 1.9% as Asian, and the rest as

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, Native American, and

multiracial Mixed race people are people of more than one race or ethnicity. A variety of terms have been used both historically and presently for mixed race people in a variety of contexts, including ''multiethnic'', ''polyethnic'', occasionally ''bi-ethn ...

. 18.1% of the students were enrolled in the special education program.

Athletics

East Boston High School offers a range of sports. They include boys' football, basketball, baseball, and soccer along with girls' basketball, soccer, softball, and volleyball. The school's hockey, indoor track, outdoor track, and swimming teams are co-educational. Teams compete within the

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of the

Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association The Massachusetts Interscholastic Athletic Association (MIAA) is an organization that sponsors activities in thirty-three sports, comprising 374 public and private high schools in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The MIAA is a member of the Nat ...

(MIAA).

Notable faculty

Annissa Essaibi George Annissa Essaibi George (born December 12, 1973) is an American politician who served as an at-large member of the Boston City Council. First elected in 2015, she served on the council from 2016 to 2022. She was a candidate in the 2021 Boston ma ...

(social studies)

Notable alumni

Will Blalock William Anthony Blalock (born September 8, 1983 in Boston) is a former American professional basketball player, who last played for the Saint John Mill Rats of the National Basketball League of Canada. Early years Blalock played basketball at Ea ...

(did not graduate), professional

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player *

Letterio Calapai Letterio "Leo" Calapai (March 29, 1901–March 29, 1993) was an American artist and educator, who identified with the Realism movement. Calapai completed works of art for the Federal Arts Project, which was organized by the Works Progress Admin ...

(1923),

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Enrico Cappucci Enrico Cappucci (1910–1976) was an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. Cappucci was born on December 12, 1910, in East Boston. He attended East Boston High School, Thayer Academy, Harvard C ...

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* James Crowley (1905),

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coach *

Adio diBiccari Adio diBiccari (1914 – January 1, 2009) was an American sculptor. Career DiBiccari was born in Revere, Massachusetts, Revere to Italy, Italian immigrants, but grew up in East Boston and graduated from East Boston High School in 1932. He recei ...

(1932),

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

* Frank A. Goodwin (1892), politician *

Salvatore LaMattina __NOTOC__ Salvatore "Sal" J. LaMattina (born September 8, 1959, in East Boston) is an American politician who is a former member of the Boston City Council. He represented District 1, which includes the North End, East Boston, and Charlestown, se ...

(1978), politician *

Michele McPhee Michele R. McPhee (born April 8, 1970) is an American author, talk radio host, and five-time Emmy nominated investigative journalist from Boston. McPhee also worked as columnist and correspondent to the ''Boston Herald'', was the New England report ...

(1988),

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Johnny Rae John Anthony Pompeo, better known as Johnny Rae (August 11, 1934 – September 4, 1993), was an American jazz drummer and vibraphonist. Born in Saugus, Massachusetts, Rae graduated from East Boston High School in 1952 and studied music at the N ...

(1952),

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Frank Renzulli Frank Renzulli (born February 21, 1958) is an American film actor, writer, and producer. As an Emmy nominated writer and Golden Globe winner, Renzulli has written teleplays for ''The Sopranos'', mainly in the first two seasons, and another Emmy ...

(1975),

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Mario Umana Mario Umana (May 5, 1914 – April 27, 2005) was an American politician and judge. Career A native of Boston and of Italian descent, Umana graduated from East Boston High School in 1932, the same year as Adio diBiccari. Umana then went ...

(1932), politician * John Varone (1954), professional

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player *

Jermaine Wiggins Jermaine Wiggins (born January 18, 1975) is a former American football tight end. He played college football at Georgia, and signed with the New York Jets as an undrafted free agent in 1999. Wiggins was also a member of the New England Patrio ...

(1993), professional football player

References

External links

Official website

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