Lynn Classical High School is a

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in the city of

Lynn, Massachusetts Lynn is the eighth-largest municipality in Massachusetts and the largest city in Essex County. Situated on the Atlantic Ocean, north of the Boston city line at Suffolk Downs, Lynn is part of Greater Boston's urban inner core. Settled by E ...

, United States. It is a part of

Lynn Public Schools Lynn Public Schools is a school district headquartered in Lynn, Massachusetts. As of 2014, it is the fifth-largest school district in Massachusetts.Troast, Andrew.Massachusetts mayor says her city feeling effects of immigrant surge she now wan ...

. The school was once located off of the Lynn Commons, in a building which is now the Fecteau-Leary school. The high school was moved to O'Callaghan Way after the controversial construction of a new facility. The new facility, built on landfill, required significant repair after the building's foundation began to sink due a lack of steel pilings. Classical has maintained a fairly strong record in terms of graduation rates and test scores. The school has been lauded in the past by publications such as ''U.S. News & World Report''. The school also has a strong athletic tradition, and is the school from which

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graduated before becoming a world class athlete. In the school's main foyer, a mural of Agganis greets visitors.

Notable alumni

, Major League Baseball first baseman * Julie Archoska, National Football League player *

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, All-American college football player * Ken Hill, Major League Baseball pitcher *

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, sports commentator *

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, professional basketball player *

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, football player * Beverly Hilton, poet, 1943 http://www.bevpoems@wordpress.com

References

External links

* http://www.lynnschools.org/ourschools_classical.shtml Public high schools in Massachusetts Schools in Lynn, Massachusetts Northeastern Conference {{Massachusetts-school-stub