South Park High School is a

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located in

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. It serves Grades 9 - 12 and teaches according to the

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. The current principal is Mr. Michael Morris, and the current assistant principals are Mrs. Molly Forero, Mr. Joshua Miller, Mrs. Kathleen Thomas, and Dr. Carlos Wallace.

History

South Park is located in South Buffalo. It was organized and built in 1914. For its first year, the school was temporarily housed at School 36.South Park High School. (1914, September 5). ''The Buffalo Express''. Retrieved fro
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. From 2007 to 2009, South Park High School was renovated and the school was temporarily housed at School 187, which formerly housed

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. South Park High School's building reopened in 2009.

Annexes

Beginning in the 1930s, South Park High began opening up annexes in other school buildings due to the excessive student body account. The first annex was opened in 1932 at School 67, with a second being opened a few years later at

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, and a third at School 69 in 1936. The following year, the School 72 and 69 annexes were closed and replaced by the School 7 annex. In 1941, both the School 7 and School 67 annexes were closed and all students attended the main building.(1965). ''South park dial''. (p. 5). Buffalo: South Park High School. Retrieved from http://www.classmates.com/yearbooks/South-Park-High-School-206/119140?page=8. School 67 would later be revived as an annex in the late 60's and continued to operate as such until the early 1990s.

Alumni

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Lankes, T. (2014, September 4). South Park High School marks its 100th anniversary. ''The Buffalo News''. Retrieved September 4, 2014, from http://www.buffalonews.com/city-region/south-park-high-school-marks-its-100th-anniversary-20140904–Opera singer (Class of 1925) *

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of New York State's 27th District (Class of 1978) *

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- Rear Admiral USN, pilot at the Battle of Midway (Class of 1918) *

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pitcher *Joseph Conley–Actor *Theresa Drilling-Schuta–Former Principal of South Park High School (Class of 1978) * Anthony "A.J." Verel–Former

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kickboxer, martial artist; actor; stuntman (Class of 1988)

References

External links

School Website
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