Dorchester High School is a defunct secondary school that was located in Dorchester, Boston from 1852 to 2003.
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History
Dorchester High School was founded in 1852 in what was then the independent town of Dorchester, Massachusetts. In 1870, Dorchester was annexed by the City of Boston and Dorchester High came under the jurisdiction of Boston Public Schools. When a new school building on Peacevale Road opened in 1925, the student body was split. Dorchester High for Boys moved to the new facility, while Dorchester High for Girls remained in the Codman Square building. In a Boston School Committee vote in 1953, the school again became co-educational when the Dorchester High School for Girls was closed. The school existed until 2003, when it was closed by the Boston School Committee to create the Dorchester Education Complex.
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Locations
- 1852 - 1901 Dorchester Avenue at Centre Street
- 1901 - 1925 Talbot Avenue, Codman Square
- 1925 - 2003 Peacevale Road
Notable alumni
- John Ahern, Sports Writer, Boston Globe (1935)
- Ray Bolger, dancer, actor, starring as the Scarecrow in the Wizard of Oz (1920)
- Norm Crosby, TV Comedian
- Dr. John P. Hagen, developer of the Navy "Vanguard" missile
- Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, mother of one U.S. President and three U.S. Senators (1906)
- Dr. Albert Miller, Dept. of Health, Boston University
- Otto P. Snowden, founder of Freedom House
- Mrs. Byron Tosi, President, Girls Club of America
References
Source of the article : Wikipedia
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