English High School History Thanks, Coach! Bill Stewart, Jr., the Beloved English High Coach Who Mentored 4,000+ Students from 1947-1983 "He took us to places we had never been and let us dream about things that might be." -- Will McDonough, The Boston Globe It’s noRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Miniard Culpepper, '71: Activist Trailblazer “I have never lost this spirit of activism which has always guided me.” Miniard Culpepper, English High School Class of 1971. Photo: Bay State Banner Miniard Culpepper in the 1971 EHS Yearbook After a 27-year career with theRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Jessica Tavares Lopes '22: From Cape Verde to Wellesley College by Way of English High Jessica Tavares Lopes, English High School Class of 2022 When the pandemic hit Cape Verde in 2020 Jessica Tavares Lopes, ‘22 was in high school in that country. The virusRead more →
Alumni Spotlight John D. O'Bryant '48: Trailblazing African-American Educator John D. O'Bryant made a tremendous impact at English High School as a graduate in the Class of 1948, later as a much-beloved EHS counselor, and as the first African-American elected to the Boston School Committee. TheRead more →
Alumni Spotlight Michael Haynes, '44: "The Heart and Soul and Conscience of Boston" Throughout his life, Michael Haynes, '44, embodied the very spirit of The English High School and lived up to its motto – to be a person of ‘Honor, Achievement and Service to Humanity.’Read more →
Alumni Spotlight You Don't Have to Go to Latin School and Harvard to Become Successful Allan Kiser ’82, successful financial services executive, co-chairs English High School's October 1st Gala Fundraising event and encourages alumni ‘to give back’ to today’s students The marble statue that inspired AllanRead more →
Alumni Spotlight EHS Alumnus Robert Gillen Served as 59th Commander of the USS Constitution Robert L. Gillen in the 1951 English High Yearbook In June, 2022, the City of Boston celebrated Robert Gillen Day. Although his name may not be familiar, if any alumnus personified the EnglishRead more →
Alumni Spotlight True Class: Blanca Ramirez Pablo, '22 Family’s medical issues, health care in her native Guatemala convinced this English High student to go into medicine Three years ago, Blanca Ramirez Pablo watched as her grandmother died at home due to a lack of proper medical careRead more →
Alumni Spotlight David Cohen, ‘59: ‘Shadow Warrior’ David Cohen, EHS '59 On December 21, 2013, The New York Daily News ran an editorial entitled ‘Shadow Warrior' praising David Cohen, EHS ’59, for protecting the people of New York from terrorist attacks for 12 years as Deputy CommissionerRead more →
Update, August, 2022 Cedric Turner is in the center of the back row in this photo taken at the launch sight to celebrate Mission NS-22. Six mission astronauts are in blue. Cedric Turner, '76, was invited by Challenger Center and AIAA, on behalf of Club for theRead more →
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