English High School of Boston

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A sketch of the original Boston English School in the 1820s

The English High School of Boston, Massachusetts is a high school that was founded in 1821. It is the oldest public high school in the nation. The current Headmaster is Jose P. Duarte.

The school is currently located in the Quincy area of Boston, its seventh location in the city. Its second location, on the corner of Pickney and Anderson Streets, eventually became the Phillips School, a school for then free born and emancipated African Americans before the American Civil War.

[edit] Sports

Each Thanksgiving since 1887, English has played Boston Latin School in football in the oldest continuing high school rivalry in the United States. It is also the fourth longest U.S. high school rivalry of all time.In 1993 football season, the football team made history. The 93' football team was the first team in school history to every qualify for the Massachusetts State Championship. The Bulldogs (or Blue & Blue) defeated the Nantucket Whalers by the score of 16-7 to claim its school's first ever state championship. The 97' football team was the first ever team to go undefeated with a 12-0 record and English's second ever football state championship.