I graduated from Mohawk Central School in Mohawk, NY, which is now named the Gregory B. Jarvis Junior/Senior High School. Greg Jarvis made the ultimate sacrifice and lost his life in service to the nation and the space program on January 28, 1986 at 41 years of age. He was one of the astronauts on the space shuttle Challenger. I graduated from MHS five years after Greg Jarvis, but I'm proud to say I knew him (I was good friends with his youngest brother).

I went to Christopher Columbus, H.S., named after the man who discovered America.

I'm pretty sure that all the constuction by Mr. Brick Wall took place in the evening because our mascot was "The Knight".:icon_wink:
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CaptJohn:

As to Villagers being cute and loveable, it didn't seem to me to be necessary to repeat The Obvious! :a040:

Without proper research back-up, I'm still inclined to believe that Kent, CT, was undoubtedly named for Kent, England. South Kent, being south of Kent, became South Kent by default, methinks!

There's a boarding school in Kent dating from the very earliest days of the 20th Century. Its founder, an Episcopal priest named Father Sill, encouraged South Kent's founders, who graduated from Kent about 1918 and from Princeton in 1922. The two of them founded South Kent in 1923.

Lots and lots of history along the banks of the Housatonic River in western Connecticut!

SWR
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I went to Coral Gables Senior High School in south Florida. Must have been named after Clark Gable's son Karl.:icon_wink:

Went to Benjamin Franklin Elementary in Binghamton NY. My high school was not named for anybody

I am a graduate of Wahlert High School, Dubuque, IA. The school was opened in 1959 as a coed, Catholic high school, and was named for Robert Wahlert, a Dubuque philanthropist and founder of the Dubuque Packing Company, which made Plumper hot dogs and Fleur De Lis hams.

Dubuque Packing Company sold the marketing rights for the hot dogs and hams to Hormel, and the plant in Dubuque closed about 10 years ago (the plant was too old and inefficient to compete with other meat packers like Tyson Foods). My dad worked there from 1952 to 1992 when he retired. Not the most glamorous or enjoyable place to work, but it put bread on our family's table and enable us to have a roof over our heads for many years.all

In the 1970's Wahlert H.S. was known for it's boys' basketball teams and girls' volleyball teams, both of which went to the Iowa state tournaments several times in that decade.

Was your school in Binghamton? My son met his future wife at the state school. They miss Wegman's.
My motives on this thread was to find out were people grew upon. Now I have successfully bumped this thread.
Back to taking down wall paper....:ohdear:

Mr Parker

Sachem was the title of our yearbook at Massapequa High School.

I guess you could say that Ben got a real charge out of the things he did :duck:

I'll bet it was built like a Brick sh--house........

oh, never mind.......

No thanks ! UGH !

[QUOTE=aljetmet;451007]If your High school was named for somebody let us know the person and what they contributed to society. If it was not a HS any other school you went to will be fine.

I went to Samuel J Tilden High School, Brooklyn, NY.

Sammy J was a New York State governor who has the dubious distinction to have run for President 1876, won the popular vote but lost the election. He was the first but not the last. There was one other.... Who can name him?[/QUOTE]

aljetmet:

I waited a while but......

Dewitt Clinton but I cheated and googled the answer.

It's amazing that you can find anything on the internet.

Bishop Moore High School in Orlando, Fla.
 

John Moore was born in County Westmeath, Ireland and moved to Charleston, South Carolina at the age of 14. He served as Bishop of St. Augustine from 1877 to 1901. Moore was very influential in the expansion of Catholic schools in Florida and recruitment of religious nuns and priests to meet the ministerial needs.