Charlestown High School

City of champions

By adamg - 4/10/24 - 1:26 pm

Councilor Coletta presents proclamation to Charlestown Coach Hugh Colman

The Boston City Council today officially honored the city's four state-championship teams with proclamations - and pizza: Charlestown High School, whose boys basketball team won the Division 3 state championship, New Mission High School, whose boys basketball team won the Division 5 championship, the Josiah Quincy Upper School's girls wrestling team brought home medals in Division 2 and Boston Latin School, whose hockey team won the Division 2 championship. Read more.

Charlestown and East Boston high schools among several locked down on fake reports of possible attacks by a gunman

By adamg - 2/13/23 - 4:33 pm

Stanley Staco reports that around noon, school officials and police shut Charlestown High School and East Boston High School after somebody called and said they were on the way with a rifle, first to Charlestown, then East Boston.

Several other schools reported similar fake calls, including Amesbury High School, where officials report: Read more.

Old synthetic turf at Charlestown High fields to be replaced with new synthetic turf

By adamg - 9/30/22 - 11:50 am

Story updated to reflect statement from mayor's office that she did not outright ban artificial turf.

Mayor Wu says she hasn't banned the installation of artificial turf for new playing fields in Boston, just that she'd prefer it no longer be installed, which is how the city Parks and Recreation Department is going ahead with plans to stick with synthetic turf when it replaces the current aging artificial grass at Charlestown High School's football and softball fields. Read more.

Former Charlestown High student charged with gunfire as school graduation ceremonies were starting; others still sought

By adamg - 8/12/22 - 11:56 am

A judge ordered a former Charlestown High School student now living in Brockton held without bail pending a dangerousness hearing on charges related to gunfire that forced the postponement of graduation ceremonies at Charlestown High School in June, the Suffolk County District Attorney's office reports. Read more.

Gunfire near Charlestown High School as seniors, families were getting ready for graduation

By adamg - 6/13/22 - 4:22 pm

Update: Police release photos of suspects.

Shortly before 4 p.m. on Polk Street near Walford Way. No apparent injuries, but two cars hit. One apartment on Polk Street hit. Discarded magazine found on Polk Street. North Washington Street bridge shut. Read more.

Two guns found at Charlestown High School; two teens charged

By adamg - 5/19/22 - 1:22 pm

A 13-year-old and a 17-year-old were arrested today after Charlestown High School officials and police found two guns at the school. Read more.

BPS rejects parent proposal to shut Charlestown High School to make way for new school largely free of BPS oversight

By adamg - 1/19/22 - 6:45 pm

A BPS committee this evening rejected a proposal to shut Charlestown High School and use its building for a brand-new "innovation and inclusion" school that would be largely autonomous from BPS and would limit enrollment to students from elementary schools in Charlestown and the North End. Read more

Charlestown High School educator wins $100,000 prize for his school

By adamg - 6/4/16 - 10:13 am

Sunny Pai

Sunny Pai, director of Diploma Plus at Charlestown High School, this week won the Nellie Mae Education Foundation’s Lawrence W. O’Toole Award - which means a $100,000 grant to the school. Read more.

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