# Does Wikipedia have an article on your high school? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 4, 2006, 3:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009 "2006-03-04T03:49:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/41 "2006-03-04T16:10:03Z")
> [@BiblioCat](#): > > It even mentions Glen Milstead as one of my school’s “well-known alumni.” > Bonus points if you know who he is without looking him up. Thanks. But where do I spend my bonus points? ---
**Author:** ![robardin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/43a26b/32.png) [@robardin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/robardin)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/42 "2006-03-04T16:56:43Z")
Why yes, [there is](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_College_High_School) an article on my high school… …and does anybody want to predict how many posts will go by before two classmates from the same school bump into each other? ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/43 "2006-03-04T17:24:47Z")
[yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_Carolina_School_of_Science_and_Mathematics), but I pretty much expected that, so I’m not too surprised. **rockle** : I know what you mean: I went through everyone’s responses so far to see if anyone went to the same school as me! ---
**Author:** ![MilTan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@MilTan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MilTan)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/44 "2006-03-04T17:28:44Z")
Whoops. I meant to address that to **robardin**. I don’t know how I wound up with **rockle** … ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/45 "2006-03-04T17:29:21Z")
No, but it is on the list of California high schools. ---
**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/46 "2006-03-04T17:33:50Z")
[Listed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_North_Carolina#Durham_County) only. ---
**Author:** ![Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Bambi\_Hassenpfeffer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bambi_Hassenpfeffer)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/47 "2006-03-04T17:55:04Z")
[Indeed](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Center_for_advanced_technologies) it does. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/48 "2006-03-04T18:16:34Z")
[Not surprised that they do.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Technical_High_School) ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/49 "2006-03-04T18:21:50Z")
> [@shamrock227](#): > > Well, there’s a whole page on the Boys School, but not even a mention of the Girls School. Then again the Boys School has it’s own website and the Girls School doesn’t. It’s like we don’t even exist ☹ > > This just made me realize that next year will be my 20 year reunion - I have to go in the corner and cry now. Boys has been around a lot longer. But, as far as most people are concerned, Boys and Girls (I’m sorry, but that name just cracks me up) is one high school. That’s if you’re talking about the one in Brooklyn. If not— nevermind. ---
**Author:** ![garygnu](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garygnu/32/2924_2.png) [@garygnu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/garygnu)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/50 "2006-03-04T18:26:19Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saratoga_High_School) and [No](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_high_schools_in_Oregon). (I transferred in the middle of my Junior year) ---
**Author:** ![capybara](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/capybara/32/202_2.png) [@capybara](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/capybara)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/51 "2006-03-04T18:27:42Z")
Fern Forest–my school’s also on that list, also without an article. . . but it is of course the entire state. Dare I ask. . . what county? District? ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/52 "2006-03-04T18:45:59Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hurlstone_Agricultural_High_School), and i was somewhat surprised. I know that Wikipedia is an international phenomenon, but i guess i never really expected to see my Australian high school there. And, judging by the article, it’s had a few interesting controversies over the past five years or so. ---
**Author:** ![ultrafilter](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3d9bf3/32.png) [@ultrafilter](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ultrafilter)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/53 "2006-03-04T18:55:37Z")
> [@robardin](#): > > …and does anybody want to predict how many posts will go by before two classmates from the same school bump into each other? Without knowing how many high schools are represented on this board, it’s tough to say. But this is just an instance of the [birthday problem](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birthday_problem), so the calculations are already done once you have all the figures. ---
**Author:** ![mhendo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mhendo/32/3159_2.png) [@mhendo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mhendo)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/54 "2006-03-04T19:02:45Z")
My wife’s [high school](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lowell_High_School_%28San_Francisco%29) is there also, with quite a long article. She was rather surprised to find out that she was in the same class as _Law and Order_\*'s Benjamin Bratt. She doesn’t remember him at all. But i guess that, in a school of 3,000 people, you can’t know everyone. ---
**Author:** ![Enginerd](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bcef8e/32.png) [@Enginerd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enginerd)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/55 "2006-03-04T19:27:48Z")
[Yes](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arundel_High_School). Apparently there are 1000 more students there now than there were 15 years ago. The school itself isn’t any bigger, and it was crowded then. ---
**Author:** ![cowgirl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8c91f0/32.png) [@cowgirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cowgirl)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 8:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/56 "2006-03-04T20:22:32Z")
Yes, [Earl Haig Secondary School](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_Haig_Secondary_School). “One of the largest public high schools in Canada,” apparently - not exactly surprising considering how many people I know from there that I keep running into. My school doesn’t exist any more: the year after I graduated they tore it down (too much asbestos, and things falling apart; the old building was almost like an Escher drawing) and built a new one on the site. I don’t recognize the place when I go past. Scott Speedman was in my typing class. He was my first high-school crush. ---
**Author:** ![twickster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ec9cab/32.png) [@twickster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/twickster)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/57 "2006-03-04T20:33:58Z")
Good lord, they sure [do.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Point_loma_high_school) At that time it was the magnet school for gifted students, with a program called Independent Study – I wonder if that’s what the Seminar Program is? ---
**Author:** ![Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troy_mcclure_sf/32/4150_2.png) [@Troy\_McClure\_SF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Troy_McClure_SF)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 10:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/58 "2006-03-04T22:08:41Z")
[Ayup](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sacred_Heart_Cathedral_Preparatory). ---
**Author:** ![Rufus\_Xavier](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eada6e/32.png) [@Rufus\_Xavier](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rufus_Xavier)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/59 "2006-03-04T22:20:10Z")
Mine’s here: [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax\_High\_School%2C\_West\_Hollywood%2C\_California](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fairfax_High_School%2C_West_Hollywood%2C_California) With the following roster of somewhat well-known alumni: ``` * Byron Allen, talk show host * Herb Alpert, musician * David Arquette, actor and wrestler * Michael "Flea" Balzary, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) * Gower Champion, director and choreographer * Al Franken, comedian * Timothy Hutton, actor * Jack Irons, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers, Pearl Jam) * Jack Kemp, politician and professional football player * Anthony Kiedis, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) * Mila Kunis, actress * Chris Mills, professional basketball player * Ricardo Montalban, actor [1] * Demi Moore, actress (dropped out at age 16) * Dave Navarro, musician (Jane's Addiction, Red Hot Chili Peppers) * Stephen Perkins, musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros) * Mickey Rooney, actor * Hillel Slovak, musician (Red Hot Chili Peppers) * Phil Spector, record producer * Hilary Duff, actress * Amanda Bynes, actress ``` They left out Liza Snyder, who stars in the sitcom “Yes, Dear.” [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza\_Snyder](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liza_Snyder) ---
**Author:** ![Omniscient](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/omniscient/32/3290_2.png) [@Omniscient](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omniscient)\ **Post date:** [March 4, 2006, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009/60 "2006-03-04T23:09:50Z")
[Yes they do.](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plainfield_Central_High_School) As you may see from the history section it’s likely due to a fairly dubious reason. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/does-wikipedia-have-an-article-on-your-high-school/347009.md?page=4)