Thanks. But where do I spend my bonus points?
Why yes, there is 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?
yes, 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!
Whoops. I meant to address that to robardin. I don’t know how I wound up with rockle…
No, but it is on the list of California high schools.
Listed only.
Indeed it does.
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.
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?
Yes, 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.
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, so the calculations are already done once you have all the figures.
My wife’s high school 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.
Yes. 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.
Yes, 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.
Good lord, they sure do. 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?
Ayup.
Mine’s here: 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.”
Yes they do. As you may see from the history section it’s likely due to a fairly dubious reason.