# Name that school! **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [February 10, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272 "2009-02-10T20:40:11Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/41 "2009-02-11T17:44:29Z")
> [@jayjay](#): > > Chilton Academy - Gilmore Girls > Some more: > > Millard Fillmore High School Correct on Chilton. Looks like Sternvogel put up a Fillmore Junior High - same thing? ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/42 "2009-02-11T17:49:36Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Looks like Sternvogel put up a Fillmore Junior High - same thing? Nope. Different school, different show. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/43 "2009-02-11T17:49:52Z")
Bayside High - Saved by the Bell PennBrook University - Boy Meets World For Babysitters Club/Stoneybrook Academy–did any of the characters go there? I know their main school was Stoneybrook Middle School. But then again, I think characters like Shannon or Bart might have gone there. (Ugh, I’m a dork!) ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/44 "2009-02-11T17:56:29Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > PennBrook University - Boy Meets World) Correct. (Someone else got Saved by the Bell.) ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/45 "2009-02-11T17:57:58Z")
Horace Green Preparatory School: **School of Rock** ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/46 "2009-02-11T17:58:56Z")
Sorry about that. Some new ones: John Adams High Mars University McKinley High School ETA: Worthington is Dawson’s Creek. ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/47 "2009-02-11T18:12:25Z")
**Dudley Garrett** gets another point for Langley! **Freudian Slit** , you get a point for Dawson’s Creek. 🙂 I don’t know about Stoneybrook Academy: I presume in that fictional world, all the institutions are named for the town. It’s a pretty common convention. **fachverwirrt** gets another point for School of Rock. Academy of Computer Sciences — 1980s t-t-t-television Furinkan High School — anime Huber Elementary — Cartoon Network Io House — British television North High — contemporary television Oats Military Academy — duuude Seaview Middle School — if you had a preteen daughter you’d know this St. Bartleby’s School for Young Gentlemen — a foul clue Thomas Aquinas Private Girls’ School — anime Westbridge High — talking cat Whitney High School — 1980s television Winslow High School — contemporary television Wordsmith University — Russian novel ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/48 "2009-02-11T18:14:12Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > John Adams High Also _Boy Meets World_. ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/49 "2009-02-11T18:14:38Z")
I’m going to take the “duuude” clue for Oats Military Academy for…the scary military school that Ted “Theodore” Logan was almost sent to in Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure. ETA: Yes for John Adams High. ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/50 "2009-02-11T18:18:47Z")
[QUOTE=Fish] Io House — British television [/QUOTE] Arnold J. Rimmer was from Io in Red Dwarf, so that’s my guess - but I don’t think it’s right, I’ve read most of the Red Dwarf books and it’s never mentioned. Besides, it wouldn’t really make sense to name the school after the whole moon, if the school was on that moon, would it? ---
**Author:** ![Fish](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bc8723/32.png) [@Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fish)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/51 "2009-02-11T18:24:47Z")
Yes, **Freudian Slit** , that’s the one. Duuude. 🙂 And yes, **Dead Cat** , Red Dwarf: there was a mention in the TV series. As usual, Rimmer was complaining how his brothers got to go to the really good military space academies, “while [he] was lumbered with Io House.” Not sure if Io House is the name of the school or a fraternity _in_ the school, but it’s listed as a school. ---
**Author:** ![fachverwirrt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/94ad74/32.png) [@fachverwirrt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/fachverwirrt)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/52 "2009-02-11T18:28:40Z")
> [@Freudian\_Slit](#): > > McKinley High School Die Hard 3? ---
**Author:** ![Dead\_Cat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/9fc29f/32.png) [@Dead\_Cat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dead_Cat)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/53 "2009-02-11T18:34:11Z")
> [@Fish](#): > > And yes, **Dead Cat** , Red Dwarf: there was a mention in the TV series. As usual, Rimmer was complaining how his brothers got to go to the really good military space academies, “while [he] was lumbered with Io House.” Not sure if Io House is the name of the school or a fraternity _in_ the school, but it’s listed as a school. Huh, cool. Red Dwarf never made much sense anyway :). Great show, though - the books are even better IMO. ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/54 "2009-02-11T18:42:26Z")
[Quote=Sternvogel’s list] Fillmore Junior High Grant College Harding High Tom Landry Middle School Walt Whitman High School [/Quote] As **jayjay** guessed, Fillmore Junior High was _The Brady Bunch_ (Marcia practiced her “F-F-F-I-L, L-L-L-M-O, O-O-O-R-E – Fillmore Junior High!” cheer in one episode), while Tom Landry Middle School is the educational institution Bobby Hill attends. **DudleyGarrett** correctly tied Walt Whitman High School to _Room 222_ – the show’s title referred to the classroom staffed by Lloyd Haynes as American History teacher Pete Dixon. Hint: Harding High and Grant College are from the same show (although a different show than the ones previously mentioned). ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/55 "2009-02-11T19:13:24Z")
> [@Munch](#): > > Also _Boy Meets World_. An obvious shout-out to William Daniels, who played the principal. Daniels had previously played John Adams in _1776_, both stage and screen versions. (Thank Og it was John Adams High rather than Knight Industries High…) ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/56 "2009-02-11T23:47:43Z")
Some more: Carver High Disco Tech (high school) Roosevelt Franklin Elementary Devon Academy Wright-Dobie School for Girls ---
**Author:** ![jayjay](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jayjay/32/6765_2.png) [@jayjay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jayjay)\ **Post date:** [February 11, 2009, 11:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/57 "2009-02-11T23:48:44Z")
> [@AppallingGael](#): > > Roosevelt Franklin Elementary Sesame Street ---
**Author:** ![Airblairxxx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Airblairxxx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Airblairxxx)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 12:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/58 "2009-02-12T00:14:07Z")
One more: Paul Westerberg High School ---
**Author:** ![AppallingGael](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9bd4f/32.png) [@AppallingGael](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AppallingGael)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 12:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/59 "2009-02-12T00:31:15Z")
One more I’d meant to include: North Manual High. So… North Manual High Carver High Disco Tech (high school) Devon Academy Wright-Dobie School for Girls Yes, Roosevelt Franklin was on a gritty stretch of Sesame Street. ---
**Author:** ![appleciders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85f322/32.png) [@appleciders](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/appleciders)\ **Post date:** [February 12, 2009, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272/60 "2009-02-12T03:31:53Z")
A couple more: Rydell High (an easy one) West End Grammar School (Even googling didn’t turn up a good hint here- kudos if you get it!) Hirsch College [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/name-that-school/485272.md?page=4)