Hartford Public High School

Hartford Public High School
The nineteenth-century schoolhouse, since demolished, as it appeared on a 1911 postcard
Address
55 Forest Street Hartford , Hartford County , Connecticut 06105 United States
Coordinates	41°45′54″N72°42′04″W / 41.765°N 72.701°W / 41.765; -72.701
Information
Type	Public school
Established	1638(387 years ago) (1638)
CEEB code	070265
Grades	9–12
Number of students	721 (2023-2024) [1]
Color(s)	Blue and white
Team name	Owls
Website	www.hartfordschools.org/o/hphs/

Hartford Public High School, in Hartford, Connecticut, was founded in 1638. It is the second-oldest public secondary school in the United States, ^[2] after the Boston Latin School. It is part of the Hartford Public Schools district.

Notable alumni

• Michael Adams, class of 1981, NBA All-Star and coach
• Morgan Bulkeley, Governor of Connecticut, U.S. Senator
• Marcus Camby, class of 1993, NBA player 1996–2013
• Franklin Chang-Diaz, class of 1969, NASA astronaut
• Hong Yen Chang, class of 1878, Chinese Educational Mission participant ^[3]
• Katharine Seymour Day, historical preservationist
• Monk Dubiel, class of 1936, former MLB player
• Reuben Ewing (born Reuben Cohen), Major League Baseball player
• Edward M. Gallaudet, class of 1851, president of Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., from 1864–1910
• George Kirgo, class of 1943, screenwriter, author, humorist, and founding member of the National Film Preservation Board of the Library of Congress
• Elyse Knox, class of 1935, actress, married Tom Harmon and mother of Mark Harmon
• Nick Koback, class of 1953, former MLB player
• Pete Naktenis, class of 1932, former MLB player
• Bob Nash, class of 1968, basketball player
• Frederick E. Olmsted, class of 1891, forester, one of the founders of American forestry and the National Forest
• Les Payne, class of 1958, Pulitzer Prize winner, journalist
• Eddie A. Perez, class of 1976, Mayor of Hartford, 2001–2010
• Lindy Remigino, class of 1949, Olympic track athlete, coached Hartford Public to 31 state championships in track
• John Trumbull Robinson, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
• Harold Rome, class of 1923, songwriter
• George Dudley Seymour, class of 1878, historian, attorney, planner
• Allan K. Smith, US Attorney for the district of Connecticut
• Hilda Crosby Standish, medical doctor and birth control pioneer
• Marlon Starling, class of 1976, WBC & WBA Welterweight World Champion
• Griffin Alexander Stedman, Union Army Colonel in the Civil War
• Tony Todd, class of 1972, actor
• Kang Tongbi, Chinese feminist
• Annie Eliot Trumbull, class of 1876, writer
• Laura Wheeler Waring, class of 1906, college teacher ^[4] and artist of the Harlem Renaissance
• Mary Rogers Williams, class of 1875, artist
• George Woodend, class of 1936, Major League Baseball player
• Eddie Griffin, class of 1962, All American basketball player, led Hartford Public to two New England titles, 1961 and 1962
• Henry Williams, class of 1887, starred at Yale, coached Minnesota Gophers football, 131-36, voted to College Football Hall of Fame in 1951

See also

• Connecticut portal

• List of the oldest public high schools in the United States

References

1. "Hartford Public High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 7, 2025.
2. Varhola, Michael (2011). Life in Civil War America. F+W Media. ISBN   9781440310881 . Retrieved June 22, 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ‍]}
3. Chinese Educational Mission Connections, http://www.cemconnections.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=54.
4. "Laura Wheeler Waring". Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 5, 2019.

External links

• Official website