West Roxbury Education Complex
West Roxbury Educational Complex (formerly West Roxbury High School) is a high school complex within Boston Public Schools located in the West Roxbury neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The complex consists of two schools, namely the West Roxbury Academy and the Urban Science Academy.
| West Roxbury Educational Complex | |
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| Address | |
1205 V.F.W. Parkway , United States | |
| Coordinates | 42°16′54″N 71°10′33″W |
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| Type | Public Secondary |
| School district | Boston Public Schools |
Facts
West Roxbury High School has been renamed West Roxbury Educational Complex,[1] and is divided into four schools: Media Communications Technology High School, Parkway Academy of Technology and Health, Urban Science Academy [2] and Brook Farm Business & Service Career Academy.[3]
The school is located on the Old West Roxbury Dump Site closed just before construction began between Millennium Park and a large wetland. An island within the wetland is accessible by a boardwalk from the shore behind the school where the Boston Schoolyard Initiative built an Outdoor Classroom and science education site in collaboration with the Urban Science Academy.
In the fall of 2011, the West Roxbury Education Complex was separated into two schools, closing two. Brook Farm Academy & Media Communications Technology High School were to be merged into one school, West Roxbury Academy, while Urban Science Academy and parkway Academy of Technology and Health will be merged into one school at the complex. The School is located near the 19th Century site of Brook Farm, and in the watershed of the upper Charles River.
Notable alumni
- Manny Delcarmen (Class of 2000) - Major League Baseball player
- Ron Stone (Class of 1989) - former National Football League player
- Patrice O'Neal (Class of 1988) - Comedian, radio personality and actor
Athletics
The West Roxbury Baseball Team won the 2015 Boston City Championship for the first time since 2002 under Coach Cliff Wilson.
The West Roxbury Football 1984 Team was the first Boston Public School to win a state title.
The West Roxbury Boys Baseball Team won the Boston City South championship in 2008
The West Roxbury Football Team won the Boston City North championship in 2006
Longtime coach Leo Sybertz led the West Roxbury Football Team to 5 Super Bowl wins, 2 players who went on to NFL careers, 202 wins, still a record in the City League, 13 league championships and 10 playoff appearances in 31 years as head coach.[1]
From 1983-1996 the West Roxbury(Westie) High Football team enjoyed almost 15 years of sustained success at the division 5 level. During that 13 year span West Roxbury played in 7 Superbowls, winning four. The wins were in 1983 14 Nantucket 0, 1988, 26 Greater Lowell 6, 1993 30 Greater Lawrence 26, 1995 34 Greater Lawrence 8; the losses were in 1992, Greater Lowell 10 Westie 8, 1994 East Boston(Eastie) 18, Westie 14, 1996, Greater Lowell 21, Westie 6.
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