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This article is about the school formerly known as Mechanic Arts High School. For the former school in Saint Paul, Minnesota, see Mechanic Arts High School. For the former Mechanics Arts High School in Buffalo, New York, see Hutchinson Central Technical High School.
The John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science
Address
Map
55 Malcolm X Boulevard

Roxbury
,
Massachusetts

United States
Information
TypePublic exam school
MottoNil satis nisi optimum. (Nothing but the best is good enough.)
Established1893
Head of SchoolPatreka Wood
Grades7–12
Enrollment1,428 (2015-16)[1]
CampusUrban
Color(s)Blue and White   
MascotTiger
AccreditationNEASC
YearbookThe Technician
AffiliationsBoston Public Schools
Websiteobryant.us%20official%20website

The John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science (abbreviated as O'B), formerly known as Boston Technical High School is a college preparatory public exam school along with Boston Latin School and Boston Latin Academy. The O’Bryant specializes in science, technology, engineering and mathematics ("STEM") in the city of Boston, Massachusetts, and is named for one of Boston's prominent African-American educators John D. O'Bryant. The school is currently located on 55 Malcolm X Boulevard in the neighborhood of Roxbury, Massachusetts. With a student body of 1,500 7th–12th graders, this school is part of the Boston Public Schools.

History

The logo for Boston Technical High School

Now over one hundred years old, the O'Bryant began as the Mechanic Arts High School in 1893. Until the early 1970s, it was an all-boys school. In 1944, the school became Boston Technical High School. The original building containing the various shops, woodworking, machine shop, forge shop and drafting rooms was built around 1900 and was located on the corner of Dalton and Belvidere Streets in the Back Bay. The Hilton Hotel is located there today. In 1909 the five-story class room, chemistry and physics labs building was completed on Scotia Street adjacent to the older building. Later, the school moved to the building that originally housed Roxbury Memorial High School (1930 to 1960) at 205 Townsend Street in Roxbury, Massachusetts. That school building is now the home of Boston Latin Academy. Boston Technical High School remained there until 1987 when it relocated to a new building at 55 New Dudley Street (now Malcolm X Boulevard). In 1989, Boston Technical High School and Mario Umana Technical High School merged but still kept the name of Boston Technical High School. In 1994, the school graduated the first class for the school renamed after Boston educator John D. O'Bryant.[2]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ^ "O'Bryant School Math/Science". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 12, 2018.
  2. ^ "About O'B – John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science". Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d "John D. O'Bryant School of Mathematics and Science (Formerly Boston Technical High School) | Boston Public Schools". Archived from the original on 2012-05-24. Retrieved 2012-06-06.
  4. ^ Walsh, Robert E. (June 13, 1969). "3 Defendants Deny Roxbury Slayings". The Boston Globe. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "3 Men Get 25 Years Each for Canton Bank Robbery". The Boston Daily Globe. Retrieved 9 April 2023 – via Newspapers.com.

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