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    Vashon High School is a high school of the St. Louis Public Schools in St. Louis, Missouri. When it opened in 1927, it was the second high school for...
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    Vashon (/ˈvæʃɒn/) is a census-designated place (CDP) in King County, Washington, United States. It covers an island alternately called Vashon Island or...
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  • Vashon may refer to: Vashon Island, an island in Puget Sound. Vashon Municipal Airport on Vashon Island. Vashon High School, a high school in St. Louis...
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    River in the United States. Together with Vashon High School, Sumner was one of only two public high schools in St. Louis City for African-American students...
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  • Donny Hathaway (category Vashon High School alumni)
    singer, at the age of three, and studying piano. He graduated from Vashon High School in 1963. Hathaway then studied music on a fine arts scholarship at...
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    Leon Spinks (category Vashon High School alumni)
    Leon Spinks (July 11, 1953 – February 5, 2021) was an American professional boxer who competed from 1977 to 1995. In only his eighth professional fight...
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    Vashon Island High School (VHS) is a public high school located on Vashon Island, Washington. Vashon Island High School, a part of the Vashon Island School...
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    Elston Howard (category Vashon High School alumni)
    divorced and his mother remarried. Howard was a standout athlete at Vashon High School. In 1948, nineteen-year-old Howard turned down college football scholarship...
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  • Virgil Akins (category Vashon High School alumni)
    Virgil Akins (March 10, 1928 – January 22, 2011) was an American boxer who won the Welterweight Championship of the World in 1958. Nicknamed ‘Honeybear’...
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  • Grant Green (category Vashon High School alumni)
    Saint Louis policeman. Green began studying guitar while he was in primary school. He received early instruction in guitar playing from his father, who played...
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    Henry Armstrong (category Vashon High School alumni)
    became involved in boxing. He graduated as an honor student from Vashon High School in St. Louis Later he took the surname Armstrong as his fighting name...
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    Devon Alexander (category Vashon High School alumni)
    to Cesily Alexander, with whom he has five children. They met during high school in 2003 and began dating after Alexander's father passed away in 2005...
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    Michael Spinks (category Vashon High School alumni)
    spread in Greenville, Delaware. However, he has been known for visiting schools—carrying his gold medal and four title belts—where he tells kids to pursue...
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  • Missouri. Howard attended and graduated at Vashon High School. After attending and graduating from Vashon High School, he served in the army, as a truck driver...
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    Jerry Brown (gridiron football) (category Vashon High School alumni)
    fumble recovery. Brown played football at Vashon High School, helping his team win three St. Louis Public High League titles and three Missouri district...
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    Anthony Bonner (category Vashon High School alumni)
    player. He played college basketball for Saint Louis. Bonner attended Vashon High School in St. Louis, Missouri, where he also played basketball. During his...
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    Maxine Waters (category Vashon High School alumni)
    her father left the family when Maxine was two. She graduated from Vashon High School in St. Louis before moving with her family to Los Angeles in 1961...
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    Clark Terry (category Vashon High School alumni)
    Mary Terry in St. Louis, Missouri, on December 14, 1920. He attended Vashon High School and began his professional career in the early 1940s, playing in local...
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    Theodore McMillian (category Vashon High School alumni)
    the Eighth Circuit. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, McMillian attended Vashon High School. He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Lincoln University...
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  • Quincy Trouppe (category Vashon High School alumni)
    Quincy Thomas Trouppe (December 25, 1912 – August 10, 1993) was an American professional baseball player and an amateur boxing champion. He was a catcher...
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  • Lloyd L. Gaines (category Vashon High School alumni)
    neighborhood. Gaines did well academically, and was a valedictorian at Vashon High School. After winning a $250 ($4,000 in current dollars) scholarship in an...
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  • Representatives. Born in Helm, Mississippi, she attended Vashon High School, Sumner High School, Hubbards Business College, Harris-Stowe State University...
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  • Jason Chorak (category Vashon High School alumni)
    23, 1974 (age 49) Vashon, Washington, U.S. Height: 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) Weight: 256 lb (116 kg) Career information High school: Vashon (WA) College: Washington...
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  • School Sumner High School Vashon High School Bishop DuBourg High School - Catholic (co-ed) Cardinal Ritter College Prep High School - Catholic (co-ed) Crossroads...
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  • Vashon Island, Washington. Chautauqua Elementary School McMurray Middle School Vashon Island High School Family Link Vashon Island School District v t e...
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  • Mount Tahoma High School is a high school in Tacoma, Washington. It opened in 1961 and is a part of the Tacoma Public Schools. The school's mascot is the...
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  • Quincy Troupe (category Vashon High School alumni)
    forever from the rest of the students at Beaumont High School, to which I had just transferred. The school was overwhelmingly white and the students there...
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  • Terry Kennedy (politician) (category Vashon High School alumni)
    Creole and his mother spoke French and English. Kennedy graduated from Vashon High School in north St. Louis, where he was chair of the Black Students Union...
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    Stadium High School is a public high school in Tacoma, Washington, and a historic landmark. It is part of Tacoma Public Schools, or Tacoma School District...
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    Roscoe L. Koontz (category Vashon High School alumni)
    measuring devices. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Koontz graduated from Vashon High School. He began college at Stowes Teachers College, but left for three years...
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