One of my favorite websites is ClassicSchools.com. They are passionate about old, closed high schools.
When a high school closes, it is frequently a big loss to the community it served. The closing of small town schools, especially, leaves a big hole in the hearts and lives of its alumni and citizens. ClassicSchools.com tries to gather information about these schools and posts what it finds in either an article or a blog post. They currently have identified and listed over 3,000 closed high schools.
To pay the bills, they also create and sell “alumni apparel” or “reunion apparel” for many of the schools. They sell them through a third party, but ClassicSchools sets up the apparel by specifying the school colors and mascot. Imagine how much attention you would receive if you showed up at your next alumni gathering wearing a Johnson Tigers shirt or jacket.
ClassicSchools.com also has pages where you can find old high school yearbooks. They have a list of all the yearbooks available from Amazon as well as access to online yearbooks you can view for a fee.
They recently started an online store where you can select from hundreds of thousands of products for college and pro teams. They have a button on the home page to take you to the store, so the store doesn’t interfere with the main goal of providing information about closed high schools.
They have a unique, informal partnership with illinoishsglorydays.com. Illinois High School Glory Days has a page for each of hundreds of closed Illinois high schools. Rather than duplicate their efforts, ClassicSchools.com links all of their Illinois schools to the respective pages on Illinois High School Glory Days. They are also working on an informal arrangement which will allow them to link to and promote the Indiana High School Basketball History website.
Check them out and send them your memories of your closed high school.
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Looking for year book 1964 Aurelian Springs High School. Halifax cty Scchool with a Littleton,N.C. address. Thanks
ClassicSchools.com has a blog post about Aurelian Springs High School. Maybe if you leave a comment there, some alumni will see it and hook you up.