Each Friday two groups of Boston University students come to the school where they divide up by teams and go to the pathways classes, for both juniors and seniors.

Since the Boston University (and Harvard at one point) COACH program has been at the Charlestown High School, college application and admission has risen 28%.

Other electives include a popular forensics class and Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps.

In addition, the school provides extensive support services through college and business partnerships, such Harvard, Bunker Hill, Liberty Mutual and more.

There were also enduring images such as the famous photograph of a black and a white student holding hands out the window of their school bus (see the NPR article in the external links below).

Three Irish Americans, at least one of whom had dropped out of Charlestown High School, shot Williams at halftime on the field from a building rooftop while his team was huddled for a pep talk.

However, a large rally in support of the shooting victim was held at City Hall Plaza in Boston for Williams.

University of Connecticut and NBA Orlando Magic[5] guard Shabazz Napier is a former player of the Charlestown basketball team, and his jersey was retired by the high school in January 2014.