[2] South Boston High School was built on Telegraph Hill in Dorchester Heights in 1901.

[1][3] During the Boston busing crisis in the 1970s, several racial incidents took place at the school.

[8] South Boston High School continued to receive negative attention for the violence that erupted there in 1974.

In 1980, Michael Tierney and Danis Terris founded and launched Mosaic, a publication consisting of autobiographical stories, photographs and poetry from students at South Boston High School.

[11][12][13][failed verification – see discussion] It is located on 95 G St. South Boston, MA.