Central High School Alumni, Manchester, NH

Central High School Alumni, Manchester, NH New Hampshire's Oldest Public High School; Located in Manchester. Established 1846. This page is not officially affiliated with the Manchester School District.

Manchester High School Central is the oldest public high school in the state of New Hampshire. Located in the heart of Manchester, New Hampshire, over 2,400 students attend from communities such as Auburn, Candia, Hooksett, and Manchester. The name was changed from Manchester High School in 1922 when Manchester West High School opened. Including Central, Manchester has a total of three public high schools. Its athletics teams are nicknamed the Little Green (after Dartmouth's Big Green), and predictably, the school colors are green and white. Sports Illustrated named the school's athletic department as the best in the state of New Hampshire in 2005. The school originally had crimson red as its school color, but Concord High School had taken the color soon after. After the start of the 21st century, the two schools decided that the winner of a league championship would keep its colors; Concord won, and Manchester Central chose forest green as its new color. Ronald Mailhot was named interim principal at the end of 2011, following the retirement of former principal John R. Rist, but will now be returning as full time principal in 2012. Central High School's student newspaper The Little Green was commended by Columbia Scholastic Press and featured in the Manchester Daily Express as well as the New Hampshire Union Leader. In 2012, the New England Scholastic Press Association (NESPA) awarded its Highest Achievement award in Scholastic Editing and Publishing to the newspaper for the 2011-2012 school year. Manchester High School Central has a diverse student population. On a daily basis, Central's faculty teaches students from sixty different countries who speak thirty different languages. New Hampshire Public Radio was so intrigued by the wide array of student backgrounds at Central that it decided to compose a project entitled "Culture Lessons" in 2006. The project's objective was to dive into the core of "a school with a very diverse population in a very homogeneous state". (Wiki)

09/11/2026
Class of ‘76 reunion info
08/05/2026

Class of ‘76 reunion info

08/05/2026

On Aug. 4, 2026, the Manchester Board of Mayor and Aldermen (BMA) approved a request by the Manchester Heritage Commission to apply for funding from the State of New Hampshire to place the Classical Building at Manchester Central High School on the National Register of Historic Places.

If you missed CHS's Abigail Gemme's tribute show, listen or download here for free.
02/28/2026

If you missed CHS's Abigail Gemme's tribute show, listen or download here for free.

"A Tribute To Abigail Gemme" The boys pay tribute to a local Manchester school teacher/coach/mentor/friend, Abigail Gemme, with her favorite songs presented by her bother, Michael Gemme, live in-studio. Brooklyn Mike also performs and dedicates some classic tracks to Abby. Matt destroys his opponent...

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02/25/2026

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Abigail B. Gemme, 51, of Manchester, NH, died February 22, 2026, following a sudden illness. Born in Bridgeport, CT on June 6, 1974, she was the daughter of the late Francis Gemme and David and Leila Boyle Gemme Connor. Raised in Manchester, she was a proud graduate of Manchester High

02/24/2026

Friday Night at 8pm ET, local Manchester radio show, "Retro Spectrum Radio" will be remembering the spirit of Abigail Gemme. She was an inspiration, a support system, a friend, and a teacher... in every sense of the word. Let's all remember her spirit through the music that her devastating loss, and her immortal spirit has inspired. Friday night 8pm ET.
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Hey gang, I came across this video in some old files. Back about 10 years ago there was a TV show here in town in which ...
02/06/2026

Hey gang, I came across this video in some old files. Back about 10 years ago there was a TV show here in town in which Don T Tibbetts was one of the co-hosts. These are the opening credits of the show, filmed on location in various parts of town, including CHS, and T's backyard kingdom! We miss you, T!!! Enjoy! YAHOOOOO!!!!

Featuring the late, great Don T Tibbetts. Rest in Yahoo!!!

12/07/2025

From Ed Sterling:

On this day, December 7, 1941, Little Joe (Joe Jedrysik CHS 1936) was eating breakfast getting ready for his job as the Chaplain’s assistant to make ready the base chapel for Sunday service. But that was interrupted by the sounds of planes, machine gun fire and bombs going off. Joe ran out of the dinning hall and stepped into hell on earth!

He looked towards the children’s chapel. All of a sudden the children’s chapel exploded with his friend Big Joe inside preparing for the children’s service. Had the attack been an hour later one hundred children would have in that building!

As a member of the chaplain’s staff, Little Joe was not supposed to be a combatant. He had no training other than what he received years earlier in basic training but Joe could not see his friends and fellow soldiers mowed down. He ran to the center of Hickem Field and helped man one of three machine guns at the base of flag pole.

By the end of the attack none of the men manning the machine guns had survived! The family of Joe Jedrysik did not get notification of his death till Christmas Eve by Western Union telegram! God Bess the Hero of Pearl Harbor and our great graduates of Cental High School.

10/02/2025
“Abe Escapes” by Paul Calhoun!
09/23/2025

“Abe Escapes” by Paul Calhoun!

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