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== Memphis Technical High School (Memphis, Tennessee) ==

'''Memphis Technical High School Our city's FIRST high school'''

Tech High began in 1878 as "Hope Night School." It was a private school for boys who had been orphaned by the war between the states and the Yellow Fever epidemic. It operated from a building on Main Street and became part of the public school system when the system was chartered in 1892. As the school grew, it changed locations numerous time, but always remained in the downtown area. By 1911 the school was called The Memphis Vocational High School and had 72 students in grades 7 to 10.