APR Lore
APR is a five minute walk (or thirty second e-scooter ride) from this MBTA Commuter Rail station.
What is Readville?
This man famously (but likely not historically) shouted "The British Are Coming, The British Are Coming!"
Who is Paul Revere?
What is PEMDAS?
This rapper performed at the 2025 Super Bowl halftime show and famously won a beef against Drake with 'Not Like Us.'
Who is Kendrick Lamar?
These sports are played during the spring athletic season at APR. (Name all of them!)
What are boys volleyball, baseball, softball, and track?
APR was founded in this year.
What year is 1997-98?
This Fenway Park landmark—a 37-foot left field wall—is one of the most recognizable features in all of baseball.
What is the Green Monster?
This punctuation mark, often confused with a comma, is used to join two independent clauses or separate items in a complex list. (10th Graders, Ms. KV taught you this!)
What is a semicolon?
This 2025 film set in the Mississippi Delta during the Jim Crow era became a cultural phenomenon and featured a standout performance from Michael B. Jordan.
What is Sinners?
This team -- which just swept the Sixers -- is Mr. J and Mr. Faublas's favorite NBA team.
What are the New York Knicks?
This member of the college placement team (CPT) has worked at APR longer than any high school staff member.
Who is Ms. Kelly-Carney?
Opened in 1897 and sitting beneath Boston Common, this station is the oldest subway station in the United States.
What is Park Street?
This is the most common element in the universe, making up roughly 75% of all normal matter.
What is Hydrogen?
This NFL OPOY gave a fist bump to Ms. Hirsch during an Eagles-Cowboys rivalry game.
Who is Saquon "2k" Barkley?
The following school in China has been APR's sister school for many years.
What is Beijing School 80?
This Roxbury square, a major hub for Boston's Black community, was renamed from Dudley Square in 2019.
What is Nubian Square?
'The wind whispered through the trees' and 'the stars danced in the sky' are both examples of this literary device.
What is personification?
This NFL quarterback is the love of Ms. Rollins' life.
Who is Joshua Patrick Allen?
These HS teachers are APR alumni. (Name all four!)
Who are Ms. Delapp, Ms. Howley, Mr. Forde, and Mitch?
On January 15, 1919, a storage tank holding 2.3 million gallons of this sticky and sickly sweet substance burst in Boston's North End, sending a wave 25 feet high through the streets at 35 mph and killing 21 people.
What is molasses (or the Great Molasses Flood)?
China is credited with four world-changing inventions: paper, gunpowder, printing, and this navigational tool.
What is the compass?
This musical -- performed by APR's Thespians last academic year -- is a Caribbean-set retelling of the fairy tale The Little Mermaid.
What is Once Upon This Island?
These HS teachers played a varsity sport in college. (Name one -- bonus points for naming multiple)
Who is Ms. Downs, Mr. Phillips, and Mitch?