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| streetaddress     = 1611 W. 141st Street
| city              = [[East Chicago, Indiana|East Chicago]]
| state             = [[Indiana]]
| county            = ([[Lake County, Indiana|Lake County]])
| zipcode           = 46312
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| grades            = [[Ninth grade|9]]–[[Twelfth grade|12]]
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| conference        = [[List of high school athletic conferences in Indiana#Conference Changes|Lake Shore]] (defunct)
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| rival             = East Chicago Roosevelt
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| established       = 1898
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| closed            = 1986
| enrollment        = 1500
| enrollment_as_of  = 1986
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'''Washington High School''' was a public high school in [[East Chicago, Indiana|East Chicago]], [[Indiana]], which opened in 1898 but closed in 1986. Washington High School merged with Roosevelt High School to become [[Central High School (East Chicago, Indiana)|East Chicago Central High School]], known in the area as "Central."
==Athletics==
The Washington High School Senators athletic teams competed in the Indiana Lake Shore conference from 1969 until the school closed in 1986. Prior to 1969, the school was a member of the Northern Indiana conference (1927–1962), the Northwestern conference (1963–1967) and the Tri-City conference (1968).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.almanacsports.com/football/history.php?media=&team=ECW|title=AlmanacSports.com - Football - East Chicago Washington High School Football History|work=almanacsports.com|access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref> The school was also a member of the [[Indiana High School Athletic Association]] (IHSAA), the organization which governs athletic activities in Indiana.
The school sponsored various interscholastic athletics teams.  The Senators won state championships in basketball (1960, 1971).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ihsaa.org/TourneyInfo/TourneyInfoStatistics/FormerStateChamps/StateChampionshipsbySchool/tabid/581/Default.aspx#2648822-e|title=IHSAA State Championships by School|work=ihsaa.org|access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref> The 1971 "Dream Team" was ranked No.1 in the state for the entire season, and went undefeated (29–0) and won the Indiana state high school basketball championship. The team featured Tim Stoddard (who played baseball and basketball at [[North Carolina State University|N.C. State]] and spent 15 year in [[Major League Baseball]] ), Pete Trgovich (who played at [[UCLA]]), and Junior Bridgeman (who played at [[University of Louisville|Louisville]] and in the [[NBA]]). The three would all go on to reach the [[Final Four]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/high-school/2015/03/20/time-great-high-school-teams-boys-basketball-east-chicago-washington/25074363/|title=All-time great high school teams: Boys basketball - East Chicago Washington 1971|date=20 March 2015|work=Indianapolis Star|access-date=19 June 2015}}</ref>
[[Kenny Lofton]] is a retired MLB All-Star center fielder who played for several teams in the 1990s and 2000s. Lofton graduated from East Chicago Washington in 1985. He played in an NCAA Men's Basketball Final Four in 1987 with Arizona, and joins Stoddard (who played in the 1983 World Series with the Baltimore Orioles) as the only two athletes to play in a baseball World Series and an NCAA basketball Final Four; Lofton batted in the lead off spot in the 1995 World Series for the Cleveland Indians.
==Notable alumni==
* [[Vince Boryla]], professional basketball player, coach, and executive
* [[Junior Bridgeman]], professional basketball player and businessman
* [[Emilio A. De La Garza]], posthumous recipient of the [[Medal of Honor]]
* [[Leslie Edgley]], novelist, playwright, radio dramatist and screenwriter<ref>[https://www.newspapers.com/image/?clipping_id=102934605 "192 Seniors Leave School on Wednesday"]. ''The Times'' (Munster, Indiana). June 5, 1930. p.&nbsp;16. Retrieved June 1, 2022.</ref>
* [[Katherine Jackson]], matriarch of the [[Jackson family]]
* [[Kenny Lofton]], professional baseball player
* [[Nick Mantis]], professional basketball player
* [[Art Murakowski]], professional football player and legislator
* [[Vincent Mroz]], [[United States Secret Service]] agent involved in the [[Truman assassination attempt|1950 shootout at Blair House]]
* [[Ray Ragelis]], professional basketball player and coach
* [[Quentin P. Smith]], Tuskegee Airman
* [[Tim Stoddard]], professional baseball player and coach
* [[Pete Trgovich]], college basketball player and coach
* [[Warren W. Wiersbe]], Christian clergyman and author
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{{GNIS|type=retired|449945|George Washington High School}}
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