Germantown High School (Philadelphia)
Germantown High School was a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown High School graduated its final class on June 19, 2013 and closed its doors that week.[1]
GHS, located in Germantown, was a part of the School District of Philadelphia. The school was built in 1914 which made it one of the oldest in the country. Its students were mostly African-American, despite the previous German population of the region. Students came from the Logan, Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill, and Nicetown-Tioga sections of the city.[2]
The team name was the Bears.
Feeder patterns
Feeder middle schools into Germantown included Roosevelt Middle School.[3] K-8 feeder schools into Germantown included Charles W. Henry School, Henry H. Houston School, John S. Jenks School, and Anna L. Lingelbach School.[3]
Alumni
- Steve Coleman, American football player
- Bill Cosby, Comedian
- Sam Greenblatt, CTO of HP, Dell
- Rick Lackman, American football player
- Victor Potamkin, businessman and car dealership owner
- Frank K. Richardson, judge[4]
- Mark Segal, journalist[5]
- The Showstoppers
References
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- ↑ "Germantown High School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A Directory of High Schools for 2009 Admissions." School District of Philadelphia. Accessed November 6, 2008.
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- ↑ http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mark_segal/Mark_Segal_Im_Gay_Jewish_and_old.html
External links
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