Simon Gratz High School
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Simon Gratz High School is a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. An inner city school, it is perhaps best-known for its famous alumni (listed below). Gratz is operated by the School District of Philadelphia.
Its address is 1798 Hunting Park Avenue, Philadelphia, PA 19140.
[edit] School uniforms
Gratz students are required to wear school uniforms [1].
Gratz students are required to wear red, white, or black shirts and black or khaki bottoms.
[edit] Famous alumni
- Grayson Hall, 1964 Academy Award (Oscar) nominee, Night of the Iguana. Co-star of ABC's Dark Shadows Dr Julia Hoffman, Countess Natalie DuPress, Magda and iconic NY off-broadway theatre actress.
- Roy Campanella, former MLB player
- William "Bill" Ellerbee, Gratz basketball coach
- William H. Gray, former U.S. Congressman, now President of the UNCF
- John Green, Sheriff of Philadelphia County
- Leroy Kelly, former NFL player
- Pat Kelly, former MLB player
- Joan Little, cause célèbre of the civil rights, feminist, prisoners' rights, and anti-capital punishment movements.
- Herman Mattleman, Esq., former President of the Philadelphia Board of Education
- Aaron McKie, current NBA player
- Nathan Milstein, world-renowned concert violinist
- Katherine Streeter Lewis, the Honorable Judge of the Philadelphia Court of Common Pleas
- Meldrick Taylor, 1984 Olympic gold medalist
- Rasheed Wallace, current NBA player
- Aaron Owens, current And 1 Streetball Mixtape Tour player
- Mardy Collins, rookie for the NBA's New York Knicks
- chris and neefie, of the rap group young gunz attended Simon Gratz for a short period of time
- Abrams, Phyliis Rhodes (1929-2003) Curator, Girard College Collections
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