Martin Luther King High School (Philadelphia)

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Martin Luther King High School is a neighborhood public high school located in the West Oak Lane section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the intersection of Stenton Avenue and Haines Street. It is a neighborhood school, meaning no application is necessary for those students that live in the Oak Lane, Mt. Airy and northern Germantown section of Philadelphia.

As of school year 2005-2006 it had school population of 1,780, mostly African-American. Programs at Martin Luther King High School include JROTC, Business and Computers Technology. Their teams are the Cougars and rivals are the Germantown High School Bears.

1 Standard dress code
2 Famous Alumni
3 See also
4 External links

[edit] Standard dress code

King students are required to wear solid light-colored tops and solid dark-colored bottoms. Their Junior ROTC program was awarded the honor unit award on April 19, 2007. Their school colors are Purple and Gold. [1].