Germantown High School (Philadelphia)
Germantown High School was a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Germantown High School graduated its final class on June 19th, 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.
The team name was the Bears.
School uniform
GHS students were required to wear school uniforms.[2] Uniforms consisted of white button up shirts, khaki trousers and navy blue Germantown Promise Academy sweater or cardigan. Apparently uniforms came later. It is a fact that during 1971 to 1972 no uniforms were required.
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
- Frank K. Richardson, judge[4]
- The Showstoppers
- Grace Kelly (Princess Grace of Monaco)
- Bill Cosby
- Sam Greenblatt, CTO of HP, Dell
- Lawrence D Marbury, Celebrity Fitness Trainer
- Mark Segal, journalist[5]
References
- ↑ DeNardo, Mike (2013-06-19). "Germantown High School Graduates Its Final Class Ever". CBS Radio Inc. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ↑ School Uniform Requirements
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "A Directory of High Schools for 2009 Admissions." School District of Philadelphia. Accessed November 6, 2008.
- ↑ "In Memoriam: Honorable Frank K. Richardson". California Supreme Court Historical Society.
- ↑ http://www.philly.com/philly/columnists/mark_segal/Mark_Segal_Im_Gay_Jewish_and_old.html