Germantown High School (Philadelphia)
Germantown High School was a secondary school 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. Its students were mostly
The team name was the Bears. In 1993-94 and 1995, the school's boys varsity basketball team was ranked first in Philadelphia.
History
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Germantown High became a grade 11-12 school after
Germantown and King ultimately became separate 9-12 schools.[3] The campuses are about 1 mile (1.6 km) apart.[4]
Germantown High's peak student population was over 3,000. The enrollment declined due to the availability of
In April 2019, the Germantown United CDC and the Keeping Society of Philadelphia filed a nomination authored by Oscar Beisert, Architectural Historian and Historic Preservationist, to list the building in the Philadelphia Register of Historic Places.[6]
At its 691st Stated Meeting on March 13, 2020, the Philadelphia Historical Commission voted unanimously to designate the building and its grounds, a status which comes with protection from alteration and demolition, and regulatory authority over any future redevelopment of the property.[7]
Demographics
In 2013, the school had 676 students, mostly low income and African-American. Students in foster care and homeless students made up at least 10% of that student body.[5]
Academic performance
In 2013, the school's graduation rate was below 50%, 18% of students had proficiency in reading, and 15% had proficiency in mathematics.[5]
Athletics
American football players had to ride a bus to sports practice because Germantown High did not have an on-campus athletic field. King and Germantown were previously athletic rivals, but after 2013 American football team players of Germantown High joined King's team.[5]
Feeder patterns
Feeder middle schools into Germantown included Roosevelt Middle School.
Alumni
- Linda Addison, maiden name Webster, multi-award winning author/poet 1970
- Belinda C. Anderson (born 1954), academic administrator[11]
- Frankie Beverly, singer
- Steve Coleman, football player
- William Thaddeus Coleman Jr., 4th US Secretary of Transportation, and 2nd African American to serve in the US Cabinet.
- Bill Cosby, comedian, actor
- Bill Fleischman, sports journalist and professor[12]
- Herman Frazier, Olympic Gold and Silver Medalist 1976
- Sam Greenblatt, CTO of HP, Dell
- Rick Lackman, football player
- Alfred Leopold Luongo, federal Judge
- Randy Owens (1959-2015), basketball player
- Will Parks, NFL player, Miami Dolphins
- Victor Potamkin, businessman and car dealership owner
- Frank K. Richardson, judge[13]
- Mark Segal, journalist[14]
- Archie Shepp, jazz saxophonist
- Mike Sojourner, basketball player, 10th overall pick of 1974 NBA draft
- Tammi Terrell, Motown singer
- The Showstoppers
Faculty
- Anna Mullikin (1893–1975), PhD math teacher (1923–1959) and head of the math department[15]
References
- ^ DeNardo, Mike (2013-06-19). "Germantown High School Graduates Its Final Class Ever". CBS Radio Inc. Retrieved 2013-10-16.
- ^ "Germantown High School Geographic Boundaries" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. Retrieved on November 29, 2015.
- ^ "Forty years ago, Germantown-King pairing marred by neighborhood rivalries Archived 2017-02-02 at the Wayback Machine." Newsworks. January 31, 2013. Retrieved on November 18, 2018.
- ^ " An Uneasy Football Merger" slide 2. The New York Times. Retrieved on November 19, 2016.
- ^ a b c d Longman, Jéré (2013-08-03). "An Involuntary Union of Football Rivals for Philadelphia High Schools". The New York Times. Retrieved 2016-11-18. Print: August 4, 2013, page SP1
- ^ Beisert, Oscar (April 22, 2019). "Philadelphia Register of Historic Places Nomination: Germantown High School, 5901-13 and 5915-41 Germantown Avenue, Germantown, Philadelphia" (PDF). City of Philadelphia. Retrieved November 26, 2020.
- ^ THE MINUTES OF THE 691ST STATED MEETING OF THE PHILADELPHIA HISTORICAL COMMISSION. (Philadelphia Historical Commission, 13 March 2020), 36.
- ^ a b "A Directory of High Schools for 2009 Admissions Archived 2015-11-06 at the Wayback Machine." School District of Philadelphia. Accessed November 6, 2008.
- ^ "High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. p. 57/70. Retrieved on November 16, 2016.
- ^ "High School Directory Fall 2017 Admissions" (Archive). School District of Philadelphia. p. 39/70. Retrieved on November 16, 2016.
- ^ Gammage, Jeff (2013-06-20). "At Germantown High, a sad farewell". The Philadelphia Inquirer. pp. A07. Retrieved 2023-02-27 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Barkowitz, Ed (May 2, 2019). "Bill Fleischman, 80, versatile journalist". Philadelphia Daily News. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. A38.; Barkowitz, Ed (May 2, 2019). "Bill Fleischman; covered Flyers in Stanley Cup years". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. p. B8.
- ^ "In Memoriam: Honorable Frank K. Richardson". California Supreme Court Historical Society. Archived from the original on 2006-10-02. Retrieved 2010-08-02.
- ^ "Inquirer.com: Philadelphia local news, sports, jobs, cars, homes". www.inquirer.com.
- ^ Green, Judy, Jeanne LaDuke: Pioneering Women in American Mathematics: The Pre-1940 PhD’s. 2009, ISBN 978-0-8218-4376-5.
External links
- Germantown High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) - 2007-2016
- Germantown High School at the Wayback Machine (archive index) - 2001-2007