St. James High School for Boys
St. James High School for Boys | |
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Location | |
Latin: Quae Sursum Quaerite (Seek Those Things Which Are Above) | |
Religious affiliation(s) | Christianity |
Denomination | Catholic Church |
Closed | 1993 |
Local authority | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia |
Gender | All-boys |
Color(s) | Blue and Gray |
Nickname | Bulldogs |
St. James High School for Boys was a Roman Catholic high school in Chester, Pennsylvania in the United States. It was part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Philadelphia. The mascot was the fighting bulldog.[1]
The school closed in 1993 on the orders of the archdiocese. In 2011, Ed Gebhart of the
St. James Regional Catholic School in
Alumni association
After the school closed, a group of 20-30 alumni asked the archdiocese to sell or lease the building to them, but the archdiocese refused. The alumni association by 2012 built a membership base of 1,550 which may be the largest and most active alumni in the Delaware Valley.[4]
The St. James High School alumni association established a headquarters in
Every Thanksgiving, the students in the varsity club conducted a food drive. The alumni association continued it after the school closed. The group of alumni doing it meet at the alumni association headquarters and call themselves "Varsity Club II".[6]
Notable alumni
- T.D. Allman – International literary figure, prize-winning author, foreign correspondent[7]
- Dick Christy – NFL player
- Frank Gallagher – NFL player
- Robert Harland – television actor
- Joe Klecko – NFL player
- Jack McKinney – NBA coach
- Jack Ramsay – basketball coach, taught and coached at St. James in 1949[8]
References
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- ^ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._D._Allman //www.vanityfair.com/culture/books/2013/04/TD-allman-finding-florida-greatest-hits//fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._D._Allman
- ISBN 0-471-46929-7. Retrieved 17 May 2020.