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John Bartram High School is a public secondary school serving neighborhoods of the Southwest Philadelphia area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The school, which serves grades 9 through 12, is a part of the School District of Philadelphia .
Charles Y. Audenried Junior High School (currently Universal Audenried Charter High School) Elizabeth Duane Gillespie Junior High School, closed 2011; George Wharton Pepper Middle School, closed 2013; Holmes Junior High School; John P. Turner Middle School; Mayer Sulzberger Middle School, closed 2010; Norris S. Barratt Middle School, closed 2012
The school opened to students on November 18, 1927. [5] Its building was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1988. [1] The school's name was later changed to Communications Academy, as the school was made a part of John Bartram High School. In 2005, the name was changed again to Communications Technology High School.
Williams attended John Bartram High School. As a senior, he was a powerful defensive lineman, receiving All-Public League honors. He also competed in the shot put and discus throw. Poor grades prevented him from obtaining an NCAA Division I scholarship, so he enrolled at Central State University in Wilberforce, Ohio.
Kefalos attended John Bartram High School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the US. During high school, he played both basketball and baseball competitively. In baseball, he was a pitcher. Kefalos pitched in the 1963 Philadelphia city baseball finals, and led his team to the city championship. [2]
Bernard Eugene Custis (September 23, 1928 – February 23, 2017) was an American and Canadian football player who went on to a distinguished coaching career. He is known for having been the first black professional quarterback in the modern era and first in professional Canadian football, starting for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 1951.
He was an honors student at John Bartram High School and then he graduated from Morgan State University in 1961. He was a member of the Reserve Officers Training Corps while attending Morgan State and entered the US Army as a First Lieutenant in the military police. He returned to Philadelphia and briefly worked as a manager at a building ...
His high school teammates at John Bartram High School called him "Thomas Edison" because of the many moves he invented. Growing up in his South Philadelphia neighborhood, Monroe was initially interested in soccer and baseball more than basketball. By age 14, Monroe was 6'3" and his interest in basketball grew, playing center during most of his ...