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The original West Philadelphia High School (WPHS) building opened in 1912 as Philadelphia's first secondary school west of the Schuylkill, occupying an entire city block bounded by 47th, 48th, Walnut, and Locust Streets. The student population at that time was in excess of 5,500. [3]
This is intended to be a complete list of the properties and districts on the National Register of Historic Places in West Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in an online map.
As of 2021, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the School District of Philadelphia, excluding charter schools. [ 1 ] The Thomas K. Finletter School serves kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.
West Catholic Preparatory High School, established 1916, erected 1926. (West Catholic High School for Boys merged into West Philadelphia Catholic Girls'High School building in 1989.) Bucks County. Conwell-Egan Catholic High School, established 1957; Archbishop Wood Catholic High School, established 1964; Chester County
Parkway West High School (Pennsylvania) John M. Patterson School; Paul Laurence Dunbar School (Philadelphia) William S. Peirce School; Penn Treaty School; Joseph Pennell School; Pennsylvania School for the Deaf; Samuel W. Pennypacker School; Philadelphia Charter School for Arts and Sciences; Philadelphia Military Academy; Philadelphia School of ...
In 1945, 54,000 fans saw Southern West Philadelphia Catholic High School for Boys, 18–13. [5] In 1984, West Catholic High School for Boys was one of sixty recognized by the Council of American Private Education as an exemplary high school. [6] The school colors were blue and white and its motto was Pro Deo et Patria (For God and Country).
The King Richard actor — famously "West Philadelphia, born and raised" — visited Overbrook High School in the city and the students went wild in his latest attempt at image rehab.
West Catholic Preparatory High School is a co-educational Catholic high school in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia. It is located in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania, at 45th and Chestnut Streets, the University City neighborhood of West Philadelphia .