Germantown High School is a secondary school located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to...

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GHS, located in Germantown

Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Germantown is a neighborhood in the northwest section of the city of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, about 7–8 miles northwest from the center of the city...

, is a part of the School District of Philadelphia

School District of Philadelphia

The School District of Philadelphia is a school district based in the School District of Philadelphia Education Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, that includes all public schools in the city of Philadelphia. Established in 1818, it is the eighth largest school district in the nation.The School...

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The school was built in 1914 which makes it one of the oldest in the country. Its students are mostly African-American, despite the previous German population of the region. Students come from the Logan, Germantown, Mt. Airy, Chestnut Hill, and Nicetown-Tioga(North Philadelphia) sections of the city. The team name is the Bears.

School uniform

GHS students are required to wear school uniform

School uniform

A school uniform is an outfit—a set of standardized clothes—worn primarily for an educational institution. They are common in primary and secondary schools in various countries . When used, they form the basis of a school's dress code.Traditionally school uniforms have been largely subdued and...

s . Uniforms consist of green or white Germantown High logo tops and black bottoms.

Feeder patterns

Feeder middle schools into Germantown include Roosevelt Middle School. K-8 feeder schools into Germantown include Charles W. Henry School, Henry H. Houston School, John S. Jenks School, and Anna L. Lingelbach School.