Simon Gratz High School (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

USA / Pennsylvania / Tioga / Philadelphia, Pennsylvania / West Hunting Park Avenue, 1798
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Simon Gratz High School is the home of the Dragons. Alumni include NBA stars Rasheed Wallace, Aaron McKie, and Mardy Collins, baseball Hall-of-Famer Roy Campanella and actor Grayson Hall. The school was founded in 1927 and is named for a noted Philadelphia civic leader, legislator, educator and philanthropist.

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Coordinates:   40°0'50"N   75°9'21"W

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  • Did Simon Gratz, the man who founded this school, found anything else? I grew up in a small rural town called Gratz about 40 miles north of Harrisburg, PA that was also founded by a Simon Gratz.
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