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Let’s Bring The Library Back to Life

March 10, 2025 by

Why Your Support Matters The Girls’ High Library was once a vibrant hub of learning, creativity, and inspiration. However, it has been closed since 2013. Its research materials still include World Book Encyclopedias and a physical card catalog. There is no access to digital books, electronic research materials, periodicals, and other critical technological resources to ensure that our students can excel and compete academically. Despite our school’s successes and strengths, our students cannot effectively … Read More

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Distinguished Daughters 2024

November 6, 2024 by

  2024 Distinguished Daughters – Inducted November 8, 2024 The Honorable Deborah Batts (June 1965/209) The first openly gay Federal judge in the U.S. and was Appointed by President Bill Clinton. Diane Cameron Feinberg (1971/215) As camera operator on the nationally syndicated Mike Douglas Show, she became the first female camera operator in Philadelphia. Denise A. Council-Ross (1979/223) Principal Deputy General Counsel U.S. Army, the #2 attorney in the Department of the Army, Lt. … Read More

Take the Challenge for Library Renovation
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Phase II: Library Renovation Class Challenge

July 9, 2024 by

Our young sisters deserve the best! Girls’ High afforded many of us the opportunity to be seen, to be strong, to be loud, and to be the smartest person in the room. This is still the case, but due to years of financial hardship in the School District of Philadelphia, the facilities have not kept up with the times. The Girls High library has been closed and without a librarian since 2013. Its research … Read More

Thank you for your GHS support - Town Hall Update
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Town Hall Meeting Update

May 10, 2024 by

Thank you for Your Support of our Alma Mater A list of action items was identified following the AAPHSG Town Hall meeting on April 18, 2024, which alerted our alumnae to the state of the Philadelphia High School for Girls. If you were unable to attend the webinar, please view the video on our home page or on our YouTube Channel by clicking HERE. A strategy session with Girls’ High students was held to … Read More

Support GHS & Your Sisters - Empower the Next Generation
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Empower the Next Generation – Support GHS Now!

January 28, 2024 by

For many of us, our time at Girls’ High played a pivotal role in our development. We made lifelong friends, found our voices, and discovered individual talents and interests. Then, we ventured out into the world to be the adult version of the women we started becoming at Broad and Olney, or 17th and Spring Garden, all those years ago. The Next Generation Rises The next generation of girls is just getting started, and … Read More

Science Olympiad at Girls' High 2024
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GHS Hosts Science Olympiad 2024

January 21, 2024 by

Girls’ High Proudly Hosts Science Olympiad PHSG hosted the Science Olympiad for the second year in a row. These challenging and motivational events are well balanced among the various science disciplines of biology, earth science, chemistry, engineering, physics, and computers. Events showcase students’ knowledge of science facts, concepts, process skills, and science applications. Girls’ High Girls Shine Our team will be competing with other Philadelphia Division C schools. Each school-based team is allowed to … Read More

Career Day 2024 Better than Ever
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GHS Career Day 2024

January 18, 2024 by

Greetings Sisters! This year, we hope to present the best PHSG Career Day to date, and that’s saying a lot. A History of Mentoring Career Day was started almost four decades ago by your own Distinguished Daughter, Joan Parker Frizzell (#209). She recognized the need for current students to hear the stories of success, struggle, and roads less traveled told by our Alumnae. Career Day has fostered many mentor-mentee relationships over the years, and … Read More

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