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Type
  
Public high school

Principal
  
Dr. Thomas Davidson

Enrollment
  
289

Mascot
  
Constitution General

Established
  
2006

Grades
  
9–12

Phone
  
+1 215-351-7310

Colors
  
Motto
  
"United We Stand, Divided We Fall"

Address
  
18 S 7th St, Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA

District
  
School District of Philadelphia

Constitution high school


Constitution High School (nickname Con High) is a college preparatory high school located in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is the first and, so far, only history based high school in Pennsylvania. It was founded September 2006 by Dr. Thomas Davidson. About 290 attend grades 9 through 12. It is located in close proximity to Independence Mall in Philadelphia. Constitution High School has a strong relationship with the National Constitution Center, as well as partnerships with the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History and Philadelphia law firm, Ballard Spahr LLP.

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History

Constitution High School was founded in 2006 by Dr. Thomas Davidson, as a partnership between the Philadelphia School District, the National Constitution Center, Ballard Spahr LLP, and the Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History. Constitution High School is a unique, small, college preparatory, city-wide admission school located in the heart of Philadelphia’s Historic District, and is the only Law, Democracy, and History themed high school in the Philadelphia School District and well as the state of Pennsylvania. Constitution has a classroom that is designed as a courtroom.

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Constitution High School Wikipedia


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