Constitution High School

Constitution High School (nickname Con High) is a college preparatory high school located in Center City Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[3] It is the first 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.

Constitution High School
Address
18 S. 7th and Market Streets[1] Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19106 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	"United We Stand, Divided We Fall"
Established	2006
School district	The School District of Philadelphia
Principal	Dr. Thomas Davidson
Staff	14 (FTE)[2]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	391 (2017–18)[2]
Student to teacher ratio	27.93[2]
Color(s)	Red White Blue
Mascot	Constitution General
Newspaper	1787 News
Website	Constitution High School

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 college preparatory, citywide 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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References

"Constitution HS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
"Constitution High School - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - PA - School overview". Retrieved 17 November 2016.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania schools

School District of Philadelphia
5-12 schools	Girard Academic Music Program Julia R. Masterman School
6-12 schools	Penn Treaty School (neighborhood)
Neighborhood high schools	Bartram Building 21 Edison/Fareira Samuel S. Fels Frankford Benjamin Franklin Furness Kensington Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Northeast Olney Overbrook Roxborough Sayre South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion U School George Washington West Philadelphia
Alternative high schools	Bodine for International Affairs Central Constitution Dobbins Vocational Franklin Learning Center High School for the Creative and Performing Arts (CAPA) High School for Girls Lankenau Jules E. Mastbaum Technical Microsoft's School of the Future Motivation Academy at Palumbo Parkway Center City Parkway West (Mayer Sulzberger) Philadelphia Military Academy Robeson for Human Services Arts Academy at Benjamin Rush W.B. Saul (Saul of Agricultural Sciences) Swenson Arts and Technology
K-8 schools	Ethan Allen Bache-Martin Rudolph Blankenburg F. Amadee Bregy G.W. Childs (Barratt Junior High) Hamilton Disston James Dobson D. Newlin Fell Thomas K. Finletter Academics Plus Edwin Fitler Academics Plus Benjamin Franklin Academics Plus Charles W. Henry Francis Hopkinson Henry H. Houston Andrew Jackson John Story Jenks Eliza Butler Kirkbride Henry C. Lea George A. McCall Delaplaine McDaniel General George G. Meade William M. Meredith Thomas Mifflin S. Weir Mitchell Andrew J. Morrison George W. Nebinger Olney Roosevelt George Sharswood Southwark Spring Garden Edwin M. Stanton Vare-Washington
Middle schools	A.M.Y. at James Martin AMY Northwest Dimner Beeber (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber) Conwell Middle Magnet Paul Lawrence Dunbar Warren G. Harding M.Y.A. for the Humanities William T. Tilden Gen. Louis Wagner Woodrow Wilson
Elementary schools	Joseph H. Brown Laura H. Carnell Lewis C. Cassidy Academics Plus Joseph W. Catharine Kennedy Crossan Academics Plus Emlen Edwin Forrest Julia Ward Howe Francis Scott Key James Logan James R. Lowell Ludlow John Marshall Alexander K. McClure Overbrook John M. Patterson Joseph Pennell Samuel W. Pennypacker Richmond William Rowen Philip H. Sheridan James J. Sullivan Bayard Taylor Frances E. Willard

Former high schools/
6-12 schools

Former K-8/middle/
elementary schools

Other schools
Roman Catholic Archdiocese	Archbishop Ryan Father Judge J. W. Hallahan Little Flower Mercy Career & Technical Nazareth Academy Roman Catholic St. Hubert St. Joseph's Preparatory St. Malachy Saints John Neumann and Maria Goretti West Catholic
Other private schools	Al-Aqsa Islamic Cedar Grove Christian Friends Select Germantown Friends Girard College Greene Street Friends Overbrook School for the Blind William Penn Pennsylvania School for the Deaf Philadelphia Free School Philadelphia Mennonite Politz Hebrew Springside Chestnut Hill St. Peter's
Former private schools	St. Anthony de Padua Parish
Public charter schools	Arts and Sciences Belmont Boys' Latin Simon Gratz Hope Imhotep Institute MaST Community Mastery Mann Elementary (William B. Mann) Mastery Shoemaker Campus (William Shoemaker) Mastery Thomas Campus (George C. Thomas) Mathematics, Civics and Sciences Memphis Street Smedley Universal Alcorn Universal Audenried Universal Creighton Universal Vare Hardy Williams (Anna Howard Shaw)

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