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  2. List of schools of the School District of Philadelphia ...

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    As of 2021, there are 151 elementary/K-8 schools, 16 middle schools, and 57 high schools in the School District of Philadelphia, excluding charter schools. The Thomas K. Finletter School serves kindergarten through 8th grade students in the Olney neighborhood of Philadelphia.

  3. 1983 Philadelphia Stars season - Wikipedia

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    The Stars began in Philadelphia in the USFL's inaugural 1983 season and played their home games at Veterans Stadium (the "Vet"). They compiled the league's best regular season record of 15–3 (.833), and advanced to the 1983 USFL championship game. Their "Doghouse Defense" allowed only 204 points in an 18-game season—the least in the history ...

  4. History of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    A 1752 map of Philadelphia. The city of Philadelphia was founded in 1682 by William Penn in the English Crown Province of Pennsylvania between the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. Before then, the area was inhabited by the Lenape people. Philadelphia quickly grew into an important colonial city and during the American Revolution was the site of ...

  5. Don Tollefson - Wikipedia

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    Don Tollefson (born September 13, 1952) is an American television broadcast journalist, best known for his work as a sportscaster for the Philadelphia local ABC affiliate WPVI-TV from 1975 to 1990. He also worked for Philadelphia's local FOX affiliate, WTXF-TV. He worked briefly as a sideline reporter for FOX's nationally broadcast show, NFL on ...

  6. COVID-19 pandemic in Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    According to datasets published by the City of Philadelphia in 2021, Bustleton was the neighborhood with the most COVID-19 deaths in the city. Approximately 0.6% of the total population of Bustleton perished from the virus. As of November 2021, the City of Philadelphia reported a total of 2,229 infections in its prisons during the pandemic.

  7. Move Closer to Your World - Wikipedia

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    Move Closer to Your World. Move Closer to Your World ( MCTYW) is a television news music package composed in 1970 by Walt Liss [1] and released by jingle writer Al Ham under his Mayoham Music label. Since the 1970s, it was considered an anthem for local television news, notably of WPVI-TV in Philadelphia for its Action News broadcasts. [2]

  8. La Reina High School - Wikipedia

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    Website. https://www.lareina.com. La Reina High School is a Catholic college preparatory for middle and high school girls founded in 1964. La Reina is an independent, private school serving students in Los Angeles and Ventura County. [8] Following drops in enrollment over the prior eight years, the school announced they were closing after the ...

  9. School District of Philadelphia - Wikipedia

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    The School District of Philadelphia ( SDP) is the school district that includes all school district-operated public schools in Philadelphia. [9] Established in 1818, it is largest school district in Pennsylvania and the eighth-largest school district in the nation, serving over 197,000 students as of 2022. [10]