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. It was located in the

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and established in the East Oak Lane section of Philadelphia at 6301 North Second Street. The school was named for

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Dennis Dougherty, Archbishop of Philadelphia from 1918 to 1951. Although CDHS was founded as a co-educational school, a wall separated the boys and girls side of the building. It was not until 1983 that boys and girls were educated together in the same classrooms. The school opened in 1956, and enrollment peaked in 1965 with 5,944 students. However, that number would steadily declined as neighborhood demographics changed and free

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became available. When the school closed at the end of the 2009-2010 academic year, it was operating at about 30% capacity.

Marching band

The CDHS marching band performed for

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at the Vatican, the

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's presidential inauguration in 1965, and won the World Music Championship in the

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in 1966.

Notable people

Alumni

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* Jim Callahan,

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wide receiver *

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, NFL offensive tackle * Michael Crescenz, US Army

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awardee * Michael Driscoll, Philadelphia City Council * Jim Foster, women's basketball head coach * Tom Gannon, Pennsylvania House of Representatives * Len Hatzenbeller, professional basketball player * Florian Kempf, NFL placekicker * Kyle Lowry,

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point guard * Seamus McCaffery, Pennsylvania Supreme Court * Cuttino Mobley, NBA shooting guard * Harry Swayne, NFL offensive tackle * Christopher Wogan, Pennsylvania House of Representatives, Philadelphia Common Pleas Court Judge

Staff

* Alex Ely,

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midfielder, CDHS teacher and soccer coach

Notes and references

External links

"Cardinal Dennis Joseph Dougherty"
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''. Volume XXIX, Number 7, February 15, 1931. * CatholicPhilly.com
"1964: Lessons from a Memorable Team."
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