Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational Technical School

Public high school in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational Technical School
Address

3116 Frankford Ave. Philadelphia , Pennsylvania 19134 United States
Information
Type	Public high school
School district	The School District of Philadelphia
Staff	40.89 (FTE)^[1]
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	775 (2017–18)^[1]
Student to teacher ratio	18.95^[1]
Mascot	panther
Yearbook	the mast
Website	Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational Technical School

The Jules E. Mastbaum Area Vocational/Technical School (commonly referred to as the Jules Mastbaum Area Vocational High School) is a public high school in Kensington, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States.^[2] It is a part of the School District of Philadelphia and serves grades 9–12. It was named after Jules Ephraim Mastbaum.^[3]

Trivia

In 1982 the basketball team members were short compared to those of other high schools. That year, the tallest player was 6 feet and three inches.^[4]

Notable alumni

Monty 'Sherrick' Farley, former professional boxer, Pennsylvania Boxing Hall of Fame member
James Brown, former NFL player
Uhuru Hamiter, former NFL player
Chafie Fields, former NFL player, Sports Agent
Shep Shepherd (1917-2018), jazz musician, drummer, trombone player
Lee Morgan (1939–1972), jazz musician, trumpet player
Veronica Hamel, actor
Maria Quiñones-Sánchez, former Philadelphia City Councilmember

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Mastbaum Jules E AVTS". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 8, 2020.
^ Lawlor, Frank. "Pride Inspiring Panthers To Give All They've Got Mastbaum Emerges From "The Old Cemo" To The Big Game." Philadelphia Inquirer. December 5, 1992. Retrieved on July 22, 2013. "He has taught at Jules Mastbaum Technical School in Kensington for 20 years, has lived nearby all his life. He knew Franklin Playground as "the Old Cemo" and[...]"
^ "Our Origins." (Archive) Jules Mastbaum Vocational/Technical School. Retrieved on July 21, 2013.
^ McKee, Don. "HIGH SCHOOLS MASTBAUM PREVAILS OVER TALLER FRANKFORD, 76-72." Philadelphia Inquirer. February 26, 1982. C10 Sports. Retrieved on July 21, 2013. "If Mastbaum High's basketball team finds its well-publicized lack of height is a handicap, then the Panthers compensate for their sole deficiency very well. It has been a matter of faith in basketball circles in the last decade that small teams can't win city championships, but Mastbaum - with no starter taller than 6 feet, 3 inches - is bent on dissolving that belief. The Panthers defeated neighboring Frankford,[...]"

External links

Jules Mastbaum Vocational/Technical School
Jules Mastbaum Vocational/Technical School (Archive)
Mastbaum Alumni Association

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Schools in Philadelphia

School District of Philadelphia
5-12 schools	Girard Academic Music Program Julia R. Masterman School
6-12 schools	Penn Treaty School (neighborhood)
7-12 schools	Carver Engineering and Science
Neighborhood high schools	Bartram Edison/Fareira Samuel S. Fels Frankford Benjamin Franklin Furness George Washington Kensington Martin Luther King Abraham Lincoln Northeast Olney Overbrook Roxborough Sayre South Philadelphia Strawberry Mansion West Philadelphia
Alternative high schools	Bodine for International Affairs The U School (Building 21) 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 U School
K-8 schools	Alcorn 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 Castor Gardens Conwell Middle Magnet Dimner Beeber (Science Leadership Academy at Beeber) Paul Lawrence Dunbar Warren G. Harding M.Y.A. for the Humanities William T. Tilden Gen. Louis Wagner
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	Edward W. Bok Technical Charles Carroll Communications Technology (George Wolf) Stephen A. Douglas Thomas FitzSimons Germantown Robert E. Lamberton William Penn Thaddeus Stevens University City Roberts Vaux Promise Academy Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes
Former K-8/middle/ elementary schools	Charles Y. Audenried William W. Axe George L. Brooks George W. Childs (former building) Watson Comly Mary Disston Francis M. Drexel Thomas Dunlap Joseph C. Ferguson Robert Fulton Germantown Grammar Elizabeth Duane Gillespie William B. Hanna Nathaniel Hawthorne Holmes George L. Horn (Sheridan West Academy) John L. Kinsey David Landreth Henry Longfellow Mechanicsville Thomas Meehan William S. Peirce Anna B. Pratt Thomas Powers Robert Ralston Samuel J. Randall Thomas Buchanan Read General John F. Reynolds Charles Schaeffer Walter G. Smith Spring Garden School No. 1 M. Hall Stanton Abigail Vare Rudolph Walton George Washington Anthony Wayne John G. Whittier David Wilmot Alexander Wilson Mary Channing Wister Richardson L. Wright

Former high schools/
6-12 schools

Edward W. Bok Technical
Charles Carroll
Communications Technology (George Wolf)
Stephen A. Douglas
Thomas FitzSimons
Germantown
Robert E. Lamberton
William Penn
Thaddeus Stevens
University City
Roberts Vaux Promise Academy
Young Women's Leadership School at Rhodes

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)