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YOUTH APPRECIATION
Vol. 66 NO. 26 ■ June 27, 2013
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■ Pity Inthavong, a F. Amedee Bregy School eighthgrader, will join the other Youth Apprecation Award winners July 1 at southphillyreview. com/news/youth.
NO RESERVATIONS ■ Chef Jerry Donohue is running the kitchen at Growlers Bar, where he enjoys making Broiled Trout. See page 32.
With the world as their oyster, the Bok products will press on as employees and college learners.
Commencing kudos A laudatory ceremony helped an East Passyunk Crossing high school to graduate its final class.
SPORTS
■ By Joseph Myers R e v i e w S ta f f W r i t e r
■ A Whitman baseball player will take his next hacks at an Ivy League institution.
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s the familiar notes from Sir Edward Elgar’s “Pomp and Circumstance” welcomed their arrival in the auditorium of Edward Bok Technical High School, 1901 S. Ninth St., June 20, 151 seniors displayed a blend of gladness and sadness. Eager to accept acknowledgment for their four-year commitment to academic and personal
growth, they also entered with the proud yet simultaneously upsetting distinction of being the East Passyunk Crossing site’s final graduates. “This is a historical moment for you,” Principal Dr. W. David Bowman said. “You’ve done great work here, and as you begin to figure out your next steps, make sure you always stay positive.” Remaining upbeat might have sounded impossible March 7 when the School Reform Commission announced the shuttering of the 75-year-old location to chip away at the School District of
Philadelphia’s $304-million debt crisis. The body is relocating Bok’s Career and Technical Education programs to South Philadelphia High School, 2101 S. Broad St., with the future of the 2.2-acre building, a 1986 National Register of Historic Places honoree and the heating space for Southwark School, 1835 S. Ninth St., undetermined, though Deputy Mayor Alan Greenberger is leading a plan to sell or repurpose it, with the Art Deco-style auSee BOK FAREWELL page 10 >>
A chord-ial occasion Musicians celebrated summer’s arrival with a 12-hour festival. 8