The Samual S Fels High School (commonly referred to as Fels High School) is a district-run high school in

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. The school is named after

Samuel Simeon Fels Samuel Simeon Fels (February 16, 1860 in Yanceyville, North Carolina – June 23, 1950 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) was an American businessman and philanthropist. Biography Born to a Jewish family in Yanceyville, North Carolina, Fels famil ...

. It was founded in 1989 when the Samuel S. Fels Junior High School was restructured to have seventh through tenth grades, with the eleventh and twelfth grades to be added in 1990 and 1991. Melvin K. McMaster was the first principal of the high school. An $80 million building replaced the old facility in 2009.

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Samuel S. Fels High School
- school website * Fels, Samuel S. High School School District of Philadelphia Public high schools in Pennsylvania {{Pennsylvania-school-stub