Grenada High School

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Grenada High School
Address
1875 Fairgrounds Road

Grenada
,
Mississippi
38901

United States
Coordinates33°45′45″N 89°48′20″W / 33.7624°N 89.8056°W / 33.7624; -89.8056Coordinates: 33°45′45″N 89°48′20″W / 33.7624°N 89.8056°W / 33.7624; -89.8056
Information
TypePublic secondary
School districtGrenada School District
PrincipalEmily Tindall
Teaching staff53.1 (FTE)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,024 (2018–19)[1]
 • Grade 9248
 • Grade 10274
 • Grade 11207
 • Grade 12271
Student to teacher ratio19.28[1]
Color(s)Red and Blue
Athletics conferenceMSHSAA 5A Region 1
NicknameChargers
Websitewww.gsd.k12.ms.us/ghs.html

Grenada High School is a public High school in Grenada, Mississippi. It educates students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Grenada School District.

History[]

The first public high school in Grenada was founded in the fall of 1885.[2] After some initial riots, the school was racially integrated in 1966.[3][4]

Athletics[]

Grenada's athletic teams are the Chargers and compete in Mississippi High School Athletics Association 5A Region 1.[5]

State Championships
Sport Years
Boys basketball[6] 1985
Girls track and field[7] 1985, 1986, 1987
Slow-pitch softball[8] 2009
Powerlifting[9] 1997

Performing arts[]

The Grenada marching band program won 39 championships in the last decades of the 1900s; it also made appearances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1995 and 2001 and the Tournament of Roses Parade in 1998.[10] The band won the 1997 National High School Band of the Year award.[11]

GHS also has a competitive show choir, "Visions".[12]

Other activities[]

The school has an ROTC chapter.[13]

Notable alumni[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Grenada High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Grenada High School!". Grenada Sentinel. August 15, 1885. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "Grenada County Schools". Mississippi Civil Rights Project. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "Sept. 2, 1966: Grenada High School Desegregation Battle". Zinn Education Project. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  5. ^ "Grenada Football Team Preview". MaxPreps. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  6. ^ "Thomas: Grenada basketball assistant's words live on in 2014". Clarion Ledger. March 11, 2014. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  7. ^ "MHSAA Track and Field Records". MHSAA.
  8. ^ "Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 6A Slow Pitch Softball State Champions". Grenada Star. October 20, 2009. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  9. ^ Elkins, Ashley (April 23, 1997). "HED:Pontotoc flexes muscle with powerlifting title". Daily Journal. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  10. ^ "Senate Concurrent Resolution 564". Mississippi State Legislature. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  11. ^ Slaughter, Jeff (2013). It's All True: Walking by Faith in a Funky World. New York: Skyhorse Publishing. ISBN 9781626363649. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  12. ^ "SCC: Viewing School - Grenada High School". Show Choir Community. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  13. ^ "Championship Week & Awards". Crappiemaster. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  14. ^ "Former GHS standout gives back to Grenada". Grenada Star. June 24, 2019. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  15. ^ Horka, Tyler (April 24, 2020). "Mississippi State OL Tyre Phillips picked by Baltimore Ravens in 2020 NFL Draft". Clarion Ledger. Gannett. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  16. ^ "Former Grenada native inducted into Hall of Fame". Grenada Star. May 7, 2010. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  17. ^ "Grenada HS honors athletes". Grenada Star. May 21, 2001. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
  18. ^ Vissman, Donna (January 10, 2019). "7 Things to Know about Charlie Worsham". Williamson Source. Retrieved September 14, 2020.
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