GRANADA HILLS HIGH SCHOOL

'Granada Hills Charter High School' ('Granada Hills High School') is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white.
It is located in the Granada Hills neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was previously directly administered by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), but is currently independent as the school was granted charter status. It is commonly known as "GHHS", "GHCHS", or simply "Granada".
Granada serves Granada Hills, portions of Northridge, and Porter Ranch.

Contents

History

Achievements

Academics

Athletics

Notable alumni

References

External links

History

The school was founded in 1961. In 1994, the school opened on its campus an LAUSD magnet school with an emphasis in math, science and technology in conjunction with the California State University at Northridge. The school also maintains a highly successful program for the deaf and hard of hearing. In 2003, the school was awarded charter status in order to to free itself from LAUSD bureaucratic restrictions, and increase student achievement. The school generates approximately $35 million based on student enrollment and attendance and specific programs. As an independent, directly funded charter school, the majority of the funding is sent directly the school.
The school is currently accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges.
The school has a governing board, which branches off into four committees: Student Services, Facilities and Operations, Curriculum and Instruction, and Human Resources. These four committees contain various representatives which include students, teachers, parents, administrators, and other faculty.

Achievements

Academics

In 2007, Granada won the Los Angeles City Academic Decathlon and its Science Bowl team placed second at the Los Angeles regional competition.
In 2005, its Science Bowl teams took fourth and fifth place at the regional competition, and its Academic Decathlon team ranked third in the nation. Currently, Granada, is the 379th best high school in the nation, according to Newsweek.
The school has a team that participates in the FIRST Robotics Competition every year, Team #599 the RoboDox. In 2006, they were finalists at the Southern California Regional Competition. They were also the champions of the Los Angeles VEX Regional Competition held in December 2006 at CSUN.

Athletics

In the 1978 L.A. City Championship Baseball game, John Elway led Granada to the title over Crenshaw High, which featured future major leaguers Chris Brown and Darryl Strawberry.
Granada Hills Girls Golf team is 6-0 for LA City Championship titles since the program started in 2001.
Partial list of Granada Hills L.A. City Championship teams:

★ Baseball: 1975 (4A Division), 1976 (4A Division), 1978 (4A Division), 1979 (4A Division), 1984 (4A Division), 2002 (Invitational), 2003 (Invitational), 2004 (Invitational), 2006 (Invitational)

★ Basketball: 1976 (3A Division), 1987 (3A Division)

★ Football: 1970, 1987

★ Girls Golf: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006

★ Volleyball: 1986 (3A Division), 1987 (3A Division), 1997 (4A Division), 2006, 2007

★ Swimming: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000

★ Marching Band: State finals 2003-2007, Hollywood Bowl performance, Wango Tango performance

Notable alumni

★ Doug Baker, former professional baseball player (1984-1990; Detroit Tigers & Minnesota Twins) Granada Hills: High School Alumni

★ Valerie Bertinelli, actress

★ Ryan Braun, professional baseball player

★ John Elway, professional football player

★ Robert Englund, actor

★ Shin Hyesung, Korean Pop Star

★ Joan Jett, singer

★ Alice Kim, wife of Nicolas Cage

★ Kameron Loe, professional baseball player

★ Gary Matthews, Jr., professional baseball player

★ Blanchard Montgomery III, professional football player^[1]

★ Dave Schmidt, former professional baseball player (1981-1992; Texas Rangers, Chicago White Sox, Baltimore Orioles, Montreal Expos & Seattle Mariners)

★ Tamlyn Tomita, actress

References

1. Blanchard Montgomery

External links

★ Granada Hills Charter High School official website