GRANDVIEW HIGH SCHOOL (COLORADO)

'Grandview High School' is the second largest high school in the Cherry Creek School District, with approximately 2,800 students. Grandview opened in 1998 as CCSD's fifth high school, built to accommodate a population boom the district's growing southeastern region. Grandview is located in Aurora, Colorado and sports the wolf as its mascot.

Contents

History

Academics

Advanced Placement

State Accountability Report

Athletics

Fall Sports

Winter Sports

Spring Sports

Performing Arts

History

The process to plan and complete the school that would become Grandview began in the mid 1990s, when it became clear that another high school in the eastern part of the Cherry Creek District was needed. During the 1995-96 school year a committee of teachers, administrators, parents and students gathered to meet with architects to design the blueprints for High School 5. In January of 1997, Linda Fox formally accepted the assignment as the founding principal. By March of that year, groundbreaking at the site began and a cadre of coordinating teachers were hired to create what would become Grandview High School. Mrs. Fox, Associate Principal Harry Bull, bookkeeper Sherry Andrews, and secretary Vickie Davis settled into Rolling Hills elementary in a nearby neighborhood to spend a year preparing to open a new high school. The cadre joined them in the evenings and then full time in January of 1998.
One of the most important aspects of planning "High School 5" was community involvement. To this end, numerous meetings were held over the months, beginning in January of 1997. According to Terry Conley, Executive Director of High Schools, one clear message from parents was that they "wanted students to have a competitive edge upon graduation." From this, the Mission Statement evolved: To inspire academic achievement, responsible citizenship, and individual development in a supportive environment.
With this goal in mind, it was time to choose a name, colors, and a mascot. In the fall of 1997, three names for the high school were submitted to the school board, with Grandview garnering the highest recommendation. In the winter of 1997-98, the school colors were chosen. Black, teal, and purple had the greatest number of votes until a student brought a photograph of Duke athletes in uniform to a community meeting. The entire group changed their vote to blue, black and white which became Grandview's colors. Choosing the mascot proved more difficult. Wanting a mascot that made "good tracks," the Let's Get Started" committee recommended the wolf over a hornet or diamondback.

As the year progressed, staff was hired, curriculum decisions were made, and the school was built. On August 3, 1998, Mrs. Fox received the keys to the building. With semi-trailers lined up to unload all the furniture, parents came to help assemble desks and ensure that the color-coded furniture made it to the right wings of the school. Books were unpacked, computers were set up, and the staff began to move in.
On August 24, 1998, Grandview proudly opened its doors to 830 ninth and tenth grade students.
In 2000, the principal of Grandview, Linda Fox, was promoted to Executive Director of High Schools and Assistant Principal Harry Bull was selected to become the new Principal of Grandview High School.
In 2006 Dr. Harry Bull was promoted to Executive Director of High Schools, after Linda Fox's retirement. Assistant Principal Kurt Wollenweber was selected to become the new principal of Grandview High school for the 2007-2008 school year

Academics

Grandview offers wide variety of courses for students to choose from. Grandview, like many other schools in the Cherry Creek School District offers and Advanced Placement Program, but Grandview does not have and IB program.

Advanced Placement

Grandview offers the following Advanced Placement Classes:
'English'

AP English Language

AP English Literature



'Social Studies'

AP European History

AP Human Geography

AP Psychology

AP U.S. Government

AP U.S. History

AP World History

AP Comparative Government and Politics (Introduced 2006-2007)



'Mathematics'

AP Statistics

AP Calculus AB

AP Calculus BC



'Science'

AP Environmental Science

AP Biology

AP Chemistry

AP Physics B

AP Physics C



'World Language'

AP French Language

AP German Language

AP Spanish Language

AP Spanish Literature



'Other'

AP Computer Science A

AP Computer Science AB

AP Music Theory

State Accountability Report

For the 2005-2006 school year, Grandview was rated as a "High School" with Stable academic growth. Grandview met the AYP for Reading, but failed to make AYP for math; out of the 35 goals grandview had, they achieved 33.

	Full Time	Part Time
Teachers	137	10
Paraprofessionals	15	16
Administrators	5	0
Other Professionals	21	2
School Support	39	11

===Standardized Testing^[2]===

Test	School	District	State
9-10 CSAP Reading (Percent of Students meeting Advanced or Proficient)	76%	75%	67%
9-10 CSAP Writing (Percent of Students meeting Advanced or Proficient)	64%	61%	51%
9-10 CSAP Math (Percent of Students meeting Advanced or Proficient)	45%	44%	35%
11th ACT Reading	21.48		19.41
11th ACT Writing	21.07		18.22
11th ACT Math	21.34		18.86

Athletics

Grandview offers most standard varsity sports, but has achieved notable success with its cheers, volleyball and pom-pon teams.

Fall Sports

Boys' Cross Country

Girls' Cross Country

Boys' Golf

Boys' Soccer

Boys' Tennis

Girls' Field Hockey

Softball

Volleyball

Cheers/Poms

Winter Sports

Boys' Basketball

Girls' Basketball

Co-ed Wrestling

Cheers/Poms

Girls' Swimming

Spring Sports

Baseball

Boys' Swimming

Boys' Lacrosse

Girls' Lacrosse

Girls' Golf

Girls' Soccer

Girls' Tennis

Boys' Track and Field

Girls' Track and Field

Boys' Volleyball

Performing Arts

Grandview's Performing arts program traditional releases 2 major, teacher-directed productions plus a student directed one-acts productions over the year. One Musical and one Play are produced. Grandview has an auditorium that seats 750 people. This is the largest in the district.
In the 2005-2006 school year. Grandview produced West Side Story directed by Jan Justis and Taming of the Shrew directed by Dr. Mike Pearl.
In the 2006-2007 school year. Grandview produced Guys & Dolls directed by Dr. Mike Pearl and The Crucible directed by Jan Justis. The production of The Crucible was unique because it was present as a Theatre in the round, something of which had never been done before at Grandview.
For the 2007-2008 school year. The Musical will be Into the Woods directed by Jan Justis and The Musical Comedy Murders of 1940 directed by Dr. Mike Pearl. Following, will be Grandview's student directed "One-Act play festival."
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★ Grandview High School
1. [http://www.chsaa.org/schools/schools.asp?schoolId=555 Colorado High School Activities Association profile for Grandview High School. Accessed March 20, 2007.
2. [http://reportcard.cde.state.co.us/reportcard/CommandHandler.jsp?cmdSelect=getReportCard&schoolID=33401&searchYear=2006 Colorado School State Accountability Report. Accessed July 24, 2007.