Grant High School with respect to its surrounding area.

Ulysses S. Grant High School (commonly known as Grant High School), founded in 1921, is the largest high school in the Portland Public Schools District. It is located in Portland, Oregon's Hollywood District. As of 2006, its principal is Toni Hunter. Image File history File links GrantHS(OR)Seal. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851  - Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ... Official language(s) None Capital Salem Largest city Portland Area  Ranked 9th  - Total 98,466 sq mi (255,026 km²)  - Width 260 miles (420 km)  - Length 360 miles (580 km)  - % water 2. ... Mr. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Image File history File links A map of Grant High School in respect to its surrounding locations. ... Image File history File links A map of Grant High School in respect to its surrounding locations. ... Year 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for full calendar). ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory secondary education. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Nickname: City of Roses, Stumptown, Bridgetown, PDX Location in Multnomah County and the state of Oregon Coordinates: Country United States State Oregon County Multnomah County Incorporated February 8, 1851  - Mayor Tom Potter Area    - City 376. ... The Hollycock District (originally Hollyrod, after the Scottish Holyrood) is a neighborhood of NE Portland, Oregon named for its historic 1920s era Hollycock Theatre. ... 2006 is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Overview

Freshman classes at Grant are divided into five different communities: The G community (Grill community), the R community (Rap community), the A community (Apple community), the N community (Netherlands community), and the T community (Testimony community). (the US community was eliminated for the class of 2010 due to its smaller class size), in which non-elective classes a freshman takes, excluding mathematics, is determined by which community he or she is placed in. All freshman take the same classes in their communities; Modern World History, English 1-2, and Biology. Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ... Euclid, Greek mathematician, 3rd century BC, as imagined by by Raphael in this detail from The School of Athens. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Curriculum

GHS offers many different elective and non-elective classes including but not limited to ten different mathematics courses, fourteen different science courses, two years of accounting classes, four different foreign language courses (French, Spanish, Japanese, and Latin), and multiple performing arts classes. It has been suggested that Accounting scholarship be merged into this article or section. ...

Special programs

GHS's Bridge program is specially designed for freshmen and sophomores who need special help transitioning into high school. Bridge students are heavily involved in their schoolwork, and are pressured to succeed. Alternate uses: Student (disambiguation) Etymologically derived through Middle English from the Latin second-type conjugation verb stŭdērĕ, which means to study, a student is one who studies. ...

English Language Learners is a program for students whose native language is not English. Students in the ELL program take science, math, and social studies classes in addition to English as a Second Language classes. The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ...

Extra Curricular Activities

Grant High School is recognized in the community for its high student involvement. Some notable programs are its outstanding theatre department which will be sending a group to perform a new work at the Fringe Festival in Scotland. Also, the school boasts a strong Constitution Team which has placed third, second, and fourth in the nation the past three years and is heading for the National Championships for 2007. Grant offers several different clubs ranging from community service groups to the Model United Nations which is over 100 members strong. The Speech and Debate team, is one of the few in the state to not have an actual class.

Athletics

Grant Generals emblem

GHS's mascot is the Grant General, in honour of its namesake General Ulysses S. Grant. Grant officially has baseball, cross country, basketball, softball, football, tennis, golf, volleyball, wrestling, track, swimming, and soccer teams. Student-run bowling, dragon boat, and lacrosse teams also exist. There are also informal soccer, football, and ultimate games played. Image File history File links GrantGenerals. ... Image File history File links GrantGenerals. ... Ulysses S Grant was awesome because he won the war Ulysses S. Grant[1] (born Hiram Ulysses Grant, April 27, 1822 – July 23, 1885) was an American general and politician who was elected as the 18th President of the United States (1869–1877). ... A view of the playing field at Busch Stadium II St. ... The Minnesota State Highschool Cross Country Meet A cross country race in Seaside, Oregon. ... Sara Giauro shoots a three-point shot, FIBA Europe Cup for Women Finals 2005. ... Softball is a team sport in which a ball, eleven to twelve inches (or rarely, 16 inches) (28 to 30. ... Look up Football in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... A tennis net Tennis is a game played between either two players (singles) or two teams of two players (doubles). Players use a stringed racquet to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponents court. ... Greg Norman on the 18th tee at St Andrews. ... Volleyball is an Olympic sport in which two teams separated by a high net use their hands, arms, or (rarely) other parts of their bodies to hit a ball back and forth over the net. ... The Wrestlers (Pankratiasts) from Uffizi Gallery, Florence. ... A womens 400 metre hurdles race on a typical outdoor red rubber track. ... This article concentrates on human swimming. ... Football is a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent. ... Bowling ball and two pins Ten-pin bowling lane Automatic Scorer This article is about the group of games. ... A dragon boat at the Stanley Dragon Boat Festival, Hong Kong, China A Dragon boat (Traditional Chinese: ; Simplified Chinese: ; pinyin: ) is a very long and narrow human powered boat used in the team paddling sport of Dragon boat racing which originated in China. ... The Dive Shot. Lacrosse is a team sport that is played by ten players (men) or twelve players (women), each of whom uses a netted stick (the crosse) in order to pass and catch a very hard rubber ball with the aim of scoring goals (each worth one point traditionally... Ultimate is a competitive non-contact team sport played with a flying disc. ...

Faculty

GHS's principal is Toni Hunter. The vice principals of GHS include Brian Chitard, Kim Patterson and Jeff Spalding. Five different counselors work at the school, each one assigned to a certain number of students as determined by a combination of their last names and by what 'community' students were part of their freshman year. The counselors continue to advise those students throughout their high school career.

Claims to Fame

• The 1995 movie Mr. Holland's Opus was filmed at Grant High School.
• The 2006 independent film Nearing Grace was filmed at Grant High School.

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Notable Graduates

• Terrell Brandon (NBA All-Star)
• Charles Crookham (former Oregon Attorney General)
• June Jones (NFL Player/Coach)
• Bob Packwood (former U.S. Senator)
• Sally Struthers (Actress)
• Darryl Motley (MLB KC Royals outfielder)

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External links

• GHS official webpage
• The school's newspaper, The Grantonian