Granite Bay High School
Granite Bay High School is located in Granite Bay, California, United States. Granite Bay High School was founded in 1996 and was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Secretary of Education in 2002 and a California Distinguished School in 2007. It is one of the five comprehensive schools in the Roseville Joint High School District. Granite Bay High School has more than 20 Advanced Placement classes, and is one of two schools in RJUHSD to have the International Baccalaureate program.
Granite Bay High School | |
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Address | |
1 Grizzly Way , 95746 United States | |
Coordinates | 38°43′55″N 121°12′48″W |
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Type | Public |
Established | 1996 |
School district | Roseville Joint Union High School District (RJUHSD) |
Principal | Jennifer Leighton |
Teaching staff | 85.17 (on a FTE basis)[1] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 2,073[1] (2018-2019) |
Student to teacher ratio | 24.34[1] |
Color(s) | Green, silver & black |
Nickname | Grizzly Bears |
Rival | Del Oro High School |
Newspaper | Granite Bay Gazette |
Website | www |
Extracurricular activities
Theatre arts
Granite Bay High School has a full-time theatre arts department, known as "Theatre at Granite Bay." The program offers beginning, intermediate and advanced level acting courses, as well as musical theatre and technical theatre.[2] Productions are staged in the James T. Prichard Performing Arts Center, the 500-seat theater on campus named after the high school's late theatre arts teacher[3]. After Prichard retired in 2011, Kyle Holmes took over as the Director of Theatre Arts[4].
In 2018, Theatre at Granite Bay premiered Ranked, a new musical written by Holmes and musical director, David Taylor Gomes. The musical focuses on academic pressure that GBHS students faced, and launched the school's theatre program into the national spotlight during the 2019 College Admission Scandal[5].
Marching band
The marching band is known as the Emerald Brigade.[6]
Choir
Granite Bay has two choir, Concert and Chamber.[7]
Science Olympiad
Granite Bay High School has a Science Olympiad team now in its third year of operation. They are a member of Sacramento Regional Science Olympiad.
Athletic teams
Fall teams
Cross Country; Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity, Football; Women's Golf; Women's Tennis; Women's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Water Polo; Women's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Water Polo[8]
Winter teams
Men's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Basketball; Women's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Basketball; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Soccer; Women's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Soccer; Wrestling[8]
Spring teams
Men's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Baseball; Distance Track; Track and Field; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Golf; Men's lacrosse; Women's lacrosse; Women's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Softball; Swimming; Men's Tennis; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball[8]
Notable alumni
- Alyssa Anderson – Olympic swimmer[9]
- Haley Anderson – Olympic swimmer[10]
- Miles Burris – NFL linebacker[11]
- Kevin Dahlgren – US national convicted of murdering four relatives in Czech Republic in 2013[12][13]
- Natalie Gulbis – LPGA golfer[14]
- Ryan Holiday (2005) – bestselling author and director of marketing, American Apparel [15][16]
- Adam Jennings (2001) – former wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons[17]
- Kevin Kiley (2003) – California State Assemblyman
- Andrew Knapp (2010) - catcher for the Philadelphia Phillies
- Alicia Parlette – copy editor and former columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle
- Dallas Sartz (2002) – former linebacker for the Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks[18]
- Cameron Smith (2015) – linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
- Sammie Stroughter (2004) – Oregon State University and Tampa Bay Buccaneers football player[19]
- Peyton Thompson – NFL player Jacksonville Jaguars
- Devon Wylie (2007) – former wide receiver for Fresno State and 2012 NFL Draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs [20]
References
- "Granite Bay High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 6, 2020.
- "About Us – Theatre at Granite Bay". Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- "Theatre at Granite Bay". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
- "Kyle Holmes / Homepage" Check
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- EBSO Webmaster, Oct 13, 2013, 9:19 AM (2013-10-13). "GBEmeraldBrigade". GBEmeraldBrigade. Retrieved 2014-01-06.CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
- "Performing Arts". Granite Bay High School. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
- "Coaches & Teams / Teams and Coaches". http. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
- "Alyssa Anderson". usaswimming.org. USA Swimming. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- "Haley Anderson". usaswimming.org. USA Swimming. Retrieved August 17, 2010.
- "Raiders draft Burris 129th overall". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved May 2, 2012.
- "Mlčeli jsme, aby Dahlgren na palubě neohrozil pasažéry, říká policie" (in Czech). lidovky.cz. 24 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "Američan obviněný ze čtyřnásobné vraždy zůstává ve vazbě" (in Czech). ČT 24. 29 May 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2013. Cite journal requires
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(help) - "All about Natalie". nataliegulbis.com. NAG Sports LLC. Archived from the original on 2012-08-08. Retrieved 2010-08-17.
- Ryan Holiday on Q CBC
- Bio on Huffington Post HuffingtonPost.com
- "Adam Jennings". nfl.com. NFL Enterprises.
- "Dallas Sartz". usctrojans.com. CBS Interactive.
- "Sammie Stroughter". nfl.com. NFL Enterprises.
- "Chiefs add dash to offense with Wylie". kansascity.com. Kansas City Star. Retrieved May 2, 2012.