Grand Rapids High School

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name = Grand Rapids High School


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type = Public Secondary
grades = 9-12
head_name = Principal
head = Jim Smokrovich
city = Grand Rapids
state = Minnesota
country = US
students = 1182
teachers = 70
school_colours = Orange and Black
mascot = Thunderhawk
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free ="Thunderhawk Talk"
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website = [http://www.grthunderhawks.com grthunderhawks.com]

Grand Rapids High School is a four year public high school located in Grand Rapids, Minnesota on 800 Conifer Drive. GRHS offers a wide range of extra curricular activities, and boasts one of the only competitive field show marching band programs north of Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota.

chool Overview

Grand Rapids High School, "GRHS", is one of the two high schools in Independent School District 318. The school was founded in 1895. The school was the first in Minnesota to offer courses in the International Baccalaureate program, and currently offers the University Of Minnesota's College In The Schools Program, and "Project Lead The Way", a project in conjunction with the Itasca Community College. GRHS' School Song is the "Rapids Rouser".

GRHS is one of few schools that have 2 homecomings. The traditional Fall Homecoming for American football and a winter homecoming for Hockey. The school also has a "Spring Fling" which is essentally a Homecoming week sans the royalty. All 3 events are usually a week long with each day boasting a different dress-up day, often centered around a theme, with Friday being Orange & Black Day, The School colors. Friday is also commonly a shortened class schedule with a pepfest in the afternoon.

Athletics

All of the schools athletics are under the direction of activities director Pat Rendle.Wayne Pender, former athletics director retired in the summer of 2008.

[http://www.mshsl.org/mshsl/schoolpage2.asp?page=1&school=191 GRHS athletics]

External links

* [http://www.grthunderhawks.com Grand Rapids High School Homepage]
* [http://www.theclassof89.com/ Grand Rapids High School Class of 1989 Homepage]