Grenada High School Explained

Grenada High School
Type:Public secondary
Principal:Emily Tindall
Teaching Staff:64.26 (FTE)
Ratio:16.54
Enrollment:1,063 (2022–23)[1]
Grade9:280
Grade10:258
Grade11:245
Grade12:253
Grades:912
Streetaddress:1875 Fairgrounds Road
City:Grenada
State:Mississippi
Zipcode:38901
Country:United States
District:Grenada School District
Nickname:Chargers
Athletics Conference:MSHSAA 6A Region 1

Grenada High School is a public high school located in Grenada, Mississippi, United States. It educates students in grades 9 through 12 and is the only high school in the Grenada School District.

History

The first public high school in Grenada was founded in the fall of 1885.[2]

In May 1962, alumnus Erle Johnston gave the commencement speech titled "The Practical Way to Maintain a Separate School System in Mississippi" in which he criticized the "extremism" of the NAACP and Citizens Councils.[3] After strong resistance, vicious attacks, and intimidation,[4] the school was integrated in 1966.[5] [6]

In 2021 the school had a roughly equal number of African American and white students. 100 percent of the school's students were categorized as economically disadvantaged.[7]

Athletics

Grenada's athletic teams are the Chargers and compete in Mississippi High School Athletics Association 5A Region 1.[8]

State Championships!Sport!Years
Boys basketball[9] 1985
Girls track and field[10] 1985, 1986, 1987
Slow-pitch softball[11] 2009
Powerlifting[12] 1997

Performing arts

The Grenada marching band program won 39 championships in the last decades of the 1900s; it also made appearances in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in 1995 and 2001 and the Tournament of Roses Parade in 1998.[13] The band won the 1997 National High School Band of the Year award.[14]

GHS also has a competitive show choir, "Visions".[15]

Other activities

The school has an ROTC chapter.[16]

Notable alumni

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grenada High. National Center for Education Statistics. April 11, 2024.
  2. News: Grenada High School! . September 14, 2020 . Grenada Sentinel . August 15, 1885.
  3. Web site: Johnston, Erle .
  4. Web site: Sep. 12, 1966 | White Mob Attacks Black Students for Integrating Grenada, Mississippi, Schools .
  5. Web site: Grenada County Schools . Mississippi Civil Rights Project . September 14, 2020.
  6. Web site: Sept. 2, 1966: Grenada High School Desegregation Battle . Zinn Education Project . September 14, 2020.
  7. Web site: Grenada High School in Grenada, MS - US News Best High Schools . . https://web.archive.org/web/20220922004041/https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/mississippi/districts/grenada-school-district/grenada-high-school-11273 . 2022-09-22 . live.
  8. Web site: Grenada Football Team Preview . MaxPreps . September 14, 2020.
  9. Web site: Thomas: Grenada basketball assistant's words live on in 2014 . Clarion Ledger . September 14, 2020 . March 11, 2014.
  10. Web site: MHSAA Track and Field Records . MHSAA.
  11. Web site: Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 6A Slow Pitch Softball State Champions . Grenada Star . September 14, 2020 . October 20, 2009.
  12. Web site: Elkins . Ashley . HED:Pontotoc flexes muscle with powerlifting title . Daily Journal . September 14, 2020 . April 23, 1997.
  13. Web site: Senate Concurrent Resolution 564 . Mississippi State Legislature . September 14, 2020.
  14. Book: Slaughter . Jeff . It's All True: Walking by Faith in a Funky World . 2013 . Skyhorse Publishing . New York . 9781626363649 . September 14, 2020.
  15. Web site: SCC: Viewing School - Grenada High School . Show Choir Community . September 14, 2020.
  16. Web site: Championship Week & Awards . Crappiemaster . September 14, 2020.
  17. Web site: Former GHS standout gives back to Grenada . Grenada Star . September 14, 2020 . June 24, 2019.
  18. Web site: Emmanuel Forbes Draft and Combine Prospect Profile . NFL.com . 28 April 2023.
  19. Web site: Horka . Tyler . Mississippi State OL Tyre Phillips picked by Baltimore Ravens in 2020 NFL Draft . Clarion Ledger . Gannett . September 14, 2020 . April 24, 2020.
  20. Web site: Former Grenada native inducted into Hall of Fame . Grenada Star . September 14, 2020 . May 7, 2010.
  21. Web site: Grenada HS honors athletes . Grenada Star . September 14, 2020 . May 21, 2001.
  22. Web site: Vissman . Donna . 7 Things to Know about Charlie Worsham . Williamson Source . September 14, 2020 . January 10, 2019.

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