Grand Rapids High School

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.

GRHS' Student Council and the school facility will serve as the host of the 2010 Minnesota Student Council State Convention in April.

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's school song is the "Rapids Rouser".

GRHS is one of few schools that have two homecomings, the traditional Fall Homecoming for American football and a winter homecoming for hockey. The school also has a "Spring Fling" which is essentially a homecoming week without the "royalty". All three 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.^[1]

Notes

1. ^ GRHS athletics

External links

• Grand Rapids High School Homepage
• Grand Rapids High School Class of 1989 Homepage

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