Grove City High School (Grove City, Ohio)

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name = Grove City High School


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motto = "A School of Excellence"
established = 1970
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district = South Western City Schools
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principal = Diane Mankins
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faculty = 107 Teachers, 38 classified staff members, and 4 administrators
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enrollment = 1,670
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colors = Crimson and Blue
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mascot = Greyhounds
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free_label = Football Team
free_text = DAWGS
free_label2 = Football Team Motto
free_text2 = Defense Always Wins Games (DAWG)
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location = 4665 Hoover Rd. Grove City, OH 43123
country = United States of America
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website = [http://www.swcs.us/buildings/GCHSWeb/ GCHS - Home Page]

Grove City High School is a high school in Grove City, Ohio, United States. It is 1 of 4 high schools in the South-Western City Schools district. It houses about 1,700 students in grades 9-12. Grove City High is known in the area for its business education. Formerly Jackson High School, Grove City High School moved from the former Park Street building in 1970, where it had been located since 1929. Grove City High School was chartered in the fall of 1895. The average classroom experience of GCHS teachers is 15.89 years. 46 teachers have bachelors degrees and 63 have masters degrees or beyond. Special training has included TESA, Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) training, site-based leadership training, integrated learning, alternative assessment, and alternative classroom management. Grove City High School has been A School Of Excellence for five years now.

=OHSAA State Championships =

* Girls Softball - 1983

Instrumental Music Program

The Grove City High School instrumental music program has approximately 300 wind, percussion, and string musicians who participate in various performing groups. These groups include the Marching Band, Symphonic Band, Concert Bands, Jazz Bands, Orchestra, and Percussion Ensemble. There is also a Flag Corps who perform with the Marching Band and participate in Winter Guard competitions.

The music department strives for excellence in all areas of its performing ensembles and stresses the importance of learning and enjoying music as a part of a student's well-rounded education

* Marching Band - The GCHSMB is known as one of the best marching bands in Ohio.The Grove City High School Marching Band has received over 30 Grand Champion awards over the last ten years in OMEA competitions. The band has received superior ratings at the OMEA State Marching Band Contest every year since the contest's inception in 1980.

Highlights:

Marched in Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, California, in 1990 and again in 2000. Named the Grand Champion at Music Fest Orlando in the Parade Division Competition in Florida in 1993 and again in 1997. In 2002, the band took 5th place in the finals of Bands Of America Regional Competition in Louisville, Kentucky as well as winning Outstanding Musical Performance. In 2003 the band was invited to the 42nd Annual Contest Of Champions in Murfreesboro, Tennessee and placed 5th in finals. Marched in the London New Year's Day Parade, 2005. In 2008, the marching band will perform in the Fiesta Bowl Parade and National Band Championship.

*Symphonic & Concert Bands - The Symphonic Band has consistently received superior ratings in Class AA at both district and state OMEA adjudicated events for over thirty years (since 1975), as has Concert Band I in Class B, and more recently Class A, for over twenty years (since 1984). Concert Band II performs in the Class C level, and earned straight superior ratings at both district and state adjudicated events in 2005.

Highlights for the Symphonic Band:

Performed at the 50th Anniversary of the Mid-West International Band and Orchestra Clinic in Chicago, Illinois on December 19, 1996. Invited to perform at the MidwestClinic again in 2002. Performed at the1993 and 2001 OMEA State Convention and was the clinician band for the composer Francis McBeth at the 1995 OMEA State Convention, as well as for Mark Kelly in 1989. Guest band for the Directors' Clinic at Miami University with Donald Hunsburger of the Eastman School of Music and H. Robert Reynolds from the University of Michigan.

Outstanding Programs and Features

* Success Through Academic Recognition (STAR) Awards
* Junior Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps (JNROTC)
* Renaissance
* Peer Mediation
* WGCH school-based television program
* VIP Program
* Featured on CBS's "48 Hours"
* Band Marched in 1990 and 2000 Tournament of Roses Parade, 2005 London New Year's Day Parade, and has received straight "1's" at OMEA State Contest since its inception, the only band in Ohio to do so
* The Grove City High School band is headed for the 2009 Fiesta Bowl.
* Named a "Cool School" by Fox 28's Good Day Columbus

Extracurricular Activities

* Boys Sports (Football, Soccer, Golf, Cross Country, Basketball, Wrestling, Swimming, Baseball, Track and Tennis)
* Girls Sports (Softball, Track, Basketball, Swimming, Gymnastics, Basketball Cheerleading, Football Cheerleading, Volleyball, Soccer, Tennis, and Cross Country)
* Instrumental Music programs (Marching Band, Concert Band, Symphonic Band, Jazz Band, Orchestra, Flag Corps)
* Vocal Music Programs (Choir, Swing Choir, Men/Women's Chorus)
* Key Club
* Leo Club
* Ski Club
* SADD
* In-The-Know Team
* Drama Club
* Foreign Language Exchange Clubs
* Art Club
* Technology Club
* WGCH News
* DECA
* School Store
* Business Professionals of America
* ROTC Drill Team
* Pistol Team
* Color Guard
* Fellowship of Christian Athletes
* SLAM (Student Literary Arts Magazine)
* Yearbook
* National Honor Society
* Dawg Show
* Spring Musical
* In April 2008, MTV's hit show MADE came to Grove City High School in search of a new person to be featured on their show.

Notable alumni

* Derek Combs - NFL Running Back
* Andy Canter - NFL Offensive tackle
* Richard Cordray - Ohio State Treasurer, Jeopardy winner
* Roberta Camp - Miss Ohio 2007
* Derrick Alexander - All-American Running Back
* Ike Stage - current Grove City Mayorformer
* Cheryl L. Grossman - former Grove City Mayor
* Julia Hughes - 1995 Miss Ohio USA
* Gary Burley - Cincinnati Bengals player
* Steve Schnarr - former Buffalo Bills player
* Ann Grossman - Professional tennis player
* Craig McDonald - World Renown Mystery Author

External links

* [http://www.swcs.k12.oh.us/ District Website]
* [http://www.dawgsfootball.com/ The Home of The Dawgs!]
* [http://www.gchsbands.org/ Marching Band Boosters Website]
* [http://www.greyhoundsoccer.com/ Boys Soccer Website]