Garden Grove High School

Infobox Education in the United States
name= Garden Grove High School
motto= "Pride, Performance, and the Pursuit of Excellence"


imagesize=
streetaddress= 11271 Stanford Ave.
city= Garden Grove
state= California
county Orange County, California
zipcode= 92840
areacode= 714
phone= 663-6115
email=
url= [http://www.gghs.us/ GGHS - Home of the Argos]
schoolnumber= 714-663-6115
schoolboard=
affiliation=
superintendent= Laura Schwalm
principal= Colleen Cross
viceprincipal= Deborah Czarnecki, Julie Garcia, Alfredo Torres
free_label= Counselor(s)
free_text= Joyce Irwin, Linda Giuliani, Juanita Landeros, Susan Real, Veronica Carbajal
administrator=
schooltype= High School: Public
grades= 9-12
language= English
area=
mascot= Argonauts
teamname= Argonauts
newspaper= "Argolog" [http://www.ggusd.k12.ca.us/gghs/act/argo.html]
colors= Red and White color box|redcolor box|#FFFFFF
founded= 1921
enrollment= approx. 2,260
enrollment_as_of= 2007

Garden Grove High School is located in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Argonauts. The school's official colors are red and white.

Overview

The Garden Grove Union High School District was established in 1921 in response to attempts by neighboring school districts to annex the Garden Grove area. GGHS opened its doors in September 1921 in temporary facilities. The school moved to its present location on Stanford Avenue in 1923.

The school's athletic teams were originally known as "Chili Peppers," reflecting the dominant local crop of the time. Later in the 20s, the more dignified "Argonauts" was chosen.

GGHS was badly damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake; the main classroom building suffered a partial collapse and one student was killed. The structure was rebuilt and is still in use as the language arts building (this has changed since 2006). It also houses the Argonaut Hall of Fame and Museum, chronicling the school's long history.

In the 2004-2005 school year, Garden Grove High School was named a California Distinguished School.

GGHS grew with the post-World War II boom and by the Sixties; it was joined by six other high schools in what is now the Garden Grove Unified School District.

It also won first place in the Jojo jam tour 2008

Notable Alumni

* Steve Martin, actor-writer and comedian
* Steve Fossett, record breaker and adventurer
* Lenny Dykstra, baseball star
* John McEuen, founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
* Kathy Westmoreland, singer
* Organ Trail, comedic satire band
* Mark Lomas, NFL player
* Michael Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor.

External links

* [http://www.gghs.us Garden Grove High School]
* [http://www.ggusd.k12.ca.us/ Garden Grove Unified School District homepage]
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?q=11271+Stanford+Ave,+Garden+Grove,+CA+92840&sll=34.063006,-118.412404&sspn=0.016887,0.042915&hl=en&ie=UTF8&ll=33.779201,-117.935765&spn=0.008454,0.020084&t=k&z=16 Aerial Photograph from Google Maps]
* [http://www.myspace.com/gghasb GGHS ASB MySpace page]
* [http://argosbadminton.8k.com/ GGHS Badminton]
* [http://gghskey.com/ GGHS Key Club]

References