Granby High School | |
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7101 Granby Street , 23505 United States | |
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Former name | Granby Street High School [1] |
School type | Public, high school |
Motto | Ad astra per aspera ("through hardships to the stars") |
Founded | 1939 |
School district | Norfolk Public Schools |
Principal | Thomas R. Smigiel Jr. [2] |
Teaching staff | 131.56 (FTE) (2021-22) [3] |
Grades | 9–12 |
Enrollment | 1,863 (2021-22) [3] |
Student to teacher ratio | 14.16 (2021-22) [3] |
Campus | Urban (midsize) [3] |
Color(s) | Silver Gold Blue |
Athletics conference | Virginia High School League (Eastern District) |
Team name | Comets |
Rival | Maury High School |
Communities served | Ocean View Willoughby Spit Talbot Park Wards Corner Colonial Place Park Place Titustown |
Website | Official website ![]() |
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Granby High School (originally Granby Street High School) is a public high school in Norfolk, Virginia. The school is part of the Norfolk Public Schools system. It is the only high school in the school division that offers an International Baccalaureate program. The school building is located on historic Granby Street where the south end is at Downtown Norfolk and the north end where the beaches of Ocean View lie. Granby is also less than a mile away from the historic Wards Corner, a local shopping and eating center. In 2010, Newsweek placed Granby in the top 1300 of "America's Top Public High Schools". Granby was the only school in Norfolk, VA to place on the list.[ citation needed ] Granby's mascot is the comet.
Opened in 1939, the school was previously known as Granby Street High School, reflecting the street on which it is located. Both the street and the school are named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby and Duke of Rutland, a hero of the Seven Years' War. The twenty-four acre tract on which Granby was built was once part of the Talbot Plantation before the property was donated to the city by Minton W. Talbot.
Blue, Gold, and Silver are the school colors. Blue representing the color of the Chesapeake Bay, which is in Granby's vicinity. The gold and silver are derived from the proverb: "A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." This quote is also hung on a plaque in the hallway.[ citation needed ]
Granby's school symbol is the comet. It also has a newspaper entitled "The Spectator," and annually publishes a literary magazine called "The Cupola," named after the structure on the top of the school's roof.[ citation needed ] The weathervane on top of the cupola was bent as a result of tropical storm Ernesto but was fixed within six months.[ citation needed ]
In 1996, the school system invested $21 million in a construction project in order to expand and renovate the 57-year-old building. Because of this construction, the entire student body could not stay in the original building. To fix this problem, the 1100 freshmen and sophomores were sent to the former Norfolk Catholic High building a half-mile away from the building. Catholic High was vacant at the time since Catholic High moved to Virginia Beach. The Catholic High building was nicknamed "Granby 2" while the original building was "Granby 1." Under Principal Michael Caprio, the school had to double everything including scheduling, busing, orientation, and lunches. Several headaches later, the 20,000-square-foot (1,900 m2) expansion was complete with a comprehensive voice, video, and high-speed data network and a media resource management system for 110 classrooms and laboratories. In addition, the building gained two multimedia presentation rooms and an innovative CCTV security system.
Granby High School is the only high school in the Norfolk Public Schools system that offers the International Baccalaureate Program, or IB, abbreviated. Specifically known as the IB Diploma Program, the program is a two-year academically rigorous curriculum intended for juniors and seniors who desire in-depth scholastic preparation for college or university.
Granby High School offers a variety of sports as it is a member of the AAA Eastern Region of the Virginia High School League. Comets compete in the AAA Eastern District which is composed of the five Norfolk high schools and the three Portsmouth high schools. The sports offered at Granby include:
Granby High School is home to the Marching Comets, a drum-corps style marching band currently led by Mr. Steven Smalts. A Hampton Roads local, Norfolk State University graduate, member of the Spartan Legion and former captain of the Million Dollar Funk Squad his passion is for the artistic and professional development of up and coming musicians and young leaders.
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