Grenada High School

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Grenada High School
Address
Grenada High School
1875 Fairgrounds Road

Grenada
,
Mississippi
38901

United States
Coordinates 33°45′45″N89°48′20″W / 33.7624°N 89.8056°W / 33.7624; -89.8056
Information
TypePublic secondary
School district Grenada School District
PrincipalEmily Tindall
Teaching staff64.26 (FTE) [1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,063 (2022–23) [1]
 •  Grade 9 280
 •  Grade 10 258
 •  Grade 11 245
 •  Grade 12 253
Student to teacher ratio16.54 [1]
Color(s) Red and Blue   
Athletics conferenceMSHSAA 6A Region 1
Nickname Chargers
Website www.gsd.k12.ms.us/ghs.html

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.

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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
SportYears
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

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  4. ↑ "Sep. 12, 1966 | White Mob Attacks Black Students for Integrating Grenada, Mississippi, Schools".
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