Garden Grove High School

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Garden Grove High School
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Garden Grove High School in Garden Grove, California
Address
Garden Grove High School
11271 Stanford Avenue

,
92840

United States
Coordinates 33°46′43″N117°56′12″W / 33.77861°N 117.93667°W / 33.77861; -117.93667
Information
School type Public
Motto"Pride, Performance, and the Pursuit of Excellence"
Founded1921
PrincipalTodd Nirk [1]
Staff92.46 (FTE) [2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment2,284 (2018-19) [2]
Student to teacher ratio24.70 [2]
Color(s) Red and white   
Athletics conference CIF Southern Section
Golden West League
Nickname Argonauts
NewspaperThe Argolog
Website www.gghs.us

Garden Grove High School is a public high school located in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District and serves the northeast portion of the city and a small portion of southern Anaheim.

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History

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. In the 1920s, the name "Argonauts" was chosen. They are known as Argos for short.

GGHS was badly damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake; the main classroom building suffered a partial collapse and one student was killed.[ citation needed ] The structure was rebuilt and is still in use, having been renamed Heritage Hall. It also houses the Argonaut Hall of Fame and Museum, chronicling the school's long history, as well as a memorial to Michael Monsoor, a United States Navy SEAL killed in Iraq and posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, and an alumnus of Garden Grove High School.

GGHS grew with the post-World War II boom and by the 1960s, it was joined by six other high schools in what is now the Garden Grove Unified School District.

In the 2004–2005 school year, Garden Grove High School was named a California Distinguished School.[ citation needed ]

Athletics

The Argonauts made the CIF Southern Section Football finals in 2009, but lost. The Argonauts won their first CIF Southern Section Football title in 2010 as champions of the Southern Division, and their second, came in 2014 against cross-city rival Rancho Alamitos. Other Southern Section CIF titles won by the school include coed badminton (1986, 1995 and 1999), girls' field hockey (1979, 1982, and 1983), and girls' softball (1985). Wrestler, Nathan Tran, made the California State Tournament for Wrestling in Bakersfield, in 2018, for the first time since the 1990s.

Performing arts

Garden Grove High School offers music courses in marching band, concert band, beginning instruments, jazz band, and beginning and advanced string orchestra. Each year during Memorial Day weekend, the Argonaut Marching Band and Colorguard act as host band in the Strawberry Festival Parade in Garden Grove, California.

Notable alumni

Arts

Sports

Business, politics, and the military

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 "Garden Grove High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 7, 2020.