Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)
Ulysses S. Grant High School | |
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2245 Northeast 36th Avenue , , 97212 United States | |
Coordinates | 45°32′21″N 122°37′35″W / 45.539034°N 122.626514°W |
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Type | Public |
Opened | 1924 |
School district | Portland Public Schools |
Principal | James McGee |
Grades | 9–12[1] |
Number of students | 2,003 (2020–2021 enrollment)[3] |
Color(s) | Blue and grey [2] |
Athletics conference | OSAA Portland Interscholastic League 6A-1[2] |
Mascot | Generals[2] |
Rival | McDaniel High School |
Newspaper | Grant Magazine |
Feeder schools | Beaumont Middle School Beverly Cleary K-8 Harriet Tubman Middle School Laurelhurst K-8 |
Website | http://pps.net/grant |
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Ulysses S. Grant High School (commonly Grant High School) is a public high school in the Grant Park neighborhood of Portland, Oregon, United States. Grant serves inner and central Northeast Portland and southeastern North Portland. It is the second largest high school in the Portland Public School District.
History
Ulysses S. Grant High School opened in September 1924, with 1,191 students.[4] Many of the schools in the Portland Public School district that were built between 1908 and 1932 were designed by architects Floyd Naramore and George Jones. During the early 1920s, so many schools were being built simultaneously in Portland, the district had to hire another architectural firm to design Grant High School, which is in the Classical Revival style by architects Knighton and Howell. In November 1923, the bricklayers working on Grant went on strike after the district tried to cut costs by using a maintenance worker to lay bricks.[5][6]
After the Vanport flood in May 1948, Grant was home to the Vanport Extension Center (now Portland State University) through the summer of that year.[7] Three motion pictures have been filmed at Grant High School: The made-for-TV movie Reunion (1980), Mr. Holland's Opus (1995), and Nearing Grace (2005).
Funded by a $482 million bond measure approved in 2012, A two-year modernization and expansion project of Grant High School began in June 2017 and was completed in the summer of 2019. The entire interior of the building was gutted and has been completely rebuilt. The project includes a new two-story common area, a new gymnasium, seismic retrofitting, and additional classroom space.[8]
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Student profile
In the 2016–2017 school year, Grant's student population was 67.8% white, 8.2% African American, 6.8% Hispanic, 4.7% Asian, 0.6% Native American, 0.2% Pacific Islander, and 11.7% mixed race.[3] About 25% of Grant's students live out of boundaries and transfer in.[9]
In 2008, 92% of the school's seniors received a high school diploma. Of 443 students, 388 graduated, 39 dropped out, six received a modified diploma, and ten were still in high school in 2009.[10][11] In 2009, 27% of the students were transfers into the school.[12]
Curriculum
Special programs
Grant High School houses the last installment of the Japanese Immersion Program, a 13-year immersion program, begun at Richmond Elementary and continued at Mt. Tabor Middle School.
Extracurricular activities
Grant's Constitution Team has been the state champion thirteen times (2002, 2004–2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018 and 2022), and has won the national competition four times (2013, 2015, 2018, 2024).[13][14][15][16]
In 2011, Grant's student newspaper, The Grantonian, was replaced by the 36-page full-color monthly Grant Magazine. In its first year, the magazine won Best In Show at the Oregon Fall Press day.[17] It has also won the Columbia University Scholastic Press Association's Gold Crown award three years in a row, from 2014 through 2016.[18]
Athletics
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GHS's mascot is the Grant General, in honor of its namesake General and 18th US President, Ulysses S. Grant.
State championships
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- Men's football: 1943, 1945, 1946, 1949, 1950, 1963 (tie with North Salem)
- Men's gymnastics: 1982
- Men's baseball: 1958
- Men's basketball: 1969, 1986, 1988, 2008, 2018[19]
- Men's soccer team: 2008
- Men's tennis: 2005[20]
- Men's swimming: 2010
- Men's cross country: 1957, 1958, 1963, 1964 [21]
- Women’s soccer: 2021, 2023
- Men's track and field: 1930, 1931, 1939, 1961, 1965, 1966, 1968, 1970, 1988[22]
- Women's cross country: 1974,[23] 2012 [24]
- Jazz band: 2022
Notable alumni
- Kenneth Acker, pro football player
- Gert Boyle, president and CEO of Columbia Sportswear
- Terrell Brandon, former NBA player
- Matt Braunger, comedian, MADtv, IKEA Heights[25]
- Beverly Cleary, children's author, National Book Award and Newbery Medal recipient
- Charles Crookham, former Oregon Attorney General
- Ian Doescher, author of the William Shakespeare's Star Wars series[26]
- Linda Douglas, actress and model[27]
- C. Gordon Fullerton, astronaut[28]
- Tom Grant, musician
- Donald P. Hodel, former United States Secretary of the Interior and United States Secretary of Energy, former president of Focus on the Family[29]
- Mike James, professional basketball player
- June Jones, NFL player, college and pro football head coach
- Thomas Lauderdale, pianist of band Pink Martini[30]
- Lorry I. Lokey, founder of Business Wire, philanthropist
- Riley Mattson, former NFL offensive tackle
- Connie McCready, former mayor of Portland
- Jinkx Monsoon, actor and drag queen
- Mike Moser, basketball player
- Darryl Motley, MLB Kansas City Royals outfielder
- Janee Munroe, violist
- Bob Packwood, lawyer, former U.S. Senator
- Mark Radford, former NBA player
- Harry Wayland Randall, former member of International Brigades that fought in Spanish Civil War
- George Shaw, NFL quarterback
- Al Siebert, author and educator
- Jefferson Smith, founder of Bus Project, former member of Oregon House of Representatives
- Sally Struthers, film and Emmy Award-winning actress of All in the Family
- Ndamukong Suh, NFL player, Miami Dolphins, Detroit Lions, Los Angeles Rams[31]
- Robina Suwol, children's health advocate[32]
- Caroline Walker, set world record in marathon while attending GHS[33]
- Dominic Waters (born 1986), basketball player in the Israel Basketball Premier League
- Edward Curtis Wells, businessman
- Dan Wieden, CEO of Wieden+Kennedy
References
- ^ "Oregon School Directory 2017-18" (PDF). Oregon Department of Education. p. 69. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 26, 2018.
- ^ a b c "Grant High School". Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ a b "School Profiles & Enrollment Data 2016-2017" (PDF). Portland Public Schools. p. 199. Retrieved January 18, 2018.
- ^ Polich, Edward L. (1950). A history of Portland's secondary school system with emphasis on the superintendents and the curriculum (Thesis/dissertation). University of Portland. p. 97. OCLC 232551057.
- ^ "Director Attacks School Architect". The Morning Oregonian. November 22, 1923.
- ^ "Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)". Oregon Digital. University of Oregon. Retrieved November 6, 2015.
- ^ Polich, Edward L. (1950). A history of Portland's secondary school system with emphasis on the superintendents and the curriculum (Thesis/dissertation). University of Portland. p. 160. OCLC 232551057.
- ^ "Grant Modernization" (PDF). Portland Public Schools. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
- ^ Kimberly Melton (January 27, 2010). "K-8 growth may help lift Grant High School's enrollment". OregonLive. Retrieved January 29, 2010.
- ^ "State releases high school graduation rates". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ "Oregon dropout rates for 2008". The Oregonian. June 30, 2009. Archived from the original on September 16, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2009.
- ^ Melton, Kimberly (February 4, 2010). "How many transfer, and where do they go?". The Oregonian. Retrieved February 12, 2010.
- ^ "We The People: The Citizen and The Constitution". Classroom Law Project. Archived from the original on January 23, 2018.
- ^ "Grant Constitution Team comes home as national champs". Hollywood Star News. Portland. June 7, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "Grant's Constitution Team wins state, earns trip to nationals". Portland Public Schools. January 22, 2018. Retrieved November 17, 2018.
- ^ "We the People High School Constitutional Competition". Civics Learning Project. Retrieved September 3, 2023.
Oregon State Competition Overall Results: 1st Place – Grant High School (Portland)
- ^ NWSP (October 26, 2011). "Fall Press Day 2011 Best of Show Winners". Northwest Scholastic Press. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ Jaquiss, Nigel (March 23, 2015). "Grant High School Magazine Wins Regional and National Honors". Willamette Week. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016. Retrieved May 17, 2016.
- ^ Nick Daschel (March 10, 2018). "Grant ends two years of misery against Jefferson, beats Democrats 63-62 to win Class 6A boys state title". OregonLive. Retrieved March 11, 2018.
- ^ Oregon School Activities Association - Tennis 2005
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/crosscountry/history/boysxcteamchampions.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ Oregon School Activities Association - Championship Archive
- ^ http://www.osaa.org/docs/bxc/records/1974g.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "2012 Cross Country Results". Oregon School Activities Association. Retrieved January 20, 2013.
- ^ Hallett, Alison. "Happening This Weekend: EVERYTHING". Portland Mercury. October 13, 2011. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012. Retrieved November 4, 2011.
- ^ Bancud, Michaela (July 15, 2019). "Book Report: 'Mean Girls' meets the Bard". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on July 16, 2019.
- ^ "Former Salem Boy, Victor Jory, Leads Film Names in Visit Here". Statesman Journal. October 13, 1951. p. 2 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Bailey Jr., Everton (August 21, 2013). "Astronaut C. Gordon Fullerton dies; former Portland resident". OregonLive/The Oregonian. Archived from the original on October 24, 2013. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
- ^ Cheng, Gracye (June 1, 2007). "Donald P. Hodel '57". The Harvard Crimson. Archived from the original on March 28, 2018. Retrieved June 9, 2010.
- ^ Pink Martini | The Band Archived July 18, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Wagner, Brent C. (April 17, 2010). "Ndamukong Suh to donate $2.6 million to NU". Husker Extra. Retrieved April 19, 2010.
- ^ Volvo for life Awards: Robina Suwol
- ^ Watt, Ryan (September 10, 2004). "Many miles behind her: Record setter is one of state's least-known athletes". Portland Tribune. Archived from the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
External links
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