Granite Bay High School
{{Short description|Public school in California, United States}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}
{{Infobox school
| name = Granite Bay High School
| image = Granite Bay High School (2006).jpg
| established = 1996
| type = Public
| address = 1 Grizzly Way
| city = Granite Bay
| state = California
| zipcode = 95746
| country = United States
| coordinates = {{coord|38|43|55|N|121|12|48|W|display=inline,title}}
| district = Roseville Joint Union High School District
| principal = Greg Sloan
| enrollment_as_of = 2023–2024
| teaching_staff = 86.90 (on a FTE basis)
| nickname = Grizzly Bears
| rival =
| colors = Green, silver & black
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| newspaper = Granite Bay Gazette
| website = {{URL|https://granitebay.rjuhsd.us/}}
}}
Granite Bay High School is located in Granite Bay, California, United States. Granite Bay High School was founded in 1996 and was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Secretary of Education in 2002 and a California Distinguished School in 2007. It is one of the five comprehensive schools in the Roseville Joint Union High School District. Granite Bay High School has more than 20 Advanced Placement classes, and is one of two schools in Roseville Joint Union High School District to have the International Baccalaureate program.
Extracurricular activities
= Film and Media =
Granite Bay High School has a media CTE AME Career Pathway that focuses on GBTV and film projects.{{clarify|What do the letters mean?|date=August 2023}}{{Cite web |title=Granite Bay HS Film Media |url=https://www.granitebaymedia.org/ |access-date=2023-05-10 |website=Granite Bay HS Film Media |language=en-US}} They are a winner of numerous Student Television Network awards including the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Regional Student Television Production Awards for Excellence.https://emmysf.tv/files/2023/04/2023-Student-Production-Awards-Press-Release-1.pdf {{Bare URL PDF|date=August 2024}}
= Theatre arts =
Granite Bay High School has a full-time theatre arts department, offering beginning, intermediate and advanced level acting courses, as well as musical theatre and technical theatre.{{Cite web|url=http://theatreatgranitebay.org/about/|title=About Us – Theatre at Granite Bay|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-01|archive-date=2020-01-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101005338/http://theatreatgranitebay.org/about/|url-status=dead}} Productions are staged in the James T. Prichard Performing Arts Center, the 500-seat theater on campus named after the high school's late theatre arts teacher, who retired in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/theatreatgranitebay/posts/2064352410242700 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/facebook/261681573843135/2064352410242700 |archive-date=2022-02-26 |url-access=limited|title=Theatre at Granite Bay|website=www.facebook.com|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}{{cbignore}}{{dead link|date=November 2021}}{{Cite web|url=http://http/%3A%2F%2Fwww.rjuhsd.us%2Fsite%2Fdefault.aspx%3FDomainID%3D1548|title=Kyle Holmes / Homepage|website=http|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}{{dead link|date=November 2021}}
In 2018, Theatre at Granite Bay premiered Ranked, a new musical written by then GBHS theatre director Kyle Holmes and musical director, David Taylor Gomes. The musical focuses on academic pressure that GBHS students faced, and launched the school's theatre program into the national spotlight during the 2019 College Admission Scandal.{{Cite web|url=https://www.npr.org/2019/04/12/711931714/high-school-musical-explores-themes-from-the-college-admissions-scandal|title=A Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal|website=NPR.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-01}}
= Band programs =
Granite bay has a marching band known as the Emerald Brigade, as well as 2 concert ensembles and a jazz band. The Emerald brigade has won multiple awards.{{Cite web|title=About|url=https://www.emeraldbrigade.org/-about|access-date=2021-11-01|website=GB Emerald Brigade|language=en}}{{better source needed|date=November 2021|reason=self sourced claims of fame}}
= Choir =
Granite Bay has two choirs, Concert and Chamber.{{cite web|title=Performing Arts|url=https://www.rjuhsd.us/domain/1592|publisher=Granite Bay High School|access-date=13 November 2017}}
=Game Development=
The Granite Bay High School game development club teaches and develops games using the Unity game engine along with its related assets. As a subsection of the club, their competitive game development team creates multiplayer games using the Unity game engine and the PUN2 networking solution for competition in global game markets and game jams.{{cite web|title= GBHS Game Development Who We Are|url=https://sites.google.com/view/gbgamedev/who-we-are|publisher=Granite Bay High School Game Development|access-date=11 September 2023}}
= Science Olympiad =
Granite Bay High School has a Science Olympiad team now in its sixth year of operation. They are a member of Sacramento Regional Science Olympiad.
= Athletic teams =
== Fall teams ==
Cross Country; Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity, Football; Women's Golf; Women's Tennis; Women's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Water Polo; Women's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Water Polo{{Cite web|url=https://www.rjuhsd.us/domain/680|title=Coaches & Teams / Teams and Coaches|website=http|language=en|access-date=2019-09-16|archive-date=2020-09-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200929053301/https://www.rjuhsd.us/domain/680|url-status=dead}}
== Winter teams ==
Men's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Basketball; Women's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Basketball; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Soccer; Women's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Soccer; Wrestling
== Spring teams ==
Men's Freshman, Junior Varsity, and Varsity Baseball; Distance Track; Track and Field; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Golf; Men's lacrosse; Women's lacrosse; Women's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Softball; Swimming; Men's Tennis; Men's Junior Varsity, and Varsity Volleyball
Notable alumni
- Alyssa Anderson – Olympic swimmer{{cite web|url=http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopModules/BioViewManaged.aspx?personid=fa924f9d-128a-4ed7-959f-8a492eb23ca5&TabId=1453&Mid=6519|title=Alyssa Anderson|work=usaswimming.org|publisher=USA Swimming|access-date=August 17, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Haley Anderson – Olympic swimmer{{cite web|url=http://www.usaswimming.org/DesktopModules/BioViewManaged.aspx?personid=837fa8cf-2926-4e51-aab8-cfea4409d889&TabId=1453&Mid=6519|title=Haley Anderson|work=usaswimming.org|publisher=USA Swimming|access-date=August 17, 2010}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- Miles Burris – Actor and former NFL linebacker{{cite news|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/nfl/wires/04/28/2020.ap.fbn.draft.raiders.1st.ld.writethru.0539/index.html |title=Raiders draft Burris 129th overall |work=SI.com |publisher=Sports Illustrated |access-date=May 2, 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029211702/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/football/nfl/wires/04/28/2020.ap.fbn.draft.raiders.1st.ld.writethru.0539/index.html |archive-date=October 29, 2013 }}
- Kevin Dahlgren – US national convicted of murdering four relatives in Czech Republic in 2013{{Cite web|url=http://www.lidovky.cz/muze-obvineneho-ze-ctyrnasobne-vrazdy-v-brne-chytili-na-letisti-ve-washingtonu-g08-/zpravy-domov.aspx?c=A130524_090434_ln_domov_mct|title=Mlčeli jsme, aby Dahlgren na palubě neohrozil pasažéry, říká policie |publisher=lidovky.cz|date=24 May 2013|access-date=30 June 2013| language=cs}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/domaci/229418-american-obvineny-ze-ctyrnasobne-vrazdy-zustava-ve-vazbe/|title=Američan obviněný ze čtyřnásobné vraždy zůstává ve vazbě |publisher=ČT 24|date=29 May 2013|access-date=30 June 2013| language=cs}}
- Natalie Gulbis – LPGA golfer{{cite web|url=http://www.nataliegulbis.com/all_about_natalie/|title=All about Natalie|work=nataliegulbis.com|publisher=NAG Sports LLC|access-date=2010-08-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120808042911/http://nataliegulbis.com/all_about_natalie/|archive-date=2012-08-08|url-status=dead}}
- Ryan Holiday (2005) – bestselling author and director of marketing, American Apparel[http://www.cbc.ca/q/blog/2012/08/13/ryan-holiday-on-q/ Ryan Holiday on Q] CBC[http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ryan-holiday/ Bio on Huffington Post] HuffingtonPost.com
- Adam Jennings (2001) – former wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/adamjennings/profile?id=JEN449337|title=Adam Jennings|work=nfl.com|publisher=NFL Enterprises}}
- Kevin Kiley (2003) – California State Assemblyman
- Andrew Knapp (2010) - catcher for the Pittsburgh Pirates
- Alicia Parlette – copy editor and former columnist at the San Francisco Chronicle{{cite news |title=RSJ grad Parlette, known for 'Alicia's Story,' passes away |url=https://www.unr.edu/nevada-today/news/2010/rsj-grad-parlette-known-for-alicias-story-passes-away |access-date=9 May 2023 |publisher=Nevada Today |date=22 April 2010 |quote=following her graduation from Granite Bay High School near Sacramento, Calif}}
- Dallas Sartz (2002) – former linebacker for the Washington Redskins and Seattle Seahawks{{cite web|url=http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/sartz_dallas00.html|title=Dallas Sartz|work=usctrojans.com|publisher=CBS Interactive|access-date=2010-08-17|archive-date=2010-08-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100826034643/http://www.usctrojans.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/sartz_dallas00.html|url-status=dead}}
- Cameron Smith (2015) – linebacker for the Minnesota Vikings
- Sammie Stroughter (2004) – Oregon State University and Tampa Bay Buccaneers football player{{cite web|url=http://www.nfl.com/players/sammiestroughter/profile?id=STR728484|title=Sammie Stroughter|work=nfl.com|publisher=NFL Enterprises}}
- Peyton Thompson – NFL player Jacksonville Jaguars
- Tommy Thompson (2014) - "Homegrown" American MLS soccer player with the San Jose Earthquakes{{Cite web |date=2012-02-01 |title=Thompson brothers are headed to Indiana |url=https://www.espn.com/blog/high-school/boys-soccer/post/_/id/3478/thompson-brothers-are-headed-to-indiana |access-date=2023-09-03 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}
- Devon Wylie (2007) – former wide receiver for Fresno State and 2012 NFL draft pick of the Kansas City Chiefs{{cite web|url=http://www.kansascity.com/2012/04/28/3581436/chiefs-take-receiver-with-fourth.html|title=Chiefs add dash to offense with Wylie|work=kansascity.com|publisher=Kansas City Star|access-date=May 2, 2012}}
- Armin Mizani (2005) - Politician and Mayor of Keller, Texas{{Cite web |last=Briggs |first=Shakari |date=2024-10-30 |title=Texas mayor Armin Mizani backs Trump despite Puerto Rico backlash |url=https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/texas-mayor-trump-puerto-rico-19874452.php |access-date=2024-12-16 |website=Houston Chronicle |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{Official website|https://www.rjuhsd.us/granitebay}}
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Category:High schools in Placer County, California
Category:International Baccalaureate schools in California
Category:Educational institutions established in 1996