Granite Bay High School

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 High School District. Granite Bay High School has more than 20 Advanced Placement classes, and is one of two schools in RJUHSD to have the International Baccalaureate program.

Granite Bay High School
Address
1 Grizzly Way

Granite Bay
,
California
95746

United States
Coordinates38°43′55″N 121°12′48″W
Information
TypePublic
Established1996
School districtRoseville Joint Union High School District (RJUHSD)
PrincipalJennifer Leighton
Teaching staff85.17 (on a FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment2,073[1] (2018-2019)
Student to teacher ratio24.34[1]
Color(s)Green, silver & black
   
NicknameGrizzly Bears
NewspaperGranite Bay Gazette
Websitewww.rjuhsd.us/granitebay

Extracurricular activities

Theatre arts

Granite Bay High School has a full-time theatre arts department, known as "Theatre at Granite Bay." The program offers beginning, intermediate and advanced level acting courses, as well as musical theatre and technical theatre.[2] 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.[3] After Prichard retired in 2011, Kyle Holmes took over as the Director of Theatre Arts.[4]

In 2018, Theatre at Granite Bay premiered Ranked, a new musical written by 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.[5]

Marching band

The marching band is known as the Emerald Brigade.[6]

Choir

Granite Bay has two choir, Concert and Chamber.[7]

Science Olympiad

Granite Bay High School has a Science Olympiad team now in its third year of operation. They are a member of Sacramento Regional Science Olympiad.

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[8]

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[8]

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[8]

Notable alumni

References
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  4. "Kyle Holmes / Homepage" Check |url= value (help). http. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
  5. "A Dystopian High School Musical Foresaw The College Admissions Scandal". NPR.org. Retrieved 2020-01-01.
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  7. "Performing Arts". Granite Bay High School. Retrieved 13 November 2017.
  8. "Coaches & Teams / Teams and Coaches". http. Retrieved 2019-09-16.
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