Grapevine High School is an American High school located in the far northeast portion of Tarrant County in the city of Grapevine, Texas. It is part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District.
Grapevine has been categorized as one of the top 100 high schools in the United States of America by Newsweek magazine, and was named a 1999-2000 National Blue Ribbon School. Students come from Cross Timbers Middle School, other portions of Colleyville Middle School and portion of Grapevine Middle School. Although Grapevine High School is in Grapevine, only half of the student body lives in Grapevine. The other half lives in Colleyville.
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Tradition
GHS was established in the late nineteenth century by a group of settlers on the Grapevine prairie. The school had its first graduating class in 1907. In the year 2007, Grapevine celebrated its 100th year centennial as a Texas public high school. The school mascot is the mustang. School colors are red, white and royal blue. Grapevine school pep rallies have been known to be the most spirited pep rallies in the area.
Annually, the Ex-Students Association awards college scholarships, inducts deserving former students and teachers into the Hall of Fame, runs the annual Homecoming Parade on Main Street through historic downtown Grapevine, and sponsors the Alumni Homecoming dinner.
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Leadership
Dave Denning is the Principal of Grapevine High School.
Athletics
Football
The GHS football program began in 1920 as a Conference B school. In 1951 the UIL changed to the 1-A, 2-A, 3-A and 4-A format. In 1980 the largest class, 5-A was added. During the 1986 to 1995 seasons, GHS was classified as a 5-A school. With the opening of a second high school in GCISD, GHS was classified as a 4-A school from 1996 until 2001, einning the 4-A Football State Championship in 1996 and 1998. The Mustangs moved back to 5-A in 2002. The Mustangs will be a 5A Division 1 team during the 2018-2019 seasons.
The Mustang Football program plays its home games at Mustang-Panther Stadium located on 3000 Ira E Woods Ave in Grapevine. The stadium can hold 9100 people. The Mustang-Panther stadium is currently scheduled to be remodeled in 2018.
Basketball
The Grapevine basketball program has excelled over the past years, participating in 4 playoff appearances and a district championship in 2006. After winning the 2006 district championship coach Darryn Shearmire was recognized with the district 5-5A Coach of the Year Award. In 2011, center Daniel Green signed to Atlantic Coast Conference team Wake Forest University making him the first Grapevine basketball player in over a decade to sign with a Division I school.
Cross country
The Grapevine High School cross country team has been district champions 30 times ('75,'76,'78,'81-88,'90-94,'96,'98-02,'10-17) regional champions 11 times ('84,'85,'93-96,'99-01,'15,'17) state runner up 5 times (1994, 00-01, 2014, 2017) and state champions twice (1993, 2015).
Baseball
The Grapevine Baseball Team is split up into four teams. Varsity, Junior Varsity red, Junior Varsity blue, and Freshman. In 2016 the team won its first State Championship (5A ).
Golf
The Mustang boys' golf team won the District Championship in 2004, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They were Regional qualifiers in 2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. The Mustang girls golf team won the District Championship in 2003, 2004, 2015, 2016 and 2017. They were Regional qualifiers in 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They were Regional Champions in 2016 and 2017. They were State qualifiers in 2014, 2015, 2016, and 2017. They won the State Champion in 2018.
Tennis
The Mustang Varsity tennis team has been named District Champions in 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015. The team has been Regional Qualifiers in 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014. The 2014 & 2015 teams were ranked #1 in the State from pre-season to post-season. The Varsity tennis team was the Regional Champion and State Qualifier in 1986 and Regional and State Champions in 2014 & 2015.
The Junior Varsity tennis team has been named the undefeated District Champions in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008,2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, and 2014.
Over the years, the program has received generosity with the donation of Tennis Field House with locker rooms, concession area, public restrooms, and team room in 2008. During the summer of 2009, on-court lighting was installed to the 12 court facility and the courts were resurfaced by the school district.
Soccer
The Boys' soccer team are 9 time district winners, 5 time regional winners, 2 time state runners-up, and a 1 time State Champions. The boys' team won their only State title in 1990. The Grapevine Mustangs produced winger Shea Salinas who currently plays for the San Jose Earthquakes.
Swimming and diving
The members of the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 Grapevine Swimming Teams were 4-A State Champions.
State championships
Baseball
- 2016
Football
- 1996
- 1998
Cross country
- 1993
- 2015
Soccer
- 1990
Swimming and diving
- 1997
- 1998
Tennis
- 2014
- 2015
Girls Golf
- 2017
Arts and extracurricular activities
Band
The Grapevine High School Mustang Band is a Nationally award-winning marching band led by Shannon Gill. The band finished 3rd in the 2001 Texas State AAAA Marching Band Championship to New Century Dawn. It was then led by Steve Andre, Daniel Prado and Brandt Leondar. Before its 2001 achievements, it finished 3rd in the 1999 Texas State AAAA Marching Band Championship and finished 4th in the 1997 AAAA Marching Band Championship. The band currently competes in the UIL Marching Band Competition as well as various other contests around the country. In the 2008, the Wind Ensemble traveled to China for a Pre-Olympic concert tour. The trip took them to Beijing and Shanghai. In the summer of 2010, the band took a trip to Austria to visit Krems, Austria, the sister city of Grapevine, Texas.
Music
Grapevine High School is home to a number of musicians and bands. Bruce Channel was the first singer to attend Grapevine that attained worldwide fame. Channel attended Grapevine High School in the late '50s and was known for his single Hey! Baby which was released in 1962, and has gone on to sell millions of copies. Bruce Channel later met the little-known Beatles in 1962 where he gave John Lennon harmonica tips, which Lennon would later use on songs Love Me Do, Please Please Me and others. Bruce Channel's hit Hey! Baby was later included on John Lennon's jukebox. The song is played by the marching band at football games.
In 1995 Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones (daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar) attended Grapevine High School, before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts in Dallas. Jones sang in the school choir, participated in band and played the alto saxophone. Austin Richard Post (famous singer/songwriter Post Malone) also went to Grapevine High School.
Quidditch
In 2010 students A.J. Jordan and Scott Holt founded the Grapevine Quidditch club. The Quidditch club is based on the Quidditch sport in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter books.
The club has over 150 members, and 12 official teams. The teams are divided evenly into the four Hogwarts houses: Gryffindor (red), Slytherin (green), Ravenclaw (blue), and Hufflepuff (yellow). Each team bases its uniform colors off their house colors. Each team has 7 on field players that are a keeper, two beaters, three chasers, and one seeker. Each team is also required to have a designated captain, who founds the team and takes the responsibility of organizing his/her team.
The Quidditch teams first saw action on May 8 during a round-robin tournament. All of the money raised during the tournament was donated to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital. The Grapevine Quidditch club also created shirts for the tournament that were sold in order to benefit St. Jude's.
The Grapevine Quidditch team plays their games at the Cross Timbers practice field or at Mustang Panther Stadium. Teacher Stephanie Bakintas is the head sponsor of the Quidditch club.
Notable alumni
- Camille Anderson, actress and TV host
- Richard Bartel, former NFL player for the Arizona Cardinals and Dallas Cowboys
- Jack Brewer, former NFL player for the Minnesota Vikings, New York Giants, Philadelphia Eagles, and Arizona Cardinals.
- Bruce Channel, singer known for his #1 hit Hey! Baby"
- Colt David, football player
- Jenna Dewan-Tatum, actress and dancer
- Norah Jones, singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist and actress
- Nick Leckey, former NFL player for the Cardinals, Rams and Saints
- Demi Lovato, singer-songwriter and actress
- Post Malone, musician
- Henry Melton, current NFL player, has played for Dallas Cowboys
- Ali Michael, model
- Shea Salinas, current MLS player for the San Jose Earthquakes
References
External links
- Grapevine-Colleyville ISD
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