| Granite Hills High School | |
|---|---|
| Location | |
| 1701 E Putnam Ave., Porterville, CA 93257 | |
| Coordinates | 36°04′06″N 118°58′43″W / 36.0684°N 118.9786°W / 36.0684; -118.9786 |
| Information | |
| School district | Porterville Unified School District |
| Principal | Jacob Bowker |
| Staff | 56.98 (FTE) |
| Enrollment | 1,242 (2022–2023) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 21.80 |
| Color(s) | Cardinal and silver |
| Nickname | Grizzlies |
Granite Hills High School, established in 1999, is one of the eleven high schools in Porterville, Tulare County, California. Jacob Bowker is the principal. A previous principal was Apolinar Marroquin.
Its online newspaper, the Grizzly Gazette, was a top million finalist in the National Scholastic Press Association Pacemaker Competition in the 2005–06 school year and were winners the following two years.----
The Granite Hills Academic Decathlon team won the Tulare County Academic Decathlon Regional Championship for the 6th consecutive year.
he school's girls soccer team forfeited a game in 2022 because of the other team included a transgender athlete.
The school offers an "Academy of Law Justice and Ethics" program. In 2022, students from the school's Academy of Law Justice and Ethics investigated a simulated murder scene
In 2018, a student stabbed himself.
References
- ^ "Granite Hills High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- "Welcome! – Boys Basketball – Granite Hills High School". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- "Granite Hills (Porterville, CA) High School Sports - Football, Basketball, Baseball, Softball, Volleyball, and more". Retrieved April 28, 2023.
- Romo, Vanessa (November 21, 2022). "Team forfeits girls' soccer game over transgender athlete". KMPH. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- Greenstein, Henry (November 18, 2022). "Porterville-Granite Hills forfeits girls soccer game over eligibility of Mira Monte transgender athlete". The Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- Johnson II, Jermaine (November 18, 2020). "Bedrock of future criminal justice jobs built on Granite Hills campus". The Sun-Gazette Newspaper. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- Avila, Esther (May 13, 2022). "CSI Granite: Students investigate mock murder scene". Porterville Recorder. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
- Cederlof, Calley (August 16, 2018). "Porterville student stabs himself, high school placed on lockdown". Visalia Times-Delta. Retrieved April 17, 2023.
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