Gresham High School (Oregon)

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Gresham Union High School
Gresham High School hallway Glory, Honor, Strength[citation needed]
Address
1200 N Main Avenue Gresham, Oregon, Multnomah County, 97030  United States
Coordinates	45°30′21″N 122°25′51″W / 45.505903°N 122.430734°W / 45.505903; -122.430734Coordinates: 45°30′21″N 122°25′51″W / 45.505903°N 122.430734°W / 45.505903; -122.430734
Information
Type	Public
Opened	1906
School district	Gresham-Barlow School District
Principal	Carol Daiberl[1][2]
Grades	9-12
Number of students	1792[1]
Color(s)	Blue and white   [2]
Athletics conference	OSAA Mt. Hood Conference 6A-3[2]
Mascot	Gophers[2]
Rival	Sam Barlow High School[citation needed]
Website	http://ghs.gresham.k12.or.us/

Gresham High School is a public high school located in Gresham, Oregon.

Contents 1 History 2 Academics 3 Sports 3.1 State championships 4 Activities 5 Publications 6 References

[edit] History

The school opened in 1906.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Academics

Gresham High is an official International Baccalaureate school offering the IB Diploma Program^[3].

In 2008, 81% of the school's seniors received their high school diploma. Of 450 students, 366 graduated, 45 dropped out, 15 received a modified diploma, and 24 are still in high school.^[4][5]

[edit] Sports

[edit] State championships

• Boys Swimming: 1995.
• Football:1982. From 1982 to 2001, the football team made an 0SAA record 20 consecutive playoff appearances, with 13 Mount Hood Conference championships.
• Girls Volleyball: 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1994, 2001, 2002, and 2006.

[edit] Activities

Gresham High School's theater and choir programs have produced several state champions in Monologue and Duo acting scenes, as well as musical theater pieces.^{[citation needed]}

The Band and Choir programs have also produced several state champions.^{[citation needed]} . The choir program is directed by Janine Kirstein and consists of Encore Choir, Gresham Men’s Choir, Treble Choir, Concert Choir, and The Overtones. The Concert Choir and The Overtones have traveled to Canada, Hawaii, Texas, California, and New York winning competitions each year in their choral performance category. For the past five years the Gresham High School Concert Choir placed in the top five in the OSAA State Choir Competition. Many of the students involved in the choir program won district and state solo competitions, going on to sing in prestigious university choir programs such as Pacific Lutheran University and Chapman University.

The Gresham High School Band program is directed by Justin Prunk and consists of Wind Symphony, Symphonic Band, Concert Band, Jazz Band, Pep Band, and Pit Orchestra. The first Gresham High School Band was in 1926 under the direction of Dorothy Dickey. Harold Weber composed Gresham High School’s fight song in 1931 and devoted 25 years of his life to the program.

Although the Gresham Barlow School District cut millions of dollars from the budget for the 2009/2010 school year, the band and choir programs were able to continue at Gresham High School because of peaceful student protests through song ^[6], ^[7]

[edit] Publications

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Gresham High School produces two newspapers: The Gresham Argus and The Gopher Gazette. The newspapers are produced by separate staffs and are budgeted by their own advertising efforts. The newspapers have different audiences as well. The Gresham Argus gets delivered to students in class; the Gopher Gazette gets distributed via postal mail to parents of students and businesses in the community. Recently the Gopher Gazette has lost funding and has had to switch to an online format.

[edit] References