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Granada Hills Charter High School
Location
Map
10535 Zelzah Ave
Granada Hills, CA, 91344

United States
Information
TypePublic
Established1961
School districtCharter
Head of schoolBrian Bauer
Grades9-12
Color(s)green, black, white
MascotHighlanders
Websitehttp://www.ghchs.com

Granada Hills Charter High School (Granada Hills High School) is a public, charter, co-educational, secondary school consisting of students in grades 9-12. The school colors are green, black, and white.

It is located in the Granada Hills neighborhood in the City of Los Angeles, California, USA. It was previously directly administered by the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD), but is currently independent as the school was granted charter status. It is commonly known as "GHHS", "GHCHS", or simply "Granada".

Granada serves Granada Hills, portions of Northridge, and Porter Ranch.

Controversy

The school has suffered from accusations of corruption, violation of charter and rapidly dropping test scores under the administration of Yale alumni, Brian Bauer, who pays himself over $160,000 anually according to the Granada Hill Charter High School financial report and LAUSD diclosed public financial documents. The school, since going charter has suffered from department cutbacks, including its highly successful shop, music and robotics programs. Since becoming a charter, the school has lost more than 60% of its original employees, many of them award winning and highly experienced teachers. This information is readily available on the Granada Hills Charter High School faculty list.

Sources Cited:

  • 1. "Faculty List." Granada Hills Charter High School (2002). Los Angeles, Ca.
  • 2. "Faculty List." Granada Hills Charter High School (2007). Los Angeles, Ca.
  • 3. Thompson, Angela. Faculy Bulletin. Faculty Staff Meeting, Granada Hills Charter High School. Los Angeles: LAUSD, 2006.
  • 4. Undisclosed 20 Year Former Employee of GHCHS. Personal interview. 15 June 2006. Revealing curruption under administration.


History

The school was founded in 1961. In 1994, the school opened on its campus an LAUSD magnet school with an emphasis in math, science and technology in conjunction with the California State University at Northridge. The school also maintains a highly successful program for the deaf and hard of hearing. In 2003, the school was awarded charter status in order to to free itself from LAUSD bureaucratic restrictions, and increase student achievement. The school generates approximately $35 million based on student enrollment and attendance and specific programs. As an independent, directly funded charter school, the majority of the funding is sent directly the school.


Overview

Mission Statement

GRANADA HILLS CHARTER HIGH SCHOOL will provide a positive student-centered environment in which all students will develop academic skills, practical skills, and attitudes to enable them to be successful lifelong learners and productive, responsible citizens in a diverse society. We pledge our resources to create a school where all students are actively engaged in the process of learning in a multicultural, multilingual setting.

Expected School Wide Learning Results (ESLRS)

Every student who graduates from GHCHS will be:

  • AN EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATOR

Able to read, write, speak and listen for a variety of reasons.

  • AN INFORMATION MANAGER

Able to locate, access, organize, evaluate, and supply information for a complex and technological world.

  • A PROBLEM SOLVER

Able to apply a variety of thinking, creative and computing skills to produce solutions to practical and theoretical problems.

  • A PRODUCTIVE MEMBER OF SOCIETY

Able to demonstrate healthy, responsible behavior and work collaboratively and respectfully in a linguistically and culturally diverse community.

  • LIFELONG LEARNER

Able to set educational and career goals, develop a realistic strategy to achieve those goals and apply content knowledge and critical thinking skills to adapt to a rapidly changing environment.

About

The school is currently accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges. The school has a governing board, which branches off into four committees: Student Services, Facilities and Operations, Curriculum and Instruction, and Human Resources. These four committees contain various representatives which include students, teachers, parents, administrators, and other faculty.

Achievements

Academics

In 2007, Granada won the Los Angeles City Academic Decathlon and its Science Bowl team placed second at the Los Angeles regional competition. In 2005, its Science Bowl teams took fourth and fifth place at the regional competition, and its Academic Decathlon team ranked third in the nation. Currently, Granada, is the 379th best high school in the nation, according to Newsweek.

The school has a team that participates in the FIRST Robotics Competition every year, Team #599 the RoboDox. In 2006, they were finalists at the Southern California Regional Competition. They were also the champions of the Los Angeles VEX Regional Competition held in December 2006 at CSUN.

Athletics

In the 1978 L.A. City Championship Baseball game, John Elway led Granada to the title over Crenshaw High, which featured future major leaguers Chris Brown and Darryl Strawberry.

Granada Hills Girls Golf team is 6-0 for LA City Championship titles since the program started in 2001.

Partial list of Granada Hills L.A. City Championship teams:

  • Baseball: 1975 (4A Division), 1976 (4A Division), 1978 (4A Division), 1979 (4A Division), 1984 (4A Division), 2002 (Invitational), 2003 (Invitational), 2004 (Invitational), 2006 (Invitational)
  • Basketball: 1976 (3A Division), 1987 (3A Division)
  • Football: 1970, 1987
  • Girls Golf: 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006
  • Volleyball: 1986 (3A Division), 1987 (3A Division), 1997 (4A Division), 2006, 2007
  • Swimming: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000
  • Marching Band: State finals 2003-2007, Hollywood Bowl performance, Wango Tango performance

Notable alumni


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