Grant Community High School
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Grant Community High School was established in 1930 and is a public high school located in Fox Lake
, Illinois
, United States
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and passed after the machines in Northern Lake County broke. They had to drive the ballots to the headquarters to count the votes.
Construction of the second new wing has been completed as of January, 2010.
Grant is famous for its wrestling team, featuring home-town hero Lee Munster, 3 time IHSA State Champion who is now wrestling at Northwestern University who is also in the Illinois Hall Of Fame, Jimmy Kennedy (Illinois), John Deneen (Illinois), Daniel Dennis (Iowa), Matt Fiodirosa..etc.
Fox Lake, Illinois
Fox Lake is a village in Grant Township, Lake County, Illinois and Richmond Township, McHenry County, Illinois. The population was 9,178 at the 2000 census.-History:...
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District and school information
Currently, approximately 1900 students attend Grant Community High School and the school is still growing, due to the amount of construction in the area. With a new addition and renovations completed in 2002, Grant is now a two-story 260000 square feet (24,154.8 m²) building that sits on 42 acres (169,968.1 m²) of property. Another addition is currently being built. The district obtains most or all of its students from four public elementary school districts (Big Hollow, Gavin, Stanton and Palombi) and two private parochial schools (St. Bede, Calvary Christian, and St.Joseph Catholic School ).2008 Referendum
Grant Community High School held a referendum on Super TuesdaySuper Tuesday
In the United States, Super Tuesday, in general, refers to the Tuesday in February or March of a presidential election year when the greatest number of states hold primary elections to select delegates to national conventions at which each party's presidential candidates are officially nominated...
and passed after the machines in Northern Lake County broke. They had to drive the ballots to the headquarters to count the votes.
Construction of the second new wing has been completed as of January, 2010.
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Grant is famous for its wrestling team, featuring home-town hero Lee Munster, 3 time IHSA State Champion who is now wrestling at Northwestern University who is also in the Illinois Hall Of Fame, Jimmy Kennedy (Illinois), John Deneen (Illinois), Daniel Dennis (Iowa), Matt Fiodirosa..etc.