Grapevine High School
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Grapevine High School is a public secondary school at 3223 Mustang Drive in Grapevine
, Texas
, United States
. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
.
GHS is located in the northeast region of Tarrant County.
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, half of Colleyville Middle School and half of Grapevine Middle School. Although Grapevine High School is in Grapevine, only half of its student body lives in Grapevine; the other half lives in Colleyville.
GHS has one of the most active high school alumni associations in the United States. 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.
When we think of dear old GHS
We'll remember words of cheer that to many were so dear
Do we love her? Do we love her? Yes!
Grapevine dear Grapevine we know that you'll shine
When on you we so depend
Grapevine dear Grapevine for you our hearts pine
We're for you 'til the end.
RAH, RAH, RAH, MUSTANGS FIGHT!
Fight Song -
Put on your old white sweater with the big red letter
It's a Grapevine victory tonight
O'er the fields we'll plunder as we plow them under
It's a Grapevine victory night!
GHS football is as rich in tradition as it is in history. The program began in 1924 as a Conference B school until 1951 when the UIL changed to more familiar 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 moved to 4-A in 1996 until 2001. Grapevine won the 4-A Football State Championship in 1996 and 1998. The Mustangs moved back to 5-A in 2002.
The Mustang Football program currently plays its home games at Mustang-Panther Stadium located on 3000 Ira E Woods Ave in Grapevine. The stadium can hold 9100 people.
team Wake Forest University
making him the first Grapevine basketball player in over a decade to sign with a Division I school.
The Mustang Varsity tennis team has been named District Champions in 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. 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, and 2011. The Varsity tennis team was the Regional Champion and State Qualifier in 1986. The Mixed Doubles team of Alex Hanno and Haley Holt were State Semi-finalists in Spring of 2008.
The Junior Varsity tennis team has been named the undefeated District Champions in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
In 2008, the Mustang Tennis program was the recipient of unprecedented generosity with the donation of Tennis Field House with locker rooms, concession area, public restrooms, and team room. During the summer of 2009, on-court lighting was installed to the 12 court facility and the courts were resurfaced by the school district. The GHS Tennis Facility is one of the premier public school owned tennis facilities in the area.
who currently plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
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
.
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 home 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.
In the late 90's, musician Bryce Avary attended Grapevine High School. During his time at Grapevine High School he was apart of a indie rock
punk
" band inspired by Pavement
, Archers of Loaf
and Weezer
, called Charlie 27.
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 it's 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.
Grapevine, Texas
Grapevine is a city in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city population was 46,334. The city's moniker is derived from the native grapes prevalent in the area. In recent years several wineries have...
, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...
, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. The school is a part of the Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District
Grapevine-Colleyville Independent School District is a public school district based in Grapevine, Texas . In addition to most of Grapevine, the district serves most of the city of Colleyville and small portions of northern Euless and Hurst and extreme eastern Southlake...
.
GHS is located in the northeast region of Tarrant County.
Grapevine has been categorized as one of the top 100 high schools in the United States of America by Newsweek
Newsweek
Newsweek is an American weekly news magazine published in New York City. It is distributed throughout the United States and internationally. It is the second-largest news weekly magazine in the U.S., having trailed Time in circulation and advertising revenue for most of its existence...
magazine, and was named a 1999-2000 National Blue Ribbon School. Students come from Cross Timbers Middle School, half of Colleyville Middle School and half of Grapevine Middle School. Although Grapevine High School is in Grapevine, only half of its student body lives in Grapevine; the other half lives in Colleyville.
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.GHS has one of the most active high school alumni associations in the United States. 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.
Leadership
The administrative duties of principal are being performed by Assistant principal Catherine Henry, pending the hiring of a new principal.Mission statement
The Mission of Grapevine High School, an icon of tradition and innovative educational practices, is to intentionally develop knowledgeable, creative, ethical, and civic-minded leaders through high standards and personalized, relevant, and engaging learning experiences in concert with the community.Alma mater
On the threshold of tomorrow we'll forget in joy our sorrowWhen we think of dear old GHS
We'll remember words of cheer that to many were so dear
Do we love her? Do we love her? Yes!
Grapevine dear Grapevine we know that you'll shine
When on you we so depend
Grapevine dear Grapevine for you our hearts pine
We're for you 'til the end.
RAH, RAH, RAH, MUSTANGS FIGHT!
Fight Song -
Put on your old white sweater with the big red letter
It's a Grapevine victory tonight
O'er the fields we'll plunder as we plow them under
It's a Grapevine victory night!
Football
The Mustang football program is led by head football coach and boys athletic coordinator, Dave Henigan. Henigan joined GHS in 2009 from Corsicana High School, where he served as the head football coach and assistant athletic director for five years. He has compiled an overall record of 35-21 with three playoff appearances, and was named District 13-4A Coach of the Year in 2004. Before becoming head coach in Corsicana, Henigan served as the offensive coordinator for Denton Ryan High School from 2002-2004. During that time, Denton Ryan was a state finalist in 2003 and state champion in 2002.GHS football is as rich in tradition as it is in history. The program began in 1924 as a Conference B school until 1951 when the UIL changed to more familiar 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 moved to 4-A in 1996 until 2001. Grapevine won the 4-A Football State Championship in 1996 and 1998. The Mustangs moved back to 5-A in 2002.
The Mustang Football program currently plays its home games at Mustang-Panther Stadium located on 3000 Ira E Woods Ave in Grapevine. The stadium can hold 9100 people.
Basketball
The Grapevine basketball program has excelled over the past years including 4 playoff appearances and a district championship in 2006. While winning the 2006 district championship coach Darryn Shearmire was recognized to receive the district 5-5A Coach of the Year. In 2011, center Daniel Green signed to Atlantic Coast ConferenceAtlantic Coast Conference
The Atlantic Coast Conference is a collegiate athletic league in the United States. Founded in 1953 in Greensboro, North Carolina, the ACC sanctions competition in twenty-five sports in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association for its twelve member universities...
team Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University
Wake Forest University is a private, coeducational university in the U.S. state of North Carolina, founded in 1834. The university received its name from its original location in Wake Forest, north of Raleigh, North Carolina, the state capital. The Reynolda Campus, the university's main campus, is...
making him the first Grapevine basketball player in over a decade to sign with a Division I school.
Cross country
The Grapevine Cross Country team is coached by Ron Mitchell, and Rick Miller. The Grapevine High School cross country team has been district champions 22 times ('75,'76,'78,'81-88,'90-94,'96,'98-02,'10) regional champions 9 times ('84,'85,'93-96,'99-01) state runner up 3 times (1994, 00-01) and state champions once (1993).Baseball & Softball
The Grapevine Baseball Team is split up into four teams. Varsity, Junior Varsity red, Junior Varsity blue, and Freshman. The Mustang baseball team is coached by Tim McCune.Tennis
The Grapevine High School Mustang tennis is led by head coach Angel Martinez, USPTA, and oasts one of the largest high school tennis programs in Texas. Coach Martinez was named one of two 2009 Starfish National Coaches of the Year by the United States Tennis Association. The award honors coaches who implement a "no-cut" policy for their high school tennis team. Martinez has 25 + years experience as a tennis coach and has been at Grapevine for the past 10 years.The Mustang Varsity tennis team has been named District Champions in 1991, 1992, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011. 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, and 2011. The Varsity tennis team was the Regional Champion and State Qualifier in 1986. The Mixed Doubles team of Alex Hanno and Haley Holt were State Semi-finalists in Spring of 2008.
The Junior Varsity tennis team has been named the undefeated District Champions in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2009.
In 2008, the Mustang Tennis program was the recipient of unprecedented generosity with the donation of Tennis Field House with locker rooms, concession area, public restrooms, and team room. During the summer of 2009, on-court lighting was installed to the 12 court facility and the courts were resurfaced by the school district. The GHS Tennis Facility is one of the premier public school owned tennis facilities in the area.
Soccer
The Grapevine Boy's soccer team is coached by Heath Bullard, and the girls team is coached by Ryan Davis. The Boy's soccer team are 9 time district winners, 5 time regional winners, 2 time state runner ups, and a 1 time State Champions. The boy's team won their only State title in 1990. The Grapevine Mustangs produced winger Shea SalinasShea Salinas
Robert O'Shea "Shea" Salinas is an American soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
who currently plays for the Vancouver Whitecaps.
Swimming
The members of the 1996-1997 and 1997-1998 Grapevine Swimming Teams were 4-A State Champions. The team has been run by Coach Binghenheimer, Coach Henry, and recently Coach Jau.Band
The Grapevine High School Mustang Band is a Nationally award winning marching band led by Steve Andre. 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 ChinaChina
Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...
for a Pre-Olympic concert tour. The trip took them to Beijing
Beijing
Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...
and Shanghai
Shanghai
Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...
. In the summer of 2010, the band took a trip to Austria to visit Krems, Austria, the sister city of Grapevine, Texas
Grapevine, Texas
Grapevine is a city in northeast Tarrant County, Texas, United States located within the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. As of the 2010 census the city population was 46,334. The city's moniker is derived from the native grapes prevalent in the area. In recent years several wineries have...
.
Music
Grapevine High School is home to a number of musicians and bands. Bruce ChannelBruce Channel
Bruce Channel is an American singer, known for his 1962 million selling number one hit, "Hey! Baby".-Career:...
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
Hey! Baby
"Hey! Baby" is a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, who recorded the song in 1961. Channel co-produced the song with Major Bill Smith and released it on Mercury Records' Smash label...
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
John Lennon
John Winston Lennon, MBE was an English musician and singer-songwriter who rose to worldwide fame as one of the founding members of The Beatles, one of the most commercially successful and critically acclaimed acts in the history of popular music...
harmonica tips, which Lennon would later use on songs Love Me Do
Love Me Do
"Love Me Do" is The Beatles' first single, backed by "P.S. I Love You" and released on 5 October 1962. When the single was originally released in the United Kingdom, it peaked at number seventeen; in 1982 it was re-issued and reached number four...
, Please Please Me
Please Please Me
Please Please Me is the debut album by the English rock band The Beatles. Parlophone rush-released the album on 22 March 1963 in the United Kingdom to capitalise on the success of singles "Please Please Me" and "Love Me Do" .Of the album's fourteen songs, eight were written by Lennon–McCartney...
and others. Bruce Channel's hit Hey! Baby was later included on John Lennon's jukebox
John Lennon's jukebox
In 1989, John Lennon's jukebox surfaced in an auction of Beatles memorabilia at Christie's, and was sold for £2,500 to Bristol-based music promoter John Midwinter. Lennon had apparently bought the jukebox – specifically a Swiss KB Discomatic – in 1965, and filled it with forty singles...
. The song is played by the marching band at home football games.
In 1995 Grammy award winning singer-songwriter Norah Jones
Norah Jones
Norah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
(daughter of sitarist Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar
Ravi Shankar , often referred to by the title Pandit, is an Indian musician and composer who plays the plucked string instrument sitar. He has been described as the best known contemporary Indian musician by Hans Neuhoff in Musik in Geschichte und Gegenwart.Shankar was born in Varanasi and spent...
) attended Grapevine High School, before transferring to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts
Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing and Visual Arts is a public secondary school located in the Arts District of downtown Dallas, Texas . Booker T. Washington High School enrolls students in grades 9-12 and is the Dallas Independent School District's arts magnet school...
in Dallas
Dallas, Texas
Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...
. Jones sang in the school choir, participated in band and played the alto saxophone.
In the late 90's, musician Bryce Avary attended Grapevine High School. During his time at Grapevine High School he was apart of a indie rock
Indie rock
Indie rock is a genre of alternative rock that originated in the United Kingdom and the United States in the 1980s. Indie rock is extremely diverse, with sub-genres that include lo-fi, post-rock, math rock, indie pop, dream pop, noise rock, space rock, sadcore, riot grrrl and emo, among others...
punk
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
" band inspired by Pavement
Pavement (band)
Pavement is an American alternative rock band that formed in Stockton, California in 1989. In their career, they achieved a significant cult following, and they were called the best band of the 1990s by prominent music critics Robert Christgau and Stephen Thomas Erlewine...
, Archers of Loaf
Archers of Loaf
Archers of Loaf is an American indie-rock band originally from Chapel Hill, North Carolina, formed in 1990. The group toured extensively and released a total of four studio albums, a collection album, numerous singles and EPs, and a live album which was released after the band broke up in...
and Weezer
Weezer
Weezer is an American alternative rock band. The band currently consists of Rivers Cuomo , Patrick Wilson , Brian Bell , and Scott Shriner . The band has changed lineups three times since its formation in 1992...
, called Charlie 27.
Quidditch
In 2010 students A.J. Jordan and Scott Holt founded the Grapevine Quidditch club. The Quidditch club is based on the QuidditchQuidditch
Quidditch is a fictional sport developed by British author J. K. Rowling for the Harry Potter series of novels. It is described as an extremely rough, but very popular, semi-contact sport, played by wizards and witches around the world...
sport in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter
Harry Potter
Harry Potter is a series of seven fantasy novels written by the British author J. K. Rowling. The books chronicle the adventures of the adolescent wizard Harry Potter and his best friends Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, all of whom are students at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry...
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 it's 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
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, founded in 1962, is a leading pediatric treatment and research facility focused on children's catastrophic diseases. It is located in Memphis, Tennessee. It is a nonprofit medical corporation chartered as a 501 tax-exempt organization under IRS regulations.In...
. 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 and former students
- Bryce Avary, singer, and the core of The Rocket SummerThe Rocket SummerThe Rocket Summer is the solo-project of Bryce Avary who is based in Dallas/Fort Worth, Texas. Avary is a multi-instrumentalist, singer-songwriter, and producer. He writes and produces every song on his records, and plays every instrument on them....
- Bruce ChannelBruce ChannelBruce Channel is an American singer, known for his 1962 million selling number one hit, "Hey! Baby".-Career:...
, singer known for his #1 hit Hey! BabyHey! Baby"Hey! Baby" is a song written by Margaret Cobb and Bruce Channel, who recorded the song in 1961. Channel co-produced the song with Major Bill Smith and released it on Mercury Records' Smash label... - Jenna DewanJenna DewanJenna Lee Dewan-Tatum , better known by her birth name Jenna Dewan, is an American actress, dancer, and former model.-Early life:...
, actress and model - Michael Dyson, Grammy Award Winning Producer
- Norah JonesNorah JonesNorah Jones is an American singer-songwriter and occasional actress.In 2002, she launched her solo music career with the release of the commercially successful and critically acclaimed album Come Away With Me, which was certified a diamond album in 2002, selling over 20 million copies...
, singer-songwriter, pianist, keyboardist, guitarist, and actress - Nick LeckeyNick LeckeyNicholas Nathan Leckey is a free agent American football center in the National Football League. He was drafted by the Arizona Cardinals in the sixth round of the 2004 NFL Draft. He played college football at Kansas State University.Leckey has played for the New Orleans Saints, St...
, former NFL player for the Cardinals, Rams, and Saints - Henry MeltonHenry MeltonHenry Melton is a defensive tackle for the Chicago Bears of the National Football League. He is an alumnus of the University of Texas...
, current NFL player for the Chicago BearsChicago BearsThe Chicago Bears are a professional American football team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Shea SalinasShea SalinasRobert O'Shea "Shea" Salinas is an American soccer player who currently plays for San Jose Earthquakes in Major League Soccer.-Youth and College:...
, current MLS player for the Vancouver Whitecaps - Richard BartelRichard BartelRichard John Bartel is an American football quarterback for the Arizona Cardinals of the National Football League. He was signed by the Dallas Cowboys as an undrafted free agent in 2007...
, current NFL player for the Arizona CardinalsArizona CardinalsThe Arizona Cardinals are a professional American football team based in Glendale, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. They are currently members of the Western Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League... - Brad Fielden, former paladin tank for I Still Play Pogs