Galena High School (Nevada)
| Galena High School | |
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| Location | |
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Reno, Nevada United States |
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| Coordinates | 39°23′15″N 119°46′37″W / 39.387387°N 119.777026°WCoordinates: 39°23′15″N 119°46′37″W / 39.387387°N 119.777026°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Public secondary |
| Established | 1992 |
| Principal | Tom Brown |
| Faculty | 100 |
| Enrollment | 1441 |
| Campus type | Suburban |
| Color(s) | Black and Gold |
| Mascot | Grizzlies |
| Website | http://www.galenahigh.com/ |
Galena High School is a public secondary school in Southwest Reno, Nevada that is a part of the Washoe County School District. The school mascot is the Grizzly Bear, and the school's colors are black and gold. Their sports teams are known as the "Galena Grizzlies".
Galena has been accredited by the Northwest Association of Accredited Schools.
Galena's academic program has been noted by Newsweek as one of the top 500 high schools in the country, ranking at 474th out of the entire nation.
Advanced Placement classes are usually taken by students at Galena in their junior and senior years, but some may even take them in their sophomore year. The classes have very high pass rates on the AP exams when compared to the rest of the school district, and many students take the AP classes at Galena because of the high quality of the education.
The following Advanced Placement classes are available at Galena:
Since its founding in 1992, Galena has gone on to win either a league, regional or state championship in every sport played at the school. The Grizzlies used to belong to the High Desert League of the Northern Nevada 4A Region, until the realignment of the 2 leagues in the summer of 2008. They are now part of the Sierra League of the Northern Nevada 4A Region. They completed the first ever Northern Nevada 4A Region Triple Crown in 2007 after winning the football, basketball, and baseball titles.
The 2007 Grizzlies boys basketball team brought home the school's first state championship with a 54-51 win over Mojave High School of North Las Vegas. The game, which gave Northern Nevada back-to-back state titles for the first time in over 60 years (the Reno Huskies won the 2006 championship), was played at the Orleans Arena inside the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas on February 23, 2007. After winning the state championship, junior forward Luke Babbitt verbally committed to play Division I NCAA basketball for the Ohio State Buckeyes, beginning with the 2008-2009 season. However, in June 2007, Babbitt de-committed from Ohio State and decided to stay home to play for the Nevada Wolf Pack.
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