Granby High School
| Granby High School | |
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7101 Granby Street Norfolk, Virginia 23505 United States |
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| School type | Public, high school |
| Founded | 1939 |
| School district | Norfolk Public Schools |
| Superintendent | Dr. Melinda J. Boone |
| Principal | Dr. Lynnell Gibson |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,287 (2006-07) |
| Campus | Urban |
| Color(s) | Silver, Gold, and Blue ███ |
| Athletics conference | VHSL – AAA Eastern Region (Eastern District) |
| Team name | Comets |
| Rival | Maury High School |
| Communities served |
Ocean View Willoughby Spit Talbot Park Wards Corner Colonial Place Park Place Titustown |
| Website | Official Site |
Granby High School is a four-year comprehensive public high school in Norfolk, Virginia. The high school is part of the Norfolk Public Schools system. It is the only high school in the school division that offers an International Baccalaureate program. The building is located on historic Granby Street where the south end is at Downtown Norfolk and the north end where the beaches of Ocean View lie. Granby is also less than a mile away from the historic Wards Corner, a local shopping and eating center. In 2010, Newsweek placed Granby in the top 1300 of "America's Top Public High Schools". Granby was the only school in Norfolk, VA to place on the list. Granby's mascot is the .
Opened in 1939, the school was previously known as Granby Street High School, reflecting the street on which it is located. Both the street and the school are named after John Manners, Marquess of Granby, a hero of the Seven Years' War. The twenty-four acre tract on which Granby was built was once part of the Talbot Plantation before the property was donated to the city by Winton W. Talbot. The current principal of Granby High School is Dr. Lynnell Gibson.
Blue, Gold, and Silver are the school colors. Blue representing the color of the Chesapeake Bay, which is in Granby's vicinity. The gold and silver is derived from the proverb:"A word fitly spoken is like apples of gold in pictures of silver." This quote is also hung on a plaque in the hallway.
Granby's school symbol is the comet. It also has a newspaper entitled "The Spectator," and annually publishes a literary magazine called "The Cupola," named after the structure on the top of the school's roof. The weathervane on top of the cupola was bent as a result of tropical storm Ernesto, but was fixed within six months.
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