Grandville High School

Grandville Public Schools is a school district in Grandville, Michigan. The current superintendent is Roger Bearup, who previously served as the Assistant Superintendent in the Lowell Public Schools Administration. Mr. Bearup was appointed by the school board as superintendent in July 2015. Former Superintendent of Grandville Public Schools, Ron Caniff, now serves as the Superintendent of the Kent County Intermediate School District, where he serves over 125,000 students from 20 districts in the Grand Rapids metro area.

The district serves the City of Grandville and portions of other cities and townships, including Wyoming and the City of Walker.

Grandville Public Schools has seven elementary schools: Central, Century Park Learning Center, Cummings, East, Grand View, South, and West.

Grandville Middle School currently serves grades 7 and 8.

Grandville High School enrolls about 1800 students annually in grades 9-12.; its competitive robotics team is housed in its own building, the GHS South Campus Robotics & Engineering Center. High school administration includes Principal John Philo; Assistant Principals Dr. Mike Leiter, Caroline Ernst, and Adam Lancto; Dean of Students Joel Breazeale; and AD Brian Parsons. They administrate over 1800 students and over 100 staff members.

Grandville High School offers a wide variety of academic and extracurricular offerings, including 17 Advanced Placement courses, forensics, a competitive engineering and robotics team, jazz band, an award-winning marching band, choir, chamber and concert orchestras, symphony strings, philharmonic orchestra, theater, emergency medical technician certification, and after-school clubs such as photography club and chess club. Its AP Calculus program often receives national attention, with GHS staff training educators at the national level.

Grandville High School was presented with the prestigious Blue Ribbon School Award in 2005–2006, and has had several recipients of AP Scholar and National Merit Recognition Awards. In 2012, the College Board recognized the school with its Advanced Placement District of the Year Awards—Annual Honor Roll.

In 2014, U.S. News & World Report named Grandville High School to the top 3% of schools in Michigan and the top 5% in the nation in its Best High Schools rankings.

The high school uses automatic response clickers in the classrooms. This technology provides instant feedback to teachers to help them find out if the students understand a concept or need further instruction. The responses are anonymous yet provide the necessary feedback.

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