Granite Bay High School
| Granite Bay High School | |
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Granite Bay, California United States |
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| Type | Public |
| Established | 1996 |
| School district | Roseville Joint Union High School District |
| Principal | Jennifer Leighton |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 2,169 |
| Color(s) |
Green, silver & black |
| Mascot | Grizzly bear |
| Rival | Del Oro High School |
| Newspaper | Granite Bay Gazette |
| Website | gbhs.rjuhsd.us |
Granite Bay High School is located in Granite Bay, California. Granite Bay High School was founded in 1996 and was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Secretary of Education in 2002 and a California Distinguished School in 2007.
GBHS's Emerald Brigade consists of the award-winning marching band and colorguard, jazz band, concert band, and winter programs. The 2007 program gave the Emerald Brigade its first-ever undefeated season.
The band regularly travels to the following competitions: Oakmont (Roseville), Del Oro (Loomis), Foothill (Pleasanton), Folsom, and Lincoln (Stockton). In the year of 2011 they took up WBA (Western Band Association) for the first time, where they came in First Place in the 4A Division placing them 6th place in WBA.
The band has approximately 135 members and performs at home football games and at parade/field show competitions throughout Northern California.
The concert program has traveled to Disneyland numerous times and performed at the world-famous Carnegie Hall in New York in the spring of 2007. The band was also invited to play at the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington, DC in 2005. The concert band plays at the annual Delta College and Golden Empire Festivals.
Granite Bay had six choirs up until the 2008-2009 school year, but it currently has only one. The choir has had considerable success and has won many awards at competitions and festivals. In 2012, 9 students from the Granite Bay Madrigal Choir were invited to sing in Carnegie Hall under the direction of Dr. Lynn Gackle. It is currently under the direction of Megan Cooper.
One of Granite Bay's programs is the competitive forensics team, which offers students the opportunity to compete in a variety of speaking events, ranging from dramatic interpretation to policy debate. The Granite Bay Forensics team is a member of the National Forensics League.
In April 2010, Dominic De Marco and Alexander Wagner won the California State Championships in Public Forum Debate, becoming the first state champions in the program's history.
In April 2013, Nicolas Ontiveros and Justin Habashi won the CHSSA California State Championships in Parliamentary Debate.
In January 2014, Sai Sumana Kaluvai won the Martin Luther King Jr. Tournament in Lincoln–Douglas Debate, becoming the first person to win MLK Invitational Championship in the program's history.
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