Grapevine High School
| Grapevine High School | |
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3223 Mustang Drive Grapevine, Texas, Tarrant County 76051 United States |
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| Type | Public, Secondary |
| Motto | "A Century of Tradition" |
| School district | Grapevine-Colleyville I.S.D. |
| Principal | Dave Denning |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Number of students | 2,169 |
| Color(s) |
Red Royal Blue White |
| Mascot | Mustangs |
| Website | Grapevine Mustangs |
Grapevine High School is an American High school located in the far northeast portion of Tarrant County in the city of Grapevine, Texas. It is part of the Grapevine–Colleyville Independent School District.
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, other portions of Colleyville Middle School and portion of Grapevine Middle School. Although Grapevine High School is in Grapevine, only half of the student body lives in Grapevine. The other half lives in Colleyville.
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.
Dave Denning is Principal and Steffany Batik is Associate Principal.
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. The football program was taken over by former Plano East head coach Randy Jackson in April 2014.
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. UIL added a 6-A class in 2014 and Grapevine stayed in 5-A in 2014.
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