Grimsley High School
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Grimsley High School, September 2012
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801 Westover Terrace Greensboro, North Carolina 27408 United States |
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| Coordinates | 36°04′58″N 79°48′53″W / 36.0829°N 79.8146°WCoordinates: 36°04′58″N 79°48′53″W / 36.0829°N 79.8146°W |
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| Type | public |
| Motto | "Expect and Demonstrate Excellence Every Day" |
| Established | 1899 |
| School district | Guilford County Schools Since 1993; Formerly Greensboro Public Schools (1899–1993) |
| Principal | Charles Blanchard |
| Teaching staff | 97 |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Enrollment | 1,749 (2016) |
| Campus | "Whirlie Nation" |
| Color(s) | Navy Blue & White (1951); Purple & Gold (1909–10) |
| Mascot | Whirlies (1941); Purple Whirlwinds (1921-1941) |
| Rival | Page High School |
| National ranking | 132 (2015) |
| Yearbook | Whirligig (1950) |
| Website | Grimsley Senior High School |
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Greensboro Senior High School
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| Area | 58 acres (23 ha) |
| Built | 1929 |
| Architect | Hartmann, Charles C.; Heritage, Thomas P.; et.al. |
| Architectural style | Late 19th And 20th Century Revivals, Modern Movement |
| MPS | Greensboro MPS |
| NRHP Reference # | 05000957 |
| Added to NRHP | September 7, 2005 |
Grimsley Senior High School, also known as Grimsley High School or simply Grimsley, is a public high school in Greensboro, North Carolina. Formerly known as "Greensboro High School," "Greensboro Central High School," and then "Greensboro Senior High School," it is part of the Guilford County Schools system. The school has an enrollment of around 1,800 students in grades 9–12 (the 9th grade was added to GHS in 1986). Grimsley has a reputation for strong academics, having been ranked in the top 100 in the nation by Newsweek 4 out of the past 6 years.
The school's colors are navy blue and white, and its teams are known as the "Whirlies" (originally the "Purple Whirlwind") depicted with a tornado-like symbol.
The school campus was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2005.
Established in 1899, Grimsley is the oldest institution of public secondary education in Greensboro and one of the oldest high schools in the state. (Asheville High School, Cary High School, Concord High School, High Point Central High School, and New Hanover High School in Wilmington are all older.)
GHS was founded in 1899 as Greensboro High School; it became Greensboro Central High School in 1911 and Greensboro Senior High School in 1929 (when it moved to its current campus, after previously having had two locations in downtown Greensboro). In 1962, against the wishes of the school, it was renamed Grimsley Senior High School in honor of George Adonijah Grimsley, the superintendent of Greensboro's schools (1890–1902) who fostered the creation of GHS in 1899.
Upon its creation in the fall of 1899, Greensboro High School was located on North Forbis Street in the former St. Anne Catholic Church building, on part of the site of the current Greensboro Public Library, behind the Greensboro Historical Museum. By 1910, this building was outgrown, so for one year (1910–1911) GHS was moved next door to the Lindsay Street Grammar School. In the fall of 1911, the school moved to the site of today's Weaver Academy, where it became Greensboro Central High School, and where it remained until 1929. In the fall of 1929, GHS moved to its current Westover Terrace location, when it became Greensboro Senior High School. See "facilities" section below for a description of the current campus.
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