Grant High School (Los Angeles, California)
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Ulysses S. Grant High School is a secondary school in the east side of the San Fernando Valley in the Valley Glen neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.
It is part of District 2 of the Los Angeles Unified School District. Its mascot is the Lancer and the school colors are brown, orange, and white. The school motto is: "What we are to be we are now becoming."
The school newspaper is called the "Odyssey" in reference to President Grant's first name - Ulysses - the main character in Homer's epic "The Odyssey." There is a school tradition that, on or about April 1, a satirical issue is distributed called the "Oddity" and it contains comical and irreverent articles. Past "articles" have been about finals being canceled, the school being closed, rats infesting the cafeteria, clothing optional P.E. classes, etc.
The annual school yearbook is called the "Shield."
Connected to Grant High School is a communications/technology magnet which emphasizes smaller class sizes and communications technology electives including film/video production, broadcast journalism, computer technology, graphic communications, and performing arts.[1]
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[edit] History
Grant opened in 1959.
In 2006, Grant was relieved of many 9th and 10th graders by the opening of East Valley High School, which planned to phase in grades 11 and 12 in the following two years [2].
[edit] Filming Location
Grant High School has been featured in a number of film and television productions. This is due to the long strip of road paralleling the concrete Tujunga Wash (known as "Lancer Lane" by students, faculty, and alumni), and available for free parking -- combined with the ease of moving equipment around. Grant High School is also recognized as among the best high schools in the country for its film/video productions made by students of the communications/technology magnet.
Among the professional film and television productions that have utilized Grant High School as a filming location:
- Seduced By Madness: The Diane Borchardt Story
- Clueless - the film and exterior shots and the television series
- Freaks and Geeks
- Malcom in the Middle
- Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
- Who's Your Daddy? - a direct-to-video feature film
- Saved By the Bell- exterior shot
- Six Feet Under - Cable show (interior shots of class rooms)
- What Ever Happened to the Class of '65? TV Series
- With Six You Get Eggroll - 1968 movie starring Doris Day and Brian Keith
Many music videos including:
[edit] Trivia
In the late 1960s, a local L.A. television station aired a game show called "It's Academic", which featured competition among L.A. area high schools in a quiz show format. Grant won the competition both years that the show was on the air.
Athletically, the Lancers have won the Los Angeles City Championship in boys tennis in 1974, baseball in 1986, and girls soccer in 1990.
In 1977, students at Grant achieved a listing in the Guiness Book of World Records for playing the world's largest musical chairs game (record since broken).
[edit] Notable alumni
- Gilbert Arenas, Professional Basketball Player, NBA All Star
- Rod Beck, Professional Baseball Player 1991-2003, 3 time all star.
- Barry Carl, former Rockapella Band Member
- Mike Curb, Record Producer, California Lieutenant Governor from 1979-83.
- Moosie Drier, Actor and occasional Director.
- Micky Dolenz, Actor/Musician/Drummer of The Monkees
- Mitch Gaylord, 1984 U.S. Olympic gold medal winning gymnast
- Tom Griffin, Professional Baseball player, 1969-82, Sporting News National League Rookie Pitcher of the Year in 1969
- Joel Grover, Los Angeles TV News Investigative Reporter
- Kay Lenz, Emmy Award winning actress, first wife of David Cassidy
- Bruce Manson, professional tennis player in the late 1970s
- Danny Nucci, Professional Film Actor
- Jeff Porcaro, Professional Musician, co-founder of the rock group Toto
- Steve Porcaro, Professional Musician, co-founder of the rock group Toto
- Mike Porcaro, Professional Musician
- Tom Scott, Professional Musician
- Tom Selleck, Professional Film Actor
- Jim Umbarger, Professional baseball player 1975-78
[edit] Alma Mater Song
All hail alma mater we sing with a vibrant cry. To pledge our allegiance to Grant, our senior high. We vow this forever in every endeavor to uphold the Lancer fame. With brown, orange, and white as the sign of our might, we're faithful to Grant's glorious name.[citation needed]
