Talk:Granada High School

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This article was nominated for deletion on 8/5/2006. The result of the discussion was keep.

Kdepa 02:26, 10 May 2006 (UTC)Many of the "fun facts" are clearly exaggerated or completely false. Much of the article appears to be original research with unencyclopedic information.

[edit] Granada High School

Article is full of nonsensical information, much of which is completely nonfactual Kdepa 03:15, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

--It's not like anything else interesting happens at Granada. Occasionally there is a car crash in the parking lot or a student with a 4.0 gpa accepted to Harvard, but other than that the school becomes a little dry. Some humor would help the page. Sources can be found. If it pleases.24.4.10.67 03:07, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

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The following was removed from the article. Please add back anything encyclopedic, if you can cite sources. --Rob 06:00, 10 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Fun Facts

{{Sectfact}} - Most Social Studies teachers provide their students with donuts on friday mornings, even though food is technically not allowed in class.

- Granada has produced no note worthy alumni until recently while their rival Livermore High produced baseball star Randy Johnson.

- Students mourned the loss of the trees in the Quad area (Due to renovation) for they provided convenient places to store trash (In the knot holes).

- Most of the money collected from families for ASB is spent on food expenses for ASB throughout the course of the year. Any excess money is conservatively spent on poster paper and coloring instruments.

- In the 1970's, just days after a new gym floor was put in, vandal students put hoses in the gym windows and completely destroyed and warped the floor. While the gym has recovered, the state of the school has not due to such destructive attitudes.

- The circular science building was fashioned after a nondescript UFO, a scientific fad of the 1960's when the school was built.

- Inside the science building, there is a cupboard containing a small aquarium with some sort of large pickled creature inside. It appears to be from the 1970's and the science teachers themselves are clueless as to what it holds.

-There are two teachers that have been with the school since inception, Steven Sneeringer and Jerome Burg. They are both in their late 70's now but refuse to retire due to their undying dedication to the school and the student's education.

- There is a grove of trees between the 300 and 400 halls that holds a long cherished tradition at Granada. Students popularly elect four freshmen students every 3 years (Currently, the class of 2006 holds this honor, soon to pass to the class of 2009). These honored students control who enters and crosses through this pathway and holds lunchtime priviledges to its use. There is legend that a time capsule containing valuables from the establishment of the school is hidden somewhere in the grove, but the administration allows the priviledged 4 to dig one hole per year, and the capsule has not been found to this day.

- It is standard tradition at Granada, during the first month of school, for the seniors to buy Airhorns and blow them near freshmen to express their utter superiority. While some find this practice derogatory and dispicable, the majority find it quite amusing.

- A series of underground passages exist at Granada, once used as steam room tunnels, that are occasionally used by custodial staff. Every year, there is a charitable raffle held where the winner (usually a student) and a guest are taken on a tour of these passages.

- In the 1978, "Boot Hill" experienced much rain and revealed the corner of a coffin was exposed to the public. The hill used to be a cemetary but all the coffins have since been moved. It is only myth that any body parts were exposed in the event.

- The first Principal of Granada was Woodrow Wilson's Nephew, John Wilson, who established the school in its formative years. Unforunately, he was unable to carry out construction plans effectively, neglecting the overhead walkway coverings that would allow students to pass from class to class in the rain (can be referenced in the school library from original blueprint). To this day, students still suffer in the winter from being completely drenched. Many teachers have hairdryers in their rooms to help remedy this predicament.

- Prior to 2005, smoke could visibly be seen rising from "Boot Hill" at lunch time, due to the schools lack of drug regulation in the park. The onset of the closed campus put an end to most of this activity aside from senior usage.

- Attended 1970-1972. Granada had a form of modular scheduling giving students more freedom than at any other high school I have heard of. Schedules made out on a daily basis for the upcoming day. A 1pm "ad" period lasting 20 minutes was the only "required" class, all others were on a list with various time offerings. Include the open campus and few teachers taking attendance.... well, maximum freedom; for good or bad.

_1972, budget cuts led to school newspaper being discontinued. An underground newspaper created and run by students; the Wall Street Jernil (Granada is located on Wall St.) was asked to become the official school newspaper since it was self-supporting via ads and a very low budget. The cadre agreed ONLY after the lackey bureaucrats, the yellow running dog imperialists running the school, agreed to no direct involvement or censorship in the running of the newspaper.

Early 1970s.... Bagrot, a unique game using a compressed brown bag lunch compressed with rubber bands was all the rage during lunch and break times.