Grace King High School

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Grace King High School is a public high school located in Metairie in unincorporated Jefferson Parish, Louisiana.

Grace King was built in the 1960s as a girls high school. The school, which serves grades 9-12, is a part of the Jefferson Parish Public Schools system. The school serves unincorporated portions of Jefferson Parish and a portion of the city of Kenner. The school's mascot is Lucky the (Fighting Irish) Leprechaun, and the school colors are green and gold. During Hurricane Katrina, the school suffered damage to its gymnasium's roof, and housed a National Guard troop until the school reopened in October 2005. Grace King High School is currently in the process of building a putt-putt course that is accessible to students confined to wheelchairs. The project was postponed after the hurricane, and is now underway again, led by special education teacher Erich Sollenberger.

Grace King is also home to the award-winning student newspaper, Irish Eyes

Grace King courtyard and putt-putt course

[edit] Notable Alumni

Pantera/Down (band) vocalist Phil Anselmo, while attending Grace King High School, fronted the local heavy metal band Razor White.

Actor/Comedian/Talk-show host Ellen DeGeneres (who was born in Metairie) attended Grace King; however, she did not graduate from the school.

NBA Indiana Pacers forward Danny Granger was a 2001 graduate of Grace King as a four-year letterman, averaging 24.3 ppg, 12 rpg and 5.5 bpg as a senior.

Scotty Granger (Danny Granger's younger brother), a contestant on ABC's "The One: Making a Music Star" was a 2005 graduate of Grace King High School.

The New Orleans Saints' WR/PR/KR Michael Lewis "the beerman" went to school at Grace King.