Gregory-Portland High School

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Gregory-Portland High School
Type Public, Secondary
Principal Barbara Cade, Tara Uptergrove, Daniel Smith, Kyde Eddleman
Grades 9–12
Location Portland, Texas USA
Colors Red and Blue
Mascot Wildcat
Newspaper The Cat's Print
Website http://www.g-pisd.org/GPHS/default.htm

Gregory-Portland High School is a U.S. Department of Education Blue Ribbon School of Excellence 1990-2000[1]. A "Just for the Kids High-Performing School" in reading and Mathematics 2000-2002[2]. A Texas Pathfinder School 2002. Gregory-Portland High was rated 14th in regards to Arfican-American Achievements[3].

Contents

[edit] Administrative

[edit] Ethnicity

Gregory-Portland High School's ethnicity distribution for 2005 was 56.9% White, 37.9% Hispanic, 2.4% African-American, 2.4% Asian/Pacific Islander, and .3% Native American.[4]

[edit] Songs

Main Entrance
Main Entrance

Our Alma Mater
Hail to our high school
Honor to thy name
We pledge our loyalty
Faithful evermore
Hail to the Wildcats
Honor to the Red and Blue
Hail to the alma mater
Gregory-Portland High! [5]

GPHS Building from Front.
GPHS Building from Front.

Our Fight Song
Wildcats forever
Firm together stand
Always true and faithful
Steadily we’ll face the world so fearlessly and
Through the years that follow,
Pledge our loyalty for the Red and Blue
With all our might,
We’ll fight for victory! [5]

GPHS Building from Angle.
GPHS Building from Angle.

[edit] Notable Alumni

Vince Vieluf[6], an American Actor.

[edit] References

  1. ^ www.gpisd.org
  2. ^ just4kids.org
  3. ^ teep.tamu.edu
  4. ^ www.schoolmatters.com
  5. ^ a b GPISD Official Page
  6. ^ Internet Movie Database: Vince Vieluf Bio