Grace High School

Grace High School
Location
Grace, Idaho, USA[1][2]
Information
Type Public
Established 1953[3]
Oversight Grace Joint School District [3][1]
Principal Stephen Brady[1]

[4]
Faculty 21[4]
Grades 9-12[3]
Number of students 134[3]
Color(s) Red, Gray, and White[1]
Mascot Grizzlies[1][2]
Newspaper The Grizzly Growl
IHSAA Division 2A[1]
Website Grace Grizzlies

Grace High School is a high school in Grace, Idaho.[1][2] The community has a strong agricultural base and the high school reflects that base in its curriculum. The school, with 21 faculty and 134 students, is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.[3]

Contents

Prestige

Grace High School received the US News and World Report "Best High School in 2008" award. Inclusion for this exclusive award includes attaining high test scores, academic achievement performance and the overall scholastic experience. Just a select few schools in the nation were able to attain this award.

Extra-curricular Sports

Main article: Grace High School Athletics Program

The high school supports American football, basketball (boys and girls), and volleyball, along with golf, and formerly supported cross country. The high school's mascot is the Grizzlies; it was formerly the Red Devils until 1978. School colors are red and gray. The school's football field/track is named Roswell Field, and the gymnasium is named Greenwood Gymnasium.

Notable alumni

Dick Motta, NBA head coach for the Chicago Bulls, Washington Bullets, Dallas Mavericks, Sacramento Kings, and Denver Nuggets; winner of an NBA championship with the Bullets. He won the 1959 Idaho 2A State Championship with Grace.

Phil Johnson, former collegiate basketball player for Utah State University, former head basketball coach for Weber State University and Sacramento/Kansas City/Omaha Kings, and current assistant coach for the Utah Jazz. He is 3-time NBA Assistant Coach of the Year (2002, 2004, 2007) and also won Coach of the Year honors while with the Kings in 1975.

Richard Condie, current athletic director that served as wide receivers coach with the Idaho State Bengals when they won the NCAA Division I Football Championship in 1981. Coached with current Cincinnati Bengals head coach Marvin Lewis, who was Idaho State's linebackers coach at the time.

Notes

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Grace High School Information". IHSAA. http://www.idhsaa.org/directory/school.aspx?sid=1204. Retrieved 2007-07-31. 
  2. ^ a b c "Grace High School Home Page". http://www.sd148.org/GHS%20website/index.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-31. 
  3. ^ a b c d e "Grace High School Profile". http://www.sd148.org/GHS%20website/School%20info/profile.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-31. 
  4. ^ a b "Grace High School Faculty". http://www.sd148.org/GHS%20website/Academics/Faculty/faculty.htm. Retrieved 2008-07-31.