Grand Rapids High School

Grand Rapids High School
Grand Rapids High School
Address
	800 Conifer Dr NW; Grand Rapids, Minnesota 55744; United States
Information
Type	Public Secondary
Principal	Darrin Hofstad[citation needed]
Teaching staff	70
Grades	9–12
Number of students	1,093 (2016–17)
Color(s)	Orange and Black ;
Mascot	Thunderhawk
Radio	"Hawk Talk"
Website	grthunderhawks.com

Grand Rapids High School is a four-year public

St. Paul, Minnesota

.

GRHS' Student Council and the school facility served as the host of the 2010 Minnesota Student Council State Convention in April. The Theme was "Survivor Northwoods: Leadership By Nature"

Overview

Grand Rapids High School, "GRHS", is one of the two high schools in

Itasca Community College

. GRHS's school song is the "Rapids Rouser".

Similar to other northern Minnesota high schools, GRHS has two homecomings: the traditional Fall Homecoming for American football and a winter homecoming for ice hockey. The school also has a "Spring Fling", similar to a homecoming week. All three events are usually a week long, with a different dress-up theme each day, with Friday being Orange & Black (the school colors) Day. Friday also commonly has a shortened class schedule with a pep fest in the morning.

On October 5, 1966, 15-year-old David Black, killed school administrator Forrest Willey and seriously wounded fellow student, 14-year-old Kevin Roth.^[2]^[3] Black was tried as a juvenile and released after serving 5 years in prison.^[4]

Technical education

GRHS has a technical education center with much equipment, from a

3D Printer

for making computer-designed parts.

Athletics

As of 2024^[update] all of the schools athletics were under the direction of activities director Dale Christy. Anne Campbell retired from the post of athletic director in 2023.^[5]