Garden Grove High School

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Garden Grove High School is located in Garden Grove, California. It is a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District. The school's athletic teams are known as the Argonauts.

The Garden Grove Union High School District was established in 1921 in response to attempts by neigboring school districts to annex the Garden Grove area. GGHS opened its doors in September 1921 in temporary facilities. The school moved to its present location on Stanford Avenue in 1923. The school's athletic teams were originally known as "Chili Peppers," reflecting the dominant local crop of the time. Later in the 20s, the more dignified "Argonauts" was chosen. GGHS was badly damaged by the 1933 Long Beach earthquake; the main classroom building suffered a partial collapse and one student was killed. The structure was rebuilt and is still in use as the language arts building. It also houses the Argonaut Hall of Fame and Museum, chronicling the school's long history. In 2003 Garden Grove High School's entered their first team in the Orange County Academic Decathlon, having one member of the team receive a single medal. The following year the team gained massive improvement in winning 33 medals, and the year afterwards the team topped itself by gaining 125 total medals and placing first in their division. GGHS grew with the post-World War II boom and by the Sixties, it was joined by six other high schools in what is now the Garden Grove Unified School District. Famous alumni of Garden Grove High include actor-writer Steve Martin and millionaire adventurer Steve Fossett, as well as baseball star Lenny Dystkra.

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