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**Grace M. Davis High School**
	Grace M. Davis High School
Address
	1200 W. Rumble Road; Modesto, California, United States
Information
Established	1959
School district	Modesto City Schools
CEEB Code	051983
Principal	Mr. Eric Corgiat
Teaching staff	103 (as of 2006-07)
Grades	9-12
Enrollment	2,867 (as of 2006-07)
Student:teacher ratio	27.8 (as of 2006-07)
Color(s)	Green and Gold
Athletics	CIF Sac-Joaquin Section
Athletics conference	Modesto Metropolitan Conference
Mascot	Spartan
Newspaper	Corinthian
Yearbook	Olympian
Website	http://gracedavis.monet.k12.ca.us/

Grace M. Davis High School is a public high school located in Modesto, California. Established in 1959, the school serves students in grades 9-12. Davis High was recognized as a California Distinguished School in 2005.

[edit] History

Established in what was then a rural setting, serving approximately 1800 students from predominantly agricultural based families of north Modesto and Salida. As Modesto and Salida have grown, so has Davis High School. Davis now serves over 3200 students.

[edit] Campus

Consists up of Three locker rows, a "Quad" area used mainly for eating lunch and consists of approximately 100 classrooms.

[edit] Curriculum

The school participates in the California Partnership Academies program, which provides school-within-a-school opportunities for students interested in pursuing careers in health sciences and public safety.

[edit] Extracurricular activities

Student groups and activities include A.C.T.S., Academic Decathlon, anime club, band, Black Student Union, California Scholarship Federation, chess club, conflict mediation, gamers' club, gay-straight alliance, dance, drama, French club, FBLA, FFA, Future Fashion Designers, FHA, international club, Latino Student Union/Hispanic Youth Leadership Council, mock trial, music, Reach and Teach Tutoring, racing club, recycling, Science Bowl, Science Olympiad, and VICA/Skills USA.

Student publications include a newspaper, Corinthian; yearbook; and Corinthian TV, which airs on SchoolTube.com^[2].

[edit] Athletics

Grace M. Davis High School belongs to the Modesto Metropolitan Conference in the Sac-Joaquin Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. Prior to the conference's creation in 2004, the school belonged to the Central California Conference. The teams, known as the Spartans, compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track, volleyball, water polo, and wrestling.

The Spartans have generally dominated the Modesto high school sports scene especially in football, winning the Modesto city title several times with 2007 being the latest since 2002. The Spartans are the only Modesto high school football team to play for a Sac-Joaquin Section title, losing to Elk Grove High School of Sacramento 22-3 at Modesto Junior College Stadium in 1984.^[3]

The Spartans athletic teams have won nine Sac-Joaquin Section titles in:

65-66 Individual Wrestling
66-67 Boys Golf
69-70 Boys Golf
74-75 D1 Boys Golf
81-82 D1 Girls Tennis

85-86 D1 Boys Tennis
93-94 D1 Softball
01-02 D1 Boys Track
02-03 D1 Boys Cross Country

[edit] Notable alumni

Al Autry - pitched one game for the Atlanta Braves
Lincoln Brewster (1989)^[4] - Christian recording artist
Ray Lankford - Major League Baseball player, primarily for the St. Louis Cardinals
Chandra Levy (1995)^[5] - an intern in Washington, D.C., who disappeared in the spring of 2001 and is presumed murdered
James Marsters (1980) - film and television actor
Tisha Venturini - soccer player on the US women's team in the 1996 Olympics
Ashley Walker - was the star player on the UC Berkeley women's basketball team. Now plays for WNBA team Seattle Storm.

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b ^c "School Detail for Grace M. Davis High". National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?SchoolID=062515003739.
^ "SchoolTube - School Landing Page - Grace Davis High School". http://www1.schooltube.com/Organization/OrganizationHome.aspx?oid=127289.
^ http://www.cifsjs.org/pastchamps/champssportpdfs/footballsjschampions.pdf
^ Nowicki, Sue (2007-08-18). "One-time Modestan recounts 'slow-burn' rise to nationally known Christian musician". Modesto Bee. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32663819_ITM.
^ Fagan, Kevin; Jim Herron Zamora (2001-07-01). "Family and friends call Chandra Levy the girl least likely to vanish without a trace". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/01/MN216647.DTL.

[edit] External links

[nces-0] "School Detail for Grace M. Davis High". National Center for Education Statistics. http://nces.ed.gov/ccd/schoolsearch/school_detail.asp?SchoolID=062515003739.

[1] "SchoolTube - School Landing Page - Grace Davis High School". http://www1.schooltube.com/Organization/OrganizationHome.aspx?oid=127289.

[2] ttp://www.cifsjs.org/pastchamps/champssportpdfs/footballsjschampions.pdf

[3] Nowicki, Sue (2007-08-18). "One-time Modestan recounts 'slow-burn' rise to nationally known Christian musician". Modesto Bee. http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-32663819_ITM.

[4] Fagan, Kevin; Jim Herron Zamora (2001-07-01). "Family and friends call Chandra Levy the girl least likely to vanish without a trace". San Francisco Chronicle. http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/07/01/MN216647.DTL.

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