Grove High School is a

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in Grove,

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. It is one of four schools in a school district that includes Grove Lower Elementary School, Grove Upper Elementary School and Grove Middle School. The school

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is the " Ridgerunner."

Curriculum

The

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in the

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requires students to take four units of English, three units of mathematics and three units of science to graduate.Oklahoma High School Graduation RequirementsOklahoma State Department of Education
(accessed April 12, 2013) Students must also complete a unit of American History, a half unit of Oklahoma History, a half unit of United States Government and an additional unit in social studies courses. Oklahoma high schools must provide an elective physical education course unless the Oklahoma State Department of Education offers an exemption due to undue hardship. Students must also take two units of a non-English language, two units of computer technology and a unit of fine arts or speech. Grove High School also offers Advanced Placement and concurrent enrollment courses through the Northeast Oklahoma Career Tech Center.
Grove High School Webpage (accessed April 12, 2013)

Extracurricular activities

Grove High School offers many extracurricular activities for students, including an academic competition team, athletics, a robotics education program, marching band, competitive speech, art, choir, FCCLA, FFA, and a drama program. There are also several community service clubs, including Character Counts and Interact. Other groups are the Heritage Club for Native American students, Teen Court, Student Council, Spanish Club, Math Club, and Yearbook.

Notable alumni

Jim Beauchamp James Edward Beauchamp (/ˈbiː-tʃʌm/ (BE-chum), August 21, 1939 – December 25, 2007) was an American Major League Baseball first baseman and outfielder who played from to for the St. Louis Cardinals, Houston Colt .45s/Astros, Milwaukee/A ...

, Former

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player *

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, Head coach at

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, army veteran, former state representative

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Oklahoma Schools in Delaware County, Oklahoma