Grand Forks Central High School

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Type Public Principal Marlon "Buck" Kasowski Faculty 76 Mascot Knights		Established 1881 Campus Director Tony Bina Phone +1 701-746-2375 Founded 1881

Motto "Providing opportunities to learn, build character, and strive for excellence." Address 115 N 4th St, Grand Forks, ND 58203, USA District Grand Forks 1 School District, Grand Forks Public Schools Profiles Twitter

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Grand Forks Central High School (GFC) is a public senior high school in the Grand Forks Public Schools district. It is located in downtown Grand Forks. Central is regionally renowned in ice hockey and cross country.

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History

GFC was originally built in 1882 at a cost of $26,000.

Its first graduating class graduated in 1886, and consisted of two women, Emma Oldham and Mary Parsons.

The original building underwent major renovation in 1911, and construction was completed on the current main building in 1917. The original structure was demolished in 1937 to build the auditorium, as part of The New Deal's Public Works Administration program. In 1985, construction began on a new media center, cafeteria, updated science classrooms, and gym. The most recent addition was a fine arts wing, a new home for the music department, which for the first time included a back stage and a proper set storage area, as well as a black box theater.

Grand Forks Central is the oldest still-operating high school in North Dakota.

Championships

State Class 'A' boys' basketball: 1927, 1946, 1947, 1952, 1956, 1970, 1974, 1996

State Class 'A' boys' track and field: 1903, 1904, 1906, 1908 co-champions, 1911, 1913, 1914 co-champions, 1915, 1916, 1922 co-champions, 1926, 1927, 1940, 1955, 1956, 1961, 1963, 1964, 1966

State Class 'A' girls' track and field: 1986, 1987

State Class 'A' football: 1906, 1913, 1915, 1916, 1931, 1934, 1938, 1946, 1963

State Class 'AAA' football: 2005

State boys' hockey: 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1993, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2010, 2017

State Class 'A' baseball: 2000, 2006

State girls' soccer: 1997

State Class 'A' cross country: 1998

State Class 'A' speech: 1981, 1982, 1984

Notable alumni

Brooks Bollinger (b. 1979), professional football quarterback

Clifton Emmet "Cliff" Cushman (1938–1966), Olympic hurdler and pilot, U.S. Air Force; killed in the Vietnam War; Cushman Field in Grand Forks is named in his honor

Stuart McDonald (b. 1931), editorial cartoonist and two-term Republican representative in the North Dakota House of Representatives

Dickie Peterson (1946–2009), co-founder, bass player and lead singer of influential hard rock band Blue Cheer

Richard St. Clair (b. 1946), prominent composer of modern classical music

Kathryn Uhrich (b. 1965), Professor of Chemistry, Dean of Math and Physical Sciences at Rutgers University; founder of Polymerix Corporation

Ted Cruz (b. 1970), United States Senator

References

Grand Forks Central High School Wikipedia

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