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[[File:GuamHighSchoolAganaHeights.jpg|thumb|Guam High School]]
| name = Guam High School
'''Guam High School'''('''GHS''' or '''GMHS'''<ref>"[http://www.dodea.edu/GuamHS/about.cfm About]." Guam High School. Retrieved on August 4, 2017. Both acronyms are used on the same page.</ref>) is a U.S. military operated secondary school located at 401 Stitt Street in [[Agana Heights, Guam|Agana Heights]] in the [[United States]] territory [[Guam]].<ref>http://www.mwrguam.com/images/pdfs/80.pdf</ref>
[[File:GuamHighSchoolAganaHeights.jpg|thumb|Guam Highimage School]]= GuamHighSchoolAganaHeights.jpg
| type = High school
| students = 481<ref name = "About">{{Cite web |last=Communications |first=DoDEA |title=About Our School {{!}} Guam High School |url=https://www.dodea.edu/guamhs/about.cfm |access-date=2022-01-05 |website=www.dodea.edu |language=en-us |archive-date=2022-01-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220105214126/https://www.dodea.edu/guamhs/about.cfm |url-status=live }}</ref>
| ratio = 15:1<ref name = "About"/>
| ceeb = 525101
| grades = [[Education in the United States#School grades|9&ndash;12]]
| motto = Guiding students for life-long learning High expectations and total accountability Striving for success
| city = [[Agana Heights]]
| state = Guam <!-- Do not link per [[WP:SEAOFBLUE]] -->
| country = US
| address = 401 Stitt Street, Agana Heights, GU
| principal = Katrina Watts
| mascot = [[Panthera|Panther]]s
| coordinates = {{coord|13.4740721|144.74436279999998|format=dms|type:edu_globe:earth_region:US-GU|display=inline,title}}
| pushpin_map = Guam#Pacific Ocean
| colors = Blue and gold <br> {{colorbox|374a9a|border=silver}}{{colorbox|eab649|border=silver}}
| homepage = {{url|https://www.dodea.edu/guamhs/index.cfm}}
}}
'''Guam High School''' ('''GHS''' or '''GMHS'''<ref>"[http://www.dodea.edu/GuamHS/about.cfm About] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170804124835/http://www.dodea.edu/GuamHS/about.cfm |date=2017-08-04 }}." Guam High School. Retrieved on August 4, 2017. Both acronyms are used on the same page.</ref>) is a U.S. military operated secondary school located at 401 Stitt Street in [[Agana Heights, Guam|Agana Heights]] in the [[United States]] territory of [[Guam]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mwrguam.com/images/pdfs/80.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2008-09-09 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080910053939/http://www.mwrguam.com/images/pdfs/80.pdf |archive-date=2008-09-10 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
 
The school, a part of the [[Department of Defense Education Activity]], serves over 500 students grades 9 through 12. The school serves children of military personnel stationed in Guam. Staff includes forty-six teachers and two administrators. The principal is JasonKatrina SheedyWatts.
 
In September 1997 the DoDEA opened its own schools for children of military personnel.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12381|title=Guam School to be Renamed in Honor of NASA Astronaut William McCool|date=21 August 2003}}{{Dead link|date=June 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> It is within the [[United States Naval Hospital Guam|Naval Hospital]] [[census-designated place]], defined by the [[U.S. Census Bureau]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st66_gu/place/p6652200_naval_hospital/DC10BLK_P6652200_001.pdf|title=2010 CENSUS - CENSUS BLOCK MAP: Naval Hospital CDP, GU|publisher=[[U.S. Census Bureau]]|accessdate=2020-10-09|archive-date=2022-02-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223055930/https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/dc10map/GUBlock/st66_gu/place/p6652200_naval_hospital/DC10BLK_P6652200_001.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
In September 1997 the DoDEA opened its own schools for children of military personnel.<ref>http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=12381</ref>
 
==School uniforms==
Like other [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] schools on Guam, Guam High School requires [[school uniform]]s. Uniforms consist of navy blue, white or black [[golf shirt]]s and [[oxford shirt]]s, navyas bluewell and white, andas khaki trousers, skirts, and shorts.<ref>"[http://www.guam.pac.dodea.edu/schooluniforms.html School Uniforms] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100820141251/http://www.guam.pac.dodea.edu/schooluniforms.html |date=2010-08-20 }}." [[Department of Defense Education Activity]] Pacific - Guam. Retrieved on October 12, 2010.</ref> DODEA Pacific officials began implementing uniforms at the schools in the northern hemisphere fall of 2007; students received a period to adjust, then uniforms became mandatory in January 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Weaver, |first1=Teri. "[http|title=Students on Guam go for a uniform look |url=https://www.stripes.com/news/students-on-guam-go-for-a-uniform-look-1.67941 Students|access-date=12 onOctober Guam2010 go for a uniform look]" ([http://www.webcitation.org/6WL6mpb8Z Archive]). ''[[|work=Stars and Stripes (newspaper)|Stars and Stripes]]''.date=23 August 23, 2007. Retrieved|language=en on|archive-date=22 OctoberJune 12,2011 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622110224/http://www.stripes.com/news/students-on-guam-go-for-a-uniform-look-1.67941 |url-status=live }}</ref>
 
==Athletics==
Athletic activities at the school include:<ref name="FareastActivities">{{Cite web |url=http://www.guam.pac.dodea.edu/Guam%20Schools/GHSweb/fareast/fareast.htm |title=Far east |access-date=2008-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080925091921/http://www.guam.pac.dodea.edu/Guam%20Schools/GHSweb/fareast/fareast.htm |archive-date=2008-09-25 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Baseball]]
* [[Basketball]]
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* [[Softball]]
* [[Tennis]]
* [[Track and Field]]
* [[Volleyball]]
* [[Wrestling]]
 
==Other organizations and programs==
Other organizations and programs include:<ref name="FareastActivities"/>
* [[Journalism]]
* [[Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps|Navy Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps] (NJROTC)]]
* [[Junior Science and Humanities Symposium]] (JSHS)
* A theatre program
* [[Model United Nations]] (MUN)
* Music Festival
* Speech/Arts Winter Festival
* A school wide [[CCTV]] morning broadcast under the name of Panther News Network (PNN)
* Student Government & Class Councils
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==External links==
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*[http://www.dodea.edu/GuamHS/ Guam High School]
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{{Guam Schools}}
{{Department of Defense Education Activity}}
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[[Category:HighPublic high schools in Guam]]
[[Category:Agana Heights, Guam]]