User:Brewillard/sandbox

Small Learning Communities
Grant High School will divide their school into multiple smaller learning communities in order to better create an environment of inclusion and additionally serve students with a curriculum that also includes their interest. Teacher's will use techniques that have been tested and proven to be successful in academic success.

The freshman academy is designed to help incoming freshman adapt to the High School environment. The freshman academy will continue its focus on Math, Social Science, Science, English, and PE with methods that will help students better prepare freshman for the next years to come. Not only will they focus on academic preparation but it will also focus on social enhancements with hopes of gaining more student involvement in extra curricular activities.

Sophomore Academy/(Coming Soon)

Upper Grade Acadmies/(Coming soon)

Magnet
College Prep of Digital Arts Magnet at Grant High School is a magnet program wishing Grant High School that focuses on enhancing college level skills. The program's center of interest is on Advancement placement and Honor level proficiency. Due to our global society that is in a state rapid growth the program prepares the students for future workplaces that will be in high demand. In order to strengthen their skills they include web-based research, visual rhetoric, video production, broadcast journalism, and digital imaging into their curriculum.

Since the year 1990 Humanities has been a small academy at Grant High School. The purpose of this academy was to build a sensed community and to challenge students academically. In August 2018, Humanitas was newly established as the "Humanities Magnet for Interdisciplinary Studies. The program would remain consistent of its original mission but with new enhancements. Students enrolled in this program will have access to Los Angeles Valley Community College, college courses, that are specifically open to them. The classes will count towards High School and College classes. In addition, Humanitas students have the ability to go on field trips and participate in school activities that are only accessible to them.

Clubs and Organizations
Clubs and organizations at Grant High School include the following:
 * A.C.L.U.
 * Academic Decathlon
 * Anime Club
 * Armenian Club
 * Band
 * Cheer
 * Chess Club
 * Christian Club
 * College Tours
 * Community Club
 * Dance Club
 * Debate Club
 * Environmental Club
 * FIDM Fashion Club
 * Filipino Club
 * Humanitas
 * International Food Club
 * JSU
 * Latinos Unidos
 * Mathletes
 * Politics
 * Super Hero/ Sci Fi Club
 * Twilight Zone Club
 * Y.A.M Club

Honorable Teachers
Howard Levine - Grant High School's basketball court was named "Howie Levine Court", after former basketball coach, Howie Levine. Coach Levine was the second Basetkball coach to ever coach at Grant. Not only did he coach for Grant but he was a former Lancer himself. Coach Levine lead Grant's basketball team through a total of 500 wins and 294 loses. Through his leadership, Grant's boys basketball team has won a total of 13 league titles but in his career he did not get them to a city title. However, Coach Levine, did lead Grant's Golf team through two city titles. Coach Levine also coached former NBA player Gilbert Arena.

Academics
In 2018 Grant High School had the highest growth of any High School in the Los Angeles Unified School District by an increase of 18 points in the English language arts section and 17 points in math section for the SBAC (Smarter Balanced Assessment California) testing.

Grant Future
Due to Grant High School being built in 1959 much of its buildings are outdated. LAUSD has conducted a project proposal that would modernize the school and create space for more students as a result of Los Angeles' rapid growing suburbia. The new plan would start by creating a structure that would better accommodate to students with disabilities under the ADA act. (Americans with disabilities) 41 of Grant's classrooms will be demolished and 31 classes would be rebuilt. 48 classes will be remodeled and 14 of them would remain the same. The library and M&O (maintenance and operations) building will be newly rebuilt. The entire 100 building will be torn down to create newly renovated; career center, health unit, administrative building, and an office for the school police.The sewers, water, utilities will be upgraded in order to create a more sanitary environment. In addition, Grant Hall (Auditorium) will be modernized and the school's landscape will be upgraded.