Glendale High School is an American

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in the southeast area of

Springfield, Missouri Springfield is the third largest city in the U.S. state of Missouri and the county seat of Greene County. The city's population was 169,176 at the 2020 census. It is the principal city of the Springfield metropolitan area, which had an estimat ...

, near

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. Glendale is one of five public high schools in Springfield Public Schools. In 2010, it had an enrollment of 1,416 students.

Sports

State Championships

* Boys' Golf: 1975, 2007, 2016 * Baseball: 1976, 1978 * Boys' Tennis: 1982 * Girls' Tennis: 1976 * Girls' Golf: 1977, 1978, 1979, 2022 * Girls' Basketball: 1996 * Girls' Swimming: 2013, 2014, 2018 * Boys' Swimming: 2019, 2020, 2021

Ozark Conference Championships

* Boys' Basketball: 1969, 1973, 1974, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990 1991, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2001, 2009, 2012, & 2018 * Girls' Basketball: 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2011, & 2012 *

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: 1964, 1966, 1968, 1969, 1978, 1981, 1982, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1996, 1997, & 2016 * Wrestling: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1981 & 1982 * Boys' Soccer: 2019, 2018, 2017, 2016, 2015 2014, 2005, 2004, 2003, 2002, 2001, 2000, 1998, 1997, 1994, 1991, 1990 * Girls' Soccer: 2015, 2013, 2012, 2011, 2009, 2007, 2004, 2003, 1997 * Baseball: 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1985, 1989, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, & 2019 * Boys' Golf: 1974, 1975, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, & 2019 * Girls' Golf: 1969, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1981, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2016, 2018, 2019, & 2020

Music and Arts

The choral students at Glendale have been selected for District, State, Regional and National Honors Choirs. In 2005, the Glendale High School Chamber Choir sang for the National American Choral Directors Convention in

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, and also in

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for the 2006 Southwestern Regional ACDA Convention. Glendale's orchestra has two divisions: the freshman and advanced. Glendale's band consists of concert, jazz, marching bands. The marching band has performed in numerous

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parades, the most recent being the 2001

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Parade. The Glendale Theatre department students have attended the Missouri Fine Arts Academy. The art department is active in The Memory Project, a program where artists make portraits of underprivileged children around the world in order to foster friendship, caring, and a sense of self-worth

Alumni

* Mark Bailey, former

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player (

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) *

Zak Cummings Zacharry "Zak" Michael Cummings (born August 2, 1984) is an American mixed martial artist, who currently competes in the Middleweight division of the Ultimate Fighting Championship. A professional competitor since 2007, he has also formerly comp ...

, professional

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for the

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's Welterweight Division *

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, founder of American Outdoor store

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, (class of 1966) * Steve Rogers, former

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) *

Tom Whitlock Thomas Ross Whitlock (Springfield, Missouri, 1954) is an American songwriter and musician, best known for his Academy Award-and Golden Globe-winning song "Take My Breath Away", from the film '' Top Gun'', which he co-wrote with Giorgio Moroder. ...

, songwriter and musician, best known for his Academy Award-and Golden Globe-winning song "Take My Breath Away", from the film

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References

{{authority control Schools in Springfield, Missouri Educational institutions established in 1965 Public high schools in Missouri 1965 establishments in Missouri