Granada School is a

public school Public school may refer to: * State school (known as a public school in many countries), a no-fee school, publicly funded and operated by the government * Public school (United Kingdom), certain elite fee-charging independent schools in England an ...

serving

Granada, Colorado The Town of Granada is a Statutory Town in Prowers County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 445 at the 2020 United States Census. History A post office called Granada has been in operation since 1873. The community most likely t ...

, United States. It is the only school in Granada School District RE-1. As a school project, students have set up a museum with details about and artifacts from the

Granada War Relocation Center The Amache National Historic Site, formally the Granada War Relocation Center but known to the internees as Camp Amache, was a concentration camp for Japanese Americans in Prowers County, Colorado. Following the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor o ...

. John Hopper, a history teacher at the school, started a program in the early 1990s to educate students about the

Japanese American internment Japanese may refer to: * Something from or related to Japan, an island country in East Asia * Japanese language, spoken mainly in Japan * Japanese people, the ethnic group that identifies with Japan through ancestry or culture ** Japanese diaspor ...

camp located near the community during

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, gathering photos and interviewing those interned at the camps. Through the efforts of students and their Amache Preservation Society, the camp has been designated as a

National Historic Landmark A National Historic Landmark (NHL) is a building, district, object, site, or structure that is officially recognized by the United States government for its outstanding historical significance. Only some 2,500 (~3%) of over 90,000 places listed ...

. Students from the school have traveled around the state, teaching other students about the internment camp.

Athletics

The Granada Bobcats compete in the High Plains League of the

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. The team colors are green and white. Despite the school's extremely small enrollment, the school's sports teams have earned recognition as state champions in several sports administered by the

: * Baseball: 1991 (1A-2A) and 1995 (2A) * Boys' basketball: 1989 (A-II) and 1991 (1A) * Girls' basketball: 1996 (1A) * American football: 1979, 1988 and 2006 (A-8). The Granada Bobcats won the 2006 Class A 8-man football state championship in triple overtime with a 47–46 win against

Stratton Senior High School Stratton may refer to: People * Stratton (surname) Places Australia * Stratton, Western Australia Canada * Stratton, Ontario England * Stratton, Cornwall * Stratton, Dorset * Stratton, Gloucestershire * Stratton-on-the-Fosse, Somerset * Str ...

, after three previous championship game losses against Stratton. "Go, go, Granada"
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The Pueblo Chieftain The ''Pueblo Chieftain'' is an American daily newspaper published in Pueblo, Colorado. The ''Chieftain'' was established in 1868 by Dr. Michael Beshoar, the first doctor in Trinidad, Colorado. Wilbur Fisk Stone and George A. Hinsdale were the fi ...

'', November 28, 2006. Accessed July 23, 2007.

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* {{authority control Public high schools in Colorado Schools in Prowers County, Colorado Public middle schools in Colorado