Napa High School, established in 1897, is a four-year comprehensive high school located in

Napa, California Napa is the largest city and county seat of Napa County and a principal city of Wine Country in Northern California. Located in the North Bay region of the Bay Area, the city had a population of 77,480 as of the end of 2021. Napa is a major t ...

. The high school is a comprehensive high school of 1860 students. It is one of three comprehensive high schools in the

Napa Valley Unified School District The Napa Valley Unified School District (NVUSD) is a public school district located in Napa County, California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across ...

. The other comprehensive high schools are

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and American Canyon High School. In addition, the district has a small technology high school, New Technology High School; a Catholic high school, Justin-Siena High School; and four comprehensive middle schools fed by 19 elementary schools.

Sports

Napa High was part of the Monticello Empire League (MEL). However, Napa High switched leagues in the 2018–19 school year and now play in the Vine Valley Athletic League. Th
Vine Valley Athletic League
consists of seven California high schools: Napa High School, American Canyon High School, Casa Grande High School, Justin Siena High School, Petaluma High School,

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, and

. Napa High School offers several sports, which are separated into Fall, Winter, and Spring seasons with Summer practice for certain sports. Fall Sports: Cross Country, Football, Girls Golf, Girls Tennis, Volleyball, and Water Polo Winter Sports: Basketball, Wrestling, and Soccer Spring Sports: Baseball, Boys Golf, Badminton, Lacrosse, Softball, Swimming, Boys Tennis, and Track and Field

Mascot controversy

Following other schools and organizations in California, it was decided that the fate of the mascot, the Indian, would be voted on by the Napa Valley Unified School District Board in 2017. Protests and controversies delayed the vote until March 2018. On 22 March 2018, the school board voted to drop the Indian mascot. During the first days of the 2018–2019 school year, the students of Napa High School voted the "Grizzly" as the new mascot.

Notable alumni

* John Boyett, former

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player * Warren Brusstar, former

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player * Bill Buckner, former

player * Mary C. Dunlap, civil rights lawyer * Michael Gage, member of the California State Assembly from 1976 to 1980 * Mike Gibson, former

player * Steve Hendrickson, former

player * Thomas McDermott Jr., Mayor of Hammond, Indiana and 2020 congressional candidate * Brock Bowers,

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for the Georgia Bulldogs

References

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