This page was created to help memorialize some of the fictional high schools that you may have watched on television
                           or movies when you were growing up. Contact us at  ihsgdwebsite@comcast.net if you have more information to add.  
                           
  
                           
                           The Andy Griffith
                           Show 
                           
  
                           Mayberry Union
                           High School “Bears”  
                           
  
                           Year opened:         1960 
                           Year closed:          1969 
                           Team nickname:    "Bears" 
                           Team colors:          Orange
                           & Blue 
                           Team Fight Song:  Mayberry Union High 
                           
                                                       
                           Mayberry Union High 
                                                       
                           Victory is yours well nigh, 
                                                       
                           We’ll hit the line for points every time, 
                                                       
                           The Orange & Blue will try, try, try. try. 
                                                       
                           And when the victory’s won, 
                                                       
                           You’ll be our favorite son. 
                                                       
                           Proud waves your banner in the sky! 
                                                       
                           Mayberry Union High! 
                           
  
                           Archrival:             
                           Mt. Pilot High School 
                               
                           
                           The Archies 
                           
  
                           Riverdale High School  
                           
  
                           Year opened:            1941 
                           Team colors:             Blue & Gold 
                           Rivals:                      
                           Greendale, Midvale, Pembrooke Academy   
                              
  
                           
                           The Brady Bunch 
                           
  
                           Westdale High School "Bears" 
                           
  
                           Year opened:          1969 
                           Year closed:           
                           1974 
                           Team nickname:     "Bears" 
                           Team colors:           Blue
                           & Yellow 
                           Team fight song:     unavailable 
                           Archrival:                
                           Coolidge High School "Billygoats" 
                                                          
                           Red & Yellow 
                                                           Raquel
                           the Goat was the mascot 
                           
  
                           
                           
                           Happy Days 
                           
  
                           Jefferson High School "Ducks"  
                           
  
                           Year opened:          1974 
                           Year closed:            1984 
                           Team nickname:      "Ducks" 
                           Team colors:            Blue
                           & White 
                           Team fight song:      unavailable 
                           
  
                           
                           Leave
                           It To Beaver 
                           
  
                           Mayfield
                           High School “Bulldogs”  
                           
  
                           Year opened:         
                           1957 
                           Year closed:            1963 
                           Team nickname:     "Bulldogs" 
                           Team colors:            Orange & Blue?? 
                           Team Cheer:            “We’re
                           the fighting sons of Mayfield, 
                                                            
                           Onward Mayfield High, 
                                                            
                           We will always honor Mayfield, 
                                                            
                           Mayfield do or die!” 
                           Archrival:                  
                           Bellport High School    
                           
  
                           
                           Petticoat Junction 
                           
  
                           Hooterville High School “Hawks” 
                           
  
                           Year opened:         1963 
                           Year closed:          1970 
                           Team nickname:   "Hawks" 
                           Team colors:         Gold & Blue 
                           Team fight song:   unavailable 
                           Archrival:              
                           Pixley High School “Polecats" 
                           
  
                           
                           
                           
                           Welcome Back Kotter 
                           
  
                           James Buchanan High School. Bronx, New York 
                           
  
                           Year opened:              1975 
                           Year closed:                1979 
                           Student's nickname:    "Sweathogs" 
                           School colors:              Navy Blue,
                           Light Blue, & Yellow (Gold) 
                           Team Fight Song:        unavailable 
                                 
                           Movie: All The Right Moves 
                           
  
                           
                           Ampipe High School 
                           
  
                           Year Opened: 1983 
                           Team Nickname:Bulldogs 
                           School Colors: Black, Gold, and White 
                           Archrival:Walnut Heights Knights 
                           Notable Player and Coach: Stefan "Stef" Djordjevic (Tom Cruise) Coach Burt Nickerson (Craig T. Nelson)
   
                           
  
                           Movie:  The Breakfast
                           Club 
                           
  
                           Shermer High School  
                           
  
                           Year opened:          
                           1984 
                           Team nickname:      unavailable 
                           Team colors:           
                           Dark Blue & Gray 
                           Team fight song:      unavailable 
                              
                           
                           Movie:  Grandview, U.S.A. 
                             
                           Grandview High School 
                           Filmed in Pontiac, Illinois! 
                           Year opened:  1984 
                             
                           Movie: Grease 
                           
  
                           Rydell High School "Rangers"  
                           
                           
  
                           Year opened:        1978 
                           Year closed:          1982 
                           Team nickname:   “Rangers” 
                           Team colors:         Red & White 
                           Team fight song:    
                           
  
                                                         
                           Hit 'em Rydell ringtails                               
                           Tear 'em apart , green and brown 
                                                          Bash
                           their brains out 
                                                          Stomp
                           'em on the floor 
                                                         
                           For the glory of Rydell ever more! 
                                                          
                            
                                                         
                           Fight team fight                               
                           Chew 'em up spit 'e out                               
                           Fight team.. Fight...! 
                           
  
                                                         
                           Rydell Alma Mater 
                                                         
                           As I go traveling down life's highway,                               
                           Whatever course my fortunes may foretell,                               
                           I shall not go alone on my way,                                or
                           thou shalt always be with me Rydell.                               
                           When I seek rest from worldly matters,                                In
                           place or in hovel I may dwell,                               
                           and tho´ my bed be silk or taters,                                my
                           dreams shall always be of thee, Rydell.                                Though
                           all the years, Rydell,                                
                           and tears, Rydell,                               
                           we give the cheers Rydell for thee,                                Through
                           ev´rything, Rydell, 
                                                          We
                           cling, Rydell,                               
                           And sing, Rydell, to thee!  
                           
  
                           
 
  
                           
                           Movie:  Halloween 
                           
  
                           Haddonfield High School “Huskers” 
                           
  
                           Year opened:          1963 
                           Year closed:           
                           2009? 
                           Team nickname:     "Huskers" 
                           Team colors:           Black &Orange 
                           Team fight song:     unavailable 
                           Archrival:                 Russellville,
                           Smith's Grove 
                           
  
                           
                           Movie:  Hoosiers 
                           
  
                           Hickory High School "Huskers" 
                           
  
                           Year opened:          1954 
                           Team nickname:     Huskers 
                           Team colors:           Dark Red & Yellow 
                           State Champions:   1954   
                           
  
                           
 
     
                           Movie:  It's A Wonderful
                           Life  
                           
  
                           Bedford Falls High School 
                           
  
                           Year opened:       1946 
                           Unique Feature:   The gymnasium floor opens up (retracts) 
                                                      
                            to reveal a swimming pool underneath. 
                           
  
                           Movie:  Magic Town 
                           
  
                           Grandview High School  
                           
  
                           Year opened:           1947 
                           
  
                           
  
                           
                           
  
                           Movie:  One On One 
                           
  
                           Highland High School "Huskies"  
                           
  
                           Year opened:         1977 
                           Team nickname:    Huskies 
                           Team colors:          Dark Green & White 
                           Famous Player:      Henry Steele (Robbie Benson)
                             
                         
                        
                        
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