Glendale High School is an American high school in the southeast area of Springfield, Missouri, near U.S. Route 65. 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 Football: 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 Los Angeles, California, and also in St. Louis, Missouri 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 bowl parades, the most recent being the 2001 Orange Bowl 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 MLB player (Houston Astros, San Francisco Giants) Zak Cummings, professional mixed martial artist for the UFC's Welterweight Division Johnny Morris, founder of American Outdoor store Bass Pro Shops, (class of 1966) Steve Rogers, former MLB player (Montreal Expos) Tom Whitlock, songwriter and musician, best known for his Academy Award-and Golden Globe-winning song "Take My Breath Away", from the film Top Gun
Incidents
In May 2023 a teacher was recorded by a student using a racial slur multiple times while in class. The student was suspended for using an electronic device in class although her family retained an attorney encourage SPS to reconsider its actions. The teacher who used the racial slur later resigned.