View source for Spain Park High School

{{Infobox School
|name = Spain Park High School
|established = 2001
|district = [[Hoover City Schools]]
|grades = 9-12
|principal = Larry Giangrosso
|enrollment = 1,661
|enroll-year = 2017
|colors = Blue, black & white
|mascot = Jaguars
|address = 4700 [[Jaguar Drive]]
|city = Hoover
|website = [http://spainparkhigh.al.hch.schoolinsites.com/ spainparkhigh.al.hch.schoolinsites.com]
}}
'''Spain Park High School''' is a public high school, the second built for the [[Hoover City Schools]] system. It is located on [[Jaguar Drive]] off  [[Valleydale Road]] in part of the former [[Spain Park]], a property formerly owned by the [[Frank Spain|Spain family]] and donated to the [[City of Birmingham]], then acquired in the 1990s by the city of [[Hoover]]. The school opened in the Fall of [[2001]]. The school's enrollment is around 1,000.

The three-story brick-clad building and adjoining athletic facilities were designed by [[Crawford McWilliams Hatcher Architects]] and constructed for around $45 million.

Spain Park High School was named a "Blue Ribbon" school by the U.S. Department of Education in [[2008]]. In [[2012]], science teacher [[Suzanne Culbreth]] was named "Alabama Teacher of the Year" by the [[Alabama State Board of Education]].

==Principals==
* [[Billy Broadway]], 2001-2010
* [[Chris Shaw]], 2010-2015
* [[Larry Giangrosso]], 2015-

==Athletics==
Spain Park's athletic teams, nicknamed the "Jaguars," compete in the [[AHSAA]] Class 6A, [[AHSAA Region 6|Region 6]]. Team colors are Carolina blue, black and white. The mascot is named "Jaggy".

The school's athletic director is [[Gena Morris]]. [[Chip Lindsey]] is the head football coach. [[Al Del Greco]], former kicker for the NFL's Houston Oilers and Tennessee Titans, is the boys' golf coach and the football team's kicking coach.

The Jaguars have won six state championships: two in girls' soccer (2004, 2009), two in boys' golf (2008, 2009), and one each in boys' tennis (2007) and girls' golf (2009). The football lost the [[Super Six]] 6A championship game to Prattville in [[2007]]. The boys' basketball team advanced to the [[AHSAA Final Four]] the same year.

Spain Park's football team was shown on MTV's television program ''[[Two-A-Days]],'' as an opponent of archrival [[Hoover High School]]. Hoover is undefeated in the nine meetings between the rivals.

==Music==
The Jaguar band is directed by [[Mike Aycock]]. [[Andrew Kruspe]] is the assistant band director, and directs the Spain Park Concert Band. On [[November 11]], [[2006]], the Spain Park Marching Band participated in the New York City Nation's Parade, which celebrated Veterans Day. 

Since the school's founding, Spain Park's show choir, known as The Park Singers, has been very successful in competitions across the South.  Highlights include Grand Championships at the [[Auburn University]] Jazz and Show Choir Festival (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007), the Opelika High School Southern Showcase (2004, 2005), the [[Homewood High School]] South Central Classic (2005, 2006), and the Enterprise High School Show Choir Invitational (2007).  The Park Singers have also competed at Show Choir Nationals in Nashville, Tennessee, since 2006. The Park Singers are directed by [[Gia Graddy]].

==Notable alumni==
* [[Simone Charley]], NWSL soccer player
* [[Chris Ellis]], MLB pitcher
* [[Tyler Grisham]], college football coach and former NFL player
* [[Mike Jackson]], NFL cornerback
* [[Colton Ledbetter]], MiLB outfielder
* [[Nick Mullens]], NFL quarterback
* [[Austin Wiley]], IBPL center

==References==
* "[http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Spain_Park_High_School Spain Park High School]" (June 27, 2007) Wikipedia - accessed July 5, 2007
* Ray, Tiffany (April 29, 2010) "Hoover school board picks Georgia educator as new Spain Park High School principal." {{BN}}

==External links==
* [http://www2.hoover.k12.al.us/schools/sphs/Pages/default.aspx Spain Park High School] website
* [http://www.spfootball.com/default.asp SPHS Football] website

[[Category: Spain Park High School|*]]
[[Category: 2001 buildings]]
[[Category: 2001 establishments]]
[[Category: CMH Architects buildings]]
[[Category: Blue Ribbon schools]]