After the tragedy that struck Grants Pass in 1948, the students were a bit shaken up, but life went on. In 1961 and 1962 there were more additions and repairs made to the high school.

On February 24, 1961, the roof of the two-story main building blew off in a freak storm, and landed on the car of Spanish teacher Grace Van Walk.

The principal at the time, Frank Thomas, had said the repair crew never attached the roof of the building in 1948. The roof sat on top of the school for 13 years waiting for a freak storm such as this to happen.

There was constant growth and changing on the GPHS campus. A few months after the storm, there was a science wing added to the school.

In 1952, there was a shop added to the school, and there were additions added to the shop in 1953, 1955, and 1956. In 1956, the girl’s gym was built next to the Memorial Gym and in 1962 the music building was added.

In 1958, the crafts building was constructed. In 1969 the former administration building became the Business Building and the Vocational Building was constructed.

In 1977 the Three Rivers School District (the Josephine County School District back then) built two new high schools which lowered the enrollment at GPHS. In September of 1988, the football grandstands were destroyed by an arson fire. The next year the new grandstands were near completion and the new fireproof cement structure seated 1,600 people.

"I remember that first-year teachers had to perform a skit on the last day of school (for the faculty)," remarked English teacher Teresa Connelly. "Mr. Morgan, Mr. Zottola, Mr. Satre, and I performed in a skit (can you imagine us being so silly). Of the seven of us hired in 1989, four of us remain—that is pretty good," she added.

In the summer of 1996 construction of a new high school began. By the Spring of 1996, teachers in the east wing (foreign languages, science, and art) had to pack up everything at the end of the school year because that wing was completely torn down that summer.

"On the last day of school students had to have their lockers cleaned out before the end of the day, comments district math coordinator Robert Lingo, who was a student teacher during the remodel. "As soon as the final bell rang for the year, demolition crews and custodians were in what was then the main building taking out all of the lockers in the hallway," he said.

When school began in the fall, the portable classrooms were not ready, so classes spread out in random places around campus. Classes filled the student center, the wrestling room, the choir room, and the library classroom. By November there were finally three science classrooms, two foreign language and the art classes were in the portables. But there were still teachers sharing classes or moving from room to room.

"They built the school in sections. They would tear down part of the old school, build part of the new school, move everyone into the new part and then repeat the process," explained athletic director Clay Rounsaville.

On March 3rd, 1997, the first bricks were attached to the outside walls of the school. By Spring Break, shapes of the rooms could be determined by the metals 2 x 4’s. In the summer of 1997, the main building was taken down to make room for a new science building and Commons. The buildings were ready in 1998, and the Performing Arts Center was opened in 1999.

"I remember having a Gala Concert to celebrate the opening of the PAC that incorporated performances from all of the music departments and the drama department," says Laura Boldon who started teaching at GPHS that year.

By 1999 the GPHS campus looked way different then the 1911 school. It was completely rebuilt in a complex of seven buildings. Although there were many changes, the school was very reminiscent of the old GPHS building.

"Even though I loved the nostalgia of the old school, I am much more comfortable, and probably a more effective teacher in this building," says English teacher Sean Gulden.

Over a decade has past since the remodel, and although there hasn’t been much change construction wise, the school will always be changing.