Located in Garden Grove, California, GGHS has been a member of the Garden Grove Unified School District since its establishment in 1921. The school opened its doors on September 1921 in temporary facilities before moving to its present location on Stanford Avenue in 1923. Its athletic teams were originally known as the "Chili Peppers" - a reflection of the dominant local crop of the time - but soon rallied beneath the more dignified banner of the Argonauts.