The collective experience of the 2017/18 retirees totals more than 3,100 years in Granite School District. These professionals served as teachers, principals, administrators, office professionals, support staff, bus drivers, custodians, maintenance staff, counselors, and many other positions in the district. We are so grateful for their years of ...
2017
Hunter High named national School of the Year for auto program
Hunter High School has been named the 2017 School of the Year by Tomorrow's Tech magazine for their outstanding automotive program. Hunter is the 10th recipient of the annual award, naming it the best technical training school in the country. “We felt Hunter High School did a great job on their entry video, showing us and telling us why they ...
GSD students named National Merit semi-finalists
A handful of Granite District students are part of a select group of pupils nationwide who were named National Merit Scholarship semi-finalists. The program is a competition for recognition and scholarships that began in 1955. Students enter the National Merit Program by taking the Preliminary SAT/National Merit Scholarship Qualifying ...
Board Report & Budget Hearing – June 2017
Board Member Mid-Term Replacement Interviews The board interviewed seven individuals who submitted their names for consideration to fill the vacancy of resigning Granite School District board member Sarah Meier (Precinct IV). Meier will resign her position in July, vacating a four-year term that began in January 2017. After 20 years of service on ...
Teacher of the Year: South Kearns first-grade teacher Sarah Wilson
“Every child can learn, and as teachers we should endeavor to help them achieve their potential." That's the teaching philosophy of South Kearns Elementary first-grade teacher Sarah Wilson, and as those who know her can attest, it's a philosophy she lives by every single day. Mrs. Wilson is the 2017 Granite School District Teacher of the Year. ...
View the list of Granite employees who retired during the 2016/17 school year
The collective experience of the 2016/17 retirees totals more than 4,500 years in Granite School District. These professionals served as teachers, principals, administrators, office professionals, support staff, bus drivers, custodians, maintenance staff, counselors, and many other positions in the district. We are so grateful for their years of ...
Hartvigsen teacher receives Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education
Hartvigsen School secondary teacher Barbara Hegland was announced as one of 11 educators statewide to receive the 2017 Huntsman Award for Excellence in Education. Barbara is this year's special education winner, a distinction that is given to only one Utah teacher every year. The announcement came on a Thursday morning during a dance activity ...
Ten educators announced as Excel Award winners
The Excel Award selection committee hopped on a bus and traveled around the district to surprise educators with Granite's prestigious award. Shock, awe and gratitude flashed across the faces of the recipients, but their recognition comes as no surprise to their students and colleagues. Here are this year's Excel Award winners: Emily Lehnardt ...
Board Meeting Report – March 2016
Administrative Reports Linda Mariotti, Assistant Superintendent of Teaching & Learning Services, gave a report to the board on the adoption of new K-6 English Language Arts materials. The new eTextbooks and materials more closely align with the Utah Core Standards (see Contract under Consent Items). John Welburn, Assistant Superintendent ...