Administration Reports Representatives from Lewis Young Robertson & Burningham, Inc. presented a briefing on bond sales to the board. For more information, contact Business Services at 385-646-4594. Don Adams, Assistant Superintendent of Support Services, presented potential Skyline High rebuild site layout plans to the board. Board ...
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Region 5 PTA announces annual award recipients
This year's PTA awardees may come from different backgrounds, but they all have one purpose in mind: to support students in Granite School District. Two GSD educators - Brent Nelson of West Kearns Elementary and Gene Bechtold of Churchill Jr. High - received state PTA awards in addition to their region recognition. Region 5 PTA leadership ...
Board Meeting Report – June 2015
Administrative Reports Ben Horsley, Director of Communications, presented an initial report of the Annual Student Population Study List to the board. The board approved continued study of the Matheson Jr. High boundary, which is tied to Cyprus High ninth grade reconfiguration, and the 4800 West boundary. The board voted to remove the Arcadia ...
Cyprus High grad wins NCAA wrestling championship
Three-time Utah state wrestling champion Matt Brown is continuing the winning habits he established in high school. The former Cyprus Pirate defeated his opponent from Pittsburgh, 5-4, this past weekend in St. Louis to win the national championship in the 174-pound division. Matt’s win is, to our knowledge, the first NCAA Division ...
Photo Gallery: All-Star Games feature best basketball talent in District
A handful of some of the most proficient high school basketball athletes in the state showcased their extraordinary talents during Granite School District’s all-star exhibition games. The matches pitted players from the District’s four 4A schools against their peers from the four 5A schools. Each high school team was invited to select four ...
Skyline student named Sterling Scholar Grand Winner
Skyline High School senior Samuel I. Adams has been named the 2015 General Sterling Scholar winner for his exceptional grasp of world dialects. Samuel’s love of languages, including German and American Sign Language, led to him to be named winner in the World Languages category, and subsequently the overall Sterling Scholar winner. His grand ...
Student body officers plan and set goals for the coming school year
For most students, the month of August is usually accompanied with feelings of dread and alarm at the passing of summer and the start of the school year. Not so for dozens of student body officers who anticipate the first day of school with buoyant enthusiasm. Indeed, if the annual SBO Summit at the Granite Education Center was any indication of ...
Photo Gallery: High School Art Show
Visitors who made it to the 2014 Granite School District High School Art Show undoubtedly left with a sense of awe and amazement at the level of talent displayed by artists throughout the district. This year's show featured several pieces in several mediums, including pencil drawing, painting, ceramics, mixed media, commercial art, photography, ...
Photo Gallery: High School All-Star Basketball Game
The GSD All-Star Basketball Game featured some of the best hoopsters from all eight high schools in the district. Each school sent four senior basketball players (two boys and two girls) to play in scrimmages that pitted 4A schools (Cyprus, Kearns, Olympus, Skyline) against 5A schools (Cottonwood, Granger, Hunter, Taylorsville). Girls: 4A, 49 ...
Students and families drawn to monthly Community Art Night at Cyprus
Have you ever been hypnotized by a pillar of clay spinning on a pottery wheel and thought to yourself: “I bet I could make a nifty-looking vase; I should give that I try sometime.” For students and families at Cyprus High School, the curiosity to create art is being satisfied with the help of a monthly Community Art Night. The idea of an evening ...