This year Granite Education Foundation celebrates the 30th anniversary of the Excel Award - an annual recognition of nine outstanding teachers and one outstanding administrator in Granite School District. It's tradition for the winners to be surprised in their classrooms by Superintendent Bates, Granite Education Foundation, and other special ...
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2015 Excel Award winners announced with surprise visits
Neil Armstrong Academy principal Tyler Howe sprinted to the school’s auditorium after being radioed by assistant principal Brett Bawden that there was an “emergency situation.” “I even ducked under the doorframe because I was moving so fast,” Tyler said of his quick response. Whatever dread was going through his mind quickly dissipated as an ...
2014 Excel Award winners honored
Each of the 2014 Excel Award winners has a different approach to educating the students in their classroom. Despite the variances, however, all of them possess exceptional skills that help their students understand the concepts being taught. It’s an ability they learned from their own mentors and teachers, and it will surely be passed on to the ...
From the Foundation: Celebrate Schools
The Granite Education Foundation was pleased to take part in the Celebrate Schools event at Fashion Place Mall on October 24. Shoppers were invited to find out more about the work of the Foundation as well as enter to win two tickets to the Broadway production, War Horse. Congratulations to Mica Greaves of Cottonwood Heights on winning those ...