South Salt Lake Officer David Romrell was killed during a clash with suspects near 3300 South and 300 West. He was known as a kind-hearted yet courageous warrior during the 11 months he served with the department. During a funeral procession along State Street Granite students and staff took the opportunity to pay their respects to Officer ...
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Customer Service Star – There when you need them
This week’s Customer Service Star goes to two custodians at the Granite Education Center who impressed a co-worker with their joyful attitudes. This message was sent to GEC head custodian Chuck Hiatt: “I just wanted to let you know how helpful Danny Higginson was. We called and needed tables right away, and he brought them right over and was so ...
Photo Gallery: Junior High Art Show
Hundreds of impressive art pieces from junior high students were displayed at the Granite Education Center during the 2014 Junior High Art Show. 2014 Granite District Junior High Art Show Awards Best of Show Cristina Espinoza Gomez - Bennion 3D Design, Sculpture 1st - Daniel Hatathlie, Jefferson 2nd - Sierra Bryant, Bennion 3rd - Rodrigo ...
Fourth-graders face off in the kitchen in first stage of national culinary competition
Twenty-four young chefs from across Granite School District came together at the GEC Cafe to create their homemade healthy sandwich recipes for judging and sampling as part of a national contest of edible entries. The 2014 Future Chefs National Challenge sponsored by GSD Food Services provider Sodexo was designed to promote awareness of better ...
Photo Gallery: Granite District science fair
This year's district science fair brought together some outstanding projects from students all across the district. ...
Employees sew quilt for Sub-for-Santa project
A group of employees at the Granite Education Center have donated their time and expertise into making a large quilt for the GEC Cafe's Sub-for-Santa project. Those who sewed a block for the quilt include: Paula Winn, Danielle Kitchen, Merilynn Boekweg, Kathy Arishita, Vickie Tuttle, Ann Smith, Janet Vorwaller, Judy Gutierrez, Kristi Kerbs, ...
Eduspeak: Defining common terms in the education system
Have you ever had a medical physician speak to you in abbreviations, acronyms or Latin phrases that didn’t make any sense? Most every profession has its own unique phrases and words, including education. Here’s a list of some common education terms that you will likely hear throughout the school year: ACT – (American College Testing) College ...