Candace CollinsEmily LehnardtDeb SmithHanna Hard The Utah Science Teacher Association recently distributed their annual teaching awards, and four Granite educators were among those to claim top honors. Congratulations to these fantastic teachers for helping students discover the world around ...
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Granite Park Teacher Named Earth Science Teacher of the Year
Granite Park Junior High School science teacher Kristina Hight has been selected by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists as the Mountain West Earth Science Teacher of the Year. This award is given to educators who have "demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of geoscience ...
Seven GSD Junior High Schools Recognized for Multilingual Learner Growth
Granite School District is among four school districts honored by the Utah State Board of Education for its efforts in supporting multilingual learners who achieved individual growth goals for 2020. Three schools (Kearns Junior High, Jefferson Junior High, and Eisenhower Junior High) were ...
June 2019 Board Report & Budget Hearing
Board Meeting Reverence - Granite Senior Youth Symphony Recognitions The board recognized the daily efforts of the nearly 250 crossing guards who serve students and families in Granite School District. The board recognized Utah legislator Craig Hall as a Friend of Public Education for the ...
Board Meeting Report – May 2019
Administration Report Steve Hogan, Director of Planning & Boundaries, and Ben Horsley, Director of Communications, presented an update on the timeline of Population Analysis Studies as a result of S.B. 245. The board convened into an executive session. Board Meeting Reverence - ...
Community Eligibility Provision provides free meals to students at six Granite schools
Granite School District’s Child Nutrition Services has been approved to participate in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) beginning the 2018/2019 school year. This means breakfast and lunch will be available to all children who attend one of the schools listed below at no charge. CEP ...
Granite Park channels “Greatest Showman” for awesome intro video
As they prepare to welcome back students for the 2018-19 school year, Granite Park Jr. High pulled out all the stops for an incredible introductory video. ...
Rediscovered plaque helps Granite Park honor alumni who died in World War II
While cleaning out a storage closet at the school, then Granite Park Jr. High principal Danny Stirland nearly tripped over a peculiar slab of bronze buried among old supplies. As it turned out, this dusty slab of bronze was created more than 70 years ago to honor former students of Granite Junior ...
Photos: A cultural exchange at a rural eastern Utah school
Students in Granite Park Junior High's after school program worked hard all year in preparation for a field trip to Eagle View School in Fort Duchesne. This wasn't your average 'look-and-see' field trip, though. This journey was about students from all over the world coming together in a ...
Granite Park is Utah’s only National AVID Demonstration School
Administrators and faculty at Granite Park Junior High were elated to hear from the AVID “bigwigs” that the school’s status as a National Demonstration School (the only school in Utah to earn the distinction) will be renewed through 2019. AVID, an acronym for Advancement Via Individual ...