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Board Meeting Report – February 2020

February 2020Granite Schools

Calvin Smith Elementary students shake hands with board members and text 'Board Report February 2020'

Administration Reports Rob Averett, Director of Student Assessment, presented the Annual Assessment Report to the board. Superintendent Bates detailed District Level Reorganization of departments and divisions effective February 5, 2020. Board Meeting Reverence - Calvin Smith ...

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Filed Under: Board ReportTagged With: assessment, board meeting, board of education, calendar, calvin smith elementary, curriculum, cyprus high school, granger high, granite technical institute, gti, matheson jr high, median growth, mgp, population analysis committee, proficiency based, skyline high, special education, study list, test

Construction trades teachers earn 2nd place in national contest

November 2018Granite Schools

Construction trades teachers hold large check from Harbor Freight

Robert Cook, Vaughn Nickerson, and Anthony Van Horn teach construction courses at the Granite Technical Institute, and this morning they were surprised with the news that they had earned second place in the national Harbor Freight Tools for Schools Prize for Teaching Excellence. The recognition ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: carpentry, construction, construction trades, electrical, granite technical institute, gti, harbor freight, plumbing, prize, second, skilled, tools, tools for schools, trade, winner

Science projects aims to help families learn to grow their own food

April 2016Granite Schools

Photo of Wilson Elementary teacher planting seeds

A student team from the Granite Technical Institute is working to help families in the community become self-sufficient. As part of their project for the Future Problem Solving Program, the team is teaching families and young students how to grow their own food. Here's an excerpt from the team's ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: bio, community, fps, future problem solving, granite technical institute, grow, gti, plant, project, refugee, science, woodrow wilson elementary

Fourth-graders see life from a new perspective with help from GTI students

May 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Wilson Elementary students looking through microscope

Granite Technical Institute students in Oyvind Hatlevik's Biomanufacturing class and in Jonathon Tuttle's Aquaculture class hosted 4th graders from Woodrow Wilson Elementary on a field trip to the GTI greenhouse last week. The high school students taught their young budding counterparts about soil ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: biology, biomanufacturing, granite technical institute, greenhouse, gti, microscope, wilson elementary

League of Women Voters honors Granite Technical Institute

April 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Granite Technical Institute building

For ten years, Granite Technical Institute has served as a pipeline to college and careers for thousands of students in the District. With its specialized instructors and robust facility, the GTI helps align a student’s education and training with an astonishing array of career-focused ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: award, community service, granite technical institute, gti, honor, league of women voters

GTI agriculture teacher selected for national scholarship program

December 2014Granite Schools

Photo of GTI teacher at Wheeler Farm

Granite Technical Institute agricultural educator Kristina Gowans is one of a select group of teachers nationwide who received the 2014 Teachers Turn the Key professional development scholarship. The National Association of Agriculture Educations sponsors the scholarship, which brings together ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: agriculture, granite technical institute, gti, kristina gowans, naae, national association, scholarship, science

Customer Service Star – Double backbone

November 2014Granite Schools

Customer Service Star logo

This week’s Customer Service Star goes to two secretaries at the Granite Technical Institute who serve as the backbone to a busy school. “Kathy Roos and Kelly Fowler are very professional, helpful, friendly, and always have smiles on their faces.” “I have seen their office packed with ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: customer service star, granite technical institute, gti, kathy roos, kelly fowler, secretary

Former GTI student shares how CNA courses “changed my life”

September 2014Granite Schools

Photo of CTE student applying bandage to student volunteer

Granite Technical Institute health sciences teacher Christine Curry recently received an email from a former student who touted her own success as a direct result of Christine’s instruction. Here’s how it read: “I don't know if you remember me, but I took CNA courses from you last year. I just ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: christine curry, cna, former student, granite, gti, nurse, technical institute

GTI agricultural science teacher wins KSL/Zions Bank Teacher Feature award

September 2014Granite Schools

Photo of GTI agriculture teacher receiving Teacher Feature

Wheeler Historic Farm is the perfect classroom environment for Kristina Gowans and her Granite Technical Institute students. As an agricultural sciences teacher, Kristina helps her students become familiar with animals and the livestock industry. On site at Wheeler Farm, Kristina instructs her ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: agriculture, Featured, granite technical institute, gti, kristina gowans, ksl, science, teacher feature, wheeler farm, zions bank

GTI student recreates Charles Lindbergh flight on simulator

June 2014Granite Schools

Photo of aviation student in flight simulator

It took 33.5 hours for Charles Lindbergh to fly The Spirit of St. Louis nonstop from New York City to Paris in 1927. In 2014, 18-year-old Scott Croft managed to shave off more than seven hours from that time. Not in an actual airplane per se, but in a simulated cockpit in a corner room on the third ...

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Filed Under: Parent LinkTagged With: airplane, aviation, carl readicker, charles lindbergh, granite technical institute, gti, high school, scott croft, skyline high school, spirit of st. louis, ted roos

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