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 earned them $35,000 for the Granite Technical ...
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Science projects aims to help families learn to grow their own food
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 project outline: "Many people in our local ...
Fourth-graders see life from a new perspective with help from GTI students
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 formation, composting, and the important role of ...
League of Women Voters honors Granite Technical Institute
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 experiences. Whether their interested in computer animation, ...
GTI agriculture teacher selected for national scholarship program
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 agricultural educators with four or fewer years of ...
Customer Service Star – Double backbone
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 students, teachers and parents, but they stay cool and ...
Former GTI student shares how CNA courses “changed my life”
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 wanted to let you know how grateful I am for the ...
GTI agricultural science teacher wins KSL/Zions Bank Teacher Feature award
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 students on the proper techniques for herding sheep ...
GTI student recreates Charles Lindbergh flight on 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 floor of the Granite Technical Institute (GTI) in ...
Home Show exhibits talent and skill of GTI students
A new 3,000 square-foot rambler in West Valley City represents the capstone of months of hard work and dedication for students in construction trades classes at the Granite Technical Institute. Students under the direction of licensed contractors built the three-bedroom, two-bath house over the course of the school year. The opportunity to learn ...