Mayor Cherie Wood recently honored individuals and families with the Best of South Salt Lake 2019 Awards, including some great folks from Granite School District. Cottonwood High student Abdul Bari Ayubi was named the Young Leader of the Year. Michelle Love-Day, Granite School District ...
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Schools, district office stand in support of fallen South Salt Lake officer
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 ...
Video: New Utah Promising Practices UEN Website Highlights Granite Family Engagement Centers
The positive work being done in Granite's 30 Family Engagement Centers was highlighted in the first post of Utah Education Network's new Utah's Promising Practices website. These 30 Centers offer English as a Second Language (ESL) and Basic Computer Skills classes along with serving as hubs for ...
Boundary Study Summary
This brief video summarizes the general proposals currently being studied and presented to school communities. Boundary Studies: Northwest Area Study This study includes a potential boundary change between Pleasant Green and Lake Ridge elementary schools. It also includes a feeder pattern ...
Region 5 PTA announces annual award recipients
This year's PTA awardees may come from different backgrounds, but they all have one purpose in mind: to support students in Granite School District. Two GSD educators - Brent Nelson of West Kearns Elementary and Gene Bechtold of Churchill Jr. High - received state PTA awards in addition to their ...
Longtime Lincoln Elementary luminary named SSL Chamber’s Educator of the Year
George Theodore of Lincoln Elementary is an avid golfer, a former MLB player for the New York Mets, and has spent the better part of 30 years as a counselor at the school. Generations of Lincoln Elementary students have benefitted from George's expertise and dedication. As principal Afton Lambson ...
Customer Service Star – Knowing your customers
This week’s Customer Service Star goes to a secretary at Lincoln Elementary who makes it a point to keep a good attitude and stay on top of the changes that happen at the school “Milena Pehar is an essential piece to the school and the community. Milena is at her job every day with a smile and a ...
Three things you didn’t know about Granite Park Junior High
Originally housed in what is now Lincoln Elementary (450 E. 3700 South), Granite Park Junior High in South Salt Lake is accustomed to change. Since its founding in 1961, Granite Park has successfully weathered numerous transformations and has built a strong foundation of academic prosperity for an ...