Many Cyprus High students knew that math teacher John Angell served in the military, but their understanding of his sacrifices was perhaps limited. That changed during a Friday night home football game when Marine Corps officers award Angell the Purple Heart. Angell served as infantryman, intelligence specialist, and night operation section ...
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2017 Sterling Scholar winner and finalists from GSD
The Sterling Scholar Awards are presented every year to Utah high school seniors who demonstrate a pursuit of excellence in scholarship, leadership, and citizenship. This year there was one winner and six runners up from Granite School District. We are very proud of their achievements and look forward to hearing about their contributions beyond ...
Using math to solve everyday problems
Granger High math teacher Walter Poelzing explains how his students found the quickest bus and TRAX routes from West Valley City to downtown Salt Lake City. ...
Skyline High team places 15th in national math contest
A team of talented Skyline High students went up against some of the brightest young math minds in the country during a recent national competition. The 2016 Four-by-Four Competition sponsored by National Assessment & Testing presents four math problems to teams of four students during a 10-minute window. Coach Jason Meakin prepared students ...
What science questions are today’s GSD students tackling?
The Granite School District STEM Fair had a familiar feel that most current and former students can relate to. There were tri-fold cardboard displays, photos of experiments, diagrams, charts, graphs, and capable students eager to explain their projects. But what sorts of problems are today’s students seeking to answer? Here’s a sample of the ...
Helping students rise to the occasion
Our Educator of the Week is Bonneville Jr. High math teacher and AVID coordinator Kym Hunsaker. Kym's classroom is known for being a "welcoming environment where students leave with fond memories, knowing they were cared for and supported the whole time they were with her." ...
Building a relationship of trust
Our Educator of the Week is Granger High math teacher Hyrum Okeson, who chooses to look beyond a student's current situation and focuses instead on what they can become. ...
Photo Gallery: Math showdown in Kearns Network
In a format similar to the Olympic Games, elementary schools in the Kearns Network sent their top math students to compete in the annual Math Masters tournament last week. ...
GSD students take home 50 awards from regional science fair
Last week Granite School District sent 76 projects to the Salt Lake Valley Science and Engineering Fair at the University of Utah. Fifty of those projects received awards. We also had the first project from a Dual Immersion school to present in the target language (French). We offer our congrats to all these great STEM students. ...
Hunter High, Churchill Jr. take top spots in MESA Day competition
If the word ‘engineering’ has never piqued your interest, chances are you’ve never been to the District’s annual MESA Day competition. The annual contest brings together MESA (Math Engineering and Science Achievement) clubs from schools throughout the District to compete in events such as egg drop, prosthetic arm development, Krypto games, ...