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neil armstrong academy

Custodian turns lunchtime into trivia gameshow, karaoke singalong

May 2016Granite Schools

Photo of Brad Robinson

Lunchtime at Neil Armstrong Academy is a pretty lively event thanks to head custodian Brad Robinson. Some folks from Food Services stopped by the school recently to applaud Brad for his engaging lunch activities, including: Wikipedia Wednesday, sing-alongs, jokes, trivia, and Top Eagle Tuesday. ...

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Armstrong Academy partners with Utah DEQ, BYU for air toxin study

January 2016Granite Schools

Photo of official from Utah Division of Environmental Quality activating air quality model

Neil Armstrong Academy has partnered with scientists and researchers from the Utah Department of Environmental Quality and Brigham Young University to conduct an air toxin monitoring project. The study uses state-of-the-art instruments to measure gaseous and particulate HAPs in ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: air toxin, byu, department of air quality, inversion, neil armstrong academy, pollution, study, utah

Armstrong Academy educator highlighted as Teacher Innovation awardee

May 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Robin Farnsworth

Last week we told you about two GSD educators who are among five teachers statewide to receive this year’s KUED Teacher Innovation Award. In that article we included a link to a Salt Lake Tribune article about Kearns Jr. High CTE teacher Chris humbert. This week the Salt Lake Tribune featured ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: 3rd grade, award, Featured, innovation, kued, neil armstrong academy, robin farnsworth, salt lake tribune, social studies, teacher

Two GSD teachers among five KUED Teacher Innovation Award honorees

May 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Chris Humbert

Each year KUED recognizes five outstanding educators in Utah for innovation in the classroom. This year, two of those five teachers were from Granite School District. This week The Salt Lake Tribune featured Chris Humbert of Kearns Junior High School. Chris is a former architect who uses his ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: award, Featured, innovation, kearns junior high, kued, neil armstrong academy, salt lake tribune, teacher

Video: Teachers, staff tell students to ‘Rock the Test’

March 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Armstrong Academy principal and teachers with pink skirts

Teachers and staff at Neil Armstrong Academy will do whatever it takes to motivate students to do their best on tests. As a follow up to last year's "Let It Go" cover, the staff did a remake of Taylor Swift's "Shake It Off" music video that was unveiled at the school's end-of-year testing ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: cover, dance, neil armstrong academy, song, taylor swift, test, video

Board Report – March 2015

March 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Neil Armstrong Academy choir singing at board meeting

Administrative Reports  Ben Horsley, Director of Communications, presented a legislative report to the board. The board convened into an executive session. Board Meeting Reverence – Neil Armstrong Academy Chorus Recognition The board recognized Academic All-State recipients for ...

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Filed Under: Board ReportTagged With: academic all state, board report, Featured, gespa, head injuries, land trust, neil armstrong academy, policy, summer construction

Customer Service Star – Consider yourself awesome

February 2015Granite Schools

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This week’s Customer Service Star goes to a head custodian who looks beyond his job to bring smiles to faces. “Brad Robinson, our head custodian, is one of the most exceptional people I have ever met. On a day-to-day basis he goes above and beyond the call of duty and not only keeps our schools ...

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Armstrong Academy unveils new university-caliber weather station

December 2014Granite Schools

Photo of students demonstrating school's weather station

The evening TV weather report may soon be obsolete for students at Neil Armstrong Academy. That’s because they are now equipped to track, analyze and make their own weather predictions thanks to a fully functional weather station that was recently installed at the school. The station is the ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: clouds, meteorology, neil armstrong academy, pressure, rain, summer, sun, sunny, temperature, thermometer, university of utah, weather station, wind, winter

Customer Service Star – Happily getting the job done

October 2014Granite Schools

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This week’s Customer Service Star goes to an assistant custodian at Neil Armstrong Academy who always keeps and shares a smile with others. “Dan Pirillo often has some disgusting tasks he must complete at the school. However, he always does it happily.” “Every time I see him, he greets me with ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: assistant, custodian, customer service star, dan, daniel, neil armstrong academy, pirillo

Granite School District Annual Report – 2014

June 2014Granite Schools

Granite logo with text 'Annual Report 2013-2014'

A short video clip detailing some of the milestones that took place in the district during the 2013/2014 school year. ...

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Filed Under: Parent LinkTagged With: annual report, board of education, Featured, granger high, hartvigsen school, neil armstrong academy, olympus high, reconfiguration, sage, schools, superintendent, testing, video

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