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Video: New Utah Promising Practices UEN Website Highlights Granite Family Engagement Centers

September 2018Granite Schools

Parents participate in Granite Family Engagement Center ESL class

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 ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: class, community, community centers, educational equity, esl, granite community centers, lincoln elementary, organization, refugee, refugees

Videos: United Way honors Kearns High principal, Cottonwood High students

March 2017Granite Schools

Kearns High principal stands next to United Way banner

United Way of Salt Lake's Changemaker award is given to individuals and organizations who promote positive change in their community through diligent action. Kearns High School principal Maile Loo was honored for helping to change the odds for thousands of students by emphasizing increased ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: award, changemaker, community, cottonwood high, Featured, help, honor, kearns high, refugee, salt lake, united way

Board Study Session Report – May 2016

May 2016Granite Schools

Photo of administrator giving presentation to board of education

This report details consent items and action items from the May 17, 2016, board of education study session. Consent Items Purchases Contracts Ratification of Negotiations with GEA Action Item The board approved a second reading of the Secondary Fee Schedule as presented by Doug Larson, ...

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Filed Under: Board ReportTagged With: board of education, board report, Featured, refugee, secondary fee schedule, study session, support

How do ESL teachers help students succeed in school?

April 2016Granite Schools

Photo of Granite Park Jr High teacher speaking with students

Educator of the Week - Dayra Gaitan of Granite Park Jr. High offers us a glimpse inside her ESL class and explains her role in helping students succeed. ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: english, esl, granite park jr high, help, learner, refugee, succeed

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

Opportunity to help refugee families in Granite School District

November 2015Granite Schools

Photo of group of refugee students

Granite Education Foundation is teaming up with other community organizations to serve Utah refugee families this holiday season. Your donation will make a difference in the life of a refugee. More than 70% of the state’s refugee families live in the boundaries of Granite School District. Many ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: assistance, charity, family, granite education foundation, help, largess, philanthropy, refugee

New Granite Refugee Center will be a resource hub for families

July 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Refugee Center interior

Since the late 1980s, tens of thousands of refugee families from all over the world have resettled in Utah. The new Granite Refugee Center, located on the first floor of the Educational Programs building at the Granite Education Center, is a major step in providing services for individuals and ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: burundi drummers, center, country, education, equity, escape, Featured, granite education center, language, nation, opening, poverty, refugee, relocate, war, world

Video: Sisters forgo birthday gifts to help Utah refugee families

April 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Oakridge students posing with donated items

Like most children their age, Indy and Willa DeBirk look forward to a big birthday party with their friends every year. But instead of collecting piles of presents for themselves on their special day, Indy and Willa ask their party guests to bring items that may seem out of place at a birthday ...

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Filed Under: Employee Link, Parent LinkTagged With: award, birthday, donate, family, friend to friend, gift, granite education foundation, help, refugee, service, sisters, utah

Refugee students receive backpacks before heading to home schools

April 2015Granite Schools

Photo of Tumaini Center student receiving donated backpack

Students at the Tumaini Transition & Welcome Center were all smiles as colorful backpacks were distributed to the whole class this week. The donation comes from Steven Akerlow of Morgan Stanley, who has long supported refugee families in the Granite community. Haven’t heard of the Tumaini ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: backpacks, donation, families, morgan stanley, refugee, students, tumaini, welcome center

Refugee transition center helps new students navigate school system

September 2014Granite Schools

Photo of students lining up at Tumaini Center

The daily proceedings of school may be intuitive for most of us, but for families who have recently moved to the U.S. from a foreign country, the system can be overwhelming. With the help of the Tumaini Welcome & Transition Center, international students entering Granite School District are ...

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Filed Under: Employee LinkTagged With: center, educational equity, esl, Featured, granite park junior high, non englisgh, refugee, transition, tumaini, welcome

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