Students at Hunter High have been working hard on a tale as old as time, but with a unique twist. The Hunter High Unified Performing Arts team partnered with special education classes to present a very heartwarming version of the musical “Beauty and the ...
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Wright Elementary Teacher Receives Top State Honors
Gearld Wright Elementary 1st grade teacher Kimi Bayles is among 10 educators in Utah to receive this year's UEA/doTERRA Excellence in Teaching Award. View Kimi Bayles's spotlight video on the PBS Utah website Bayles and her fellow awardees were selected based on their impact on individual ...
Three GSD Educators Receive Sorenson Legacy Art Awards
"The study of drama, dance, music, and the visual arts helps students explore realities, relationships, and ideas that cannot be expressed simply in words or numbers." Three Granite School District educators were honored by the Sorenson Legacy Foundation for "embracing the arts with excellence in ...
2022 Excel Award Winners Announced
Granite Education Foundation has named the 10 recipients of this year’s Excel Award – the top honor for Granite School District educators. This year’s group includes teachers representing the elementary, junior high, and high levels, specializing in subjects such as Spanish, science, English, and ...
Nominate an Outstanding Educator for the Excel Award
Every year, Granite Education Foundation joins with community partners to give nine teachers and one school administrator the Excel Award - the top honor for Granite School District educators. Please take a moment to nominate an educator who has made a profound impact on students. Nominations ...
West Lake Educator Named Runner Up for Utah Teacher of the Year
Spanish dual language immersion teacher Albert Ferrarons Font is this year's runner up for the Utah Teacher of the Year award - the highest honor for educators in the state. Mr. Ferrarons was crowned Granite School District's 2021 Teacher of the Year in the spring during a surprise announcement ...
Recap of This Year’s Teacher Features
In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, we gathered teacher feature nominations sent in by colleagues and parents from school locations throughout Granite School District. These spotlights were shared throughout the month of May over on Granite's Facebook page, and we've gathered them all ...
2021 Excel Award Winners Announced
Albert Ferrarons-FontBecki MonsonJennette FordhamAmy RoperCynthia PearsonJennifer FoulkeMichael KraniskiRachel SorensenSam NoyceTayler Khater Granite Education Foundation has named the 10 recipients of this year's Excel Award - the top honor for Granite School District educators. This year's ...
Reflections and Future Plans from a Retiring 42-Year Teacher
After 42 years in the education profession, retiring Churchill Jr. High teacher Deb Wagner plans to continue being involved in her two great loves: science and physical education. “Everything is science. It’s all curiosity. When the kids are curious, half the battle is won. The kids come in and ...
Hillside Teacher Receives National Excellence in Teaching Award
Archer Birrell, a fourth-grade teacher at Hillside Elementary, will receive the California Casualty Award for Teaching Excellence. Birrell is one of 45 public school teachers who will be presented this prestigious award at the NEA Foundation’s Salute to Excellence in Education Gala next February in ...