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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Jordan Clarkson and his JC Cares Foundation provide Thanksgiving meals for Valley Junior High families
For Thanksgiving, Valley Junior High was given a rare opportunity. Utah Jazz Star Jordan Clarkson, and his “JC Cares Foundation” gifted 200 turkeys with all the fixings (pies, dinner rolls, cranberry sauce, etc.) to families in need. Students and families were in awe when they arrived to pick up ...
Granite Teachers Earn Top Awards from Science Association
Candace CollinsEmily LehnardtDeb SmithHanna Hard The Utah Science Teacher Association recently distributed their annual teaching awards, and four Granite educators were among those to claim top honors. Congratulations to these fantastic teachers for helping students discover the world around ...
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 ...
Cottonwood High Grad to Represent Salt Lake Area in Leadership Summit
Yousuf Haidari, a recent graduate from Cottonwood High School, has been selected as one of this year's Bank of America Student Leaders. Yousuf is joining more than 300 community-minded high school juniors and seniors virtually this summer to focus on civic engagement, mentorship, leadership ...
Hunter High Teacher Named State FBLA Advisor of the Year
Congratulations to Hunter High’s Tonya Bryner for being selected as the State FBLA Advisor of the Year. Mrs. Bryner has been an FBLA advisor at Hunter High for six years and was involved in FBLA when she was in high school and college. While in college she held state and national office ...
Evergreen Jr High Educator Named CTE New Teacher of the Year
Anya Burtis, a College & Career Awareness and Family & Consumer Sciences teacher at Evergreen Junior High, has been named the Utah New Teacher of the Year by the Utah Association for Career & Technical Education. Using her passion for CTE, Anya instructs with the goal of helping ...
Granite Park Teacher Named Earth Science Teacher of the Year
Granite Park Junior High School science teacher Kristina Hight has been selected by the American Association of Petroleum Geologists as the Mountain West Earth Science Teacher of the Year. This award is given to educators who have "demonstrated outstanding leadership in the field of geoscience ...
GSD Student Selected to Represent Utah in U.S. Senate Youth Program
The United States Senate Youth Program (USSYP) selected Skyline High School student Aarushi Verma to join senators Mike Lee and Mitt Romney in representing Utah during the 59th annual USSYP Washington Week. Aarushi will be part of a national student delegation of 104 students who will each also ...
GSD High Schools Honored for ‘Closing Opportunity Gap’
The Utah State Board of Education has recognized Kearns and Cyprus high schools as Utah High Schools of Excellence, and Hunter and Granger high schools as Exemplary High Schools for 'Closing the Opportunity Gap' for multilingual learners. Granite was among seven school districts recognized for ...