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With the school year almost over, we still have many concerts, award programs, dance/prom, and other exciting events to culminate an incredible school year.
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With the school year almost over, we still have many concerts, award programs, dance/prom, and other exciting events to culminate an incredible school year.
An expectant, excited crowd gathered in the Granby Board of Education’s meeting room on the evening of May 9 to welcome the town’s new superintendent of schools, Cheri P. Burke. Burke will assume the role on July 1.
The Granby Conservation Commission contacted assistant superintendent Jenn Parsons about starting a composting program in the school district to help Granby move closer to being a Connecticut Sustainable Town. When Kelly Lane literacy coach Elisabeth Diemer heard about the initiative, she was very interested.
Granby Memorial High’s music director Mindy Shilansky was stunned when she received notice earlier this year that not one, nor two but four students of her chorus students had been selected to perform at the 2023 National Association for Music Education’s All Eastern Honors Ensemble. The prestigious event was held in Rochester, New York on April 15 and 16, and featured the best high school vocalists and musicians from 11 eastern states.
Granby’s own G-4s 4-H Robotics team attended the world’s largest robotics competition and brought home an award. Over 13,000 teams from more than 50 countries competed to earn one of 1,000 invitations to the 16th annual VEX Robotics World Championship held in Dallas in April.
Students across multiple age groups within the Granby Public Schools came together as part of a new 12-week initiative aimed at encouraging creative thinking and developing engineering skills among young students.
It was an exciting April for the Granby Public Schools. Our students and staff continue to make our community proud in all areas of our school district.
Photos by Jay Harder, Granby Camera Club
Highlights from the meetings held on March 15th and April 5th, 2023
Have you ever won anything? Wells Road Intermediate School student Avery Pradhan wrote an essay that won and continues to win.