School & Sports
GMHS Field hockey advanced to Semi Finals of the Class S State Tournament, Ends the season with a record of 13-6
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Granby forward Fran Caley is tough to beat.
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Granby forward Fran Caley is tough to beat.
Senior captain Natalie Scanlon controls the mid-field for Granby. Photo by Maria Scanlon
Members of the Granby Memorial Middle School cross country team ran in the Connecticut State Middle School Cross Country Meet on Nov. 6.
I thank the entire Granby community for supporting our schools so far this school year. We have had successful Curriculum Nights at each of the schools, athletic events with wonderful attendance, homecoming activities, drama production practices and many other activities to start the year.
Granby Performing Arts at Granby Memorial High School presents the play Radium Girls on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 5 and 6 at 7 p.m. and Sunday, Nov. 7 at 2 p.m. at GMHS Auditorium.
Jennifer Parsons provided updates including that as part of professional learning, a math consultant was in the district and trained middle school math teachers, support staff and the administrative team. There have been four COVID cases in the schools, all were impacted by community events.
As the dog days of summer dwindled down and became the crisp, cool mornings known as the signs of autumn’s imminence, it was only a matter of time before classic yellow buses navigated the streets lined with eager school-goers. For it was that time of year again, the annual return to school in Granby.
• Grossman welcomed Tess Bajek, a junior at the high school, as the new Student Representative.
• It has been a busy hiring season, hiring approximately 50 new staff members.
The Granby Lions awarded $2,500 scholarships to three Granby Memorial High School 2021 graduates: Ty de los Reyes, attending Central Connecticut State University; Madison Kennedy, attending Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University; and Mark McWhirter, attending the University of Connecticut.
In 2018 Ashley Puglise entered GMHS as a freshman. After years of being on the Bearcats elementary- and middle-school-aged cheer squad, it made sense for her to continue cheering at the high school level.