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Sarah Howard, from the Tender Care Learning Center, East Granby receives the 2019 Terri Lynne Lokoff/Children’s Tylenol® National Child Care Teacher Award. The ceremony took place in Philadelphia, Penn.
Granby’s Superintendent of Schools Dr. Alan Addley has been appointed the new superintendent for the Darien Public Schools, and will begin there over the summer.
Congratulations to Wells Road for raising over $12,000 for Kids Heart Challenge formerly known as Jump Rope for Heart.
Christian Cusano, eighth grade student at Granby Memorial Middle School, is the recipient of a third place recognition in the Middle Division of the 2019 Future Problem Solving of Connecticut statewide art competition held at North Haven High School on March 30.
Pauline P. Greer has been named as the new principal of Wells Road Intermediate School, effective July 1. Greer brings 14 years of K-6 teaching and instructional leadership experiences to the district with expertise in literacy and social emotional learning.
Last year the district established a community School Start Times Taskforce to study the impact of different school start times on students’ wellness and academic performance and to assess the feasibility of implementing new start times for all Granby schools.
The 2019 GMHS Grad Night is June 14 at the Granby YMCA. Safe Grad Night has provided a free, fun-filled, substance-free event to our high school seniors for the last 33 years.
Dr. Alan Addley has announced his departure after 21 years of service to the Granby Education system—11 as superintendent—and will be taking a superintendent position with the Darien Public School system.
On April 3, 93 high school seniors filled out voter registration applications during a special voter registration session at Granby Memorial High School. Town Chairmen Chris Chinni and Mark Neumann explained the importance of voting, and the registrars answered questions about voting both locally and while away at college.
