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Members of From The Ground UP, Nourish My Soul’s high school leadership program, recently traveled to New Orleans to present their work with food rescue. These students have studied food systems, analyzed their own communities, and developed projects that improve the deficits they identify through this process.
March is proving to be a busy month for the PTO. The spring session of our after-school chess program begins on March 4 and will meet on consecutive Mondays through June 3.
For almost 20 years, the Granby Education Foundation has nourished educational excellence for people of all ages in Granby. As with any organization, growth is a component of keeping current.
On March 6, I will present the FY20 Administrative Budget to the Board of Education. The budget is a spending plan that is responsive to the needs of the district, a Board of Finance budget guideline of 4 percent, a huge State budget deficit, and a proposed Governor’s budget that reduces $254K in State educational funding to Granby.
Over the years, in response to the significant economic challenges, the district has taken steps to reduce its budget by realizing line-item efficiencies and closing a school.
U.S. News and World Report ranked Granby Memorial High School as 19th for public high schools in the State of Connecticut.
2018 GMHS graduates (above, from t.) Taylorann Vibert, Sarah Cusano and Taylor Nowak were recipients of Lions Club Scholarships to begin their college careers. Scholarship chair John Monkiewicz presented checks in the amount of $2,500 each to the students at a dinner held at New England Pizza.
The 2019 GMHS Grad Night event will be held at the Granby YMCA on graduation night and offers a free, fun-filled, substance-free event in June of next year. This event cannot happen without volunteers to help with food, room set-up, decorations and chaperoning.
The Exterior Company recently presented the Granby Memorial High School robotics team with a monetary donation. The Exterior Company (TEC) is headquartered in Lancaster, Pennsylvania and has been restoring a number of homes in Granby and Hartland damaged by the May 15, hailstorm.
Granby Memorial High School Class of 2008 celebrated its 10-year reunion in November at the Westfield River Brewery in Southwick. At least 65 grads attended, including many more that arrived after this photo was taken.
The PTO hopes everyone had a safe and joyful holiday season! It’s hard to believe that we have turned the calendar to 2019 and are halfway through our school year.