School & Sports
Girls’ travel basketball team wins championship
|
Granby’s seventh and eighth grade girls’ travel basketball team won the NCC Travel Basketball League championship.
Focus on Education
Changing school start times
|
The Granby Board of Education (BOE) recently charged the Superintendent of Schools to conduct an administrative study to explore the impact of different school start times on students’ wellness and academic performance and to assess the feasibility of the implementation of new start times for all Granby schools. In Connecticut, school districts such as Greenwich, Wilton, Guilford, West Hartford, and Simsbury have implemented, or are currently exploring, new start times.
School & Sports
Community Scholarship Association of Granby
|
Community Scholarship Association of Granby (CSAG) offers annual scholarships to graduating Granby Memorial High School seniors. Applicants must be Granby residents who are soon-to-be high school graduates accepted at an institution of higher learning approved by the selection committee.
School & Sports
Democratic Town Committee Scholarship 2018
|
The Granby Democratic Town Committee (DTC) is accepting applications for $1,000 scholarship awards to recognize a Granby student, or students, who best exemplify its mission, Making Granby a Better Community, and who have demonstrated engagement in the political process. As a part of the scholarship application, students are asked to prepare an essay or multimedia presentation on the following topic:
“The second amendment of the Constitution of the United States was based on English common law and was adopted December 15, 1791.
School & Sports
VPS students go on imaginative journey
|
Since 1991, Valley Pre-School has been using the power of imagination to transport its 4s classes on a magical beach vacation for one day each March. The annual “VPS Florida Trip”, now in its 27th year, is one of the school’s most beloved traditions and the source of many happy memories for VPS alums.
A true labor of love, parents and teachers spend hours clearing out the classroom and preparing the space.
School & Sports
Helpful study tips for students
|
As we pass the week of midterms at GMHS, you may have been hoping for a better grade on some of your exams. This article may help give your grades for future tests and final exams a little boost, as it will suggest tips you have never used before, or may help you bring your current strategies to the next level. Whether you are a freshman or an experienced upperclassman, it is always helpful to learn new last-minute study tricks or try out some entirely different strategies.
From the pages of the GMHS Newspaper
Where Responsibility Lies: What Businesses Do To Protect Your Data (Hint: It’s Not Enough)
|
In 2012, just under 50,000 cases of malicious cyber attacks were reported to the United States Computer Emergency Team, a department within Home land Security dedicated to computer based threats. In 2015, damage costs from cyber crime soared to three trillion dollars internationally.
School & Sports
We Need Your Help and Support For The Class of 2018
|
Parents for a Safe Grad Night need your help. We need donations and volunteers.
From the pages of the GMHS Newspaper
DECA State Competition Update
|
This year’s DECA State Competition was a whirlwind of a showing from the GMHS DECA team. Our school brought 31 members of our chapter to States, which is the highest attendance in our chapter’s history, and had 10 people get onto the stage during the final ceremony.