School & Sports
Annual Trike-A-Thon
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Creative Learning Preschool held their annual Trike-a-thon to raise money to donate to St. Jude Children’s Hospital. The children raised more than $500. Photo by Jodi Angers […]
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Awards
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Three Granby softball and two Granby baseball players were named all conference. The ceremony was held in Windsor Locks May 30. Pictured from l–r: Jaimee Kidd, Marc Adams, Jen Szilagyi, Jake King and Samantha Groskritz. […]
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Kindergarten Meetup
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A kindergarten get-acquainted event will be held from 5 – 7 p.m., Tuesday, August 26, in Salmon Brook Park following the Meet and Greet at Kearns School. Join other kindergarten students and their families for a special time at the park near the playground and pavilion 4. Come and enjoy a free hot dog, fruit and drink, bounce houses, organized games and make a craft to wear home. The event is sponsored by the Granby Early Childhood Council (GECC). For more information about this event […]
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Creating Learning Mother’s Day Tea Party
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Creative Learning Preschool held their annual Mother’s Day Tea Party at the Senior Center. The preschool children enjoyed singing songs to their mothers and giving them homemade cards and gifts. School-age friends entertained their mothers by reciting a poem to them at Creative Learning Preschool’s annual Mother’s Day Tea Party. Photos by Jodi Angers Photo by Jodi Angers […]
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Cobb School enjoys rain forest
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Students at Cobb School enjoy presentation on rain forest By Maureen Carson Scudder On the morning of May 19, elementary students at The Cobb School, Montessori in Simsbury were the lucky listeners to a riveting presentation by Krista Karlson, a college student from Granby. After graduating from Granby Memorial High School in 2013, Krista told her audience, she needed a break from traditional education. She was eager to get out of the classroom and get into nature. “I was looking for […]
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School’s Tackle “Hot Topics”
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Obum Njeze, Avon Old Farms School Senior, CTVV Host Susan Regan, Kiri Gair-MacMichael, Ethel Walker School Senior and Dr. Sheri Schmidt, Director of Equity and Social Justice at Ethel Walker School. Watch Susan Regan, Host of CT Valley Views with her guests here: All programs are available at www.ctvalleyviews.com. […]
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Cobb School Productions
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Travis Reid of Granby, a 6th grader at The Cobb School plays Azteca in the school’s production of Azteca and the Peacemakers. Photos by Lara Hunt Caroline Burnett of Granby and Carter Sirois of Simsbury, both 5th graders perform in The Cobb School’s annual opera. This year’s performance was held at Westminster’s Werner Centennial Theater […]
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Wells Road Environmental Club
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By Dwaritha Ramesh The Wells Road Environmental Club has certainly made a difference this year! They have set aside some of their precious time to work together with students from grades five and six to improve the school’s environment and educate their peers on environmental issues, which are now posing a colossal threat to the welfare of the Earth. Some projects the club has commenced are creating bird feeders to hang in various locations outside (which are composed of completely […]
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Bear 5K Challenge
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Bear 5K Challenge and Kid’s Fun Run to benefit Granby Bears Athletics Celebrate the beginning of summer by running the first ever Bear 5K Challenge. This event is sponsored by the Granby Memorial High School Athletic Booster Club and will be held entirely on the high school campus June 21. There will be fun for the whole family, beginning with the Kids’ Fun Run, followed by the 5K. The Kids’ Fun Run will start at 9:30 a.m. These runners can reserve their spot on the […]