Dear Parents and Employees of Granite School District, We are excited to return to in person instruction this upcoming Monday, January 24th. We extend our sincere appreciation for the patience of our entire community as we have initiated distance learning this week. Above and beyond the concerns with COVID spread, we hope this brief break has allowed our staff and students a chance to recuperate. This brief video message from the ...
Distance Learning 1/18-1/21
Under state statute, schools may only shift to short term distance learning under certain circumstances with the primary permission being granted by the Governor, and other state officials along with our board of education. This state authorization was provided to us this morning and our board of education met in an emergency session just moments ago to approve my administration’s recommendation to utilize this option. Tomorrow, Friday, ...
Food Service during Distance Learning
The district will be providing meals (breakfast and lunch) to all students at Arcadia Elementary. The meals will be dispersed from 9:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. from Tuesday to Friday next week. There will not be crossing guards from 9:00 - 11:00 when students are coming to pick up food Tuesday through Friday. Please speak with your student(s) about how to properly cross the street and to be very careful. Students enrolled at Granite School ...
End of Year Assessments 2022
Dear Parents and Students, If you have 3rd, 4th or 5th graders, please read below. If you do not, please disregard this message. The RISE (Readiness, Improvement, Success, Empowerment) is the end of year Summative Assessment. This is the same test as last few years. This year the test will be given during the testing window of March 28-May 27, 2022. The RISE is an item-adaptive test meaning that if students correctly answer questions, ...
Principal Note 1/12/22
The GSD School Board approved 3 additional planning days for teachers this year. That means there will NOT be school on the following days: January 28, March 11 and April 29. The Thursdays before these dates will NOT be short days. Also, tomorrow (1/13) IS a short day. There is no school on Friday or Monday. We still have parents crossing their students across the street but not in the crosswalk area. Please DO NOT do this as it is a ...
Digital Citizenship Parent Tip Flyer & Video
Timely tips for parents. Enjoy simple tips to creating a more safe tech family. Learn about living a more balanced life, gaming safety, understanding news, managing social media, what you need to know about online predators and much more. Digital Citizenship Starts With You Our youth need guidance to be digitally safe and healthy. That guidance is not by word only but how we as adults engage with technology. Digital Citizenship ...
Salt Lake County Initiates Mask Mandates
Dear Granite District Families and Employees, As you may be aware, COVID case counts in our community and school have started to rise dramatically. The Salt Lake County Health Department has initiated a countywide mask mandate ( Click here to see the order) in effect starting this evening at midnight and running for the next 30-days. At all activities and events on school property, starting tomorrow and when students return to school on ...
January Calendar (Updated 1/5)
Distance Learning Day 12/15
COVID-19 Vaccine for children 5+
The COVID-19 vaccine is now approved for children ages 5-11, and we have partnered with the Salt Lake County Health Department to host a series of vaccine clinics in many of our schools. These clinics are open to anyone, age 5 and older. A parent or guardian must be present to vaccinate a minor. ...
