Mr. Seydou Bengaly
Teacher: ESL
Work Email: sbengaly@graniteschools.org
Mr. Bengally joined the wonderful team at Granger High in September 2001. He was on his way to Thailand, where a university was hiring him to teach applied linguistics and train their language teachers, when a friend of his persuaded Mr. Bengally to come to Utah. After two nights of negotiations, Mr. Bengally told his friend, he was going to stay just one year. But here he is, starting his 10th year at Granger. Have you understood yet how much he loves this place?
Mrs. Madison Brown
Teacher: 9th Grade English
Work Phone: (385) 646-0589
Work Email: mhbrown@graniteschools.org
Website: Mrs. Brown’s English Website
This is Mrs. Brown's 3rd year teaching at Granger High School. She graduated from UVU with her bachelors in English Education. She grew up outside of Dallas, Texas, and cannot tell you how excited she is to go to ALL of Granger's football games. Mrs. Brown loves spending time with friends and family (who doesn't?), shopping, reading and writing (obviously), art, interior design, baking, throwing tea parties, and just making the world around her more beautiful. Ninth grade year is going to be delightful. She cannot wait to help all of her students get to be even better readers and writers than they were before. Cheers to the Class of 2021! Mrs. Brown is also the new SBO advisor and in charge of Lancer Legislature. If you are interested in being a class officer you can apply to run for office in the spring. If you wish to be a part of Lancer Legislature you can join at any time. Lancer Legislature meets every Tuesday at 2:20 pm in Mrs. Brown’s room, H206.
Mr. John Carlisle
Teacher: Yearbook, Newspaper & Photography (SLCC and CTE)
Work Phone: (385) 646-8845
Work Email: jcarlisle@graniteschools.org
Mr. Carlisle teaches journalism, yearbook, and photography in J-102. His teaching endorsements/qualifications include: English, economics, visual arts: photography and CTE: commercial photography. In addition, he is a JEA-certified journalism educator, a UBI-certified bike mechanic, and a ULC-certified wedding officiant. In his spare time, he sews for his secret brand, Blacktag Bags, and he also serves as the chair of the board of directors for Craft Lake City, a non-profit organization whose mission is to educate, promote and inspire local artisans. In addition, he shoots for SLUG Magazine almost every month, and his photos are attributed to his T9 pseudonym.
Mr. Derrick Carter
Teacher: English 10 and 11; Assistant Swim Coach
Work Phone: (385) 646-0657
Work Email: dscarter@graniteschools.org
Mr. Carter graduated from Taylorsville High in 2009. After lots of college and tough education decisions, he finally graduated with a Bachelor’s in Secondary English Education from Utah Valley University. Mr. Carter has taught at Granger since 2017. When he’s not teaching English or coaching swim, Mr. Carter enjoys playing video games, watching movies, and blogging.
Ms. JoyLynn Clark
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8851
Work Email: jclark1@graniteschools.org
Miss Clark joined Granger High in 1997. She graduated from Weber State University where she earned degrees in English, Psychology, and Physical Education. She is currently teaching Sophomore English. Her hobbies are golfing, watching sports, attending the theatre, reading, and traveling. Miss Clark loves being a part of Granger High.
Ms. Melissa Anne Cosgrove
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-9471
Work Email: macosgrove@graniteschools.org
Ms. Cosgrove has a bachelor’s in English Teaching from the University of Utah. She attended Wasatch Academy in Mt. Pleasant for high school. She has taught at Granger since 2016.
Ms. Danni Czapla
Teacher: 12 grade English
Work Phone: (385) 646-1877
Work Email: dbczapla@graniteschools.org
Ms. Czapla loves teaching Senior English at Granger High! She is a huge fan of her seventeen-year-old son, soccer, gardening, traveling, camping/hiking, staying fit, and reading. Go Lancers!
Ms. Caitlin Erickson
Teacher: Freshman English, Freshman Honors English
Work Phone: (385) 646-0584
Work Email: cmerickson@graniteschools.org
Ms. Erickson started teaching at Granger in 2015. She earned her MA in Literature and Writing from Utah State University, her BA in English from Southern Utah University, and attended a year at the University of Utah. If you said that she likes school a lot, you would be right. When not in the classroom, Ms. Erickson can be found at pub trivia with her friends, watching movies (in the theater or on Netflix), walking her dog (well, technically her parent's dog), exploring the outdoors, playing video games, writing, or going to really geeky things like Comic Con. She has a lot of interests, but she particularly loves Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Legend of Zelda, Harry Potter, and Disney movies. Ms. Erickson also enjoys theater and looks forward to seeing the upcoming productions at Granger. She has high hopes for her students and looks forward to nurturing their abilities as much as she can.
Mrs. Sierra Fichialos
Teacher: Reading Fundamentals
Work Phone: (385) 646-1183
Work Email: sfichialos@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Fichialos earned her bachelors in anthropology from the University of Utah in 2000. She also completed a general education teaching program in ’04 at the U. Mrs. Fichialos obtained her special education degree from Utah State in ’05 and her masters in school counseling from the University of Phoenix in ’09. She began teaching in 2004 with all but two of those years here at Granger. In her free time, Mrs. Fichialos enjoys spending time with her family, traveling, shopping, reading, gardening, and sleeping.
Mrs. Terri Gardner
Teacher: English
Work Phone: 385-646-8823
Work Email: tgardner@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Gardner graduated from USU with her Master’s in Education. She has just began teaching her 15 year. She is an alumnus of Granger and is proud to be a Lancer! She has 2 rambunctious children, that keep her and her husband on their toes, and began a small business in wood crafts.
Mr. Christopher Gibbons
Teacher: 9th Grade English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8007
Work Email: cgibbons@graniteschools.org
After spending 13 years in Junior High School at Valley, Mr. Chris Gibbons joined Granger High School in 2013. Prior to that he taught at a High School in Washington State and at a K-8 Elementary School in Tennessee. He has raised 5 beautiful daughters and enjoys cooking elaborate meals for when they all return to celebrate the holidays. In addition to cooking, he also enjoys hiking and photography, and has been kicking around the idea of starting a food blog, simply because it would give him the excuse to eat more often!
Ms. Candice Green
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8979
Work Email: cgreen@graniteschools.org
Miss Green is an alumni of Granger High School and is excited to be teaching here this year. This is her first year teaching English at Granger. She had been teaching at Taylorsville High in the past. Feel free to contact her anytime through her email with questions or concerns.
Mrs. Lauryn Hock
Teacher: English Directed Studies/Co-taught English
Work Phone: (385) 646-9003
Work Email: lahock@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Hock earned a dual bachelors in special education (k-12) and elementary education from Utah State University in 2015. She began teaching that same year at Granger High School-- this is her third year in the career field! In her free time, Mrs. Hock enjoys spending time with her family and dogs, reading, traveling, blogging, working out, shopping, hiking and eating In-N-Out.
Mr. Clete Johansson
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8889
Work Email: cjohansson@graniteschools.org
Website: Mr. Johansson’s Website
Mr. Johansson loves reading and teaching and talking about literature.
Ms. Summers Kimpel
Teacher: English ESL
Work Phone: (385) 646-9571
Work Email: sckimpel1@graniteschools.org
Ms. Kimpel has been teaching since 2009 and joined the Granger team in 2015. She graduated with a double bachelors in Psychology and ESL and History teaching. She doubles as the school's ALP lead and loves working with Granger's diverse population. In her free time she enjoys hiking, writing, music and photography. She spends her summers traveling the world and spending time with her family. She speaks fluent Spanish and some French.
Mr. Ford Locey
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8804
Work Email: flocey@graniteschools.org
Mr. Locey earned his undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in English, Spanish, and Secondary Education at BYU where he was also a captain of the cheer squad. He started his Granite School District career teaching at Kearns Jr. After moving to Hunter High, he graduated with a Master of Education in Instructional Design and Educational Technology from the U of U. Though Mr. Locey is an English teacher, he loves the mechanical world. He can usually be found riding a dirt bike in the summer time. Having had type II diabetes, he needed to be physically active, so he spends a good bit of time in the gym, too. Mr. Locey beat diabetes in 2012. He loves languages, speaks Spanish, German, and Pig Latin.
Ms. Emily Parrish
Ms. Emily Parrish has been teaching English at Granger High since 2010. She teaches AP English, Concurrent enrollment English 1010, and College Prep English. She enjoys reading, writing, talking about reading and writing, and teaching about reading and writing. She graduated with both her bachelor’s and her master’s degrees from Utah State University and has been teaching for 20+ years.
Mrs. Jana Peterson
Teacher: 10th Grade English & Honors English
Work Phone: (385) 646-9002
Work Email: jlpeterson@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Peterson has been teaching at Granger since 2010. She attended Utah State University for her undergraduate degree and earned her master’s degree from the University of Utah. She loves to hang out with her family, hike, run, and read good books. Go Lancers, Go Aggies, Go Utes!!!
Ms. Juliane Roberts-Nikyema
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-9385
Work Email: jroberts-nikyema@graniteschools.org
Ms. Roberts has taught English at Granger High since 2014, and loves getting acquainted with students and watching them grow as readers and writers. Ms. Roberts has lived in Seattle, New York City, Alaska and Utah. She loves all things British as far as movies and television are concerned. Her fondest dream is to one day visit Paris to look at the art and architecture, and to use her rusty French.
Mr. Troy Salisbury
Teacher: English Directed Studies, Co-taught English
Work Phone: 385-646-0521
Work Email: tdsalisbury@graniteschools.org
This is Mr. Salisbury's first year at Granger High, after previously teaching at a high school in Idaho. He graduated from BYU with a BA double major in Political Science and Asian Studies and speaks Cambodian, as well as a little Thai and Lao. He is married with five children, three of which are currently in high school. In addition to spending time with his family, Mr. Salisbury enjoys reading, writing poetry and historical fiction, cooking, and watching BYU football.
Ms. Brookanne Taylor
Teacher: English/ESL
Work Phone: (385) 646-9505
Work Email: bbooth@graniteschools.org
Ms. Taylor has taught multiple grades and at a few different schools, but Granger is by far her favorite. She absolutely loves the diversity and believes that Granger students are the best! Ms. Taylor graduated from UVU twice and finished up at USU. She loves to be outdoors almost as much as she loves school and can often be found up a canyon or on a lake with her two children.
https://sites.google.com/a/granitesd.org/teachertaylor/
Mr. R. Corey Tuckness
Teacher: Debate
Work Phone: (385) 646-1316
Work Email: rtuckness@graniteschools.org
Mr. Tuckness was born in Las Vegas and went to high school in St. George. At Dixie High, he lettered in basketball, baseball and tennis and caught the drama bug that lasted for the next 50 years. He graduated from four schools: Dixie, SUU, BYU, and finally received a Ph.D. in Theatre History and Criticism from the University of Utah in 1979. He has worked as an actor, director, and producer in over 300 major stage productions. His favorite acting role was Arthur in "Camelot" favorite directing was Shakespear's "A Mid Summer Nights Dream". Mr. Tuckness started teaching 42 years ago, in that time he has taught High School Drama and Debate, and was a College professor, and administrator. This is his third year as Granger Debate Coach. He received the Outstanding Teacher Award at Cottonwood High, The Teacher Of The Year in Theatre and Speech for the State of Utah , and the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Murray Arts Council.His loves are travel, he just finished 60 years of visits to Disneyland, Fantasy Baseball, has eight teams, but his great love is family. He is married to Amber Tuckness, the Instrumental Music Teacher at Cottonwood. He has four children Tynan age four , Abriel age eleven, and two older kids,Joshua and Tara who have given him five grandchildren. So, Go Granger, Go Granger Debate, and Go Utes!!
Ms. Kathryn Watkins
Teacher: Reading Fundamentals
Work Phone: (385) 646-9498
Work Email: kmwatkins@graniteschools.org
Website: Ms. Watkins Class Site
Website: Fear Club
Ms. Watkins earned her Bachelor of Arts in English with a minor in Communication from Westminster College. A year later, she pursued her Master of Arts in Teaching and Master of Education also from Westminster College. She began teaching in 2014 and started teaching at Granger High School in 2015. She loves working at Granger and loves teaching Reading Fundamentals. One of her favorite topics is anything scary, so she loves horrifying activities (such as haunted houses during October or DIY Halloween decorations), horror literature, movies, and stories.
Mr. Peter Weimer
Teacher: English/ESL
Work Phone: (385) 646-1005
Work Email: jpweimer@graniteschools.org
Mr. Weimer has taught English at Granger HS since January 2015. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in English from the University of Utah and his Masters of Arts in Secondary Education from the University of Phoenix. Mr. Weimer loves reading and writing both poetry and fiction. He played the trumpet in the University of Utah marching band. He is a talented cook and likes to make up his own recipes. He enjoys camping and hiking with his stunningly beautiful wife, Jaime Weimer. As the Legal Guardians of the Galaxy, they are the proud parents of Scarlett Andromeda Weimer. GO LANCERS!!! Yes, in case you are wondering, his hair does grant him superpowers and immortality.