English/ESL

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?

Ms. Czapla loves teaching Senior English at Granger High!  She is a huge fan of her sixteen-year-old son, soccer, gardening, traveling, camping/hiking, staying fit, and reading. Go Lancers!

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.

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!

Mrs. Gunther was born in the great state of New York, but grew up here in Salt Lake City. She graduated from BYU with a degree in English Education, and just recently finished her Masters in Reading and Literacy. In her spare time, you can find Mrs. Gunther reading, running, binge watching TV shows on Netflix, coaching lacrosse, and most importantly spending time with her son Graham and her husband. Mrs. Gunther is very excited to be teaching here at Granger, and is proud to be a Lancer.

Mr. Johansson loves reading and teaching and talking about literature.

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.

Mrs. Paul has been teaching for 10 years. She first taught at Joel P Jensen Middle School for 6 years and 4 years at Granger High School. She currently teaches part time on B days. She attended Southern Utah University and received a Bachelor of Science in History and English Education in 2008. She completed her Master of Educational Theory and Practice in 2012 at Arkansas State University and just completed her ESL endorsement from Western Governors University. She has 2 children: Lucas (2) and Brooklyn (4.5 months). She and her husband, Chris, have been married for 5.5 years. In her spare time (when she has it!) she loves to catch up on reading the latest popular novel, watch Netflix, take her kids to the park, and get together with friends and family. She loves teaching English and and is destined to teach 11th next year so she can say she has taught all grades from 7-12!

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. 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!!

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.