Mr. Wesley Andrew
Teacher: Resource English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8051
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Mr. Andrew graduated from USU with a BA in Spanish and later on he received a BS in Special Education. He loves to read, go hiking, snowboarding, and wake boarding (basically anything outside). He has been married since 2005 and his son was born in 2016. For him, Granger has been an awesome place to work!
Mr. John Carlisle
Teacher: Photography, Newspaper & Yearbook
Work Phone: (385) 646-8845
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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
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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.
Mr. Adam Eddinger
Teacher: Special Education, English
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Mr. Aka Ehounou
Teacher: ESL
Work Phone: (385) 646-8030
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Mrs. Sierra Fichialos
Teacher: Reading Fundamentals & ACT Prep
Work Phone: (385) 646-1183
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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 10, English 10 Honors
Work Phone: 385-646-8823
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Mrs. Gardner graduated from USU with her Master’s in Education. 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. In her spare time, she enjoys reading and painting for her small business in wood crafts & signs.
Mr. Christopher Gibbons
Teacher: 9th Grade English
Work Phone: (385) 646-8007
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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, Creative Writing, AP Literature
Work Phone: (385) 646-8979
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Ms. Green is a graduate from Granger high schools class of 99, and is happy to be home here with her diverse Granger family. She went to Utah State University.
Ms. AbbiGayle Hardman
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-0095
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Ms. Abbigayle Hardman
Teacher: English
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El Profe Alan Kendall
Teacher: Spanish 2, Spanish 4, AP Spanish, English ESL lv1
Home Phone: (385) 646- 0779
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El Profe Kendall has taught at Granger since 2019. He was born and raised in Santiago, Chile. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Teaching Spanish from the University of Utah. He enjoys learning and providing learning opportunities for others. His wife (a Science teacher) and him have a blended family of seven children ranging in age from the eldest daughter, age 28, to their little sixth grader son. Hands-on learning discoveries, varied learning experiences, using technology in the learning process, developing personal responsibility and a love of learning are the focus of El Profe’s classroom. It is his goal to develop independent learners who have a love for learning.
Ms. Summers Kimpel
Teacher: English ESL
Work Phone: (385) 646-9571
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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
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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. Danni Marie
Teacher: English 12
Work Phone: (385) 646-1877
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Ms. Marie has taught at Granger since 2011 and wouldn't want to teach anywhere else. She loves to read books, garden, play cards and games, hike, and travel.
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
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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
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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.
Ms. Stephanie Ruiz
Teacher: English
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Mr. James Snyder
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-0230
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Ms. Allison Taft-Johnson
Teacher: 9th Grade English
Work Phone: (385) 646-0357
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Mrs. Melinda Tidwell
Teacher: 10th Grade Language Arts Core, 9th grade Reading
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Mrs. Tidwell grew up in Rose Park and went West High School. She went to Westminster College and got a Bachelors Degree in Language Arts and Teaching. She got her Master's Degree in Reading and Literacy in the Content Area from Walden University. Mrs. Tidwell has been teaching for 14 years and LOVES it! This is her first year at Granger High School and is so happy to be here. Her interests include: enjoying and being with family, organizing everything, reading everything, hanging out with friends, hiking everywhere, and biking through Herriman. She is a little (or a lot) obsessed make-up and skin care.
Mr. Stephen Tidwell
Teacher: Junior Core English, Junior Honors English; Head Coach: Men’s Basketball
Mr. Tidwell grew up in West Jordan and went to West Jordan High School. He graduated from Southern Utah University and received his Masters Degree from Walden University. His interests include: family, reading, fishing, hiking, and coaching.
Mr. R. Corey Tuckness
Teacher: Debate
Work Phone: (385) 646-1316
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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. James Peter Weimer
Teacher: English
Work Phone: (385) 646-1005
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