Mr. Juan Castro
Teacher: Spanish
Work Phone: (385) 646-8847
Work Email: jcastro@graniteschools.org
Mr. Castro, a Chilean Citizen, taught at Granite high for multiple years and was also a teacher and principal in Chile. He has now been a part of the faculty at Granger since 2006. He received his Bachelor Degree at La Universidad de Santiago de Chile in 1972 and received his Masters degree at Lesley University in 2010. Mr. Castro was teaching math in the Special Ed. Department and is now teaching Spanish full time this new school year here at Granger. When he is not working, he enjoys spending time with his family doing different outdoor activities. These include fly fishing, camping and photography.
Mr. Braydon Eden
Teacher: Latinos in Action (LIA); Assistant Coach: Boys/Girls Soccer
Work Phone: (385) 646-1554
Work Email: bteden@graniteschools.org
Mr. Eden has taught at Granger since 2012. He teaches the Latinos in Action classes and is the assistant girls’ soccer coach. He loves seeing students progress through learning and enjoys helping every student reach his or her potential. Mr. Eden is married and has 2 beautiful daughters. He loves soccer, reading, singing, M.A.S.H, and laughing with students. He graduated from Weber State University and loves being a part of Granger.
Mrs. Alyssa Fukuda
Teacher: Japanese 1, 2, 3; Club Advisor: Japanese
Work Phone: (385) 646-0466
Work Email: caeatman@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Fukuda started working at Granger High School in the 2015-2016 School Year. She Graduated from BYU with a BA in Japanese with minors in teaching English as a second language and Global and Business Literacy. She has been studying Japanese since her freshman year in high school back in 2000. She has lived in Japan for over a year and half and has traveled all over the country. In her free time she loves to play ukulele, consume Japanese media, spend time with friends, family, and her three cats. She also loves learning about different cultures and languages.
Mr. Terry Hughes
Teacher: French; Geography
Work Phone: (385) 646-8712
Work Email: thughes@graniteschools.org
Mr. Hughes came to Granger High in 2014. He earned his B.A. at the University of Utah in 1988. He began teaching at Jefferson Jr. High in 1990. He taught many subjects there, mostly Geography, until 2011. Along the way, he earned his M.Ed. from Lesley University in 2007. He was the School Technology Specialist at Hunter High from 2011-2014. He and his wonderful wife have three awesome sons, two fabulous daughters-in-law, and two beautiful granddaughters. Mr. Hughes loves sports, especially basketball, although injuries and gravity have slowed him down in recent years. He enjoys his moonlight job as an usher at concerts and Utah Jazz games where he has rubbed shoulders with some amazing people. He attended and worked at other nearby high schools, but now it’s all about GHS! Go Lancers!
Ms. Ruth Merrill
Teacher: French 1, Adult Roles and Responsibilities
Work Phone: (385) 646-8805
Work Email: rmerrill@graniteschools.org
Ms. Merrill has been a teacher for 29 years, 28 years at West Lake Jr. High and 1 year at Granger. At West Lake, she taught FACS and French, mostly a combination of the two because she loves both subjects. In 2016, she finally graduated from middle school and is excited to be at Granger High teaching French 1 and Adult Roles and Responsibilities. Ms. Merrill received a BS from BYU a very long time ago and a Masters of Education from Harvard which she received in 1999. When she isn’t teaching, she is spending time with family, swimming, biking or reading a good book. She also loves to travel both overseas and road trips in the USA. Most recently, she spent a month in France the summer of 2015 and 16 days going from Paris to Prague with her sister and 2017.
Mrs. Kylee Parks
Teacher: Spanish; Coach: Cross Country; Foreign Language Department Chair
Work Phone: (385) 646-8899
Work Email: kagardner@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Parks has taught at Granger Spanish for 7 years. She attended 13 different schools growing up and graduated from Freedom High School in Bethlehem, PA in 1999 and Utah Valley University in 2007. She has traveled to many different Spanish-speaking countries, loves to travel, experience different cultures and the history behind the those cultures.
Ms. Lisa Stowe
Teacher: Spanish
Work Phone: (385) 646-5272
Work Email: lstowe@graniteschools.org
Mrs. Stowe has been teaching for 12 years and loves teaching at Granger High! She loves the diversity here and learns so much from her students! She believes that in today’s world there is a great need for learning more than one language and for understanding and respecting different cultures. Mrs. Stowe haS three children and loves spending time with her family. She enjoys reading, exercising and traveling. She received her Bachelors in Spanish and a minor in English as a Second Language from the University of Utah. Mrs. Stowe continued at the University of Utah receiving her Masters in Multi-Cultural Education. She hopes to share with her students that learning is fun, especially learning a second or third language!
Miss Sandra Woodward
Teacher: Latin
Work Phone: (385) 646-8884
Work Email: swoodward@graniteschools.org
Miss Woodward retired in 2013 after teaching English and Latin at Granger High School since 1976 (and English at Kennedy Jr. High from 1969-1976). She has been hired back on an hourly basis to teach Latin on A days, and she is also the Latin Club Advisor. Miss Woodward is a Lancer through and through, and she loves being here and associating with the students and staff. She received her Latin degree from Brigham Young University, and thinks Latin is a language everyone should know! When not teaching, she enjoys spending time with her family and friends, reading, going to movies, and attending musicals.