Dear Granite Park families, The early open enrollment window for next school year is open from now until February 21st. This Wednesday morning our school will appear on Fox 13 as this week's "Cool School of the Week." The segments will start at 7:15 and be shown throughout the morning news program. Our parent center is a hub of resources for families. If you are a non-English speaking parent and would like to learn, we offer classes at … [Read more...]

Dear families of Granite Park students, What a great week we had last week! We enjoyed Spirit Week activities each day and had a fun celebration activity for the house that showed the most spirit during the week. On Thursday night, some 8th grade students enacted a Mock Trial at the South Salt Lake City courthouse and did a great job. November was a great month with our Veterans Day production, our school providing reverence for Granite … [Read more...]

Dear Granite Park families, We had a great week last week honoring veterans in our community and seeing our school play. Congratulations to our drama students who did such an amazing job. Pictures of the play Veterans Day videos are posted on our Twitter page https://twitter.com/GraniteParkJHS. SPIRIT WEEK: This week is our Fall Spirit Week, hosted by our Latinos in Action students. Students and staff are encouraged to participate along … [Read more...]

Dear Granite Park families, VETERANS DAY RECAP: What a wonderful Veterans Day assembly we had! Thank you for your attendance and support for this great event. We were able to honor many of our military families and veterans in our community. We will soon be posting content on our official YouTube channel for you to rewatch and enjoy. For now, please enjoy one of the videos created for this year's production: https://youtu.be/gY2GvVCr9tI. This … [Read more...]

Dear Granite Park families, This week's message focuses exclusively on our upcoming Veterans Day production. Each year, our students do a wonderful job in honoring veterans in our community. This year... we need your help! If you have veterans in your family, or know of veterans who have served our country, please consider inviting them to attend our special assembly this coming Monday on November 11th. The assembly will start at 10:15, but … [Read more...]

Dear families, LAST WEEK: We had a great last week to the quarter. As a capstone to our college week, all eighth grade students went on college field trips. Some pictures of our college week trivia and these campus visits are on our school Twitter account @graniteparkjhs. Thursday after school we held our end-of-quarter school dance. The students were very well-behaved and had a great time. We had a fun student versus faculty soccer game on … [Read more...]

Dear Granite Park families, I hope you all had a wonderful Fall Break. COLLEGE WEEK: This week is our College Week! This includes lunch activities, Twitter trivia challenge, activities during homeroom, and special college-themed announcements. Check out today's video: https://youtu.be/xkY8mWUUrjM. DANCE: This Thursday is the end of the quarter. To celebrate the great work your students have done, there is a school dance after school on … [Read more...]

Dear Granite Park students and families, Thank you for those who attended our PTSA meeting this week. Our next meeting is Thursday November 14th at 3:30--mark your calendars. At our last Community Council meeting, parents decided that students will have the opportunity to dress up for Halloween if they choose. If your child decides to dress up for Halloween on October 31st, here are some guidelines that must be … [Read more...]

Dear parents, VETERANS DAY: Honoring veterans is important to me and to our school community. This week, your student will bring home a flyer that explains one way your student can be involved in our upcoming Veterans Day celebration. These will be collected to create a veteran picture wall in our school. Starting next week, we invite you to send your student with a picture of a family member who has fought for freedom. With this picture, we … [Read more...]

Dear parents, It was great to visit with many of you at Parent Teacher conferences this past week! If you missed PTCS and had questions about your student, you can email your child's teacher with questions. His or her contact information can be found on our school website: https://schools.graniteschools.org/graniteparkjr/. On this website you will also find resources for your students, our counseling center website, notes from parent meetings, … [Read more...]