{"id":6,"date":"2013-04-04T13:36:06","date_gmt":"2013-04-04T19:36:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/about-us\/"},"modified":"2025-03-12T11:16:23","modified_gmt":"2025-03-12T17:16:23","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Who was James E. Moss?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2013\/04\/Jimmy-Moss.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"460\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/about-us\/jimmy-moss\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2013\/04\/Jimmy-Moss.png\" data-orig-size=\"493,530\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Jimmy Moss\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2013\/04\/Jimmy-Moss.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-460\" src=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2013\/04\/Jimmy-Moss.png\" alt=\"Jimmy Moss (PNG)\" width=\"153\" height=\"164\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2013\/04\/Jimmy-Moss.png 493w, https:\/\/schools.graniteschools.org\/moss\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/62\/2013\/04\/Jimmy-Moss-279x300.png 279w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 153px) 100vw, 153px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>James &#8220;Jimmy&#8221; E. Moss was a great statesman and community leader. He was known as &#8220;The Father of Utah High School sports.&#8221;\u00a0Jimmy was the first principal of Granite High, coached the first state championship grid \u00a0team from Granite in 1908, was co-organizer of the Utah High School Activities Association, and was the first principal of Murray High. He graduated from the University of \u00a0Deseret in 1893.<\/p>\n<p><strong>School Background<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moss Elementary was originally designed as an open pod school and was completely remodeled in 2002 to provide enclosed classrooms. Most of the students who attend Moss live within walking distance to the school. There are two bus routes.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Enrollment<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Moss Elementary serves approximately 500 students in grades K-5. We currently have a three and four-year-old preschool program and four all-day kindergartens.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Computers and Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>All teachers have a full set of student Chromebooks for student use. This allows your school to have one-to-one technology for all students K-5.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>Student Promotion<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Our students will attend Bonneville Junior High School and Cottonwood High School.<\/p>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who was James E. Moss? James &#8220;Jimmy&#8221; E. Moss was a great statesman and community leader. 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