Grafton High School

Reminder that this evening is the Taylor County Schools Back To School Fun Fair!

Bus Schedules are now available. You can find them located on the TCS App under Documents -Transportation or from the TCS Website. https://www.taylorcountyboe.net/documents/departments/transportation/236635

Attention Seniors- interested in attending Fairmont State after high school? This is a great opportunity for you to explore FSU!

Aviation Exploration Opportunity! The Carl Hopkins Aviation Expo will be taking place on August 19 & 20 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Our students have been fortunate to be exposed to the world of aviation and this would be a great opportunity to continue to learn before school begins.

Super excited to have a new sidewalk going in. Thank you Taylor County Schools for allocating the funds.

Seniors - Do you still need your required vaccines? The Taylor County Health Department will be at the Back To School Block Part from 7-9 on Monday, August 22nd at GHS. If you are under 18, a parent or guardian must be present. Reminder- Students entering 12th grade are required to have the Tdap & meningitis vaccines in order to return on the first day of school. Students may not attend school without proper verification of these vaccines. Documentation should be submitted to the main office.

Please share… ​GHS will host our 2nd annual Back to School Block Party on August 22nd from 7:00 to 9:00 at Sam Bord Drive. Come out and meet our Bearcats. The band will play. We will recognize student successes from the summer and meet our teams, band, Entertainers, other clubs, faculty and staff. The Taylor County Health Department will be set up to give senior immunizations. Food vendors will also be set up. Bring your chair and your appetite and plan to spend the evening with us as we celebrate our school and kick off the 2022-2023 school year. This event follows the new student and freshman orientation. If weather prohibits and outside event, we will move it to the Scotty Hamilton Gymnasium.

Please share…GHS welcomes the Class of 2026 and other new students to join us for orientation on Monday, August 22nd at 6:00 in the auditorium. We will host a discussion about GHS, school tour, and schedule distribution. Make plans to stay for the 2nd annual Back to School Block Party following orientation.

Seniors - Paint Your Space Application and information is available on the school website and in hard copy at the main office. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2338/GHS/2268206/Paint_Your_Space_22-23.pdf

The Faithful Fostering Family hosted a carnival today. They sent the following pictures and a thank you to the GHS Lady’s Soccer Team and Lady’s Basketball Team for volunteering. Thank you players and coaches for supporting community events. #BearcatPride

I shed a few tears today when I saw Clair Bee. Thank you Coach Bord for sharing my passion to drive this project. You put ideas into action. Thank you Maintenance Director Potts for your support. Thank you to City Manager Kevin Stead, Police Chief Robert Beltner, and Fire Operations Chief Ryan Roberts for their continued assistance and support with this and other projects at Grafton High School. Thank you to Mountaineer Wash, Owner/Operator Justin Harper, for the excellent work the company performed and to All Sports Boosters and GHS athletics for providing the funds. A great big shout out to Taylor County maintenance and the City of Grafton workers that did the work removing the vines. Stay tune for the next step. I appreciate each of you, Lori Shumaker

VIRTUAL SCHOOL GRADES 6-12 Christy Miller August 1, 2022 Dear Families and Students, Today, Taylor County Schools is opening registration for virtual students in grades 6-12 only for the first semester. As last year, rules have been established for participation. Please review these carefully before completing the form registering your student for participation. The health and safety of all students and staff remains our number one priority. 1. West Virginia Virtual School is the platform we will use. 2. Students with IEPs will be offered virtual school using a different platform to support IEP learning goals and success. 3. Registration opens Monday, Monday, August 1, 2022, closing Monday, August 15, 2022, for the first semester. 4. Friday, September 9, 2022, is the date that we will use as a cutoff and return to face to face instruction if a student or their family finds they are not successful in virtual school in the first semester. 5. Students previously enrolled in virtual school can re-enroll if they passed 3 out of 4 classes last year. 6. Taylor County Middle School students will be offered four core classes and Art the first semester. 7. GHS students will be offered four core classes and two electives from the GHS virtual schools course catalog. 9. Criteria to remain in virtual school: GHS - At the end of the first 6 weeks you must have 33% of all courses completed. TCMS - At the end of the first 9 weeks you have 50% of all courses completed. Students not meeting this criterion will be removed and enrolled for face to face instruction. 10. Certified warning letters will be sent to the homes of students who may be dropped at the end of the first semester if improvement does not occur the week of November 28, 2022. 11. Certified letters will be sent to the homes of students not eligible to participate the second semester January 3, 2022. Students who have had issues with completion and performance will be those that receive these letters. To register please use the following link: https://forms.office.com/r/UqdmgxHRrF Taylor County Schools remains committed to the health and safety of our students and staff. Best regards, Christy Miller, Superintendent

Volleyball tryouts announced…

Thank you to the City of Grafton personnel for their help with the first step of our Clair Bee Gym project. Today they used the bucket truck to finish removing vines from the building. Next step will be an exterior cleaning. Stay tuned!

Taylor County Schools Back To School Fun Fair!

Seniors - Paint Your Space Application and information is available on the school website and in hard copy at the main office. https://core-docs.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/asset/uploaded_file/2338/GHS/2268206/Paint_Your_Space_22-23.pdf

Summer School is in full swing in Taylor County. Students in grades K-12 are enjoying a variety of creative activities, lessons, and field trips!

Public Forum for possible replacement of Anna Jarvis Elementary will take place Monday, July 18, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. at the Taylor County Board Office.

Congratulations to Mr. Tennant and FFA members on an outstanding performance at the state conference this week. The parliamentary procedure team placed 2nd in the state! Katelyn Detamore presided over the parliamentary procedure team of Amber Smith, Kellen Lambert, Lillie Crimm, Macy Johnson and Paige Moore The land judging placed 3rd and qualified for nationals In Oklahoma in 2023. Congratulations to Katelyn Detamore, Kellen Lambert and Paige Moore. Katelyn Detamore placed 2nd overall in land judging. Katelyn Detamore was elected as the North Central Vice President for the state of WV. (Not pictured -Macy Johnson) #BearcatPride. #ThisIsCTE #FFAProud

Attention students entering grade 12… Students entering 12th grade are required to have the Tdap & meningitis vaccines in order to return on the first day of school or to participate in August practices/activities. Students may not attend August practices or school without proper verification of these vaccines. Documentation should be submitted to the main office.