GHS sugar rush is this evening! Please note the switch to outside this year. You can park in the student parking lot and head towards the entrance to McKinney Field and we will have tables set up behind the school. Hope to see all the great costumes this evening!
Ages 12 and under, see you tomorrow evening for Sugar Rush!!! We can’t wait to see your costumes.
Enter through Sam Bord Drive by student parking lot.
Sra. Skaggs, Spanish Teacher and Chapter Sponsor of the Hispanic Honor Society, welcomed new members during an Induction Ceremony on Monday evening, October 25.
Special Music was performed by Maria Walesca Suarez from Venezuela and Jose Fernando Ramirez from Columbia.
Muchas Gracias Por Asistir/thank you for coming -- members, parents, GHS staff, and special guests.
In addition to the ceremony, the Hispanic Honor Society has been active and packed gifts to send to Venezuela.
The GHS FBLA Officer team appreciated the opportunity to travel to Flatwoods today to participate in the WV FBLA Fall Leadership Conference. 🍁🍂
Guest speakers included Tara St. Clair who shared details about the WV High School Business Plan Competition, Tricia Ball shared the Journey of Entrepreneurship & D4D, and Allison Glotfelty who shared her presentation titled, “Being a Young Entrepreneur.”
Informative and fun workshops engaged students in: Team Building, Lead to Succeed, Practice Perfection, Working your Network, and Face Your Fear of Public Speaking.
Officer team includes: Braydon McCullough, Austin Casto, Emma Fridley, Sydney Friend, and Kelly Grass.
Justin Gainer, GHS FBLA Treasurer, was unable to attend in preparation of this evening’s Region II Regional Soccer Finals. Go Bearcats! ⚽️
If you are interested in playing or coaching Powder Puff Football, you need to attend an informational meeting on Friday in the cafeteria with Ms. Wyatt to get the packet for Powder Puff. If you have any questions, please come see Ms. Wyatt or email at taylor.wyatt@k12.wv.us
Come out and support your Bearcat Boys’ Soccer team in the Regional Championship at PB starting at 5pm. Good Luck Bearcats! 💙💛🐾⚽️
COVID numbers are trending in the wrong direction. Please assist us as we try to mitigate our numbers downward and follow all quarantine orders and making sure your child is wearing their mask properly. Together we can make a difference.
Field Trip Opportunity for GHS Students
Grafton High School Volleyball enjoyed Pink Out Night at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday, October 23. After the game between WVU and Baylor, the volleyball team had a chance to meet the Baylor players and discuss volleyball experiences at the high school and collegiate levels.
Bearcats- put on your black and red and support the Knights this Wednesday.
The 9th Grade will be taking a field trip to the United Technical Center in Clarksburg on Wednesday of next week. This trip is for ALL Freshmen and they are required to submit a permission form to attend. Forms are due by this Friday. They were given out by AA teachers and attached on Livegrades and grade level Teams. Please be sure to get these forms in to be able to attend this trip!
-GHS Counseling Department
Taylor County Schools will continue to wear masks for the next fourteen days based on the WVDHHR map being red today, October 24, 2021.
Congratulations to the boys soccer team. They are sectional champs. They defeated RCB in double overtime, 1-0.
Coach Knight expects us to play a regional game against Herbert Hoover at 6:00 on Tuesday at Philip Barbour HS.
#BearcatProud
Do you have pictures from the year's events so far and want them to be featured in the yearbook? If you do, you can send them to the Yearbook staff at bearcatyearbook21@gmail.com - These can be pictures from events that are school related.
Grafton High School ProStart catered the Grafton Rotary, October Student of the Month Luncheon on Wednesday.
The menu included Butternut Squash Soup with a roasted pumpkin seed topping, a Ham and Cheese Apple Butter Panini, and a Salted Pecan Tart for dessert.
#ThisIsCTE
Mark your calendars for Sugar Rush 2021!
Congratulations to Emily. She qualified for the state cross country meet, placing 4th in our region. Thank you to Coach Louzy, volunteers and parents for hosting another successful regional event. Thanks to Principal Fisher and West Taylor for continuing to allow us to host this event at their beautiful campus.
Thank you Leer Mine for having the GHS Welding students today to learn more about the employment opportunities and the facility. You all were wonderful hosts.. we appreciate all that you do & for treating us so well! The students loved it. We look forward to the next trip
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Attention 9th graders and interested 10th graders- the counseling department takes the entire 9th grade class to the United Technical Center for a field trip to learn more about the programs that you can take during your high school career. This field trip will take place on November 3rd - students A-L will attend the AM trip and M-Z will attend the PM trip.
All permission forms were distributed to your AA teachers and will be given out this week. They are also sent on Livegrades and posted to Teams. Please get your permission forms to your counselor by 10/28. If you are an interested sophomore who would like to learn more about any of the programs, please come see your counselor.