Taylor County Schools will welcome back students on August 30, 2021 with guidelines in place to offer five days of instruction. Check out the news article for further information.
GHS is back at it bright and early this morning after a late evening of fun with our students and families. (More on that later today.).
Learning Focused Training - Catching Kids Up.
Congratulations to the volleyball team on their match win against Preston at tonight’s scrimmage. They won three out of four games. They also had two surprise spectators at the game tonight.
Congratulations to the volleyball team on their match win against Preston at tonight’s scrimmage. They won three out of four games. They also had two surprise spectators at the game tonight.
Congratulations to the volleyball team on their match win against Preston at tonight’s scrimmage. They won three out of four games. They also had two surprise spectators at the game tonight.
The Magic of New Beginnings...
Reminder - Tomorrow is New Student Orientation and Back to School Block Party.
New student orientation will begin at 5:00. The location was moved to the Scotty Hamilton Gymnasium. You can enter through the main entrance on Yates Avenue or through the gym doors on Yates Avenue.
There will be an information session, tour, schedule distribution and time for questions.
Beginning at 6:30, we will have our first annual Block Party to kick off the school year. The weather looks great. Bring a chair and come out and join us on Sam Bord Drive. We will have student recognitions, introduce fall teams, Entertainers and the band will play. There will be some food vendors set up so bring some cash and plan to have dinner while you are there.
We will also have a table set up for senior citizens to get their sport and fine art passes.
Virtual Students Gr. 6-12 iPad Distribution:
An iPad distribution time, date, and location will be announced once the list of virtual students is finalized and approved.
Virtual School Grades 6-12 registration closes today at 4:00PM.
GHS faculty participated in an ice breakers workshop today. There was certainly laughter involved. It was great to hear it. We look forward to a a year filled with laughter and learning. We also attended a session with Matt Tolliver regarding Covid affects on our social and mental wellbeing. We must take care of ourselves se we can take care of our students.
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GHS administration welcomed faculty and staff back to the building today with breakfast. Thank you to Kevin Curry for making the sausage gravy. It was delicious.
Thank you to our football coaching staff for organizing a team trip to Tygart Adventures. The smiles on their faces certainly indicate they had a great time.
Central Office Caravan bringing the message of "Our Best Year!" to all of our schools on opening day! Sharing that it is our pleasure to offer our "menu" of services to support their needs kicks off a great start to a great year!!
See the latest news article on Taylor County Health Departments days and times for COVID testing and vaccines. Together we can make the difference for our students safe return to school.
It is time once again to form the GHS Local School Improvement Council. We need 3 parents/guardians and 3 community members/business representatives.
This is an opportunity to support and propose initiatives at the school.
If you would be interested in knowing more about the work this group does, please contact Principal Shumaker by phone, 304-265-3046, or email, lrshumak@k12.wv.us.
The group meets a minimum of once each nine weeks.
Don’t forget to join us Tuesday evening, 8/24, at 6:30 for our block party. We will be introducing groups and recognizing accomplishments such as this.
2021 STATE FFA CONVENTION!
Another successful State Convention is in the books, in person at Cedar Lakes.
The Parliamentary Procedure Team placed third. Team members Olivia Shaver, Mattie Shaver, James Helmondollar, Anna Stottlemyer, Katelyn Detamore and Mason Kinsey.
Four members received their State FFA Degree, Katelyn Detamore, James Helmondollar, Olivia Shaver, and not picture Amber Smith.
What a great time with great FFA members.
Senior Citizen Passes Available Next Week!
Be sure to check out the mitigation strategies Taylor County Schools will implement for the 2021-2022 school year. Together we will make this "Our Best Year."
I have been in awe the last few weeks by the amount of support we have received as we ready the campus for school to start. Thank you to everyone who has helped. It has been a team effort including our custodians, county maintenance, paint crew, students, faculty, city department, Rotary, the Grafton Fire Department and the list goes on. Soon enough, the campus and classrooms will be filled with students again.
Curious about what’s for lunch on the first day of school? Check out each school’s dining menu on the TCS new app! Download the app on
Android: https://bit.ly/3wWqoyb or iPhone: https://apple.co/3Bl62lO
