April 6th, 2018 Newsletter

GRANGER HIGH SCHOOL NEWSLETTER GRANGER HIGH SCHOOL LANCERS, PARENTS & STAFF April 6th, 2018 Financial Aid Night

Granger High School counselors will be hosting another Financial Aid Night on Wednesday, April 11th in the Career Center (A125) from 5:00-8:00pm. If your student is planning to go to college and needs help filling out their financial aid application, it’s not too late.

Come get the help you need! Counselors and college advisers will be there to help you every step of the way. Please be sure to bring your 2016 tax info. If you have any questions please contact the counseling center!

Counselor Night Hours

Wednesday, April 11th 5-8 P.M. 9th-11th Graders and Parents: Counselors will also be available to talk about your student’s progress in school, attendance, credits, classes, college, career plans, concerns or whatever questions you may have. Hope to see you there!

Summer Driver Education

Registration for summer Driver Education starts on March 19th in the main office. The cost is $140 and needs to be paid at registration. Students must be 16 years old by October 30th and they need to have their learners permit on the first day of class.

The class times are from 7-9 A.M., 9-11A.M., and 12-2 P.M. Monday Friday. Classes begin on May 29th.

Summer School Registration

Summer school registration is taking place April 16th-20th during lunch. This is for any student who has failed a class and also for students wishing to get ahead on credits. The cost of a packet or class is $10. Contact Mr. Beck or the Granger High School counseling office for more information.

Concurrent Enrollment Registration Sessions:

Help with enrollment to Salt Lake Community College will be available in the Career Center (A125) after school, from 2:10-3:00pm on the following dates: April 24th, 25th, and 26th as well as May 1st, 2nd, and 3rd. All students must have a credit/debit card to pay the $40 enrollment fee.

Citizenship Make-Up

Seniors, Citizenship make-up occurs at Granger every day. In order to walk at Graduation, students must have a minimum 2.0 CPA to graduate. Citizenship is earned based on your attendance to classes.

If you are below a 2.0 in CPA, you must complete hours to improve your CPA. Visit our website to find out more information at: http://schools.graniteschools.org/grangerhigh/2017/10/04/ citizenship-make-up-information/

Saturday School

The remaining Saturday School dates are April 21st & 28th, and May 12th from 8:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. Students need to bring homework or something to work on, and no electronic devices are allowed.

GHS Food Pantry

Here at Granger we are lucky enough to have a food pantry. It is available to students who may not have any food at home. If you or someone you know is in need of food, please go to the counseling center.

G Pin- Seniors

Attention Seniors! It’s time to apply for the coveted G-Pin. This prestigious award is earned by students who have participated in clubs, school organizations, teams, AP classes, concurrent enrollment classes, and other activities during their years as a Granger Lancer. If you have accumulated 30 or more points, you will be invited to the Senior Awards Banquet on May 21 where you will enjoy a great dinner and receive your pin! Applications are available in the main office, Room G-108, or from your English teacher.

Follow all instructions on the application and submit it to Mr. Hughes in Room G-108 by Friday, April 27. This is a very strict deadline. Late applications will not be accepted. If you have any questions, please see Mr. Hughes.

Next Years Fall Musical

Next year’s fall musical has been announced! We would like you to be our guest at the Beauty and the Beast Auditions! Auditions are April 25th and 26th. To audition you need 16 bars (30 seconds) of a Broadway or Disney song. Sign up for a time online at Grangertheatre.com or by the black box. Make sure you get an audition form.

We will also be doing an audition workshop on Friday April 20th at 3:00pm in the black box. Any questions see Mrs. Anderson!

Advanced Theatre Tryouts

Come and audition for our Advanced Theatre Competition Team on April 18th and 19th. You need 2 contrasting monologues and 1 of them needs to be a Shakespeare monologue. Sign-ups for time are next to the black box or online at www.grangertheatre.com. Don’t forget to fill out an audition form!

Pacific Islander Outreach Night

Next Wednesday, April 11, 2018 will be our Pacific Islander Outreach Night. The event will be held at Granger High School beginning at 6:30 P.M.

Empty Bowls Fundraiser

It is that time again, time to make ceramic bowls for the Empty Bowls fundraiser for St. Vincent De Paul Soup Kitchen! Anyone who would like to help and get service hours sign-up with Ms. Heidinger (Ms. H) in E106. Experience with clay/ceramics is helpful, but NOT necessary, you can come and learn the slab technique! Also, you do not need to come to every date, just what you can do.

Here are the volunteer dates and times:

Saturday, April 7, 9- 1PM- (Empty Bowls Kick-off- Making bowls on the wheel and with clay slabs.)

Wednesday, April 11, 2:15- 4PM- (Refining the bowls by trimming on the wheel and hand-building feet.)

Wednesday, April 18, 2:15- 4PM- (Glazing the bowls) *Wednesday, April , 25, 2:15- 4PM- (Packing, organizing and making posters for the Art Exhibit and Empty Bowls Sale.)

*NOTE: This year we will be selling the bowls to our own community and donating the proceeds, so stand by for the sale date and information! Questions? Please contact Ms. Heidinger.

L.I.A. Cinco de Mayo Carnival

Granger High Latinos in Action will have their annual Cinco de Mayo carnival on Friday, May 4th from 5:00-7:00pm behind the school by the football field. There will be tacos, Chicharrones, snow cones, a live DJ, live bunnies to pet, a dunk tank, car show, face painting, and much more. Tickets for food and activities can be purchased at the door the night of the event. The Varsity boys soccer team will play Hunter after the carnival starting at 7 pm. Come out and have fun with your friends and family!

Latinos in Action

The Latinos in Action class took 223 students to their annual conference at BYU on Friday, March 16th. Their dance group performed and 2 seniors won scholarships. Gloria Guinea won $2,000 and Ashley Sotolongo won $6,000. Congratulations students!

Dance Company

Our Dance Company participated in the State HS Dance Festival on March 16-17. We received an overall Superior Rating (top!); 2 of our students were selected for college scholarships (Rebecca Beckmann to SLCC and Natalia Davila to Weber) and we received one of only 5 “choreography of merit� awards out of 32 schools! Congratulations ladies!

UPCOMING EVENTS (CALENDAR)

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April 2nd

April 3rd

April 4th

April 5th

April 6th

SPRING SPRING BREAK! BREAK! NO NO SCHOOL! SCHOOL!

April 9th

April 10th

Baseball @ Box Elder @3:30pm

Truancy Mediation ESL Endorsment Meeting - Alumni Class: Room K121 Room @9:00am @4:00pm Cheer Clinics: Aux Cheer Clinics: Aux Gym @2:30pm Gym @2:30pm

April 11th

Softball @ Kearns Track & Field vs. @3:30pm Hunter @3:30pm Baseball (Varsity/ Training Choir Baseball (Soph) @ JV) @ Hillcrest Festival @ HIllHillcrest@3:30pm @3:30pm crest @ 4:00 pm Community Baseball (Varsity/ Council Mtg @ JV) @ Hillcrest 3:30pm - 5:00pm @3:30pm Blood Drive: Alumni Room @7:00am-2:30pm

Softball @ Cyprus Cheer Clinics: Aux @3:30pm Gym @2:30pm

April 12th

April 13th

Softball vs. Cyprus Mens Soccer vs.

Kearns @3:30pm @3:30pm Baseball (Varsity/ Mens Tennis vs Kearns @ 3:30pm JV) vs. Hillcrest @3:30pm

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