Students: Friendly reminder to charge your iPad tonight to prepare for your first day back tomorrow, Apr. 17th.
Reminder that Taylor County Schools will be on Spring Break from April 6-14.
April 6th is a Professional Learning day- Staff Attendance only.
Reminder…
Thank you to Ms. Dalton for organizing our second trip to the Marshall Scores Competition. Shout out to all the students who competed and represented GHS.
There were over 1200 students competing today.
Congrats to our place winners. Names and competition listed in photos.
Upon visiting any Taylor County School, guests are required to enter a secure area for further identification before being granted any access to the interior part of the school building. Admittance to this area is monitored by office and administrative staff. Our tech team created an informational video to show visitors this procedure. https://youtu.be/5LaNcQO_I-k
Class of 2023 - The form for Senior Quotes and Senior/Teacher Superlatives are now available on your Class of 2023 TEAMS. Please go and submit your quotes and vote for superlatives for the 2023 Yearbook.
If you are not a part of the TEAMS but should be, please email Mrs. Himes at taylor.himes@k12.wv.us
Join us at GHS for PE Night on April 19th from 5-7 pm!
There will be various activities and you can learn about the new revised 2023-2024 Wellness Program at GHS.
We look forward to seeing you there!
Attention Seniors planning to attend WVU - this is a great scholarship opportunity for you to cover a meal plan.
https://www.wboy.com/news/monongalia/west-virginia-university/wvu-announces-contest-for-1500-scholarship-free-meal-plan/
Juniors and Seniors- Prom tickets go on sale beginning next week Monday through Wednesday and the week of April 10th through 21st. Each ticket will be $40 and can be paid with cash or check made payable to Grafton High School. There will be a formal meal provided including desserts and a DJ for the dance portion of the event.
If you plan to bring a guest from another school in grades 10-12, a Sophomore from GHS, or graduate, you must fill out a Guest Request Form. These forms are located in the main office and counseling office.
If you need financial assistance with a prom ticket, please see Mrs. Himes or Mrs. Eskridge. We look forward to providing a wonderful evening for the Junior and Senior classes to remember!
Congratulations to the 2023 WV Spanish Poster Contest from Grafton High School
- 1st Place: Sydney Chen
- 2nd Place: Lilian Roy
We will post additional pictures as they are available, but we must celebrate our students’ successes at SkillsUSA.
Christyana Hudson - STATE CHAMPION in Esthetics. Christyana will represent WV at Nationals in Georgia this summer and received a $1000 scholarship (Cosmetology Completer at UTC)
Thomas Moore - 3rd place in Carpentry (Carpentry Completer)
Allyssa Tankersley and Caroline Wellman - 2nd place in Wedding Cake (Bake Pastry Completers)
Isabell McCloy 2nd place in Job Skill Demonstration (Therapeutic Services Completer)
Nevaeh Swisher 2nd place in First Aid/CPR (Therapeutic Services Completer)
#BeacatProud
In an effort to assist with the relief for the Blair Family of Taylor County, we are asking our Bearcats to donate money during AA. All money donations should be given to your AA teacher and will be collected beginning tomorrow 3/28 and extending until 4/5.
Thank you in advance to anyone willing to donate to help out this Taylor County family.
Flemington Elementary will be closing at 9:00 a.m. today, March 27, 2023 due to issues from storms over the weekend.
🔴 SkillsUSA Saturday! 🔴
Christian McMillen competed in Culinary this morning at Marion County Technical Center.
Akayla Lewis competed in Restaurant Service.
Best wishes to all of our GHS competitors and thank you to Mrs. Woods, Instructor.
#ThisIsCTE
Therapeutic Services students competed at Fairmont State on Friday during Day 1 of the SkillsUSA West Virginia competition.
• Isabel McCloy - Job Skill Demonstration
• Elizabeth Osborn - Medical Math
• Hannah Shreveport - Job Interview
• Emili Newton - Medical Terminology
Good luck to our Bearcats and thank you to Mrs. Saffle, Instructor.
#ThisIsCTE #SkillsUSA
During opening day of SkillsUSA WV, Thomas Moore competed in carpentry at Jackson Square in Clarksburg.
#BearcatProud
#thisisCTE
WV SkillsUSA competitive events are off and running in a variety of content areas and locations around North Central WV!
Allyssa Tankersley and Caroline Wellman are competing in the Wedding Cake event at Fairmont State's Falcon Center. Savanna Lyons is competing in Baking and Pastry at the Marion County Technical Center.
Go Bearcats!
#ThisIsCTE
Reminder:
Tomorrow, Friday, March 24th is a Professional Learning Day for all Taylor County Schools.
(No School for students)
Mark your calendars, Seniors! May is coming quickly.
