Grafton High School

Come support our GHS Entertainers as they perform at South Harrison on Saturday. Best of luck to all those performing!

Join us next Tuesday evening, February 14, for our CTE Showcase! We LOVE our CTE programs and students! Hope to see you there! #CTEMonth #ThisIsCTE

GHS Future Business Leaders of America will be celebrating FBLA WEEK! GHS FBLA is just one of three CTSOs, Career and Technical Student Organizations, at Grafton High School. CTE students and programs will host special events throughout the month of February. GHS FBLA is 50+ members strong this year with a rich history of alumni! #ThisIsCTE #CareerTechWV #CTEMonth #FBLA #FBLAWeek

GHS SWIMMING 2023 INDIVIDUAL STATE QUALIFIERS: Will Angus 100 fly/100 back Katie Novisky 200 free/500 free Bella Lemon 50 free Patrick Foley 200 IM Jonathan Maier 50 free RELAYS 200 Medley: Will Angus, Layne England, Pat Foley, Jonathan Maier 200 Free: Jonathan Maier, Zach Nibert, Layne England, Will Angus The Bearcats have qualified a record 7 swimmers for STATES!!! 💙💛💙💛💙💛💙💙💙💛💙💛💙💛

Outstanding Career and Technical Students at Grafton High School were honored today as the newest inductees into the National Technical Honor Society, the honor society for Career & Technical Education (CTE). Thirty-four students (22 juniors and 12 seniors) were inducted for membership based on their skill development and academic achievement in their Career & Technical courses. Thirty-one, two-year members were also recognized and received purple and white graduation cords and a two-year member lapel pin. Since 1984, NTHS has been the honor society for CTE, serving high schools, career centers, community & technical colleges, and universities. Recognizing over 50,000 new members annually, NTHS exists to advocate for and empower all students to pursue the technical and academic skills needed to build their careers and a skilled global workforce. From celebrating these students to awarding nearly $300,000 in scholarships each year, NTHS believes in empowering and supporting students. Congratulations to the student members and faculty of the National Technical Honor Society at Grafton High School. To learn more about the National Technical Honor Society, visit nths.org. #ThisIsCTE #WVEd #CareerTechWV

Check out the article on Bearcat Bulletin about Valentine’s Day cookies for sale! https://www.bearcatbulletin.org/post/valentine-s-day-cookies-for-sale

Join us on Tuesday evening, February 14, as we showcase our Career and Technical Programs! Students will provide a variety of demonstrations from 5:00-7:00 pm. Special guests will also be presenting valuable information. This is an ideal evening for current 8th grade students and their families to spend time exploring course options as they begin to think about their high school schedules. CTE programs not only teach students real-world knowledge and skills but can also lead to the attainment of industry-recognized credentials and link integrated programs of study with secondary and post-secondary education. #ThisIsCTE #CareerTechWV

Reminder: Monday, Feb. 20th is a Faculty Senate/Professional Learning Day for all Taylor County Schools. (No School for students)

Volunteers Needed - Be the change! GHS is excited to host Building Hope for the second year. The program is a full day with the freshman class. We need approximately 30 volunteers. Building Hope utilizes high energy activities to support students, staff and volunteers in catalyzing positive change in the culture of our school. Activities focus on how our behaviors impact others. The program does more than just teach that bullying is wrong. Building Hope sheds light on the root causes that lead to problematic behavior. If you are interested please contact Mrs. Shumaker at the school, 304-265-3046, or email, lrshumak@k12.wv.us. The program will be February 24th.

Upcoming Events for the month of February. We have a lot of events going on, so be sure to mark your calendars. Thank you to all of our Bearcat staff for organizing these great opportunities for our students and to all of our participating Bearcats. #bearcatpride

Congratulations to Senior, Taylor Hickman, on earning his SMAW D1.1 Structural Steel Certification with our GHS Welding program. Great work!

Here are the Spirit Days for Wednesday through Friday! Make sure to be in attendance for your chance to win Best Dressed for the day and receive a gift card for showing your school spirit. Reminder that the dance is on Saturday from 8-11. $5 admission. Varsity Ball game will be on Thursday. Let's pack the stands and show support for our Bearcats Basketball team.

Taylor County Schools are now closed today, Tuesday, January 31st.

This s a message from Taylor County Schools. Today, Tuesday, January 31st, all schools will be operating on a 2 hour delay.

We are excited to announce a new partnership with Sleep Outfitters and Corey Auvil. To kick off the new partnership, Corey is sponsoring a half-court shot worth $500 of instore credit with no minimum purchase if you make the shot. If you miss, you will still get 2 Tempur Pedic Pillows. He will be at the girl's game on 2/1 and the boy's game on 2/18. You can sign up at the link below or at the game. https://www.sleepoutfitters.com/grafton_high_school_referral

Reminder that this week is Varsity Ball Week! Here are your spirit themes for each day. We look forward to seeing all of the great spirit outfits our students come up with!

Good Luck to the GHS Academic Showdown Team competing in the WV Academic Showdown at WVU on February 11th. These students have been working hard to prepare for the competition. Thank you to all who are participating and we know you will do great!

GHS Student report cards were distributed today with their final first semester grades.

VARSITY BALL GAME & SENIOR NIGHT INFORMATION: To provide some clarification regarding Senior Night and the Varsity Ball game, there will not be coronation during halftime. We will be raffling off 50/50 tickets to help raise money for Taylor County charities and will be holding a halftime shooting competition for youth of Taylor County to participate in for $2 to go towards charity. Senior Night will occur before the Varsity game begins.

On February 2nd, GHS Spanish classes will be participating in Celebration Día de la Candelaria "Candlemas". Candelemas is outside of attending church services, Candelaria is celebrated at home with a big family dinner, usually with tamales. The tradition actually begins a month earlier on Three King's Day when families eat the typical holiday cake called rosca de Reyes, which has a small figurine of baby Jesus baked into the dessert. Thank you to our Spanish teachers for helping our students learn about the culture and allowing them to have these experiences.