Grafton High School

Reminder to all GHS students & parents- if you failed a core class (English, Math, Science, or Social Studies) this year or in previous years that needs made up in Summer School, please contact your counselor, Ms. Wyatt (A-L) or Mr. Mahon (M-Z) to get signed up. Application deadline is this week.

Dynamic Duo serves as Project Managers to create the Sam Bord Drive Door Film design! Juniors, Connor McDaniel and Hayden Derk, jumped into the leadership roles to design the new window film installation on the entrance doors for the Commons Hall and Scotty Hamilton Gymnasium. 4th Period Digital Imaging II students collaborated to plan the design. Students measured and designed the 15-panel Grafton Bearcats layout using Adobe Illustrator. Junior, Connor McDaniel, was selected as Riverside Designs April 2022 Employee of the Month. Connor will graduate as a Triple Completer in 2023 completing in Information Management this year, 2022, and two additional concentrations her senior year, Coding, App, and Game Design and Management and Administrative Support. Connor has obtained certifications in Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop CC2018, Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator 2021, and Premiere Pro. Through the Business Computer Applications I and II courses, Connor certified in Microsoft Word and Excel. Connor was recognized by the Grafton Lions Club as the Career and Technical Education Students of the Month for October 2021. He earned First Place in the Internet Scavenger Hunt Essay and Second Place in Web Programming exam during SCORES competition held at Marshall University in April 2022. Connor serves as Riverside Designs’ Department 4B Vice President. Riverside Designs in the Simulated Workplace company for Grafton’s Coding, App, and Game Concentration. Junior, Hayden Derk, was selected as Riverside Designs May 2022 Employee of the Month. Hayden will graduate as a 2023 Completer in Information Management this year. Hayden has obtained certifications in Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop CC2018 and Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator 2021. Through the Business Computer Applications I and II courses, Hayden has achieved 6 Microsoft Office certifications earning him the MOS Master recognition. Hayden is a member of Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA). Hayden and a classmate earned 2nd place in Publication Design at the 2022 WV FBLA State Leadership Conference and will be competing at Nationals in Chicago, IL in June. Hayden is a member of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS). Hayden is a competitive athlete on each of Grafton High School’s Soccer and Track teams. Hayden has played Hockey since the age of 4 competing on a variety of teams including the Morgantown Mohawks. #ThisIsCTE #SimulatedWorkplace #NTHS Special thank you Dave to AGC Education, Inc. for providing Microsoft Teams based training for the Canon printer and new vinyl Cut-Out Studio vinyl cutter students will use to complete a variety of school and simulated workplace projects.

Cheerleader Conditioning Announced. Save the date!

GHS Graduation will be streamed to the GHS Facebook page starting at 7:00pm.

Congratulations to our EDGE Scholarship recipients! The $1,000 EDGE Scholarship was presented to four GHS seniors completing a CTE concentration and pursuing a related major at Pierpont Community and Technical College. This year's recipients included Gage McVicker (Information Management), Bailee Workman and Kathlynn (Katie) Thompson (ProStart Restaurant Management), and Emily Cather (Therapeutic Services). The Pierpont EDGE (Earn a Degree, Graduate Early) to Success Scholarship also provides an opportunity for high school students to earn corresponding credit hours depending on the alignment of the CTE concentration and Pierpont major/program of study.

Reminder:

The Grafton High School Class of 2022

Thank you, Avrielle Kelley for your time and talents! Avrielle is a current junior. Avrielle hand painted the FFA emblem on the entry wall of Mr. Tennant’s TC2 Agriculture classroom. Avrielle has been elected Taylor County FFA Chapter President for the 2022-2023. She will graduate as a Plant Systems Completer. She is a member of the National Technical Honor Society (NTHS) and honor roll student. Avrielle is also a member of GHS Track. Excellent work! #FFA #NTHS

Riverside Designs, our Digital Imaging and Multimedia Year 2 students, are wrapping up the year creating a variety of school projects. Jamie, sophomore, recreated a Before and After for Mrs. Woods’ culinary lab. Jamie designed the fire extinguisher safety poster in Adobe Photoshop. Autumn and Cody, juniors, presented the CTE program poster for Culinary Arts and Baking and Pastry Programs. Autumn and Cody designed in Adobe Creative Cloud Express. All 3 students are certified in both Photoshop and Illustrator. The Bearcat Bakery and Den logo was created by senior, Aden Carroll. #ThisIsCTE #SimulatedWorkplace #AdobeForEducation

Dates for Physicals

Thank you to the Grafton Rotary for sponsoring the 39th Honor Graduates Celebration tonight. Thank you to The Honorable Judge Shawn Nines for speaking.

Headed to Kennywood with the Class of 22. Using some of the I Got Vaxxed grant money. Hoping the storms are not to bad for us today. Bring on the roller coasters!!!!

Congratulations to Bearcat track athletes placing at states. 4th in the 800 - Emily Viani 4th in 4 X 800 - Emily Viani, River Sipes, McKenzie Flohr and Hadley Horne. Thank you to all their coaches.

Thank you GHS and TCMS 8th grade students and teachers for a fantastic bump up day/ field day. Welcome to GHS Class of 2026.

GHS Majorette Clinics and Tryouts Mark your calendars!!! Clinics- Thursday June 23rd & Friday June 24th 5:00pm - 7:00pm Tryouts- Saturday June 25th @ 9:30am Any band member who will be in 9th, 10th, 11th or 12th grade for the 2022-2023 school year are eligible to tryout.

Class of 2022- we need you to nominate songs to go on a ballot to vote which gets played at your graduation. Song nominations must be appropriate and clean. The form for nominating songs is posted in your Senior Class Teams. Voting closes Thursday at Noon.

The sign up sheet will be on the bulletin board by the main office if you are interested in running for class president/vice president. If you have any questions, please see Ms. Wyatt.

Auditions for the Entertainers Ed 52 will be Wednesday May 18 from 4-7. Please see Mrs. Mayle on Tuesday before 12:30 to pick up your audition sheet and information. If you have a conflict please stop in and we can work thru the conflict. Everyone is welcome - Singers/dancers, Combo and Tech Crew There is a place for everyone!

We are proud of Grier Taylor and Jordan Niggemyer as they represent GHS at the state Young Writers Competition today. #BearcatPride

Public Forum to discuss possible new Anna Jarvis Elementary. Tuesday, May 17, 2022 at 5:00 p.m. at the Taylor County Board of Education Offices.