We love our PRO’s ride.
Thank you to Chief Beltner and the Grafton City Police for their partnership with Grafton HS. Your support of our students, school and community are recognized and appreciated.
Thank you to Assistant Professor, Adam Anderson, and freshmen Computer Science students from Alderson Broaddus University's College of Health, Science, Technology & Mathematics.
Our Bearcats enjoyed the opportunity to learn more about computer science careers and educational pathways. The visit was timed in celebration of Computer Science Education Week 2021.
#CSEdWeek #CS4WV #CSEverywhere
Taylor County Schools are closed today due to road conditions.
Taylor County Schools are closed today, 12/8/21. Be careful out.
Taylor County Schools are operating on a 2 hour delay.
What a great evening at Grafton High School getting the community into the Christmas spirit! Shout out to Mrs. Duretha Mayle, the GHS choir, and the Entertainers for a wonderful evening!
This evening the Taylor Count Board of Education voted to remove the mask mandate immediately. Masks will be parent choice. Masks must still be worn on school buses. Additional information included in the vote will be shared when we receive a written statement.
Senior, Caleb Minear, was elected by his classmates (fellow "employees") as Riverside Designs December Employee of the Month. Riverside Designs is the Simulated Workplace for the GHS Coding, App, and Game Design Concentration at Grafton High School.
Caleb has earned an extraordinary industry-recognized Microsoft Office credential as a Microsoft Office Specialist Master (2016). Master certification requires Word, Word Expert, PowerPoint, Excel, and Excel Expert, and Access. He has earned Adobe credentials in Visual Design using Adobe Photoshop CC 2018 and Graphic Design & Illustration using Adobe Illustrator CC 2018. He has also passed the MTA Introduction to Programming using Python exam.
Caleb will graduate as a 2022 Triple CTE Completer in Coding, App, and Game Design, Information Management, and Management and Administrative Support.
Caleb is a member of the National Technical Honor Society. Caleb’s graduation plans are to attend Fairmont State University and major in Computer Science. He is an active teen leader for the Beulah Baptist Church. His classmates shared the following about Caleb: “He helps me quite a lot.” “Friendly, honest, and dependable.”
To learn more about WVDE Simulated Workplace, https://wvde.us/simulated-workplace/.
Outstanding work, Caleb! #ThisIsCTE
The Hispanic Honor Society enjoyed the Christmas celebration breakfast (desayuno de navidad)! Thank you, Sra Skaggs!
🎼🎄Come out to the GHS Auditorium this evening to see some wonderful, talented Taylor County students in the 2021 Christmas Concert at 7 pm. Admission is free (donations accepted) 🎄🎼
Thank you to the GHS Welding students for helping unload the wreaths for Wreaths Across America today. This event will take place on December 18th at the National Cemetery. All volunteers welcome to honor veterans this Christmas season 🎄🇺🇸
Reminder that tomorrow is the last day to submit orders for our Bearcat Winter Gear sale to support the GHS Prom. Orders and forms are due to Ms. Wyatt by the end of the day Tuesday 12/7. Thanks to all who have supported the fundraiser this far!
Taylor County is red on the WVDHHR map today, December 2, 2021. Therefore as passed by the Taylor County Board of Education at their August 24, 2021 meeting we will mask in all facilities and transportation for the next 14 days beginning tomorrow December 3, 2021.
Prestige Healthcare Resources Statewide, GHS Therapeutic Services Simulated Workplace, announces their December 2021 Employee of the Month! Congratulations to senior, Brooke Hodges.
Brooke is the Quality Assurance Supervisor for Prestige Healthcare Resources Statewide. She is responsible for monitoring employee skills and activities within the company to ensure that each employee performs at a competent level and is able to provide quality care to residents and patients.
Brooke goes above and beyond her position to assist in any projects within the company. She is very respectful of both administration and her peers and is highly thought of by her co-workers.
#ThisIsCTE
Winter sports schedules for the next few weeks.
Choral Concert
Today, Christina Gouzd, Real Estate Broker, and Lyndsay Gray, Real Estate Agent, were welcomed by GHS's Riverside Business and Marketing Simulated Workplace. The topic of the day: Real Estate Management through Keystone Realty Group. The ladies explained about the real estate market and job duties related to the real estate industry. Students enjoyed their visit and were excited to ask questions
FOOD DRIVE
Industry Day #2
GHS Seniors interested in attending Fairmont State- the SOAR Scholarship event is this Friday, Dec 3rd from 6-8PM on our campus. Students who attend can earn a $500 Scholarship per year for 4 years with a value of $2,000. Sign up at www.fairmontstate.edu/soar