Granville Jr/Sr High School

Spring concert season is coming! One of the concerts is the Jazz Ensembles Spring Concert - this year they will be in a new venue! They are going to perform at Veterans' Park on Thursday, June 13 at 6:30 pm. This is a free event open to the public! Grab your lawn chairs and come join us for a night of music in the park.

400 doesn’t seem like a big number except when you're talking 400 High School Career Strikeouts and then it’s HUGE! Congratulations Lauren Bascom (senior) on achieving this wonderful milestone in the 2nd inning of last night's game. ~Coach Gould & Coach Hunt

Our Unified Basketball team played Glens Falls on Tuesday and did great! They are having a great season - come watch a home game this afternoon at 4:30 in the High School Gym. There is another home game opportunity next Thursday, May 16th at 4:30 pm in the High School Gym.

The Jeff Blatnick New York State Olympic Style Wrestling Championships was held on May 3, 2024 through May 5, 2024 in Binghamton, NY. These tournaments are two of three competitions for the prestigious NYS "Triple Crown" Award. The other one being the NY-USA Folkstyle State Championship held at Bayshore, NY. A wrestler would have to win all three to be a "Triple Crown" winner. The tournament in Binghamton was also the Qualifier for NYS to attend the Nationals to be held in Fargo, ND this summer. AJ Landon was the first for Granville to attain this special achievement. He won all three tournaments at 190lbs in the 16U division. There were 4 other wrestlers who competed last weekend. Nathan Barber qualified for Fargo with a 3rd place finish at 16U 144 lbs and placed 5th in Freestyle. Jaymie Landon qualified for Fargo placing 3rd at Junior division in 145lbs. Carter Lehoisky placed 7th at 16U 108 lbs. Kaiden Turenne took 2nd in Freestyle and 1st in Greco-Roman at 165lbs. CONGRATULATIONS TO ALL!

Budget Vote 2024 One of the propositions this year on our ballot is a Capital Project. We have posted our fourth & final video about the project. For information & videos on the project please visit our website. There are also display boards at each of the schools. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. https://www.granvillecsd.org/page/2024-capital-project-information

Our FFA crew has been out in Buffalo for the FFA State Convention since Wednesday evening. In one of the photos that they sent back they are pictured with the NY Ag Commissioner, Richard Ball, sitting on the table that was built by Granville students last year. "A moment lasts for seconds but the memories lasts forever."

Budget Vote 2024 One of the propositions this year on our ballot is a Capital Project. We have posted our third video about the project and there will be one more posted next week. For information & videos on the project please visit our website. There are also display boards at each of the schools. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. https://www.granvillecsd.org/page/2024-capital-project-information

Hard to believe we are in May already! This time of year gets busy so we wanted to make sure you had some things on your calendar. Please see below for a list of upcoming events! May 13 - Board of Education Meeting and Budget Hearing - 6 pm May 21 - Budget Vote - 10a-8pm HS Gym May 23 - Elementary Chorus & Band Concert - 6:30 pm - High School Auditorium May 30 - Jr High Band & Chorus Concert - 6:30 pm June 5 - Jr/Sr High Academic Awards - 6:30 pm - High School Gym June 6 - Sr High Band & Chorus Concert - 6:30 pm - High School Auditorium June 10 - Board of Education Meeting June 13 - Jazz Ensemble Concert in Veterans' Park - 6:30pm June 24 - MJT PreK Graduation - 9:30 am June 24 - 6th Grade Moving Up Ceremony - 6 pm June 25 - MJT Kindergarten Parade - 9:30 am June 25 - Last Day of School June 28 - Graduation - 6:30 pm

Granville Lady Horde Softball will celebrate their 6 Seniors tonight! (from left: Courtney Ennis, Megan Hover, Haylie Barber, Megan Decker, Lauren Bascom, and Melissa Beaver) The lady horde will play Fort Edward at 4:30 pm with senior night festivities starting at 4:15pm. Come support these girls as they play in their final regular season home game at Burch Field.

Today, April 30th, will be the last day the Cardio Room is open for the school year. Please feel free to use our outdoor facilities for walking/running. Have a great Granville Day!

Budget Vote 2024 One of the propositions this year on our ballot is a Capital Project. We have posted our second video about the project and there will be two more posted in the coming weeks. For information on the project please visit our website. There will also be display boards at each of the schools in the near future. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. https://www.granvillecsd.org/page/2024-capital-project-information

Tomorrow is the day! Our Blue & Gold Invitational starts at 9:30. Come join us for a great event!

The Varsity Track and Field team is off to an amazing start with our season. So far we have had 7 athletes that have earned the right to go to state qualifiers for their events! -Timothy Pratt has qualified for the 110 Hurdles with a time of 15.98. -Nick Powers has qualified for shot put, with a throw of 44' 2". -Hayden Villarreal has qualified for the 800m with a time of 2:07.7 -Our 4x800 team has also qualified and consists of: Carter Powell, Parker Cornwall, Matthew Vladyka and Hayden Villarreal. Their time is 8:52.57. There are several other athletes that are close to hitting some incredible marks! We have 3 home meets remaining and they are going to be meets that you won't want to miss! Right now our boys team is undefeated with two dual meets remaining. Attached is a schedule of our remaining home meets if you are interested.

Budget Vote 2024 One of the propositions this year on our ballot is a Capital Project. For information on the project please visit our website. We have posted our first video about the project and there will be more posted in the coming weeks. There will also be display boards at each of the schools in the near future. Please do not hesitate to reach out if you have any questions. https://www.granvillecsd.org/page/2024-capital-project-information

Have you ever wanted to be on the Board of Education? Give back to the community? Serve as a representative for that community? If the answer is yes, now is the time! The Granville School Board has four open seats for this year's election. 3 seats are 3 year terms and 1 seat is a 1-year term. 📋CANDIDATE QUALIFICATIONS: 1. Must be a citizen of the United States 2. Must be at least 18 years of age 3. Must have been a resident of the district for a continuous period of at least 1 year immediately prior to the election 4. Must be able to read and write. 5. Must be the only member of his or her family residing in the same household on the school board ❎CANDIDATE RESTRICTIONS: 1. Must not simultaneously hold an incompatible public office, such as town supervisor 2. Must not be an employee of the district 3. Must not have been removed from a school district office within one year of the election. 4. A person convicted of a felony in New York State is ineligible to seek a seat on the Board if the maximum sentence to which he/she could have been sentenced has not expired or if he/she has not been discharged from parole 🗓If you are interested in running for a seat on the Board of Education the petitions are available at the District Office Monday - Friday (holidays not included) 8:00-4:00 pm. Petitions must be turned in to the District Clerk, Ashlee Zinn by April 22nd at 5:00 pm. 518-642-1051 ext 1301

Breakfast at the High School looks delicious this morning! Banana Split Parfaits! BBQ Roasted Chicken, Roasted Red Potatoes, & Mixed Veggies for lunch. Remember all students in Granville receive free breakfast and lunch. Enjoy!

Don't forget - tomorrow is Blue & Gold Day in all three buildings - show us your school spirit! The Spirit Club also invites all students, families, and community members to come watch the fun! 5:00 pm in the High School Gym

Don't forget Spirit Week at the High School starts Tuesday! Thursday will be a district wide Blue & Gold Day! Have fun with it! Show us your school spirit.

Spirit Night 2024 is coming next week!  Thursday, April 11th @ 5pm High School Gym Students, Parents, Staff, and Community Members are welcome to come have fun watching 7th-12th graders compete against each other and staff members!  Admission: FREE - The Spirit Club does strongly encourage everyone to bring a donation for the Granville CSD PTO's Backpacks for Hunger Program. They are in need and it benefits district students. There will be BLUE & GOLD boxes set up - the color with the most food will win the points for that part of the competition.  Concessions will be available.  April 11th will also be BLUE & GOLD Day in all three schools! Have fun with it, show your school spirit!  T-shirts - We have a new t-shirt design this year! $15 per shirt. Limited supply. Sales start Tuesday in the main office. Parents are welcome to buy shirts as well. We will have last year's shirts for sale at the event as well.  The Spirit Club would like to fill the gymnasium with Blue & Gold and have as much fun as possible! Join us.

Board of Education Meeting & Budget Workshop # 3 Review State Aid Revenues and Adopt 2024-2025 Budget April 9, 2024 6:00 pm High School Library Agenda & Youtube Link available on our website. https://www.granvillecsd.org/ As always meetings are open to the public.