Grafton High School

Awesome news coming out of Canaan Valley from the WV Ag Teachers Summit! Colton Gillespie is the Star Farmer and Star Agribusiness Award Winner for State Degree Candidates in 2025! All 7 State Degrees have passed! Both American Degrees have passed state review and move on to National Judging in August. Kellen Lambert was named a State Proficiency Winner in the area of Diversifed Livestock Production! Congratulations to our students on their outstanding achievement in SAE Programs!!! Mr. Tennant says, "This is the first time since 2005-2006 that an FFA Chapter has won Star Farmer in back to back years. (Colton & Kellen) It is also the first time EVER that a student has won two Star Awards at the same time!" Amazing!!! Congratulations 🥳

Attention 9th and 10th graders: if you are a student (with a 3.0 GPA or higher) who enjoys the outdoors and would be interested in exploring our beautiful state for 10 days during the summer, we encourage you to apply as soon as possible. Deadline is this week! More information can be found here: https://wvde.us/academics/middle-secondary-education/student-events-programs-initiatives/governors-schools/governors-school-tourism

A few reminders for this week

Congratulations to the following students who will represent their classes for the 2025-2026 school year. We look forward to watching you all be leaders in our school!

Thankful we have the best! You are both appreciated beyond measure!

And we have even more to celebrate today as our students continue doing great things! 👀 Look at our GHS students who are United Technical Center Spring 2025 Students of the Semester!! Congratulations Charlie, Bella, Isaac, and Michael! We are proud of you all. Keep up the great work 🥳👏🏼 **Photos obtained from the UTC social media page**

Friendly reminder to our students testing this Thursday. Show up on time. Do your best. Believe in yourself.

Congratulations to one of our senior GHS Welding students, Lawson Miller, on his successful completion of the D1.1 Structural Welding Certification. He has worked countless hours on this goal. Great work, Lawson! #bearcatproud

GNN: Hidden Talents of GHS Teachers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jrLfF9rkiMA

🎉 Grafton High School Shines at the 2025 WV World Language Showcase! 🌍💬 We are SO proud of our amazing Bearcats who participated in the World Language Showcase at Fairmont State University on April 4. Our students competed in Spanish through skits, singing, poetry, trivia, prepared speeches, impromptu talks, dances, and videos—and they almost placed in every category! 🇪🇸💃🎤 🏆 Special congratulations to these outstanding students: 🎭 Spanish Skits: 🥇 1st Place – "Los futuros líderes para cambiar el mundo" (Future Leaders to Change the World) Kelly Bolyard, Daniel Baeza, Jennah Charlton, Sydney Chen, Regan Knight, Chelsea Mauller, Michael Niggemyer, Lilian Roy, Jaylin Summers 🥉 3rd Place – "Ricitos de Oro" (Goldilocks) Reese Lambert, Peyton Freeman, Madelyn Fryer, Anhelita Gaeta, Ruth Horne, Noah Smith, Peyton Stevens, Rory Stevens 🎤 Spanish Singing: 🥇 1st Place – Kelly Bolyard (La Llorona) 🥉 3rd Place – Serenitee Swaney (Como la flor) 📝 Spanish Poetry: 🥈 2nd Place – Kissiah Riggin – Level 1 (Caballito Blanco / Little White Horse) 🥇 1st Place – Payton Freeman – Level 2 (Para leer en forma interrogativa / To Read in an Interrogative Way) ❓ Spanish Trivia: 🥈 2nd Place – Sydney Chen, Kelly Bolyard, MJ Niggemyer, Jaylin Summers ✍️ Spanish Dictation: 🥇 1st Place – Michael Niggemyer 🎙️ Spanish Prepared Talks: 🥇 Level 1 – Emily Shuttleworth (¿Quién soy yo? / Who Am I?) 🥇 Level 2 – Anhelita Gaeta (Dorothy) 🥈 Level 2 – Jennah Charlton (Mi experiencia en la clase de español / My Experience in Spanish Class) 🗣️ Spanish Impromptu Talks: 🥇 1st Place – Jennah Charlton 💃 Spanish Folkloric Dance: 🥇 1st Place – Ronda de Salsa Latina Camden Bowers, Liya Clemm, Paislee Freeman, Cameron Gray, Madix Mewshaw, Corinne Miller, Lilyanna Williams, Isaac Young, Gage Alexander, John Gouzd, Gracie Poling 🥈 2nd Place – Joropo (Venezuela) Sophia Austin, Anna Poling, Gracie Poling, Kelly Bolyard, Lilian Roy, Bailey Weaver, Reese Lambert, Ruth Horne 🕺 Spanish Modern Dance: 🥉 3rd Place – "Somos Latinos" (We Are Latinos) Ansley Alexander, Kaydence Grogg, Hayden Hicks, Taylor Bolyard, Jordan Cox, Gracie Poling, Addison Sole, Kissiah Riggin, Emily Shuttleworth, Rylie Pratt, Natalie Beltner, Leona Delaney 📹 Spanish Videos: 🏆 1st Place (Popular Vote) – Hadley Horne, Madelyn Fryer, Reagan Knight, Ruth Horne 🥈 2nd Place (Judges Vote) – Same team! 🎨 Most Creative Video (Popular Vote): 🥇 1st Place – Gracie Poling, Bailey Weaver, Gage Alexander, Maverick Bartsch, Briar Larew, Addison Sole, John Gouzd, Mason Nestor, Taylor Bolyard 🥈 2nd Place (Judges Vote) – Same team! 🎓 And great news: 3 of our seniors who won 1st place will be receiving a $2,000 scholarship from Fairmont State University this year to support their college journey! 💸🎓 A big THANK YOU to all our students, teachers, families, and FSU for supporting language learning across West Virginia. 💛 #BearcatPride #WorldLanguageShowcase #GHS #LanguagesMatter

GHS students traveled to SCORES at Marshall for the fourth year and brought back some bling. Thank you to Ms. Dalton for organizing the trip and Mrs. Ward, Mr. Zukowski and Mrs. Shumaker for chaperoning. AI and Drawing: First Place: Sierra Persinger and Kenzie Persinger Game Design with Scratch: Second Place: Cody Biddle, Jason Davis, and Brandon Bolyard Greek and Roman Mythology: Second Place: Jayden Tennant Persuasive Essay: Second Place: Addison Nethken Chemistry I: Third Place Lealand Poling Broadcast News Writing: First Place: Parker Biller Broadcast News Writing: Second Place: Kassidy Heldreth Music: Strings: Third Place: Dylan Hill Theatrical Costume Design: Third Place: Sara Moore The Next Best Thing: First Place: Adriana Corder, Lily Reed, Violet Rubenstein, and Grier Taylor

Check out this week's Fast News with Flea! https://m.youtube.com/shorts/cfdW1xso1LM?si=T9OJuoKMWp0bUhsk

GHS Presents...

The House of Fashion and community members have donated these beautiful gowns for prom. The Prom shop is open for anyone to come look at dresses, shoes, and jewelry. Some are brand new with tags on them- all offered to our students for FREE. We encourage students to come check it out to see if they can find something they like! We also have suits available! See Mrs. Eskridge for any questions regarding the Prom Shop.

AFTER-PROM Reminder that permission forms for after-prom our out. We are going to the HIVE this year. Spots are limited, so get your form in ASAP. Also note that there is a minimum number we need in order to host after-prom, so if you want to go, let us know.

Reminder that Thursday, April 10th is Test Day at GHS! Good luck to all of our students in grades 9-11 testing.

GNN: Outstanding Student https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zHbrB_a6K90

💙💛PROM TICKETS ARE ON SALE💙💛 👑Please see Mrs. Eskridge during lunch this week to purchase your prom ticket with cash or check. 👑The link or QR code below will send you to our online ordering. If you purchase online, see Mrs. Eskridge during lunch to select a table. 👑After Prom, The Hive forms can be submitted when you purchase your ticket at lunch as well. https://osp.osmsinc.com/TaylorWV/BVModules/ProductTemplates/Bvc2013/Product.aspx?productid=EC502-76

Congratulations Grafton HS Entertainers on an awesome job at the Martinsburg competition! 1st runner up Medium mixed class! Best tech! Sportsmanship Award! Outstanding instrumental solo -Lily Roy! Best performer - Callie Copeland! Overall 4th place! What a great way to end the competition season! #BearcatProud 💛💙🎶🎵💙💛

Congratulations, Bella Leard! 🥇 Gold Medal Welding Showcase Scrap Metal Structure United Technical Center Welding student #SkillsUSAWV #ThisIsCTE (Picture obtained from the United Technical Center social media)