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.
Senora Skaggs will be hosting an informational meeting on Monday, February 6th at 6:00 pm in her classroom. If you are interested in learning more to attend this trip, please register with the QR to attend the meeting.
Healthy Grandfamilies begins February 27th in the Mary Battle Studio. It is open to any grandparents of Taylor County raising one or more grandchildren. Childcare will be provided.
Students wishing to get some community service hours can see Mrs. Shaffer in the main office.
The GHS Blood Drive will be held February 27th from 8 am to 1:30 pm in the Mary Battle Studio
National FFA Week is coming up in February. Be on the lookout for the activities our chapter is doing to celebrate the week!
Our GHS Entertainers have upcoming competitions in the month of February. Please come out and support them as they perform.
Best of luck to all of our Entertainers in their performances in February!
This Saturday, our Bearcats Swim Team will compete in the Big 10 Conference Swim Meet at The Bridge.
Come out and support our Bearcats. Good Luck to all of our swimmers! 🏊🏼♀️🐾
Seniors planning to continue your education after high school- you are encouraged to attend our FAFSA Night on 2/6 in the Mary Battle Studio.
Reminder that if you are PROMISE eligible, you MUST fill out the FAFSA as well.
Please bring your iPad to complete the FAFSA and/or PROMISE app and parent/guardian tax information from last year's taxes.
Varsity Ball Week begins on Monday. Here are the spirit week days.
Varsity Ball Game will be held on February 2nd. We will have a shooting competition at halftime and a 50/50 raffle to go to local Taylor County charities and organizations. All money from 50/50 and shooting competition will go directly to the charities. Senior Night will be held at the basketball game that evening and YLA will be hosting a chili cookoff.
We will have a Thuse on Thursday for our students to celebrate our school pride.
Dance will be held on Saturday, February 4th from 8-11 pm. It is $5 for admission and is a semi-formal dance.
We are looking forward to a great week filled with Bearcat Pride for our school and community!
Thank you to our newest partner in education, Keystone Realty Group, for sponsoring our new score table. The owners of Keystone Realty Group are John and Christina Gouzd. Thank you for your generosity and support of GHS and our students.
Join us for a great evening on campus on Tuesday, February 14, starting at 5:00 pm!
CTE Showcase 5:00-7:00 PM
Check out our Career and Technical students and programs with a variety of hands-on student demonstrations and presentations!
Pierpont Community and Technical College
6:00 EDGE Credit and EDGE Scholarship
6:30 WV Invests
GHS Boys Basketball vs Fairmont Senior
5:45 JV Game
7:30 Varsity Game
GHS would like to wish a very special Happy Birthday to our principal, Mrs. Shumaker!
She is a wonderful leader who works hard to make GHS the best place that it can be and we want to thank her for the hard work and passion she puts forth for our school every single day.
If you see her today, be sure to wish her a Happy Birthday!
Congratulations to our 2022-2023 Math Field Day Winners
Fourth Grade
Ethan Miller, West Taylor Elementary – First Place
Connor Markley, West Taylor Elementary – Second Place
Madilyn Poling, West Taylor Elementary – Third Place
Kayleigh Weaver, Anna Jarvis, 1st Alternate
Connor Sisler, West Taylor Elementary – 2nd Alternate
Fifth Grade
Rylee Knight – First Place
Owen Roberts – Second Place
Madelyn Bowers – Third Place
Owen Everett-1st Alternate
Dominic Arbogast, 2nd Alternate
Sixth Grade
Isabella Asebes – First Place
Brynley Murphy – Second Place
Kinleigh Hutson – Third Place
Owen Moore- 1st Alternate
Alivia Pitman – 2nd Alternate
Seventh Grade
Bryson Snider – First Place
Jackson Hildreth – Second Place
Maverick Bartsch – Third Place
Addison Sole – 1st Alternate
Gracie Poling – 2nd Alternate
Eight Grade
Zhen Cheng – First Place
Caleb Edwards – Second Place
Noah Smith – Third Place
Reese Lambert – 1st Alternate
Levi Brown – 2nd Alternate
Looking for parents and community members interested in helping with the after prom this year. This is a wonderful event that provides our students a safe place to go after prom. The planning committee is forming soon, and it takes several people to organize it.
Please contact Mrs. Shumaker at the school if you are interested in getting involved.
Here is a quick look at some of the upcoming events we have coming up at Grafton High School. Mark your calendars!
2023 Varsity Ball Game will be on February 2nd. Come out and support your Bearcats and pack the stands for the game. Senior Night will also be held that evening.
