Volunteers needed. This is a full day working with the Building Hope initiative and our Freshman Class. If you are interested in more details, call Mrs. Shumaker at 304-265-3046.
Good luck GHS volleyball.
Tomorrow night our volleyball team will play in the first round of sectionals at 7 o’clock in the Scotty Hamilton Gym.
Come out and support the team. Masks required.
Mrs. Smolski and Mrs. Murphy’s science class made Frankenstein yogurt for Halloween fun.
Join us for a variety of after school activities, including homework help, this coming week, 3:15-5:00! Check grade level Teams for the full schedule.
Interested in technology, art, and graphic design? We’ll view Fairmont State’s Graphic Design Show on Wednesday at 4:00 in TC8.
Good Luck Emily!!!
This week our students and staff wrote thank yous to our GHS Administration to celebrate Administrative Appreciation Month. Thank you to our Admins- Mrs. Shumaker, Mr. McCarthy, and Mr. Knopp- for everything you do to make GHS a great place to be! 💙💛🐾
Thank you to Ms. Dalton for organizing the third annual Sugar Rush at GHS.
Thank you to all of the teachers, coaches, and students that sponsored tables and donated candy.
305 children from the community attended.
Congratulations to Senora Skaggs and the Hispanic Honor Society. Their table was voted best decorated.
GHS sugar rush is this evening! Please note the switch to outside this year. You can park in the student parking lot and head towards the entrance to McKinney Field and we will have tables set up behind the school. Hope to see all the great costumes this evening!
Ages 12 and under, see you tomorrow evening for Sugar Rush!!! We can’t wait to see your costumes.
Enter through Sam Bord Drive by student parking lot.
Sra. Skaggs, Spanish Teacher and Chapter Sponsor of the Hispanic Honor Society, welcomed new members during an Induction Ceremony on Monday evening, October 25.
Special Music was performed by Maria Walesca Suarez from Venezuela and Jose Fernando Ramirez from Columbia.
Muchas Gracias Por Asistir/thank you for coming -- members, parents, GHS staff, and special guests.
In addition to the ceremony, the Hispanic Honor Society has been active and packed gifts to send to Venezuela.
The GHS FBLA Officer team appreciated the opportunity to travel to Flatwoods today to participate in the WV FBLA Fall Leadership Conference. 🍁🍂
Guest speakers included Tara St. Clair who shared details about the WV High School Business Plan Competition, Tricia Ball shared the Journey of Entrepreneurship & D4D, and Allison Glotfelty who shared her presentation titled, “Being a Young Entrepreneur.”
Informative and fun workshops engaged students in: Team Building, Lead to Succeed, Practice Perfection, Working your Network, and Face Your Fear of Public Speaking.
Officer team includes: Braydon McCullough, Austin Casto, Emma Fridley, Sydney Friend, and Kelly Grass.
Justin Gainer, GHS FBLA Treasurer, was unable to attend in preparation of this evening’s Region II Regional Soccer Finals. Go Bearcats! ⚽️
If you are interested in playing or coaching Powder Puff Football, you need to attend an informational meeting on Friday in the cafeteria with Ms. Wyatt to get the packet for Powder Puff. If you have any questions, please come see Ms. Wyatt or email at taylor.wyatt@k12.wv.us
Come out and support your Bearcat Boys’ Soccer team in the Regional Championship at PB starting at 5pm. Good Luck Bearcats! 💙💛🐾⚽️
COVID numbers are trending in the wrong direction. Please assist us as we try to mitigate our numbers downward and follow all quarantine orders and making sure your child is wearing their mask properly. Together we can make a difference.
Field Trip Opportunity for GHS Students
Grafton High School Volleyball enjoyed Pink Out Night at the WVU Coliseum on Saturday, October 23. After the game between WVU and Baylor, the volleyball team had a chance to meet the Baylor players and discuss volleyball experiences at the high school and collegiate levels.
Bearcats- put on your black and red and support the Knights this Wednesday.
The 9th Grade will be taking a field trip to the United Technical Center in Clarksburg on Wednesday of next week. This trip is for ALL Freshmen and they are required to submit a permission form to attend. Forms are due by this Friday. They were given out by AA teachers and attached on Livegrades and grade level Teams. Please be sure to get these forms in to be able to attend this trip!
-GHS Counseling Department
Taylor County Schools will continue to wear masks for the next fourteen days based on the WVDHHR map being red today, October 24, 2021.
Congratulations to the boys soccer team. They are sectional champs. They defeated RCB in double overtime, 1-0.
Coach Knight expects us to play a regional game against Herbert Hoover at 6:00 on Tuesday at Philip Barbour HS.
#BearcatProud
