Following school bus rules ensures a safe trip With summer quickly coming to an end, the start of school is right around the corner. Make sure your students arrive to school safely. The Granite Falls School District takes a number of precautions to…

Granite Falls High School junior Aakash Sethi has been accepted into the Washington Aerospace Scholars (WAS) 2012-2013 program. Sethi was selected from over 280 students from 119 different public, private and home school organizations who applied to…

The Granite Falls School District announced its second quarter Success in Education award winners. Staff members Vicki Van Dam (Special Education secretary) and Robynn Barth (Middle School Health teacher) and student winners Makayla Greenlee, Kosei…

Nominations are now being accepted for the annual Granite Falls High School Alumni Hall of Fame inductees. The Alumni Hall of Fame was established in 1994 to honor past graduates that were active in school activities that have gone on to become…

Peggy Gabrio A Granite Falls High School teacher has recently been honored with a 2012 Teacher of Excellence Award after being nominated by a former student. Peggy Gabrio has received the 2012…

Congratulations to the Granite Falls’ students who have won Sno-Isle Libraries Bookmark Contest! All the winning bookmarks can be accessed on Sno-Isle’s website. Left: Erin Judd was the…

Pooja Sethi Granite Falls High School senior Pooja Sethi has been named as a Commended Student in the 2013 National Merit Scholarship Program. Sethi placed in the top five percent of more than 1.5 mil…

Thomas G. Mareina of Granite Falls was named to the Columbia College – Whidbey Island campus dean’s list for the June to July 2012 award period. To be named to the dean’s list a student must have completed 12 semester hours in a 16-week period…

Pooja Sethi The Washington Aerospace Scholars program is pleased to announce that Pooja Sethi from Granite Falls High School participating in one of the four WAS Summer Residency sessions held in…

Pictured left to right Kristen Bass, Tammi Sawyer, and School Board President Rebecca Loney. The Granite Falls School District named Kristen Bass and Tammi Sawyer as the 2011-2012 Employees of the…

The Granite Falls Library will be holding a free class for job seekers to learn basic computer skills. The class will help build on basic computer skills and teach students to learn to use a computer for job seeking, resumes and online applications….

A host family is needed for a foreign exchange student who will be attending Granite Falls High School the 12/13 school year. A potential host family is need for students coming from the following countries: Germany, Brazil, Netherlands, Norway,…

The Granite Falls School District Food Service Department is running the Free Summer Lunch Program beginning June 22, at the multipurpose building/Middle School lunchroom located at 405 N. Alder Ave, Granite Falls from 12 noon to 1 p.m. Lunch will…

The Granite Falls School District announced its second semester Success in Education award winners at the May 16, 2012 School Board meeting. High School special education teacher Lori Carlson and Mountain Way Elementary secretaries Suzanne Parish…

The Granite Falls High School Shop Girls took first place in safety at the Shell Eco-Marathon Americas Competition in Houston. At the same competition the GFHS UrbanAuto team took second in their category with 231 mpg. Granite Falls High School…

The Granite Falls School District is hosting a community forum May 3 and May 9* at 6 p.m. at the Administration Center located at 205 N. Alder Ave, Granite Falls. The forum will be held in room 200 (upstairs, last door on the south end of the…

Students from Mr. Carpenter’s green technology class tour PUD’s small hydro project. Granite Falls High School students in Crosby Carpenter’s Green Sustainable Technology and Design class were…

The Granite Falls High School Drama department will perform the comedy Mirth and Mayhem, April 13 at 7 p.m. and April 14 at 2 p.m. at the High School Performing Arts Center. General admission is $4; student price is $2 with ASB card, $3 without…

The Granite Falls High School Career and Technical Education (CTE) program is looking for volunteer adults to serve on an Advisory Board to help plan courses and learning experiences that prepare students for the workforce and training after…

Granite Falls High School Eco-team instructor Michael Werner was awarded a $2,450 grant from Boeing Employees Credit Union on February 24. The grant will be used to involve students at Granite Falls Middle School and Monte Cristo Elementary in the…

George Curtis, Class of 1940, and Arlene Winje Stilley, Class of 1953, were named to the Granite Falls High School Alumni Hall of Fame at the varsity basketball game held January 27. The Hall of Fame was established in 1994 to honor past graduates…

Levies provide money for programs, activities, and services that are not covered by state funding for basic education. The state does not fully fund basic education programs so school districts ask…

Ten times a year Brotherton Cadillac grants a $5,000 scholarship to someone who is making a difference in their community as part of their Community Champions award. The Brotherton Award is a way to…

Cassie Collinge Raelene Mock Granite Falls Middle School students Cassie Collinge and Raelene Mock have been selected to participate in the 2012 Washington Music Educators Association’s (WMEA)…

GFHS senior Andrew Jackson. Granite Falls High School senior Andrew Jackson has been selected to participate in the 2012 Washington Music Educators Association’s (WMEA) concert February 16 in…