As the school year comes to a close, it is with pleasure that we announce to you that the 2025-2026 Teacher of the Year is Mrs. Sarah Warner, Music Educator and Band Instructor at Wells Road Intermediate School. She claims to have "the best job ever" and enjoys watching students shine in her classroom. While her passion lies with her flute and jazz music, Sarah has branched out to integrate educational technology such as AI image generation into her General Music classes. Sarah's nominations read, "Sarah’s dedication is unmatched! She is not only focused on the music, but also the growth of ALL of the children" and "Mrs Warner has always been there for me and has always been by my side when playing the flute. We have a lot of great memories together and I look up to her a lot." Congratulations Sarah!
🎓💛 Tomorrow is a Granby Spirit Day! 💛🎓
Let’s show our support for the Granby High School Class of 2025! Wells Road students and staff are encouraged to wear Granby gear or rock our colors of maroon and gold. Let’s fill the halls with spirit as we celebrate the graduates! #Classof2025 #GranbyBears
We use a variety of materials and activities to teach speech and language skills. We use our environment the to teach the schedule and the wall display to teach more vocabulary. An articulation student needs to repeat an activity a large number of times to make it into a habit so we reinforce this with a chance to use pennies with the tornado, the dolphin Alex and the squealing pig bank. The Spot It Game, which is used as a reinforcer after students work hard, also teaches vocabulary and word retrieval skills. Articulation Bingo with magnetic chips is a good way to learn speech sounds, but don’t tell the students (they just think it is fun). The Sequencing Verb Tense Cards not only teach sequencing, but also normal verb tenses and irregular verb tenses skills. The best way to teach speech and language skills is to incorporate it into everything possible and to make it fun! - Barbara Zachs, Speech Therapist
Students in Mr. Whitten's 3rd grade class have been learning about Connecticut history. Some of the history is close to home, as seen in these pictures. Penelope visited the Granby Oak, which is one of the oldest trees in New England. Katherine drove by the Heublein Tower. Below the tower is King Philips's Cave. Legend has it that Chief Metacomet sat in this cave as Simsbury was burned to the ground in 1676. Finally, Cole visited Manitook Lake where the Native Americans of this area had a longhouse!
Miss Stryker's 3rd grade class has been working hard on mastering fractions. They've been busy learning how to place fractions on a number line, find equivalent fractions, and compare them. The students love using fraction tiles and cubes to visualize the size of each fraction, making the learning process both fun and hands-on.
The 20th Annual Gran-Bee was a great success!
Congratulations to BUZZ BUZZ, GMHS Student Team sponsored by Board Chair Monica Logan.
Summer Enrichment Academy at Kelly Lane.
For details & sign up, visit your MySchool Bucks account.
Electors of the Town (registered voters) and qualified voters are entitled to vote during the Budget Referendum. April 21st, 8am to 8pm, Granby Town Hall. (Absentee ballots available through the Town Clerk's Office)
Join us in support for Autism Awareness and Acceptance Month.
Tomorrow, Friday, April 11th wear red or blue!
Fourth grade has been busy learning to multiply and divide big numbers. We start with visual models, and work our way up to a couple different algorithms. This enables students to have a better sense of WHY they're doing what they're doing in the computation that they perform. These students love the Area Model method, and were super proud of their work. So proud, in fact, they asked me to take pictures. Gotta love it! - Megan Proto, 4th Grade Teacher
Join the Kelly Lane and Wells Road School PTO for BOOK BINGO! April 3rd at 6:00pm at Kelly Lane School! All proceeds support the PTO.
Residents of the town of Granby and members of the school community are invited to nominate a Granby teacher for selection as the Granby Teacher of the Year. The teacher selected will represent the district for the 2025-26 school year.
Please use this form to nominate an amazing teacher!
https://forms.gle/bdmmo4UWpEZHQACr7
Students in Ms.Higgin's class worked in groups on a synonym activity. During this activity, students found groups of words that had similar meanings. Some examples include:
reveal, illustrate and show
personality, trait and quality
infer and conclude
Courtney Piotrowski - Literacy Coach
Our students are ready to help the world again! Tomorrow, Tuesday, March 25, please support this fundraiser for the Amur Leopard. (Students may purchase 5 or fewer items. No item costs more than $2.)
As Board of Education Appreciation Month comes to a close, we would like to extend a special thank you to Ms. Monica Logan, Chair of the Granby Board of Education.
Thank you, Ms. Logan, for guiding us through thoughtful and meaningful discussions and for consistently advocating for the best interests of Granby’s staff, students and community.
Stay informed with the FY26 Budget process and join the next BOE meeting online or in person this Wednesday, March 19th at 7:00pm in the Town Hall Meeting Room.
Students in Math Intervention use problem solving strategies to determine the lie in 2 Truths and A Lie. They also use a rubric to score their responses and work towards strong reasoning when explaining their math thinking. - Kierstan Pestana, Math Interventionist
In PE, students have been participating in our annual basketball unit. Students have spent time working on dribbling skills, lay-up form and played some fun games such as dribble tag, chicken dribble, hot shot and knock-out. Students in 5th grade have been taking a basketball quiz also, (to help them get prepared for quizzes in PE at the Middle School).
Now it's on to Floor Hockey!
- Steve Migneault, PE Teacher
The support of our leaders is invaluable. Thank you Ms. Lombardo for your leadership & dedication to Granby Public Schools!
The Granby School Board advocates on behalf of our schools, students and community.
Thank you Ms. Richmond-Godard for your dedication to Granby!
