With winter on the horizon, here is a reminder of GHS’s school closing procedures.

GHS uses WMUR News 9 as the designated location where school closings
due to weather will be posted. These closings are listed online at
www.wmur.com. Once you go to their website, click on the tab for closings,
and you will see Granite Hill School listed. Granite Hill School DOES NOT do
a phone message or email to families when school is canceled.

If your student’s district closes due to weather, but GHS is still open,
transportation will not be provided and your student is not expected to come
in. If your student’s district has a 2 hour delay, transportation will pick your
student up after the 2 hour delay.

As we set the clocks back and the seasons are changing, there are changes happening at GHS too. Teachers worked on report cards last week and families should see first quarter report cards soon. Students continue in the same classes for the second quarter. For the second quarter the GHS community is excited to welcome Fatou on board. She will be teaching math. With holidays coming up we would like to remind everyone to keep an eye on the school calendar. In terms of scheduled days off students need to follow the calendar of GHS and NOT their home district.

Teachers have been working hard to prepare progress reports. Families can expect to see these in the next week.

We are now one month into the school year. Students have settled into the routine of their class. This year, we have also implemented school wide fun Friday’s. This occurs on the last Friday of the month. This is a day taken to work on SEL skills through various activities including the ropes course elements and field games.

We are excited to start the new school year. Please see the attached newsletter for information about the start of the school year.

Thank you to everyone who helped make ESY a great summer experience for our students. Students who participated in ESY will now have over 2 weeks off before the new school year begins. We are excited for the 2024-2025 academic year. Staff are working hard to prepare for the new school year. We are excited to get students back in the building on Monday August 26, 2024. Our full school calendar can be found under here. Please contact the school if you have any questions or concerns about the upcoming school year. We look forward to another great year at Granite Hill.

The end of the year has come. We hope students enjoyed the end of the year celebrations. There will be staff in the building until the 19th of June. GHS will be closed from the 19th to the 27th of June. ESY begins on July 1, 2024. We hope all of our students have a great summer and we look forward to their return in the fall if we will not be seeing them in ESY.

We hope to see you for our year end celebration on June 11th.

We hope to see you at our end of the year celebrations on June 11th!

April first marks the start of the 4th quarter. Report cards should be going out at the end of the week or the beginning of next week.

With the impending storm, please remember that all school closures for GHS are posted on WMUR. GHS does not call families for school closures.

There is a schedule change for April 8th. Please see below.

On April 8, 2024, we will be having an early release day @11:30 am due to the solar eclipse. The solar eclipse is expected to start in Newport at approximately 2:15 pm, with the sun being 97% covered by 3:30 pm. This timing coincides with our regular dismissal schedule. While solar eclipses are awe-inspiring natural phenomena, they also present certain risks, particularly concerning the safety of our students and drivers.

We hope all of our GHS families had a fun and relaxing Winter Break.

Students have come back from break and settled back into classes. Teachers are currently working on finalizing progress reports which will be sent home in the next week. The 3rd quarter ends March 28th. Students have until then to get work completed for 3rd quarter.