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May 2013 LV-7
Granger ambassadors will guide freshmen
By Vanessa Quiles WITH THE addition of the ninth graders coming to Granger next year, it might be a little scary for them. To help ease this, juniors and seniors will be ambassadors. These students that have been chosen will be guiding the new students and showing them around. This way they will feel welcomed and less lost in high school. The ambassadors will be handing out binders to the freshmen and telling them the importance of getting good grades in their classes so they can graduate. Ambassadors will share their personal experiences that they have had as students here at Granger. Ambassadors will also be assigned to a group of ninth graders; there’s going to be two ambassadors per group.
“I think it’s pretty cool that they are doing this,” Rebecca Bramall (11) said. She thinks it’s a good idea that they want freshmen to feel welcomed. “They will only choose some of us, and those that get picked will come to school during the summer,” she said. They will be coming in the summer so that they can get taught what they will be doing as ambassadors. “When I was in ninth grade I showed around the seventh graders and I liked it. It was fun,” Bramall said. She has already had some good experience with this. “I think it’s a great idea. This way they will have more experience, and there will be less confusion. This might also ease the tension for them,” Colton Smith (11) said. He wishes that he could have had this to help him when he en-
tered high school. “I was lost in location and what was expected of me, so I definitely would have liked something like this,” he said, Smith said he would have had less confusion and would have been less stressed. “I am excited for this, I think it will work out well. There might be some troubles, but we will work through them as they come,” he said. He believes that it’s a stepping stone process he doesn’t see anything going wrong. If anything does go wrong, they will overcome it. Overall, Samantha Head (11) agrees that if they would have done this for her when she entered high school, it would have been very helpful. “It would have helped me way more. I would have known more
stuff,” she said. Head said that it will be beneficial. These freshmen will be in the know of where things are, what’s expected and where to go as well. “I had no idea that there was a separate building outside for math and English. I was like whoa, what?” Veronica Tann (10). She thinks that this is pretty cool. “We will enjoy a tour of the new Granger as well while we show them around,” she said. Tann would have loved this when she came to high school this year. Junior high to high school is always a big transition. “They are little freshman. They can use the help that will be given to them,” she said. “High school is totally different, but a lot more fun,” she said.
Several Granger students will serve as ambassadors to welcome new students to Granger’s massive campus.
Retiring teachers get ready for their second acts
By Brianna Bauer TO MANY seniors right now, they are just anxious to graduate and be done with high school. But for some teachers, this year is the last time they shall walk through the halls of any Granger High -old or new. Thee of our beloved teachers will be retiring this year and could be even more ready to leave than most Lancers. Mr. Tanner is one of our amazing teachers who will retire. “After seven years of teaching science here at Granger, I will be retiring and leaving Granger with the class of 2013. After I retire, my wife and I plan on serving a LDS mission together in Argentina,” Mr. Tanner said. Many students have enjoyed having his class and
the environment in the classroom. “He is an amazing teacher and has taught me so much. I am so happy I took his this year,” Sandra Bounthisane (12) said. “I have only had him this year but I think his class has been my favorite so far. He is will be greatly missed by many,” Jessica Matheson (10) said. Another one of our amaz-
Ms. Woodward, Dr. Miller, and Mr. Tanner.
ing teachers is Dr. Miller. A few students had a few things they wanted to say about the retiring teachers. “I had Dr. Miller for this year only, but she was an amazing teacher and she taught me many amazing things. She was a great teacher and she will be missed by lots of students,” Jaycha Matheson (12) said. “Teaching at Granger for 15 years has been the greatest part of my career. I am very sad to leave. The Math and English building has become such a tight community and I love it. I will miss mostly the students and to see how they find out what they could be, but I will be happy that I’m not moving into the new school,” Dr. Miller said. And our last but never least important is Ms. Woodward.
“To me, Ms. Woodward was an out-of-this-world type of teacher. She was always willing to help you if you had a problem, and she would especially help you to succeed in all of your classes. I really appreciate her, and I will miss her very much,” Kassie Wakefield (12) said. “I have been teaching here at Granger for 38 years but have taught for 46 years all together. I am happy that I will be retiring. I will mostly miss the kids and helping teach them everything that they wanted to learn.” She might be retiring, but she’s not leaving. “I will be returning next year to the new school to help teach three Latin classes, which means I get to be part of the new school for a little bit.” “But I will miss Granger. It has been my home for many years,” she said.
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