THE GRANTONIAN
Week of January 13, 2025
General Scholars: This newly revamped program could use some snack $$ donations. Students getting tutoring in core subjects directly from teachers on Wednesday and Thursday afternoons need some snacks to fuel their sessions. Consider clicking the link and helping them buy snacks:
https://pps.schoolpay.com/pay/for/General-Scholars-Snack-Donations/Se15Vie
Grant High School names Miranda Tamayo as its’ new Head Softball Coach
We are excited to announce the hiring of Miranda Tamayo as the Head Softball Coach at Grant High School. Miranda is a southern California native. She grew up playing travel softball and was a four-year varsity letterman at Mater Dei High School. At Mater Dei she earned all league and pitcher of the year in her conference. Her high school success earned her the opportunity to spend four years as a student-athlete on the Softball team at Indiana University, where she earned a Bachelors in English. From there, Miranda went on to complete one more year as a student-athlete and one year as a graduate assistant, while earning her Masters in Education from the University of Indianapolis.
Tamayo then spent five years teaching high school English in Washington D.C., California, and Oregon. During those five years, she was both an assistant and head coach, as well as a private lessons instructor. Currently, Miranda is a copywriter for an education technology company.
New to Portland, Miranda is excited to integrate into the community, make a positive impact, and give back to the next generation through the sport that gave her so much.
Please welcome Miranda Tamayo, Head Softball Coach at Grant High School.
Go Generals!
Poetry Out Loud is a recitation competition for high school students across the country.
Grant's school-wide competition will take place on Wednesday, January 15TH, at 3:45 p.m. in the library.
This is a FREE event that all in the Grant community are welcome to attend.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16TH - TIMOTHY EGAN LECTURE
Timothy Egan is an American journalist and author of ten books. The most recent, A Fever in the Heartland: The Ku Klux Klan’s Plot to Take Over America, and the Woman Who Stopped Them, was an immediate New York Times bestseller. Egan worked for The New York Times for 18 years, first as the Pacific Northwest correspondent, and then as a national enterprise reporter. As part of a team of reporters Egan won the Pulitzer Prize for National Reporting in 2001 for writing a series called How Race is Lived in America. Students who would like to attend this evening field trip can sign up for a free ticket by filling out this FORM.
TRIVIAL LUNCH - FRIDAY, JANUARY 17th @ LUNCH
Bring your lunch to the South Forum this Friday and test your trivia knowledge. Teams consist of two - four players. Winning team gets prizes from the Treasure Chest! Contest starts at 12:10 p.m.
SIGN UP TO BE PART OF THIS YEAR'S STORY SLAM!
The 10th Annual Story Slam - Amazingly True Tales will be held on Thursday, February 13th @ 7 p.m. This year's story theme is HELP!. Any student who is interested in sharing a story at this year's slam, should fill out this registration form no later than Friday, February 2, 2024. For inspiration, check out last year's district-wide high school slam.
Jakob and Sala Kryszek Art & Writing Competition
The annual Jakob and Sala Kryszek Art & Writing Competition for middle and high school students encourages students to improve their awareness of the Holocaust. For the competition, students are presented with a prompt about a Holocaust theme in order to create a piece of writing or work of art. Grand prize winners will have the opportunity to select their prize: a trip to Washington D. C. to visit the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum OR a trip to Los Angeles to visit the Holocaust Museum for themselves and a chaperone. Both trips include airfare, three nights lodging, a meal stipend, and ground transportation stipend. Submission form and guidelines can be found at this link.
