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Weekly Family Newsletter

Posted Date: 12/14/25 (07:14 PM)


Steers Family Newsletter

December 14, 2025
Adam Anderson, Principal of Graham High School

Principal's Corner

Hello Parents and Community,

We had a great week last week with the Red, White, and Blue Tournament, GPEF grants awarded, recognizing students at the school board meeting, college final exams, and the start of soccer season!

This week we do have Final Exams for all of our non-college classes. Please see the attached calendar as I made some slight changes to Monday's schedule. I had not appropriately planned for the Adopt-a-Child class parties so I had to adjust the schedule. Thank you to our amazing teachers who helped me do it! We do have some dress up days this week as well. Please the different themes below.

Finally, I hope all of you stay warm and healthy over the next several weeks. As temperatures drop, please know that the Commons doors open at 7am for students. With the cooler weather also comes sickness. Please remind students to wash their hands frequently, cover their coughs and sneezes, get plenty of rest, and to see the nurse if they are feeling ill while at school. We want as many of our students at school each day to learn, and these are small things our students can do to keep themselves and others healthy.

Respectfully,

Adam Anderson
Principal

Graham Safe

Graham Safe Important Message

No Drills Planned

There are no scheduled drills for this last week of school. We will have a fire drill and lockdown drill in January.

Upcoming Events

Mark Your Calendars

Upcoming Events for GHS

  • December 15th-19th: Finals Week
  • December 15th: Adopt-a-Child Party
  • December 15th: LB JV Soccer vs Weatherford @ HOME 4pm
  • December 16th: LB Basketball vs WF Memorial @ HOME 4:30pm and 5:45pm
  • December 17th: Facilities Planning Committee Meeting #2 @ Crestview
  • December 18th: LB JV Soccer vs WF Legacy @ HOME 5pm
  • December 19th: Steers Soccer vs Midland Greenwood @ HOME 2pm and 4pm

  • December 22nd-Jan 2nd: Christmas Break
  • January 5th: No School (PL Day for Staff)
  • January 5th: Steers Basketball vs Maypearl @ HOME 1pm and 2:30pm
  • January 5th: Steers JV Soccer vs WF Legacy @ HOME 1pm
  • January 6th: Welcome Back Students
  • January 6th: LB Soccer vs Diamond Hill-Jarvis @ HOME 4pm and 5:15pm

 

What's Happening at GHS...

Final Exam Dress Up Days

Dress up days are below:

Monday: Polar Express-Wear pajamas
Tuesday: Grinch-wear your Christmas Spirit
Wednesday: Dress like an Elf
Thursday: Charlie Brown-Dress like your favorite "Peanuts" character
Friday: Christmas Vacation-wear your favorite ugly sweater
Dress up days
 

Students Recognized at Board Meeting

Congratulations to our band members and volleyball players who were recognized at the board meeting last week for their accomplishments!
Band
Volleyball
 

GHS Art Receives Ed Rachal Grant!

At the beginning of the school year, teachers were invited to submit grant proposals to the Ed Rachal Foundation.

I am excited to announce that our Textile Arts grant proposal was selected and funded! We are so happy to have received three sewing machines, a dress form, professional fabric shears, notions kits, and a sampling of fabric for the GHS Art Department.

Many of our students have expressed a desire to begin designing and creating using these materials, but do not have access or someone to teach them. This grant opens doors to a creative and useful life skill with significant potential for future employment.

Thank you to the Ed Rachal Foundation for investing in our students through this funded project! As we begin to establish and expand textile arts in our department, please reach out if you have unused fabric/notions you’d like to donate.
Art
Art
 

Congratulations to GPEF Grant Winners!

Huge shoutout to our teachers who were awarded grants from the Graham Public Education Foundation! On Thursday, the GPEF board, Dr. Johnston, and myself handed each winner a check for them to keep and congratulated them for being selected. GPEF awarded over $50,000 in grants just to GHS to benefit our students! We are so grateful for their support.
Art
Counselors
Math
CTE
 

New Email for Attendance Notes

Because we have had several staff changes before school started, we are trying to simplify the process for who to send notes to if you are choosing to email them.

Any note that you are submitting can be emailed to: ghsattendance@grahamisd.com. We will continue to accept Parentsquare messages as well.

Attendance Notes Reminder

As a reminder, parent notes are only accepted for 14 days after an absence has occurred. After that, they will not be accepted and the absence will stay unexcused. This only applies to parent notes, not notes from doctors. Doctors notes will be accepted at anytime during the year, but the sooner we get them the better.

Attendance Hour Makeup

There are 2 more days for students to attend After Hours University (AHU) and make up credit lost due to attendance. Encourage them to attend!
 

School Pictures Available for Purchase

Here is the link again for all 9th-11th grade GHS school pictures. Please feel free to purchase photos through the link below.

Senior Pictures Available Now!

Please use this link to find your student's senior pictures and order your favorites!
 

Yearbooks Available

Don't forget to buy a yearbook! All purchases can be made online at yearbookforever.com and the yearbooks will be distributed in May.

Please email Ms. Shook at mckenzie.shook@grahamisd.com with any questions. Thank you!

Senior Ads

All senior ads must be received no later than January 6th, 2026.   

Thanks for helping support the GHS yearbook staff, and don’t hesitate to call or e-mail mckenzie.shook@grahamisd.com if you have questions. The yearbook is scheduled to be delivered at the end of May.  

Please see the attached Google Doc for additional information.
 

Staff and Student Shoutouts

Have a Graham ISD student or staff member that deserves a shoutout in an upcoming GISD newsletter or social media post? Take a few moments to share information about the achievement or contribution the staff or student made and share photos if you have them using the form provided below.
Submit a Shoutout
 

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