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Posted Date: 01/05/26 (06:00 PM)
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Steers Family Newsletter

January 5, 2026
Adam Anderson, Principal of Graham High School

Principal's Corner

Hello Parents and Students,

I hope you had a restful break and were able to spend time with loved ones. The weather we had definitely did not feel like Christmas, but it was appreciated nonetheless. A new year usually means looking at what we accomplished and who we are, and then setting goals to improve. My family and I set physical goals, spiritual goals, and intellectual goals to try and improve ourselves during 2026. As we begin this new semester and new year, I hope that you take time to set personal and family goals as well.

As we begin this new year and new semester, we have a new process for signing out student drivers that I think will be beneficial to families. We also have several events coming up over the next few weeks where I hope to see you.

I look forward to seeing all of our students tomorrow and to welcome them back to school. Happy New Year!

Respectfully,

Adam Anderson
Principal

Graham Safe

Graham Safe Important Message

Upcoming Drills

This month, we will have a fire drill and a lockdown drill. Families will be notified the week of the planned lockdown drill. As always, parents will be notified after we conduct any drill on campus.

Upcoming Events

Mark Your Calendars

Upcoming Events for GHS

  • January 5th: Steers Soccer JV Blue vs WF Legacy @1pm
  • January 6th: LB Soccer vs Diamond-Hill Jarvis @4pm
  • January 7th: Facilities Planning Committee
  • January 9th: LB Basketball vs Glen Rose @4:30pm
  • January 12th: Steers Basketball vs Abilene Hawks @7:30pm
  • January 12th: LB Soccer vs Springtown @3:30pm
  • January 12th: Steers Soccer vs Springtown @4:45pm
  • January 14th: School Board Meeting
  • January 16th: No School
  • January 16th: LB Soccer vs Bowie @5:30 pm
  • January 16th: Steers JV Soccer vs Bowie @7pm
  • January 16th: Steers Varsity Soccer vs Abilene @4pm
  • January 30th: No School
 

What's Happening at GHS...

Young County Junior Livestock Show

Please come out and support our local Ag students at the YCJLS, January 12th-January 17th.
 

New Process to Sign Out Student Drivers

In an effort to make it easier on parents to sign out students, GHS is implementing the following process to sign out students that are 16 or older AND are drivers. This will make it easier for parents that are unable to come to the high school to sign out a student.

  • Parent/Guardian calls in and requests to sign their student out over the phone.
  • The front office staff will verify that the number being called from and the parent/guardian is in Skyward.
  • Once confirmed, the student will be notified to check out at the front office. The student MUST come check out.
  • The student driver will then leave campus.

A minimum of 30 minutes notice before the desired release time will help ensure that your child is released at the correct time. Please help us out by making sure all contact information in Skyward is correct and up-to-date. A student will not be signed out from a phone call if parent/guardian information can not be verified with Skyward.

Our current sign out process remains the same for all other students.
 

Makeup Hours

We are starting AHU early this semester to help students regain lost credits. We have two opportunities in January for students to make up any hours for classes that they lost credit for from first semester. Those dates are January 20th from 4-7pm and January 31st from 9am-1pm. Please encourage your student to attend to continue to make up hours and regain credit.
 

New Email for Attendance Notes

Because we have had several staff changes, 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.
 

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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