Weekly Family Newsletter

Rowan Bronfield has been selected as the Heart of Graham recipient this year. Please see the attached information to learn more about Rowan, and how you can help support him and his family. I hope to see each of you at the Heart of Graham game against Brownwood on September 18th! Thank you to GHS Athletics for sponsoring Heart of Graham and supporting our community!

This week, Mrs. Gage was selected to be the GISD Teacher of the Month! She was nominated by a GISD staff member who stated: “Dawna loves her students and makes sure that they know it every day when they walk into the classroom. She builds relationships with students and encourages them to try their best no matter what." We are so grateful to have her on our campus!

Please consider sharing words of encouragement, a word of thanks, or a shoutout for a job well done for our staff or students so that they can be recognized in the monthly TeleGRAHAM.

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Did you know that completing and returning Free and Reduced Price Lunch Forms does more than just allow your student to receive free lunches at school? It also provides financial benefits to families such as:

These forms can be picked up and returned in the front office or you can apply online here.

During a Secure, students and staff are safely locked inside the building due to a situation or threat outside. This is different from a Lockdown which is implemented when the threat to students and staff is imminent and more likely inside the building.

Students and staff are typically free to move from class to class inside the building, but cannot go outside until the situation has been resolved.

Examples of when a Secure could be ordered include when first responders must address a threat or police situation in a neighborhood or area around the campus, to capture a stray animal on school property or to manage a chemical spill on a nearby highway.

Often, a Secure lasts only a few minutes, but it will be communicated to all parents to explain the facts and to reassure them that students and staff are locked safely inside. During this time the campus will not allow any visitors or deliveries. Once the “all clear” is given, staff and families will be notified that the Secure has been lifted. 

Earlier this week we shared commonly used attendance codes at GHS. Here they are again for your review.

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.

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

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.

We are excited to announce a new tradition at Graham High School dedicated to honoring the students who pour their hearts back into our community. Beginning with the Class of 2027, students will have the opportunity to earn a Community Service Cord to wear proudly at graduation!

This cord recognizes the dedication, leadership, and selflessness of our Steers and Lady Blues who actively work to make our community a better place. 

To earn this honor, students must complete and submit the required hours. These hours can be earned throughout their entire 4 years at GHS, not just their senior year. Because this is a new initiative, we are phasing in the hour requirements:

Students will complete a Volunteer Tracker Sheet which can be picked up in the counseling office, and return it to Mrs. Bazan, in the counseling office. She will track all students' hours. Because we are phasing this in, students will be allowed to claim any hours from January 2026 to now towards their Community Service Cord.

If students have questions, they can come see Mrs. Bazan in the counseling office.

This year our counselors are Jenny Chapman and Melody Ingram. We are excited to have them here at the high school. This year, counselors will have students based on their last name, rather than grade levels. The reason for this is to help students and families build relationships with their counselor over their time at Graham High School. This will also allow counselors to get to know students, their interests and their goals after high school. This will allow our counselors to better serve and schedule students.

Melody Ingram will have students with the last names A-J.

Jenny Chapman will have students with the last names K-Z.

Please feel free to reach out to your counselor with any questions or concerns.