PARTNERS & RESOURCES

PARTNERS & RESOURCES CONTACTS

Literacy Partners 

PBS offers free books for your Literacy Nights!  Use this form to request books for your event!  

If you are not able to get ahold of PBS kids, for books, contact us.  We have a large donation of books from Marissa's Bookstore in Millcreek.  Thank you, Marissa's!!  

The SLCounty Library can not only come out to give parents library cards, they can teach various workshops. They offer a Basic Services Class that covers how to get a library card, a How to Access Materials Class to show families how to access all books including their online library, Libby and SORA, and a Math Tutor information class.  Parent can learn to to sign up for a tutor for their child from elementary- high school, even helping kids prep for AP classes.  Contact Tina Bartholoma- tbartholoma@slcolibrary.org 

Noelle Converse and Becki Monson with the Granite Curriculum Department and would love to come to your school to share the Parent-Read Aloud strategy.  They will model it for your families and then have them try it.  District Coaches can also come to your family nights to model specific literacy strategies. Contact us for more information!  

Many schools invite Waterford Upstart to their literacy nights to give helpful information about Pre-K literacy programs to do at home that make a big difference.  Contact Tisa Maile- tisamaile@waterford.org 

Math & STEM Partners 

We have created an I-Ready presentation we can come and present to families w/ the amazing Granite Math Specialists- Rachael Pehrson and Heather Riddle.  You can also have the I-Ready company themselves come out to teach math strategies for families to practice at home.  Contact us to learn more!   

STEM Action worked with UVU to supply us a grant with Granite's own STEM Action Kits for families.  Click here to see what the kits contain. Contact us to learn how you can reserve them.  

STEM Action can come and bring math board games for all your families. Families learn the game and are able to take it home with them.  They can also train families on a program called Milo & Me- teaching parents everyday conversations they can have with their kids about math doing everyday things. 

Clark Planetarium can come to your event and give an exciting speech on rockets or can run stations where they read STEM books and have kids make a craft they can take home.  They pretty much can do anything from making art with bubbles to doing a short chemistry experiment to find out how scientists would search for life on other planets. Contact us for more information. 

The Westminster Chemistry Department has teamed up with Granite for family nights to provide fun and engaging STEM activities for families- slime-making, shrinky dinks, shaving cream art, firework demonstrations, Skittles chemical reaction activities and more!  The come and run the stations as well as provide their own student volunteers to help! Contact us to learn more.  

The Utah Rocket Club can come and fly rockets at your school for family nights as well as give presentations and table events.  Contact us to learn more.  

Granite's own Elementary Science Specialist, Megan Black can come to your STEM Night and do an observation station such as: meteorites, animal fur, and digital telescopes. She also can help students build catapults out of popsicle sticks!! 

Cummins engineering can come to your school and run a STEM activity of your choice for your families.  Contact us for further information.  

Our amazing district math specialists can come to your family events to teach BFF games or do an origami station. They can table your event or even do a presentation. They can customize anything you need:). Contact us for further information.  

Are you looking for a magician for your STEM Night??  They charge $500 for an hour of magic. Contact us for more information.  He will come for free during the day for an assembly with kids!  

Want the i-Ready mascot to come to your event??  Contact us for more information. 

Ogden Nature Center can bring animal artifacts (skulls, feathers, pelts, etc.) to your STEM Nights! They also provide materials for a make a take craft (usually nature bookmarks). For $50 they can bring a live animal, like a snake or a tortoise. Contact us for more information.  

Discovery Gateway can come and bring awesome STEM Activities to your STEM Nights! They can do things like flame test chemical reactions, cabbage color changing, button making, and more!  Contact us for more information.    

Digital Safety Partners

Safe Tech Solutions is the most comprehensive tech safety program out there for k-12 and has an incredible family engagement piece. It is created by the founder of White Ribbon Week, Project Stand, and Fight the New Drug. 

Utah State Extension has a whole menu of parent classes they offer and can tailor it to any specific issues you may need to address with your families.  

Work with your PTA to do White Ribbon Week- we can help with the parent component!  

ICAC has presented on-line safety at many of our High Schools and Jr. Highs.  They do a good job of informing parents of the digital dangers and what they can do to safe-gurad their children.  

Have parents upload the RAISE parenting app for individualized modules for parents right where their children are at with digital safety.  They will learn the crucial conversations to be had with their children and how to set goals for their family with tech safety. 

Ben Horsely, the director of Granite Communications can come to your school to present current digitial safety problems and provide solutions for what parents can be doing at home to safegurd their kids.  

Mental Health Partners 

Valley Behavioral Health can come to your family nights to provide needed information on mental health services in the valley.  Contact us to learn more.  

Latino Behavioral Health Services will come and table your event to convey valuable informatoin on mental health services available to Latinos.  Contact us to learn more.  

The multi-cultural counseling center can come and table your event to give families valuable information about mental health solutions for those of another culture.   Contact us to learn more.  

SL Behavioral Health can provide services for mental health challenges.  They can come to your family events to provide information on their services.  Contact us to lear

Resource for students, parents and educators.  Safe Utah--available through an app, online or by phone--answers crisis calls and chats, about one's self or others, 24/7/365.  Their services are provided at no cost and are always confidential.  Counseling topics include: depression & anxiety; suicide prevention; drug & alcohol problems; self-harm; loss & grief; bullying & cyberbullying; relationship difficulties; any life challenge. 

SLCounty Youth Services offers preventions classes and couseling to youth AND parents.  Contact us to learn more!  

Physical Health Partners 

Paloma Olmedo-Gonzales can help you get any health resource at the University of Utah to attend your events!  Reach out to learn more.  

Joyce Kim at Health Choice Utah will help sponsor your event and provide any health information you may need.  Contact us to learn more.   

Utah Partners for Health is for anyone!  They provide access to primary healthcare services for medical, dental, behavioral health, and vision.  Contact us to learn more!  

Utah Dept. of health has many resources for families!  One is teaching them about bicycle safty, giving away helmets in the process.  Contact us to learn more!  

Parenting Classes/Workshops

Other Partners

211 is a United Way partner.  They are a hotline that can answer just about any question that parents may have.  Contact us for more information.

Dedicated to fighting poverty and its root causes in Utah.  They serve over 60,000 people annually through six core programs: Adult Education, Case Management & Housing, Head Start preschool, HEAT utility assistance, Nutrition, and Weatherization for homes. Contact Mary Salazar at mary.salazr@utahca.org or call 801-428-6860.  

Choose Gang Free is provided by Granite District.  They can come to any family event to table or speak to families about gang prevention.  Contact us for more information.  

Superintendents of Rock + is a musical group collaboration of several of the state's superintendents and principals. They are ready and willing to play at any school family engagement event. 

Granite Food Partners 

The Granite Cafe' caters for VERY reasonably priced and offers many options for your family nights.  They will come and bring everything warm and stay with the food through your entire event!  Contact Stacy @ 385-646-5704 or safearnley@graniteschools.org.

The Jones Center has incredibly delcious and cheap dessert options for your family events! Not only that, they have other food options you can order and prepare.  Contact Jason Kerzner @ jkerzner@graniteschools.org.