There is about to be an explosion of robotics growth in the Granbury ISD as 20 student teams are being added at the elementary and middle schools for the upcoming school year.

Granbury High School has announced it will have two new head coaches for the upcoming sports season, with Katie Cowan (softball) and Connor Mason (tennis) joining the 2021-22 school year staff.

Sponsored by Purple Hearts Inc. in Fort Worth, Oak Trail Shores and Rancho Brazos Community Center will begin their summer lunch programs in Hood County on Monday, June 7.

A sea of graduates in purple robes leapt off folding chairs Friday night at Pirate Stadium in Granbury, Texas, as caps sailed overhead. Fireworks exploded to cheers from the hundreds who braved a stormy day to be present for Granbury High School’s commencement ceremony.

Former military veteran Gerald Trottier was honored in grandson Nicolas Fleming's college essay in 2009. Granbury, Texas resident Jean Trottier shared his essay with the Hood County News recently as a tribute to her husband for Memorial Day. 

James Brock with Brock's Food and Drink in Granbury, Texas, will be serving free breakfast tacos for the next 10 weeks from 7-10 a.m. Monday through Friday. 

Renowned painter and sculptor Mike Tabor retires from Granbury High School, where he taught art classes for 28 years.

Granbury High School held its band spring concert on Tuesday, May 18, in the Bagby-McMahan Performing Arts Center.

Ty Chilcutt, a junior at Granbury High School in Granbury, Texas, uses his wit and charm during the Crow’s Nest News, GHS’s news segment that premieres every two weeks for students to learn upcoming information about sports, academics and extracurriculars — featuring Chilcutt as the “incredibly handsome” anchorman. 

COVID-19 lessens its grip for high school graduation ceremonies in the Texas towns of Granbury, Tolar and Lipan.

Granbury High School Class of 2021, ASL 4 Honors students Final presentation; a thank you to all teachers and staff of Granbury High School for helping send them on their way to their new beginnings.

High school band ensembles in Granbury, Texas, win sweepstakes honor

The Granbury High School Marine Corps JROTC air rifle team captured the national trophy for the fourth straight year after JROTC Virtual Air Rifle Championships April 7-8.

Barbecue team from Lipan High School, Texas qualifies for state third straight year

Four Granbury High School, Texas students will compete at the University Interscholastic state academic competition

Granbury High School, Texas young scientist uses shrimp shells and chicken feathers to create state-winning project.

Granbury, Texas, ISD Superintendent Jeremy Glenn is nominated for Superintendent of the Year by the Board of Trustees. The board adopted a nominating resolution on April 12 during its regular monthly meeting.

Child hunger is real here. According to feedingamerica.org, children in Hood County, Texas, experienced 22% food insecurity in 2018. More than half of the Granbury, Texas, school district students live in economically disadvantaged households.

The Granbury High School FFA wildlife team in Granbury, Texas, made history on Monday, April 12, 2021 when the four-person team consisting of Lexi Arlington, Alex Arlington, Tyler Kendall and Carter Perez advanced to the state wildlife CDE contest. The state contest will be held on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Nacogdoches at the Stephen F. Austin Experimental Forest. 

Masks or face coverings are now optional in Granbury ISD schools. As you know, the CDC, Texas Department of Health, and district still recommend students and staff continue to wear masks or face coverings out of an abundance of caution. 

Granbury High School senior and young filmmaker Holly Hodges recently got accepted into her dream school, USC School of Cinematic Arts, a private media school within the University of Southern California in Los Angeles.

 Payton Holmgreen wasn’t a model student.

  Eighty-three Granbury High School students were inducted into the National Honor Society at a ceremony held on March 16 in the GHS Bagby-McMahan Performing Arts Center.

Weatherford College is accepting applications for its first open enrollment paramedic program.

HOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS

When Jeremy Ross arrived as Granbury High School principal in 2010, one of the first orders from then-Superintendent Ron Mayfield was to “help grow the band.”