Editing Granite Falls, Washington (section)

==Education==

The city has four public schools that are operated by the [[Granite Falls School District]], which also serves unincorporated communities to the northwest and near the Mountain Loop Highway.<ref>{{cite map |date=December 21, 2017 |title=Snohomish County School Districts Map |url=http://www.snoco.org/docs/scd/PDF/PDS_CFP/Snohomish%20County%20School%20District.pdf |publisher=Snohomish County |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref><ref name="Schools">{{cite web |title=Our Schools |url=https://www.gfalls.wednet.edu/our_schools |publisher=Granite Falls School District |access-date=May 24, 2020 |archive-date=November 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201128075658/https://www.gfalls.wednet.edu/our_schools |url-status=dead }}</ref> The school district had an enrollment of over 2,100 students in 2018 and employed 107 teachers and 80 other staff members.<ref>{{cite web |title=Public School District Directory Information: Granite Falls School District |url=https://nces.ed.gov/ccd/districtsearch/district_detail.asp?Search=2&ID2=5303210 |publisher=[[National Center for Education Statistics]] |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> Granite Falls has two [[elementary school]]s (Mountain Way and Monte Cristo), Granite Falls Middle School, Granite Falls High School, and Crossroads High School, an [[alternative school]] program.<ref name="Schools"/> Andrea Peterson of Monte Cristo Elementary School was named the 2007 [[National Teacher of the Year]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Thompson |first=Lynn |date=May 2, 2007 |title=Granite Falls educator is nation's Teacher of the Year |url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2003680199_teacher25m.html |work=The Seattle Times |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071010083228/http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/snohomishcountynews/2003680199_teacher25m.html |archive-date=October 10, 2007 |access-date=September 15, 2019}}</ref>

The first [[One-room school|schoolhouse]] in Granite Falls opened in 1893 and was replaced by a new building at the site in 1910. A larger building opened in 1938 for [[Granite Falls High School (Washington)|Granite Falls High School]], which later moved to a nearby building in 1964 and opened at its new campus in January 2008.<ref>{{cite news |last=Sheets |first=Bill |date=January 19, 2008 |title=Granite Falls dedicates new high school today |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/granite-falls-dedicates-new-high-school-today/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref> The high school's athletic teams, nicknamed the Tigers,  compete in the North Sound Conference; a 1,700-seat [[American football|football]] stadium opened at the new high school campus in 2018, replacing the Hi-Jewel Stadium at the former high school, which had been converted into a middle school.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hereth |first=Zac |date=May 21, 2018 |title=Stadium for Granite Falls High School is almost ready |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/sports/the-tigers-wait-for-their-new-grandstand-is-just-about-over/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Stevick |first=Eric |date=June 18, 2009 |title=Granite Falls retools old high school into new middle school |url=https://www.heraldnet.com/news/granite-falls-retools-old-high-school-into-new-middle-school/ |work=The Everett Herald |access-date=May 24, 2020}}</ref>