Granby Junior/Senior High School valedictorian and senior class treasurer Hannah Parent smiles after receiving her diploma and a carnation during graduation exercises in Sullivan Gymnasium on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018. Granby Junior/Senior High School principal Stephen Sullivan addresses graduation exercises on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018, his first since taking the reins as principal in 2017. Granby Schools Superintendent Sheryl Stanton presents the Granby Junior/Senior High School class of 2018 qualified for graduation during commencement exercises on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018. Granby Junior/Senior High School senior class president Alexis Strycharz offers her welcome to everyone attending graduation exercises in the school's Sullivan Gymnasium on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018. GAZETTE STAFF / KEVIN GUTTINGДrummer Anabel Evren smiles after performing the senior band song, 'Fiero' by Steve Hodges, with the Granby Junior/Senior High School band during graduation exercises on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018. Relatives and friends of the Granby Junior/Senior High School class of 2018 photograph the students as they assemble on the risers in Sullivan Gymnasium for graduation exercises on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018. Shianne DeSellier adjusts the tassel of Logan Fabricius's cap in the stairwell outside Granby Junior/Senior High School's Sullivan Gymnasium just before the class of 2018 entered for graduation exercises on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018. With an increasing number of families using school choice to leave the district, or deciding to attend the Granby-based campus of the private MacDuffie School, Sullivan said he hopes to show people the high quality of GranbyвЂ™s public schools.Newly minted graduates Kaylee Tudryn and Anthony Velez smile with relief as the presentation of diplomas draws to a close during commencement exercises at Granby Junior/Senior High School on Saturday morning, June 2, 2018.

The townвЂ™s public schools have seen dwindling enrollment in recent years, and the resulting decline in state aid has created financial uncertainty. There are challenges for Sullivan to face in Granby. Before anything, however, he said heвЂ™s listening and learning about his new school and community. Sullivan said that experience in Holyoke - a school system currently under state receivership - has given him a unique experience that heвЂ™s excited to bring to Granby. вЂњIвЂ™m really excited,вЂќ Sullivan said about joining the Granby school district. Sullivan has an associate degree in liberal arts from Holyoke Community College, a bachelorвЂ™s degree in English from the University of Massachusetts Dartmouth and a masterвЂ™s in teaching from Fitchburg State University. Dean Technical High School from 2003 to 2010. Sullivan previously served as assistant principal at Holyoke High for four years, and was an English teacher at HolyokeвЂ™s William J.

Stephen Sullivan, Holyoke HighвЂ™s principal since 2014, has been named the new principal at Granby Junior/Senior High School. GRANBY - Holyoke High SchoolвЂ™s principal is taking his talents east to Granby.

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