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The town of Encampment would like to invite citizens to the 9th Annual Community Barbecue & Music in the Park where the Teka Brock Band will be performing. The community barbecue will be held from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. and the Teka Brock Band will be from 4 p.m. - 6 p.m. on Aug. 1 at the Grandview Park in Encampment. The barbecue will have hamburgers, hot dogs, soda and water — bring a covered dish. The event is sponsored in part by The Wyoming Arts Council, the Carbon County School District No. 2 Recreation Board and the town o...
Last week, representatives from the Teton Science Schools (TSS) were in town to participate in their annual week-long teaching collaboration with Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD #2) Science Summer School. According to the TSS website, their mission as a school is to "connect people, nature and place through education science and stewardship." They are based out of Jackson, Wyo. - and although a portion of their work is solely based out of the Yellowstone region, the...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees is financially in a place that they can consider re-adopting the Policy KAB-Special Recognition and Financial Assistance. This policy provides financial awards to high performing students that place first at a state competition qualify for this financial assistance and may fill out the KAB application. The most financial assistance delivered in one year by this policy is $34,000 due to a large number of teams...
The Carbon County 4-H Foundation has awarded three scholarships to Carbon County School District No. 2 students, which will be used for the 2015-16 fall semester. Receiving a $500 scholarship as graduating seniors were Marshal Hill, a Saratoga student, Harold Jackson, an Encampment student and Shelby Bowen, a Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow student. The Carbon County 4-H Foundation assists the further development and education of 4-H members and volunteer leaders. Financial support is applied to the funding of scholarships,...
The World War I memorial plaque that had been missing from Hanna for several weeks has been found. While townspeople are excited and relieved to have the relic returned, the investigation to find the thieves continues. A public works employee was mowing the lawn on the east side of Hanna junction when he saw the plaque on the side of the road. Originally, he thought it was rubber. While law enforcement currently doesn't know who took the plaque, they believe that it was more...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees thanked retiring staff for their years of service. The board recognized Debbie Kinniburgh, speech therapist for 38 years, Larry Hepner, facilities specialist for 26 years and Marilyn Brudigam, bus driver for 22 years for their commitment to the school district. Kindergarten teacher Trista Ostrom has resigned and the board approved Andrea Jordan to fill the position for the 2015-2016 school year. Jim Hinkle, school...
Tears filled Debbie Kinniburgh’s eyes as she thought about what she would miss most about the job she has held for 38 years at Carbon County School District No. 2 as a Language Pathologist. Her colleagues and the children are what she will miss most. “It’s been an easy job because of the support I have had from my colleagues, my administrators, my special ed directors and the families of my kids,” Kinniburgh said. “They made it an easy journey.” The biggest change Kinniburgh...
Carbon County School District No. 2 put on the play “Cheaper by the Dozen” May 26 at the Platte Valley Community Center...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Business Manager Sally Wells gave the board of trustees a lesson on the funding model for school districts in the state of Wyoming. The state held its first recalibration meeting May 21-22 in Casper, a meeting that Wells attended. Wells said she believes that the funding model is fair to school districts. She explained to the board of trustees the key components, including average daily membership (ADM), which include the higher of...
Linda Butler was approved as the Saratoga Middle High School principal to fill a position that will be vacated by 14-year veteran Larry Uhling at the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) board of trustees meeting in Elk Mountain Monday night. Uhling was hired by the board as the curriculum director/facility manager for CCSD#2 at the April meeting. Butler is no stranger to Saratoga, as she attended school in Saratoga and her husband is a Saratoga High School graduate....
Future scribes scribbled their way to several awards last week when students from Encampment, Medicine Bow, and Saratoga were announced as the 2015 District Young Authors Winners for Carbon County School District #2 (CCSD#2). The Wyoming Young Authors contest is a writing contest for grades Kindergarten through 12th grade and is sponsored by the Wyoming Reading Council. Students are invited to write original, creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry. According to Encampment...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees approved hiring Saratoga Middle High School Principal Larry Uhling as the District Curriculum Director/Facility Manager for CCSD#2 in the 2015/2016 year at its monthly meeting, which was held at Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow Junior/Senior High School. Uhling has been the principal of Saratoga Middle High School for 14 years. CCSD#2 Superintendent Jim Copeland recommended Uhling for the position stating that...
The Platte Valley Arts Council recently held elections of officers for the new year. Pam Kraft was elected president and Jerry Wood was elected vice president. Leslie McLinskey and Shannon Fagan were re-elected treasurer and secretary, respectively. Other board members are Stacy Crimmins and Mary Martin. Currently, there are three open positions on the board. The Board of Directors has been planning its 2015-2016 calendar of events and projects. Upcoming events include two Children’s Art Workshops. These free activities w...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team returned with a third place trophy and All-State honors from the state speech meet in Casper March 12-14. Leading the team were freshmen Larissa Ford and Robin Gloss, who placed first in public forum debate. Jacob Dickinson earned All-State honors with his second place medal in oratory and a third plaice medal in drama at the 1A/2A State Speech Championships. Lydia Smith picked up third place in oratory and she and Maya Zeiger took third place in duet at state. Nina Ford...
The Saratoga Resort and Spa (SRS) is committed to sponsoring the golf program for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) for one more year, CCSD#2 Superintendent of Schools Jim Copeland told the board of trustees at their March 16 meeting. The problem is the team does not have a coach. Copeland talked to Scott Randall, general manager at SRS and they are willing to fulfill the needs including paying for a coach. CCSD#2 has advertised two different times for a coach, but...
Saratoga Middle/High School math teacher Brandon Ray challenged the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Board of Trustees to a math exercise March 16 to prove a point about how math is learned by most students. Ray who attended a College Preparatory Math (CPM) Education Program in February presented a challenge to the school board to find chronological numbers placed randomly on a sheet of paper. The board members were challenged to perform the task three times. The b...
Abby Perry began her new position as the range specialist at the University of Wyoming Carbon County Extension Office Feb. 16. Although her office is in Rawlins, the area she is responsible if far beyond Carbon County. She works with a group that serves Goshen County, Platte County, Albany County, Laramie County and Carbon County. With just a little over one month on the job, Perry has been busy meeting people. The position, which was vacated by Mae Smith last year, has been v...
Application forms for the $500 Youth Citizenship Award (YCA) offered to graduating seniors by the Valley Service Organization (VSO) are now available through the counseling offices of Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2). All graduating seniors from the CCSD#2 are eligible to apply, including home-schooled seniors, according to Carol Beach, one of the project coordinators for VSO. The $500 award is presented every May, not as a scholarship, but, rather, in recognition of outstanding citizenship, she said. There are...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2)Speech team is preparing for state competition this week and their biggest contender may be Thermopolis, a 2A school. For the second week in a row, Thermopolis has won first place in Sweepstakes over CCSD#2, leaving the latter with the second place trophy. The Congressional Debate team made progress this week with David Freeman placing fifth and Gabby Clutter finishing sixth. Lydia Smith advanced to semi-finals with her original oratory and Jacob Dickinson also advanced in...
When it mattered most, the Lady Tigers pulled out the win and that effort earned them a third place finish in the 1A West Conference Regionals. At state, their first opponent will be one they are familiar with – Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Hanna-Elk Mountain-Medicine Bow (HEM), coached by Jackie Jones. HEM earned second place at the 1A East Regionals in Laramie last weekend. The match will be a tough one as HEM has an overall record of 17-6 and the Lady T...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees unanimously passed the Common District Calendar Option 5B at the Feb. 18 meeting. Board chairwoman Diana Berger gave the audience several opportunities to speak before the vote took place. After some encouragement from Berger, several parents spoke up about their views of the Common District Calendar. Jack Berger and John Konecny talked of the favoritism towards a four-day calendar. Berger, who stated he opposed the...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech Team took the 1A/2A Sweepstakes Trophy at the Rawlins Speech Meet last weekend. Jacob Dickinson took second place in oratory and Lydia Smith took fifth. Dickinson also advanced to semi-finals in drama. Robin Gloss and Larissa Ford won three of four rounds in Public Forum. The girls missed advancing to semi-finals with three other teams because of the other opposing teams with the same record had won against stronger teams. Eighteen schools participated in the Rawlins meet. This...
Four Encampment students are preparing to embark on a life-changing trip. Karie Russell, Tylr Kozelisky, Brett Ralston and McKenzie Powell plan to travel to Ecuador and volunteer at an orphanage. But first, they have to raise more than $11,000 for the trip. So far, they have raised $2,000 through raffles and fundraising and this month they are contacting local businesses and have opened an account on gofundme.com. The idea came from Encampment Spanish teacher Toby Ricks, who...
Luke Pantle, of Encampment K-12 School and Andrew Janecek-Oiler, of Saratoga High School, have been selected to receive the 2015 Trustees' Scholars Award, the University of Wyoming's top academic scholarship. The two Carbon County School District No.2 (CCSD#2) students are part of 88 high school seniors in Wyoming who were selected for the prestigious scholarship. The recipients are evaluated on their academic excellence – which include high school grade point average (GPA), ACT/SAT scores and curriculum rigor. This year's a...
On Feb. 18, Jim Copeland, Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD#2) Superintendent of Schools, will be presenting the Common District Calendar that has been recommended by the District Accountability Committee (DAC) to the CCSD#2 Board of Trustees for approval. Copeland said the option that was chosen by the DAC was basically in the middle of the two alternative calendars used in the school district. Copeland was asked by the board of trustees when he was hired to come up...