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With golden shovels in hand, Hanna Elementary School students broke ground at the sight for the new elementary school. “This project has been going on for a while and all of you put hard work into making this new school happen,” Superintendent Bob Gates said at the sight before the groundbreaking commenced. Each class had something prepared to show their gratitude and appreciation for the new school. Kindergarteners did a cheer, as they raised letters that spelled “Sc...
It's out of the tower and on the run as a zany cast of friends and foes help Rapunzel's harrowing escape from the towering imprisonment of Madame Gothel. Add a dash of French flair and pinch of personal triumph and friendship, and this is a story the audience won't forget. The Missoula Children's Theatre is presenting "Rapunzel" at 7 p.m. Nov. 8 and 4 p.m. Nov. 9 at the Platte Valley Community Center Theater. The production includes more than 50 local students as they present...
Editor’s note: Read more about the superintendent search for CCSD 2 in a future edition of the Saratoga Sun. The search for a new superintendent for Carbon County School District No. 2 will need plenty of feedback from the community, according to board members. The CCSD 2 Board of Trustees spoke with Executive Director of the Wyoming School Board Association Mark Higdon in a teleconference Tuesday to explore the option of using the Association in a search for a new s...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2) wants to give its attendance policy more teeth. CCSD 2 and Carbon County School District 1 administrators met with the Carbon County Attorney’s Office Nov. 6 to discuss possibly changing policy regarding student attendance. The current CCSD 2 policy states administrators will send a letter addressed to a student on the seventh day of that student’s absence. Another letter will be sent on the 15th day, Gates said. On the 20th day...
Editor’s note: This is one of several columns researched and written by Encampment School seniors. Technology is becoming a huge part of the Carbon County School District No. 2 education system; but it is only useful if we know how to use it to its full potential. iPads are an investment Carbon County School District No. 2 has made over the past few years. But when purchasing them, I do not believe the administration took into account how much this form of technology is actually going to cost. When an iPad is purchased, m...
Missoula Children’s Theatre will hold auditions Monday for its production of “Rapunzel”. Auditions will take place from 4-6 p.m. Monday at the Platte Valley Community Center theater. Those auditioning should arrive before 4:00 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the auditions. Among the roles to be cast include Rapunzel, the Princess, Madame Gothel, Rapunzel’s Parents, the Wood Elves, Ears of Corn and a Potato, Unicorns, Pixies,...
Carbon County School District No. 2 school board members anticipate having a new superintendent lined up before Bob Gates retires at the end of this school year. “We anticipate that, in the spring, we will be offering a contract to a new superintendent who will resume the duties July 1,” said CCSD 2 Board of Trustees Chairman Greg Bartlett. The CCSD 2 Board of Trustees unanimously voted Monday to consider using the Wyoming School Boards Association (WSBA) for the search of...
2 years ago Oct. 9, 1912 Intolerable conditions At the meeting of the Young Men’s Liberty club in Cheyenne Friday night, the lynching of Wigfall in the state penitentiary was discussed freely and handled without gloves. While the expression was universal that Wigfall deserved just what he got, the members were equally unanimous in the opinion that a system that would permit in a lynching to take place in a penitentiary demanded investigation. If it is possible for the prisoners to pass the word, hold up the guards and l...
All sports in Carbon County School District No. 2 are allowed two coaches, after the Board of Trustees changed a regulation on Sept. 16. The regulation, IGDJ-R, regulates the number of kids needed to maintain a team in each sport, how many players needed to maintain three coaches and, before a vote, it regulated how many players needed to maintain two coaches in middle school sports. The regulation states a second assistant coach will be provided to middle school volleyball,...
Editor’s note: The Saratoga Sun interviewed new teachers in Carbon County School District No. 2 to introduce them to the community. These are some of the new teachers. Alli Calvert Alli Calvert is beginning her science teaching career at HEM Junior/Senior High School. “I am very excited for the opportunity to teach at HEM, and I hope to make an impact in students’ lives,” she said. Calvert has lived in Saratoga for the past two years, and previously worked for Carbon County School District No. 2 as the Saratoga Element...
Carbon County School District No. 2 administrators are beginning to look at new standards adopted by Wyoming a year ago. The new standards, known as Common Core, apply to math and language arts learning primarily and are focused on preparing students for college. The standards began to set roots in multiple school systems around the United States in 2010. Wyoming adopted the standards last year, which means the state assessment will change to reflect those standards, said...
Improvements and declines in math, reading and science scores are neck and neck for Carbon County School District No. 2 students, according to data from the 2013 Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS). The data shows CCSD 2 students improved in eight areas from last year: fourth grade math and science; fifth grade reading; sixth grade reading and math; seventh grade math and reading; eighth grade reading; and 11th grade math. The data also shows students’ p...
Richard Thomas Fisher, 84, passed away Saturday, Aug. 31, at the Laramie Care Center. He was born on May 17, 1929 in Laramie, Wyo, to Richard and Matilda Roberts Fisher. Two years later shortly after the birth of his sister, Alice, his mother died and Richard then made his home with Reno and Marietta Chace. Fisher graduated from Medicine Bow High School in 1947 and attended the University of Wyoming where he belonged to the Sigma Chi fraternity. An Ag major, Richard was a...
Town construction, installations and possible future business affairs were discussed at the Encampment Town Council meeting Aug. 8. Gary Steele of PMPC talked about the Emergency Supply Water Project, reporting that a pre-construction meeting for the project was held July 31. All parties for the project represented, and at that time a visit was also made to the construction site. Steele also announced that construction on the water project should begin Aug. 12. In a follow-up...
Weston Jacob Bates was born July 24, 2013 at Ivinson Memorial Hospital in Laramie. He was born 8 lbs, 11oz, and was 20 1/2 inches long. The proud parents are Tara and Michael Bates of Saratoga. Michael works at the Sinclair Refinery, and Tara is a substitute teacher for Carbon County School District No. 2. Maternal grandparents are Warren and Debbie Drew of Omaha, Neb., and paternal grandparents are Terry and Christine Bates of Woodbine, Iowa. Proud older siblings are 7-year-old Joseph and 6-year-old Bryso...
1 years ago July 10, 1913 Regina Jensen hurt Miss Regina Jensen was up in the balcony in the opera house on Thursday evening about 5:30 and as the lower windows come over the floor of the balcony she could look out. One of the windows being partly down from the top she leaned out over it and the catch gave away throwing her to the sidewalk about 10 feet below. She struck on her face and hands and for a while it was thought that she was seriously hurt, but it has proved to be only bad sprains and bruises. Mrs. C. F. Holck...
About 50 children brushed up on their science skills in a hands-on summer program that spanned from July 15 to 19. Educators from Carbon County School District No. 2 and Teton Science Schools in Jackson assisted with bringing Teton Summer Science Camp to Saratoga for the third year in a row, said CCSD 2 Science Facilitator Josh Sandlian. The program uses a teaching method called place-based education, a method designed to utilize local resources to teach students science in a...
Three Saratoga football coaches are concerned with safety and the success of the program as one of their positions faces elimination. The Carbon County School District No. 2 Board of Trustees voted to change the student-to-coach ratio for all sports in the district to 28-to-3, meaning the football team will most likely lose one coach as they start a six-man season this fall. Saratoga High School football coaches Scott Bokelman, Josh Sandlian and Luke Spiering do not know how...
Carbon County School District No. 2 students finished the spring semester on the Laramie County Community College 2013 spring honor roll. Students earning the president’s honor roll recognition must earn a cumulative 4.0 grade point average (GPA). On the president’s honor roll: Andree McKee, of Elk Mountain, and Brandi Swedlund, of Encampment. To earn a spot on the vice president’s honor roll, students must earn a cumulative 3.5 to 3.99 GPA. On the vice president’s honor roll: Lilly McKee, of Elk Mountain, and Curtis Robinso...
The Platte Valley Kiwanis sponsored two scholarships this year — Levi Weatherd, from Saratoga and Gaven Pantle, from Encampment. The Kiwanis wishes them the best of luck in the future. The Platte Valley Kiwanis hosted their 23rd birthday party at the Whistle Pig with dinner, entertainment from the Carbon County School District No. 2 Speech team, gifts and drawings. Members gave Mother’s Day carnations to resident ladies at Desert Health Care and to the men on Father’s Day. The Kiwanis are planning an old-fashioned bake aucti...
After 30 years of teaching in Carbon County, Pam Kraft is stepping down from her position as art teacher for the Encampment K-12 School. Kraft has become quite the fixture at the school, teaching students from first grade through 12th grade for three decades. A Detroit, Mich. native, Kraft first taught art for a year-and-a-half in Gross Pointe, Mich., but said she began teaching in Encampment in 1977. At that point in time, she only taught for one year in Encampment before...
The end of the school year marked the beginning of the summer for several students, but also the end of long teaching careers for many who retired from Carbon County School District No. 2. After at least 11 years teaching and counseling students at Saratoga Middle/High School, Ginger Miller and Pat Cavicchioni decided to leave to pursue other interests. Miller has been teaching at the school for at least 11 years and Cavicchioni was a counselor. “Both individuals have given a...
Leslie Noem is trading in a life of teaching for a new, more relaxed life. After 28 years of teaching for Carbon County School District No. 2, Noem is leaving Wyoming for a new life with her new husband in Kuster, Neb., to be a full-time housewife and grandmother. “It is bittersweet,” Neom said. “I’m going to miss my students and staff at SES (Saratoga Elementary School), but I am going to move on with my new life, and I am excited from that.” Noem first moved to Wyoming i...
Superintendent Bob Gates submitted a letter of resignation to Carbon County School District No. 2 last week. The CCSD No. 2 School Board of Trustees approved Gates’ resignation effective at the end of the 2013/2014 school year in a bulk action on the board’s consent agenda Monday. The action also approved two other resignations from Hanna Elk Mountain Medicine Bow Junior/Senior High School science teacher Kathy Hansen and Medicine Bow Elementary School teacher Thomas War...
Encampment English Teacher Leslie McLinskey received a surprise May 9 after her principal made an unexpected announcement in the Encampment gym during the Young Authors award ceremony. Before the Young Authors began to step up and read their work to a large crowd, Encampment Principal walked up to the podium and announced McLinskey had been recognized as Carbon County School District No. 2’s Teacher of the Year. “I was shocked,” McLinskey said. “I knew Pam Kraft had nominat...