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Craig Conrad, an author and motivational speaker, came to Hanna on February 2 to speak to the entire student body at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Junior/Senior High. Then on February 3, Conrad went to Hanna Elementary to talk to the youngsters. Later that evening, a community dinner was held at HEM with Conrad speaking afterwards. Students who had heard Conrad speak before were in attendance with their families. HEM freshman Cody Priest enjoyed when Conrad spoke before. "I liked when...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees met for their final meeting of 2021 on December 20. Early in the meeting, Superintendent Jim Copeland shared a Good Sportsmanship Award letter from the Wyoming High School Activities Association for Eddie Buford during the 1A Six-Man State Championship on November 12, 2021. Also in sports, Copeland congratulated Rex Hohnholt on being named the Wyoming Coaches Association Girls 2A Cross Country Coach of the Year. Todd Weber was...
The Wyoming Community Foundation will award over $200,000 to Wyoming students this year, helping students study at colleges, universities, and trade schools across Wyoming and the country. Until the deadline of March 1st, 2022, students can apply for scholarships for all majors, levels of study, and institutions. Many of these scholarships support multiple years of study, but must be applied for prior to starting college. The Wyoming Community Foundation supports scholarship applicants in several ways. Students should visit...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) continues to prepare for the retirement of current Superintendent Jim Copeland. Copeland’s final day will be June 30, 2022—the end of the current school year. The Board of Trustees voted unanimously to contract the Wyoming School Board Association (WSBA) $65,000 to assist in the search for a new superintendent. The Wyoming School Board Association will assist by creating ads and other materials, as well as expectations of the new superintendent. The...
At 1 p.m. on Friday, the Hanna Elementary School (HES) hosted a culinary activity not often seen in Carbon County, and Wyoming for that matter. HES teachers and staff created a learning experience for all its grades using food. 6th grade teacher Jackie Jones said the staff wanted to have a learning lesson to promote a sense of competition and teamwork. Often this done with athletic activities. The teachers wanted to try something a little different to still use creativity and yet be...
The teaching of Critical Race Theory (CRT) hasn’t been outright banned by Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2). Instead, a resolution passed by the CCSD2 Board of Trustees on October 18 states neither teachers nor staff within the district will promote CRT “or similar ideologies”. The unanimous passage of the resolution comes one month after the board discussed the topic during a September 20 work session at Saratoga Elementary School. CRT, which began as a legal framework in the 1970s...
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Superintendent Jim Copeland will retire effective June 30, 2022. “It is with mixed feelings I submit my resignation,” wrote Copeland in a letter submitted during the October 18 meeting of the CCSD2 Board of Trustees. “I plan to retire after 45 years in public education - the last eight of which have been as superintendent of Carbon County School District No. 2. It has been such a blessing to me to be able to serve alongside a great Board, a wonde...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School got experimental on October 15 as the University of Wyoming Science Initiative Roadshow visited to talk to students about science. Five University of Wyoming students were at the high school for presentations on the brain, microbiology, ecology. engineering and physiology. Karagh Brummond, taught about the brain and how it worked with the different senses. She had students guess which brain belonged to a moose, a sheep, guinea pigs and rats....
The students of Hanna Elementary School were visited by the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) chapter of FFA on October 15. Not only were HES students present, but elementary students from Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow were also in attendance.. "Instead of trying to coordinate multiple field trips, we talked about bringing all the elementary students together here and do just one event," HEM principal Steve Priest said. "We talked to our Ag teacher about making it one big STEM (Science,...
“It’s going to creep in in ways we don’t know.” At the May 17 meeting of the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees, Joe Gaspari proposed Critical Race Theory (CRT) as a potential subject for a future board work session. Five months later, on September 20, a 45 minute discussion over CRT took place in the cafeteria of Saratoga Elementary School. CRT, similar to vaccines and masks, has been a proverbial lightning rod in the ongoing culture wars both in and out of schools...
The Hanna Agricultural Resource Team (HART) met on June 22 at the Hanna Market. At the beginning of the meeting, recent Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School graduate Haley Felton was presented with a $300 scholarship. Felton, who is going to the University of Wyoming, was grateful to HART for the help. "My dad is a huge gardener and that is one of the things that we do a lot," Felton said. "We actually sell the seeds that we grow together so we make money together. Gardening...
The Bridge Street Bargains (BSB) board is known for the good it does around Carbon County. The organization gives funds to fire departments around the county and are a source of funding for many organizations. The store takes donations from people around Carbon County and, in turn, sells them to customers that enter the store on 114 Bridge Avenue in downtown Saratoga. The store is run entirely by volunteers to keep overhead low. Volunteers are not only needed to run the cash register and help...
The Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation recently awarded $5,500 in college scholarships to young Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation members. “Education of any type is important to our members,” said Todd Fornstrom, Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation (WyFB) President. “We are proud to honor these outstanding individuals with college scholarships to play a small part in helping them achieve their goals.” The Livingston-King Scholarship, valued at $1,500, is given in honor of former presidents of the Wyoming Farm Bureau Federation, Herbert D. Livingston and H....
Each year, the Valley Service Organization (VSO) presents two awards in May. The first is the Woman of Distinction, which goes to a woman or group of women who have had a positive impact on the North Platte Valley. The second is the Youth Citizenship Award. This award, in the form of a $500 scholarship, is presented to a graduating senior within Carbon County School District No. 2. Each year, the VSO receives multiple applications from students in Saratoga, Encampment and Hanna. This year,...
Last fall, the Mullen fire west of Laramie raged for the better part of two months, burning more than 176,000 acres and 70 structures in Carbon and Albany counties, and in Jackson County, Colorado. Unfortunately, this scenario was typical during the intense 2020 fire season in the Rocky Mountain region, an area of Colorado and southern Wyoming where high-elevation forests are burning more than at any point in the past 2,000 years, according to a study in which a University of Wyoming faculty member was instrumental. “Global warming is c...
One of the most recent battles in the ongoing “Culture Wars” in the United States appears to have reached Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2). During board member comments at the May 17 meeting of the CCSD2 Board of Trustees, the subject of Critical Race Theory was raised by Boardmember Joe Gaspari as a potential topic for an upcoming board work session. “As we are all aware, there’s great turmoil in society right now but also in the education field,” said Gaspari. “I think we need to...
Encampment High School recently released their Principal’s List and Honor Roll for the 2nd semester of the 2020-2021 school year. A total of 12 students, grades 7th through 12th, are on the Principal’s List and another 41 students are on the Honor Roll. Principal’s List Elizabeth “Lizzi” James - Grade 12 Dalton Peterson - Grade 12 Amber Stubbs - Grade 12 Allison Bromley - Grade 10 Bryce Reid - Grade 10 Cora Schroeder - Grade 10 Kayla Smith - Grade 10 Hayden Crowe - Grade 9 Jaylin Bowns - Grade 8 Ashtyn Tieszen - Grade 8 Aspen Boxberger - Grade...
Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School (HEM) math teacher Crystal Clark was presenting her own achievement awards on May 27 when she learned she had won Carbon County School District No 2's Teacher of the Year. When Clark came up to accept her award from Noel Manning, Director of Curriculum, in front of the whole school, she was clearly surprised. "I was told I have to say a speech, so here it is," Clark said. "Speech and thank you." With those few words, Clark left the stage to thunderou...
Graduation is over but the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School had an unusual statistic with its graduating class. One third of its seniors were twins. Given the graduating class was 18 students, the actual set of twins was three. According to Stanford University, as of 2003, there are on average 16 sets of twins born per 1,000 births in the United States. It is estimated one in 250 natural pregnancies will result in twins. Given that Hanna has a population of about 900 people total,...
The school year is over and parents, graduates and educators feel a sense of accomplishment. Summer is almost here but, for most graduates, life is going to change in the near future. Some students are already making plans to join the armed forces before fall. There are some graduates still figuring out options and may enter the workforce in some capacity, whether it is in Wyoming or in another area. Many graduates are going on to higher education here in Wyoming. Devon Grosstick is a recent...
Graduation from 6th grade to middle school is often marked with a ceremony or small party of some sort by students, teacher and school. In small schools, the transition means that a students is not a little kid any more. When agriculture was dominant in the economy and workforce, a 6th grade education typically the limit. Times have dramatically changed since then but there is still an idea that going into 7th grade means a child is leaving behind recess and to some degree innocence. Middle and...
For the past year, the coal mines under the town of Hanna have been one of multiple projects taken on by the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program of the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). The process has been to fill the miles of shafts under the town with grout to prevent any future subsidence. Last summer, the Hanna Elementary School and the Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Junior/Senior High School were the focus of AML before the agency expanded to other parts of town....