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The Hanna Elementary (HES) 4th grade class recently presented to the school and community a human wax museum centering on past residents who had lived in either Hanna or Carbon. Fourth grade teacher Sara Jones said the students researched their spoken material and pictures used on their display boards from several sources. Using the internet they went to ancestry.com; findagrave.com; hannabasinmuseum.com; and the trib.com. They also used such books as "Carbon: The first Coal Mining Town" by...
The German-Swiss poet Herman Hesse once wrote "Trees are sanctuaries. Whoever knows how to listen to them, can learn the truth". On May 19, the Saratoga-Encampment-Rawlins Conservation District (SERCD), the Wyoming Forestry Division and the Saratoga Recreation Department helped students from Saratoga Elementary School (SES) plant their own sanctuaries. Students from kindergarten through 6th grade all played a part in planting their own class tree. This school year, the students of SES were able...
On Thursday another annual event that was canceled last year due to COVID-19 was held at the Elk Mountain Town Park. Dario Soto, the physical education teacher at Elk Mountain Elementary and Medicine Bow Elementary brought back his field day he has been doing for many years. Soto, a Medicine Bow resident, is a revered teacher north Carbon County. He has been teaching for over 50 years. Soto grew up in Pine Bluffs, where he was born, and after graduating high school joined the U.S. Navy. Upon...
A spoonful of sugar may help the medicine go down, but it certainly wasn't needed for the production of "Mary Poppins" put on by the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Drama Club. Despite having to postpone their production last year due to the pandemic, the drama club took to the stage of the Platte Valley Community Center Theater on April 29 for their rendition of the classic children's book series made popular by the 1964 Disney movie. The titular role of Mary Poppins is played by...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Drama Club will be returning to the stage in 2021. Despite having to cancel their performances last year, the show must go on. This year, the CCSD2 Drama Club will be performing a long time favorite of young and old alike with "Mary Poppins". Thought most widely known due to the 1964 Disney Film of the same name, it began as a book series written by P.L. Travers. A combination of both live action and animation, the film saw Julie Andrews in her...
Carbon County School District 2 graduating seniors may now apply for the $500.00 Youth Citizenship Award offered by the Valley Service Organization (VSO). Applications may obtained by emailing [email protected]. If the student does not have access to email, he or she should call Judy Hamel VSO award chairman, at 307-710-2440. Completed applications should be returned to PO Box 1620 Saratoga Wy., or by email according to arrangements made when the application was requested. Deadline to apply is April 30 Hamel said. Hamel emphasized that the...
Just two days after the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees applied for a variance to their SMART Start Plan regarding the wearing of masks, it has been approved. During the April 7 special meeting of the Board of Trustees, the board voted 5-2 to apply for the variance. Board members Paul Clark and Joe Gaspari were the two nay votes while new board member Nick Wamsley was not in attendance. While Carbon County Public Health’s Amanda Brown, who was in attendance via Z...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees discussed the possibility of revising their Smart Start Plan to remove mask requirements in schools during their March 15 meeting. The discussion came three days after another school district, Sublette County School District No. 1, voted 4-2 to eliminate their Wyoming Department of Education (WDE) approved SMART Start Plan. The Pinedale Roundup reported on March 12 that the decision came following a press release from Governor...
The Daniels Fund has announced the names of 240 high school seniors from Colorado, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming who have earned a place in the Daniels Scholarship Program. Daniels Scholars demonstrate the strength of character, leadership potential, and a commitment to serving the community that will position them for success. They are selected because they possess these and other distinguishing qualities and values that were important to founder, Bill Daniels. Nearly 2,000 students completed the application for the Daniels Scholarship...
Black Hills State University has released the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. A total of 712 students maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. Students are listed by hometown or current place of residence. BHSU has also released the part-time Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. A total of 111 students maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher while taking less than 12 credit hours. Students are listed by hometown or current place of residence. Kaylyn Hunter of Sar...
Recently, the University of Wyoming announced the 101 recipients of the Trustees' Scholar Award. One of those recipients was Saratoga Middle High School's Katelyn Bifano, who was first notified about applying for the scholarship in 2020. "I got an email for the application process in the first week of December. So I had to write a whole bunch of short answers (to) questions and submit my resume and a signature of recommendation from my counselor," said Katelyn. "After that, they emailed me back...
As the Wyoming Legislature continues to debate funding education, school districts across the state are closely examining their budgets to find where and what to cut and Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) is no different. According to CCSD2 Superintendent Jim Copeland, the school district has been told to remove $650,000 for next year’s annual budget. Nearly half of those cuts will come from the non-personnel budget according to a document on the district’s website. In that doc...
Two Saratoga students were among the 101 recently named by the University of Wyoming (UW) as having received the university’s top academic scholarship, the 2021 Trustees’ Scholars Award. The scholarship, available to Wyoming resident high school seniors, covers actual credit hours taken as well as room and board costs for eight semesters at UW, starting with the fall 2021 semester. The 101 students selected come from 34 high schools throughout the states. According to a press release from the university, recipients of the scholarship are evalua...
Most artists are happy to be selling the work at any age, but few find themselves a senior in high school having sold about a dozen pieces before graduation. Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School student Haley Felton is such an artist. Felton also just got a scholarship to the University of Wyoming where she will pursue her passion. She noted that her great grandmother started the tradition of Felton women going to that university. Felton said she likes to learn about art in...
Adversity is part of sports, but it is tough when mothernature is your opponent. At Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School, winter weather canceled another senior appreciation night and the game that was to go along with it. On February 4, the wrestling team got the same dose of medicine from old man winter that he put out on Friday to the basketball teams. Roads were closed early morning and Guernsey-Sunrise let HEM know at 9 a.m. they were not coming down to play. "About a sixth...
Saratoga Elementary School (SES) was recently able to hold its annual spelling bee with a total of 48 students participating in the event. Held in the Platte Valley Community Center Auditorium, the venue allowed for students to participate while social distancing. Out of the nearly 50 SES students that competed, the top spots went to students in the 3rd, 5th and 6th grades. Levi Goodwin, 3rd grade, took 1st place while Snowdon Williams, 6th grade, took 2nd place. Cody Sewell, 5th grade,...
Saratoga Elementary School (SES) kicked off their 2nd Annual Health Moves Minds initiative on February 1 with the goal of raising money for a local charity. Last year, SES began working with the National Health and Physical Education Society to bring Health Moves Minds to the school with the initiative fulfilling a main component of the health curriculum by focusing on social emotional learning, or SEL. In addition to resources offered by the Health Moves Minds initiative, a fundraising component allows students to give back to their school...
In the past week, Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) has dealt with a minor coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak that has provided a speed bump to winter sports. In a January 27 update from CCSD2 Superintendent Jim Copeland informed parents and others in the district that the Saratoga Panthers had just returned from a quarantine following two positive cases along with the Saratoga Lady Panthers, who had three positive cases. Additionally, the Encampment Lady Tigers were quarantined as of...
The past months would be challenging for any current events and government studies instructor to teach as the United States has veered into unprecedented times. Then on January 6, the country and world witnessed protesters take over the Capitol building for several hours. The last time this building had been breached was in 1814 by the British. Americans are seemingly torn between those feeling like the hundreds that entered the Capitol were rightfully demonstrating against an election that was...
The author Adora Svitak once said “History is made every day. The challenge is getting everyone to pay attention to it.” For Jason Williams, history and government teacher at Saratoga Middle High School (SMHS), getting his students to pay attention to the history taking place may not be that challenging. On January 6, people across the country and across the world watched as an unknown number of people broke into the Capitol Building. When the Saratoga Sun spoke with Williams for his per...
As vaccines slowly begin to roll out and Wyoming continues to deal with the various impacts from the novel coronavirus (COVID-19), legislators will eventually have to make difficult decisions on what to cut and where. Including in those discussions is the State of Wyoming’s funding of K-12 education. During their regularly scheduled meeting on December 17, the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees were provided with a legislative update. At the time of the meeting, it w...