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The Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School can find this time of year tough to get to school due to the weather. Wind and snow can make it treacherous for busses to pick up students and get them back safely. Many staff members also live in one community and work in another. The north end of the county has a contingency to keep the students and staff off the roads in the event of severe weather or other emergencies. If there is a change in the regular schedule, it...
Editor’s Note: The essays printed in the Saratoga Sun are the first of three from Patriot’s Pen and Voice of Democracy contestants who placed in the top three spots. Look for future essays in subsequent issues of the Sun. By Anthony Campbell What makes America great is our Constitution which gives us freedom in many different ways. Freedom is one of the most important things in this world. The freedom of speech, the right to bear arms, and the freedom to vote are very important in America. If these freedoms were not a thi...
On Oct. 15, Larry Scott came to Hanna to speak of Rachel’s Challenge to Hanna Elementary students in the morning, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School students in the afternoon and a community forum later in the evening held at HEM. Scott is an uncle to Rachel Joy Scott, the first victim in the Columbine High School shootings of students and teachers by fellow students Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold on April 20, 1999. Rachel was 17. Scott has different p...
Editor’s Note: SMHS teacher McCreary reached out to the Saratoga Sun recently about publishing Knotwell’s essay about the Saratoga Hot Pools to contribute to local history. The Sun was happy to afford the space to add to Saratoga’s history. If you were to ever visit Saratoga Wyo., one place you should most definitely spend some time is the Saratoga Hot Pools, also known as the Hobo Pools. These interesting pools are outdoor springs created by thermal seeps. There are three main sections accessible in this area. The North...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) met at 4 p.m. on Oct. 21 at the Hanna Elementary School. Board members present were chairman Joe Gaspari, vice chairman Paul Clark, treasurer James Sewell, clerk KayCee Alameda, Kassey Westring, Georgia Miller, Karen Condict, Charlie George, and Mike Boardman. The first order of business was the approval of the agenda. After the approval of the agenda, Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School principal Steve Priest...
Encampment Junior High and High School Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) Chapters joined more than 400 FCCLA student leaders, members and advisers at the Ramkota Conference Center in Casper, Wyo. on Oct. 16 to participate in the annual FCCLA Fall Leadership Conference. The conference provided 25 Encampment FCCLA students and members opportunities to come together for energizing learning while listening to keynote speaker, magician Stephen Bargatze. Students were able to expand leadership skills, sharpen...
On Friday morning, the students at Hanna Elementary School (HES) started their day creating different projects in a manner that had them learn to estimate cost and the value of cooperation. "Here is a marble run and over there is a tower," Sara Jones, fourth grade teacher and coordinator for this educational program said. "This time instead of giving them a bucket of supplies, like we normally do, they get their project they have to make, then they have to plan out their...
Much of what goes on during the annual Firearm Training hosted by Silver Spur Outfitters centers around firearms. The group that puts on the class, Guninpho.com, has experience in law enforcement, however, there are some classes that center around personal protection that goes beyond firearms. During the 6th Annual Firearm Training last week, John Russo and other teachers held one class on protection out at the Silver Spur gun range and visited the senior class at Saratoga Mid...
Jason Greenway, the new principal for Hanna Elementary, Elk Mountain Elementary and Medicine Bow Elementary, was born and raised in Tucson, Ari. He went to college at Northern Arizona University for his bachelors and graduate degrees. Greenway majored in elementary education and education leadership. He is the oldest of four siblings. After graduating, he was employed in the Phoenix school system. "After teaching in Phoenix for four years, I was looking for some new...
Businesses that purchase poultry, lamb, pork or bison during the Carbon County Fair and Rodeo will be able to donate the processed meat to Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2). This information was provided to the CCSD2 Board of Trustees during their July 17 meeting during public comment. As the Board of Trustees wished all the students participating in the county fair luck, CCSD2 Business Manager Sally Wells took the opportunity to inform the trustees of the recent...
Freddie Wagner, a Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School senior to be, was honored in Medicine Bow at a dinner for her accomplishments in going to American Legion Auxiliary Girls State from June 9-15 in Cheyenne, as the representative from northern Carbon County. After attendees got their food, Wagner spoke about her trip. "As many of you know, I come from a very rich agricultural background spanning many generations, myself being the fifth," Wagner started. "Members...
Following a 35-year career in special education, 24 years of which were spent in Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2), Deb Riker has retired as the district’s Special Education Administrator. Riker has had the fortune to be one of those lucky people who has a career doing something they love. “I knew I always wanted to be, somehow, in education, because I loved school. I was great in school. I’d line up the teddy bears and I’d teach them when I was little,” said Riker....
Carrie Craig is leaving Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) after working for the school system for 40 years. Craig said she started working for the district after she left her job at the Saratoga Sun when Dick Perue was the publisher. "It was a great experience to work for the Sun," Craig said. "I loved it." Unfortunately, as a single mother, she needed to find a job that had strong benefits that the Sun did not provide. It was tough for her to leave the Sun because s...
The Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) Board of Trustees met at the Central Office in Saratoga for their regularly scheduled June 17 meeting where they offered two new contracts, discussed one of five policies up for review and approved a mil levy donation to the Board of Cooperative Education Services (BOCES) Region V. New Blood The first contract to be offered was to Lauren Culligan, who will serve as a Title 1 teacher in both Hanna Elementary School (HES) and...
A trio of retiring personnel from Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) bid farewell through tears during the June 17 meeting of the CCSD2 Board of Trustees at the Central Office in Saratoga. Carrie Craig, Deb Riker and Cheryl Munroe were all presented with personalized gifts along with complimentary statements from CCSD2 Superintendent Jim Copeland. Carol Blake, who also retired this year, was on the agenda as well, but was unable to attend. "We wanted to recognize a...
The first teaching job that Chelsea DeWitt got out of college was at Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBES). "This was the best first teaching job I could have ever hoped for," DeWitt said. "I came fresh out of the University of Wyoming in 2014." Before completing her degree at the University of Wyoming, she graduated from Southeast High School in Yoder, Wyoming. Both her parents teach at the school there. DeWitt said she grew up in Huntley on a ranch. Her husband is a rancher...
Vicki Scott has made up meals and served them up for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) students for 39 years. "I began in Medicine Bow, the year my oldest son, Zack started kindergarten," Scott said. "I started under Shirley Stoner who taught me everything. Shirley was a beautiful person. When I first started, we cooked for 300." She left Medicine Bow and started working the kitchen in Hanna in 1998. Scott said the school population ebbs and flows, but cooks, on...
Jamie Short has been teaching science and math at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow High School for five years. She is leaving after half a decade to be closer to her family in Worland where she grew up. After graduating high school, Short went to Northwest College, the University of Alaska and graduated from the University of Wyoming. She graduated with an education degree in science. She started teaching in Casper at a middle school as a late hire. She finished the school...
At 4 p.m. on May 20 at the Elk Mountain Elementary School, the Carbon County District No. 2 (CCSD2) held their monthly board meeting. The agenda was quickly approved. CCSD2 Superintendent Dr. James Copeland recognized Kathy Thompson, the head librarian for all the northern county schools for her service to CCSD2 for the past ten years. “I have absolutely loved working for the district and really love all the staff and students that have made the job enjoyable,” Thompson sai...
Pam Glasser is known to many inhabitants in Carbon County as a music teacher. To fellow musicians and concert goers in Wyoming, Houston and Israel, Glasser is acknowledged as an accomplished French horn virtuoso. Glasser may be extremely accomplished on the French horn, but she plays other instruments, including some she makes herself. Her love of music is second only to her love of teaching music appreciation to the new generations. She has been teaching in Carbon County...
"When Shelly finished her contract at Sinclair, the principal said she was the only teacher there that had never been any complaints," Jeanette Fischer, Medicine Bow resident and former teacher in Medicine Bow Elementary School (MBES) said. "The parents, the students, the school and community all loved her, just like they do here. She just has a way about her." On May 23, Shelly Cooper was honored as "Teacher of the Year" for Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD2) in a...
Kathy Thompson did not start out her professional career in library science or even education. Thompson, who hails from Montana, studied restaurant management, received an associates arts degree and founded her own establishment in Ennis, Mont. Thompson said the town was a major fly fishing destination near Yellowstone National Park. She said the town’s economy was seasonal. “I did very well,” Thompson said. “But the season is only for about four months and I felt in a vicio...
Since 1993, the Platte Valley Arts Council has been enriching the quality of life in the area and expanding educational opportunities for all forms of the arts, whether it is music, literature, dance, visual arts or theater. It’s mission is: “to foster awareness of and participation in any form of the arts, with the aim of developing vibrant and cohesive communities.” The arts council’s purpose is to keep Art in our everyday lives. In 2000, the arts council began awarding scholarships to high school seniors who demonst...
Traci Schneider came to the position of principal for the three northern Carbon County elementary schools this year planning to stay for many years. Unfortunately, although she had a job she loved, her husband couldn't find any position in Carbon County that compared to his job in Cheyenne. So the couple has been doing long distance for the past year. "Even though I was going home on weekends, it was really tough on us," Schneider said. "I grew up around here, but he is a...