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"It is hard to describe the feeling of watching the chopper thundering in with sheep dangling below and setting them a stone's-throw distance from us, blasting us with rotor-wash before taking off for another capture." Jordan Seitz, who teaches sixth grade at Encampment K12 Schools and eighth grade earth science, was able to take his students on a "once-in-a-lifetime experience" on Feb. 28. Seitz, his students and some additional staff members from Encampment aided the Wyoming Game and Fish...
Sinclair Wyoming Refining Company has helped bring Book Trust to all elementary grades in the Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD 2) this year. "Initially, Book Trust started out going only from kindergarten to second grade, but Sinclair volunteered to help have the program go all the way to sixth grade because it was important to them", said Darrin Jennings, principal of Saratoga Elementary. Book Trust is a program that offers children the opportunity for them to buy books each month....
Pamela Glasser, the music teacher for Hanna, Elk Mountain and Medicine Bow Elementary schools applied for funds for guitars from Donors Choose, an organization that has donors give money to classrooms and teachers. The organization was started by a history teacher. In 2000, Charles Best, a teacher at a Bronx public high school, wanted his students to read Little House on the Prairie. As he was making photocopies of the one book he could procure, Best, according to Donors Choose website, thought...
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Twenty-four third to sixth graders started off the evening Tuesday writing spelling words being spoken to them. After five rounds of ten words apiece, the 10 best spellers were selected to head into the verbal portion of the evening. Slowly the 10 were pared down by the up to 8th grade level words. The competition heated up as Haley Grubb, Aspen Sewell and Fischer Williams took turns at the microphone. Eventually only Sewell and Williams remained and those two correctly spelled word after word...
Name last, first (Grade) Principal’s List (4.0 GPA) Bartlett, Gage Phillip (12) Hennek, Kelsey Marie (12) King, Jaxon James Joseph (12) Spiering, Kennison Marie (12) Schneider, Samuel Henry (11) Bennett, Taylor Lyn (10) Berger, Aubrey Marie (10) Chitwood, AnnMarie Dallys (10) Greenberg, Madison Alexis (10) Hunter, Kaylyn Shae (10) Mills, Loran Steven (10) Seahorn, Richard Logan (10) Bifano, Katelyn Marie (9) Dady, Zakary Trace (9) Grabow, Campbell Paige (9) Herring, Alexia Rae (9) Love, Teegan Jackson (9) Rimmer, Noah Craig (9) Alameda, R...
Name last, First (Grade) Principal’s List (4.0 GPA) Cor, Cody Laurence (12) Dugger, Michael Christopher (12) Pantle, Karah Micaiah (12) Peterson, Noelle Autumn (11) Powell, Paige Brooke (11) Schroeder, Reid Michael (10) Hopkins, Riley Daniel (9) Knotwell, Kamry Lynn (9) Peterson, Dalton Alan (9) Powell, Ashton Gayle (8) Honor Roll (3.0 GPA) Barkhurst, Hailey Grace (12) Cox, Wyatt Cody (12) Jordan, Cheyanne Chere (12) Ralston, Chad Mitchell (12) Taylor, Dalton Noah (12) Wagy, Makayla Kristen (12) Buford, Lauren Grace (11) Huntley, Taylor M...
The University of Wyoming lists 17 students from Carbon County on the 2017 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the web page at: www.uwyo.edu/. Students are: Baggs Taylor M. Kaisler Encampment Guy M. Erickson Brett James Miller Medicine Bow Jay Bai...
The University of Wyoming lists 17 students from east Carbon County on the 2017 fall semester academic Dean’s and Dean’s Freshman Honor Rolls. The honor rolls consist of regularly enrolled undergraduates above freshman standing who earned a 3.4 or better grade-point average, and freshmen who have earned a 3.25 or better grade-point average. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. For more information about the University of Wyoming, view the web page at: www.uwyo.edu. Stu...
T'lysa Solaas, a member of the Bow River chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA) came in 8th in the Environmental/Natural Resources Systems category in the Division 1 of this year's FFA National competition. The annual National FFA Convention and Expo was held in Indianapolis Oct. 25-28. To qualify, FFA members, working as individuals or teams in grades seven through 12, are required to conduct a scientific research project pertaining to agriculture or food science industries and win their... Full story
Twelve years ago Shelley Cooper, a teacher at Medicine Bow Elementary School asked Kay Hunt to come and give a presentation to her students on Native American Day. Cooper knew Hunt was knowledgeable about the lore and culture of Plains Indians, but did not imagine that first year would turn into the educational activity it has morphed into. Cooper said the first year, Hunt put up a long table with Native American artifacts in school's gym. The second year, Hunt had students out to her home at... Full story
Carbon County School District No. 2 (CCSD No. 2) Superintendent Jim Copeland had high praise for seven teachers in his district after the Proficiency Assessments for Wyoming Students (PAWS) results came out last week. Copeland was effusive in his praise of Hanna teacher Jackie Jones saying, “Jackie Jones’, (class) scored both 100 percent on math and reading, which is very outstanding. Sometimes when you score so high on proficiency it is hard to score high growth because you are already performing at a high level.” Despite the high proficiency... Full story
Carl Nicholas Beach, of Saratoga, graduated from Fort Hays State University (FHSU), in Hays, Kansas, in the spring 2017 semester with a Master of Science in education administration. FHSU does not release the lists of undergraduate and graduate degrees until transcripts have been verified as having met all requirements for graduation. Fort Hays State is one of six public universities in the Kansas Board of Regents system.... Full story
Carbon County School District No.2 (CCSD No.2) students not looking forward to having their summer vacations end Aug. 21 will get a one day reprieve before the beginning of the new school year thanks to a rare astronomical occurrence. Monday, Aug. 21, a full solar eclipse will plunge Carbon County into near total darkness, with a 70-mile wide belt across the state plunged into complete darkness. Because the event is expected to draw thousands of visitors to the state, concerns about traffic and other logistic issues prompted the CCSD No. 2... Full story
"We have had a relationship with Teton Science School for seven to eight years and it has worked out real well," said Mark Shipp, the Carbon County District No. 2 (CCD2) summer school supervisor, "We have enough students in our schools who haven't gotten a chance to see the beautiful country around us, so we have been doing workshops throughout the year and this science camp is an excellent opportunity for them to get out and find out about the local world around them." Teton Science Schools... Full story
The Carbon County School District No.2 (CCSD No.2) board of directors met Wednesday for what was at the time its final meeting before the start of the 2017-2018 school year. At the meeting, the board acted to amend the school calendar—pushing back the start of the school year—and elected a new board member to fill an empty position on the board. After the regular meeting was adjourned, the board voted to pass the CCSD No.2 budget at a separately convened budget hearing that was held immediately after the regular meeting. The board acted to ame... Full story
Over 300 bike riders participating in the Tour de Wyoming cross-country bike ride called Saratoga home for two nights last week, not only taking in plenty of rest, relaxation and Valley hospitality, but also raising money for Saratoga Middle-High School (SMHS). Greg Bartlett of Saratoga Middle/High School and one of the organizers of the event said he estimated about $7,000 was raised, though officials at the school are still waiting for a final accounting of all expenses. The proceeds will bene... Full story
