Rawlins firefighters traded fire calls for classroom visits during Fire Prevention Week, spending time with local students and teaching valuable lessons about staying safe.
“I don’t know of any student who has scored perfectly on the essay part on the WYTOPP test,” Eli Hobbs, principal of Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) Middle/High School. “At least I have not heard of any.”
On Friday, September 11, the Elk Mountain 4-H Club hosted its annual pancake dinner for the Elk Mountain community at the Community Hall, raising funds to support the local clubhouse.
The University of Wyoming’s marching band, Western Rolling Thunder, combined with marching bands from all over the State, on Sept. 12 at halftime.
Two bands from Carbon County participated.
Rawlins High School marching band, the Outlaws Stampede and Rawlins Middle School went to this event as did Hanna, Elk Mountain, and Medicine Bow (HEM) High School.
Charlie Heatherington has been working at Rawlins Middle School (RMS) as a P.E. teacher for 12 years but has recently been put in the position of Athletic and Activities Director (AD).
Some years before, RMS Principal Ryan Puckett had been helping then-Rawlins High School (RHS) AD, Denver Allard, but Heatherington said the position was formalized this year at RMS.
“We took five students to FCCLA Nationals in Washington D.C. in early July and all were seniors,” Jennifer Bowen, Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) teacher at Hanna, Elk Mountain, Medicine Bow (HEM) High School said. “Because they were not coming back to school, we did a lot of tourist things.”
Kegan Willford was named Teacher of the Year last May for Carbon County School District No 2 (CCSD2) and it was celebrated in the classroom at Encampment High School where he teaches, but it was a subdued affair because at the beginning of school this year, both the Employee of the Year and the Teacher of the Year were announced.
At the end of the school year, Mary George was named Employee of the Year by Carbon County School District No 2 (CCSD2) and there was a celebration at Hanna Elementary, where she works as the school secretary.
It was almost a quiet announcement because at the beginning of the school year, it was announced again.
The University of Wyoming received a $14.8 million U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) grant that will provide operation and maintenance funding for the new NSF/King Air Atmospheric Research Aircraft that is already in the midst of its first study mission.
A sure sign that summer is fading away is the beginning of the new school year. Carbon County School District No 2 (CCSD2) started meetings with teachers in the first week of August.
Along with teachers who have returned, these meetings introduce new faculty who are taking on positions at CCSD2.
