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Monday, Nov. 12 marks the Hot Springs County High School Academic Award Night, beginning at 6:15 p.m. in the high school commons with dinner and awards to follow at 6:30 p.m. Following the presentation of the high school academic awards, the commons will also be home to the 2018 National Honor Society induction ceremony....
Second grade students Lane Jenniges, Karsyn Ivie, Paisley Logan and Oliver Bihr sort through some of the 61 pounds of candy they collected to send to troops....
Jay Richards holds up a seed from one of his giant pumpkins to students at Ralph Witters Elementary last Wednesday. A regular grower of the massive fruits, this year Richards grew a pumpkin that clocked in at over 1,000 pounds. In addition to bringing his pumpkins to show, he spent time answering the abundance of questions from students....
The Thermopolis Middle School will be presenting their band and choir Showcase tonight (Thursday) at 7 p.m. in the auditorium. The musicians will take the stage and ‘showcase’ the work they have been putting in during the first two months of school. According to band and choir director Drew Brown, the 38-member fifth grade band will perform first, opening things up with a few selections from their method book. Next up will be the sixth grade band with 31 members performing two pieces – Quantum Mission and Blue Note Rock. With 29 members, the m... Full story
Thermopolis Middle School students were busy last Friday as they went to various homes around town to rake and bag leaves as part of a community service project....
On Oct. 24-27, Hot Springs County High School students Hallie Martinez, Eli Dickey and Emme Norsworthy experienced the National FFA Convention in Indianapolis. Martinez noted the students weren’t there to compete, but rather were there to support Jessie Pennoyer, who received her National FFA Proficiency Award in Beef Production-Placement and her American FFA Degree. It was cool to see everyone there, Martinez said, and to meet people from all around the country. In particular, she was e...
As part of the activities for Rock the Belt last week, students at Hot Springs County High School competed to see who was the fastest in exiting a vehicle, switching seats then getting back in and buckled....
The Ralph Witters Elementary Parent Teacher Organization is inviting families for a movie at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 9 at the school gym. Students, and parents, are encouraged to bring their favorite pillows and blankets to cuddle up with in the gym, and the concession stand will be open to provide popcorn, drinks and other yummy treats. Proceeds from concession sales will benefit the PTO....
Elementary students in the Lights On Afterschool program perform "Three Goats Gruff Go to the Greener Side" last Friday....
Last Saturday, Thermopolis Middle School choir students attended the Northern Big Horn Basin Music Festival in Worland. Director Drew Brown said there were four schools attending the conference — Thermopolis, Worland, Cody and Lovell — and each year a director from one of the attending schools conducts the performance. This year, that honor went to Cody Middle School Director Anissa Bree. The students got to work with Bree for a few hours in the morning, then broke for lunch. The afternoon saw...
Ralph Witters Elementary cooks Jean Anderson and Ashley Muller hand out awards to students who won the coloring contest that was part of National School Lunch Week. Winners included: Hailey Colson, Baer McPhie, Brian Weaver, Rilynn Pinkston and Summer Galovich....
Hot Springs County High School’s Speech and Debate team will begin their season with their first meeting on Nov. 1. Coach Cindy Glasson is joined this year by coach Lyle Wiley, who was the coach in Torrington for several years before coming home to Thermopolis. “I am super excited to be working with my good friend coach Glasson and this group of talented students,” Wiley said. “I think that we can expect big things from the veterans, and we have some newcomers who have a lot of potential as well. There has been a lot of new member interest, and...
Last Saturday the Hot Springs County High School marching band competed at the state marching festival at the Casper Events Center, performing their show "Women of Pop" and earning an Excellent rating, a 2 on the three-point scale where a 1 is a Superior and a 3 is Good. Band director Drew Brown further explained the band is judged in five categories: Music 1, where they earned an Excellent; Music 2, where they earned a Superior; and Marching 1 and 2, and Drumline, where they earned Excellent... Full story
Hot Springs County High School will be part of the Rock the Belt week starting on Monday, Oct. 22. The week is sponsored by the Wyoming chapter of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD), and Cortney O’Connor will be kicking off the week with a seat belt check on Monday. Those who would like to help out with the check or other activities during the week can contact the high school at 864-6511....
Hot Springs County will have 21 students competing at 4 p.m. this Saturday, Oct. 13 at the state marching festival at the Casper Events Center. Band Director Drew Brown said this is the first time in about 20 years that Hot Springs County High School has had a band participate in the event, and encouraged the community to come out and support them. The show is titled “Women of Pop” and will feature three pop songs from 2014 and 2017 by artists Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Iggy Azalea. Tickets for the show are $6 for adults and $5 for stu...
The Hot Springs County High School Robotics teams have been busy with designing and developing their creations, with their first competition — a scrimmage hosted here — coming up on Nov. 10. Teacher London Jenks said the competition this year is utilizing cubes representing gold and whiffle balls representing silver. These “minerals” are placed in the corners of the arena, known as craters. Jenks noted there are substantial ramps to get inside the craters. But getting to the minerals is just a s...
Next week Hot Springs County schools will be celebrating National School Lunch Week, Oct. 16-19. Tammy Redland, head cook at the high school, said this week the students are taking an online survey to determine what their favorite lunch is, and that choice will be served next Wednesday. At Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE), head cook Jean Anderson has a few things planned for the little eaters. On Tuesday, they will be serving kid’s choice. Anderson said they think the winner of their favorite meal will be pizza since they make it all from s...
The Hot Springs County High School Drama Club has been working hard on their Fall Showcase along with their procenium piece, in preparation for State Drama, Dec. 1 in Rock Springs. Drama Club director, Mary McGillivray said the students are working on a variety of pieces, both varsity and novice level, including monologues, duets and even some musical theatre pieces, solos and duets. There are also design pieces the students are working on and make-up projects, including realistic and fantasy. Original scripts, lighting, sound, sets,...
MaKenna Mackay bounces out of the fire department's smoke house set up at RWE as part of Fire Prevention Week....
A few shots of Homecoming activities....
Winners of the Homecoming "Mangeant", juniors Riley Shaffer and Tyler Kay, showed off their best assets on Monday. The pair recreated a dance scene from Dirty Dancing, complete with stunt doubles for the lift, and made it very clear they were promoting world peace and saving the polar bears during the interview portion of the pageant. All of the classes participated in what has become one of the funnier events during Homecoming. Tonight (Thursday) will see the boy's Buff Puff volleyball games...
Last Wednesday, the Makerspace area of Thermopolis Middle School looked more like a studio for a cooking show, as Brailee DeVries and Brody Sorensen worked alongside Pam Jensen of King Arthur's Flour, for the company's Bake for Good Kids program. Though only two students did the work, a camera trained on their workstation gave fifth and sixth graders an up close look as they measured, mixed and kneaded. Teacher Becky Martinez explained each student received their own bag of the ingredients for...
The local FFA chapter’s Days of Community Service will kick off with a cleanup day on Friday, Sept. 21 at the Hot Springs County Fairgrounds. After school, FFA members will head to the fairgrounds to paint trash cans, gates and anything that needs a touch up. Advisor Britton Van Heule noted the students will be doing other small projects as needed. The FFA chapter is also out in the community selling tickets for the annual steak dinner on Friday, Sept. 28. The menu includes and 10-ounce steak, twice baked potato, corn on the cob, cookie and b...
Monday starts Homecoming Week for the Thermopolis Bobcats and there is plenty going on to keep everyone entertained for the duration. On Monday, students at the high school will celebrate “America Day”, wearing red, white and blue for the day. Students will also be decorating the halls of the high school with this year’s Homecoming theme, “Las Vegas.” If you’re looking for some laughs on Monday, plan on attending the “Mangeant” from 12:15 to 1:45 in the auditorium. The guys will be donning thei...
In addition to providing energetic performances for students and the public, members of La Patronal visited with Hot Springs County High School Spanish students during their stay in Thermopolis. As very little English is spoken among the Peruvian band, students had to ask questions in Spanish and test their comprehension of the answers....
