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Fourth grade teacher Toby Emery leads students through the halls at Ralph Witters Elementary, picking up high fives along the way. The special event was part of the kickoff to PAWS testing. Students were also encouraged with chants of "Rock the PAWS!"...
The Hot Springs County High School Athletics Hall of Fame is accepting nominations now through May 1 for the 2017 class of inductees. Categories for hall of fame members are male athlete, female athlete, coach/administrator and special contributor. Nomination forms are available by calling Mark Whitt at 921-1592 or by email at markw@rtconnect.net. Completed forms can be returned via email or mailed to: Hall of Fame, PO Box 1326, Thermopolis WY 82443. The awards ceremony is Friday, July 14 to tie in with reunion weekend, making it convenient...
The Bobcat Speech and Debate team traveled to Worland last weekend for the last tournament of their regular season. As a whole, the team brought back third place honors with several students breaking into semi-finals on Saturday. Hannah Hu went to semis once again with her original oratory. “Hannah (Hu) has been one of those on the team that has been very consistent,” coach Cindy Glasson said. “Once she got on her feet, got the first couple of meets under her belt, she’s proven weekend after weekend that her oratory belongs on the stage....
Matea Vargas seems to think there's nothing unusual about Crazy Hair Day at Ralph Witters Elementary. Students had hairstyles of all shapes and sizes as well as a wide variety of colors to honor Dr. Seuss week....
Under the supervision of University of Wyoming Extension Educator Chance Marshall, right, Chandler Maddock palpates and feels for the cervix of the cow as part of the Cattle Artificial Insemination School. Maddock along with Barbara Kissel and Jessie Pennoyer attended the school in Riverton in December. The hands-on course teaches AI palpation and technique, anatomy and physiology, genetic selection, estrus synchronization, nutrition, heifer development and equipment use. The students attended...
Fall is in the air and leaves are on the ground, the perfect time to get a little help with your yard from students at Thermopolis Middle School. The annual Yard Clean-up Day will be held on Monday, Oct. 31 in the afternoon. If you would like the students to come rake the leaves from your yard, simply call the middle school at 864-6551 to get placed on their list. There is no charge for the students to come rake your leaves. If you know of a friend or neighbor that could use the service, please call the school and give them the name, however,...
Monday night's Hot Springs County School District fall concert included the seventh and eighth grade band and choir along with the high school band, choir, jazz band and a special vocal performance....
Dave Munsick gave students at TMS a few licks of "Amarillo by Morning" on the fiddle as he talked with them about writing music. Students in the seventh and eighth grades wrote their own lyrics and Munsick set them to music during the program sponsored by the Greater Learning Foundation....
Last spring, Becky Martinez and her middle school career and technical class planted potatoes in a small plot near the school. On Friday, the potatoes were dug up, cleaned off, and moved into the classroom to be weighed. Each of the students in Martinez' class made a guess as to the weight of their crop before doing the actual weighing, with the student closest to the mark receiving a prize. One hundred-nineteen pounds of potatoes were pulled from the ground. The crop will be used by the middle...
High school seniors in Todd Helms' college English class are currently working on a unique project, writing and creating profiles using social media as their platform. The assignment accomplishes the requirements for a University of Wyoming College 1010 initiative that requires a project completed using digital or electronic means. Helms said the students are using different resources for the project and skills they may not have tapped before. "This is pretty much student facilitated," Helms...
During Powder Puff football, Kelly Johnson makes a run up the sideline as Ashley McPhie, Larissa Peters and Olivia Weyer close in for a tackle. Hannah Weyer, sports clothing and jewelry from her great grandmother as part of Monday's "elderly" dress up day. Logan Bartholomew shows some kind of form as he pops the ball back over the net in the Juniors vs. Seniors Buff Puff volleyball championship. Mya Medina sported some wild hair and even wilder clothes for Tuesday's "punk" dress up...
Rilynn Pinkston is ready for her first day of kindergarten at Ralph Witters Elementary as her mom, Ashly, says 'Goodbye.'...
Students at Hot Springs County High School get class schedules and locker assignments, prior to the first day of classes....
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs (ASSE), in cooperation with Hot Springs County High School, is looking for local families to host boys and girls between the ages of 15 to 18 from a variety of countries: Norway, Denmark, Spain, Italy, Japan, to name a few. ASSE students are enthusiastic and excited to experience American culture while they practice their English. They also love to share their own culture and language with their host families. Host families welcome these students into their family, not as a guest, but as a family...
Hot Springs County High School graduate Fawn Rush receives congratulations from Ralph Witters Elementary students. The Class of 2016 walked through the elementary school halls last week....
First graders perform at the Ralph Witters Elementary program titled "Our Country Tis of Thee" on May 19 in the RWE commons. Pictured are bottom row, left to right, Annalyn Sharp and Aiden Coleman-Weisz and middle row, left to right, Mack Buckner, Owen Summers and Anthony Cheatham....
Thermopolis high school students worked hard all year long and were excited and proud to participate in the 48th Wyoming High School Art Symposium. Art Symposium was held in April at the Event Center in Casper. An estimated 5,000 pieces of student artwork from Wyoming high schools were displayed. During the event, a round of judges recognize outstanding student artwork and gives those chosen students blue ribbons. It is quite an honor to be recognized at an event with so many fantastic works of...
Hot Springs County High School graduate Darren Leonhardt plays shuffleboard at the Senior Graduation Party at Thermopolis Middle School Sunday night. Each attending graduate went home with prizes....
Hot Springs County School District No. 1 students who will be participating in sports during the 2016-17 school year are encouraged to have their physical examinations performed from June 1-Aug. 1 at Red Rock Family Practice. Half of the proceeds from the sports physicals will go to the school district to be used for sports promotions. The cost for a sports physical during this special is $15. For an appointment, call 864-2351....
The final weeks of school for students in Hot Springs County are chock full of events and activities to celebrate students’ successes and hard work. On Thursday, May 12, Hot Springs County High School will host the High School Drama Banquet from 6-8 p.m. in the High School Commons. Ralph Witters Elementary kindergarten graduation will be Friday, May 13 from 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m. in the school auditorium The 2016 FCA Baccalaureate Service will be held from 7-9 p.m. Monday, May 16 in the auditoriu...
Thermopolis Middle School sixth grade groups show off their Makerspace class projects to fellow students Friday morning. Among the projects were movies, coding electronic modules and 3D printed prototypes and programs....
Thermopolis Middle School students help to put up the fence for the TMS garden. In two weeks, students will begin planting the garden....
The annual Wyoming Reads celebration for first-graders was held at the Ralph Witters Elementary library on Tuesday. Hot Springs County Library Youth Services Librarian Sue Hurd read a book to first-graders, explained Summer Reading at Hot Springs County Library and presented students with a free book that they chose back in October. "All of the first graders in the state will be getting a book from the Sue Jorgenson Library Foundation," Hurd said. "They are given to students so they will be...
It was a packed house in the Thermopolis Middle School Commons Thursday night as eager family members awaited the performance of the 5th and 6th grade band orchestrated by Dustin Olsen. Instruments ranged from brass, wind, percussion and many others....
