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At the May 15 Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees meeting, during public comments, former trustee Joe Martinez discussed the minutes from the May 1 meeting regarding the approval of the contract for the new superintendent and finances. Martinez spoke about Trustee Bethany Webber’s “consistent pattern” regarding her not voting for multi-year contracts for the past few years. However, Martinez wanted to know “for transparency purposes” why Webber changed her position when she voted for a multi-year contract for the new super...
At the March 13, Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees meeting, Superintendent Hunt announced that two alternative calendars community meetings will be on March 31 at 6:30 p.m. and Thursday April 10 at 6:30 p.m. Both meetings at the William H. Malloy school auditorium. Members of the community do not have to attend both meetings, as similar information will be presented at each meeting. Hunt said there will be discussion of the myths and facts of a four-day week and the possibilities of what opens up for the district with the...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team's long and impressive 2024-2025 season closed with a third place trophy finish in 1A/2A at the Wyoming Speech and Debate Tournament at Cheyenne South High School in Cheyenne on March 13, 14, and 15. This year's large tournament included 34 schools in attendance with over 470 individual entries. The tournament culminated nearly six months of competition that started back in October 2024. In the season-ending competition, five Bobcats...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team celebrated another strong showing at the National Qualifying Wind River District Speech and Debate Tournament at Central Wyoming College in Riverton on February 27 through March 1. Seventeen Bobcats, coached by Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Riley Jeffs, Markie Whitney, and Tyler Kay, traveled and competed in the tournament. The tournament hosted 19 Wind River District schools with competitors of all Wyoming school classifications (1A/2A, 3A,...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team closed out the regular season with two simultaneous third place finishes in small school divisions at separate tournaments. Ten students, accompanied by coaches Alyssa Brown, Riley Jeffs, and Tyler Kay, competed at the Greybull Forensics Challenge Speech and Debate Tournament held at Greybull High School on February 21-22, while five debaters, accompanied by coaches Lyle Wiley and Markie Whitney, competed at the Star Valley Tournament of the Brave at Star Valley High School on February 2...
The Hot Springs Speech and Debate Team captured the 1A/2A Champion at the Big Horn Speech and Debate Tournament held at Big Horn High School on January 31-February 1, 2025. The Bobcats brought 15 students to compete in the tournament that hosted 10 schools including large teams from South Dakota. Junior Dean Bihr built on his strong season, capturing the champion plaque for Congressional Debate in a heavily populated field. Bihr also finished third in Impromptu Speaking, and went 3-1 in Lincoln-Douglas Debate - tying for fifth place overall....
Hot Springs County High School senior, Kaylee Bazzle, has been a member of the Bobcat Cheer Squad since her freshman year. Each summer, the squad attends a training camp, somewhere in the state of Wyoming, to build their skills, and to take on new opportunities to excel in their sport. Last summer, the squad went to cheer camp in Cokeville, where Kaylee was given an opportunity to try out for a spot on the All American Cheer Squad. At Cokeville, twenty-three cheerleaders competed for six open positions on the national team. Following the...
The Hot Springs Speech and Debate Team continued their impressive season, bringing home a 1A/2A runner-up trophy at the large, dog-themed Roverton Speech and Debate Tournament held at Riverton High School on January 24-25, 2025. Ten students coached by Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Riley Jeffs, Markie Whitney, and Tyler Kay competed at the tournament that hosted twelve teams and over 280 entries. Bobcat debaters continue to improve as the season progresses. Junior Dean Bihr was tournament runner-up in Lincoln-Douglas debate (losing on a close split...
Thermopolis Middle School has released their honor rolls for the first semester of the 2024-25 school year. 5th Grade A’s/B’s: Baylee Bears, Gunther Bihr, Joshua Blair, Morgan Blakesley, Abel Cordingly, Ellie Denton, Penelope Evans, Connor Fairbanks, Ben Farrell, Jonathan Haddix, Brooklyn Hunter, Bain Lahoe, Jaylee Larson, Fletcher Lewis, Ike Marvel, Skylar Ohrt, Aksel Polson, Hayden Robinson, Tristan Steadman, Ruby Stotts, Khloe Zimmerman 5th Grade All A’s: Maggie Culbreath, Jennifer Deromedi, Kyle Egger, Kade Enis, Brice Garrison, Joshua Hadd...
Hot Springs County High School has released their first semester honor roll. Superintendent, 4.0 - Ann Allen, Cannon Boren, Gage Bowman, Jon Bryce, Sean Bryce, Elijah Budd, Nolan Collins, Ava Dafoe, Jacoby Elder, Jadeth Elder, Logan Farrell, Hayden Franklin, Alexis Garrison, Ammon Gevas, Teancum Gevas, Isabela Hetzel, Hanna Hill, Clayton Hubele, Reagan Huckfeldt, Orion Jenks, Paige Jones, Morgan Jones, Clayton Keller, Cole Keller, Marguerite Keller, Aubriana Layman, Kacey Mackay, Benjamin Mansfield, Alec Martinez, Carter Mascorro, Mac...
The Hot Springs Speech and Debate team finished in second place in 1A/2A at the first ever Riverside Jurassic Classic Speech Tournament held at Riverside High School in Basin on January 18. Coaches Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, Riley Jeffs, Markie Whitney, and Tyler Kay traveled with a team of 10 Bobcats to compete with 9 teams and over 120 entries. The one-day Riverside tournament excluded debate events, so Bobcat debaters had a weekend to focus on interpretative and platform events. The only debate event held at the tournament was the...
At the December 19 Hot Springs County School District board of trustees meeting, an election of officers was held. Newly elected trustees were present, including Marshall Keller, Justin Budd, Jean Skelton and Nichole Weyer. They were joined by Sherman Skelton, Jennifer Axtell and Bethany Webber. For the election of officers, Marshall Keller nominated Justin Budd for chairman, and Nichole Weyer nominated Jennifer Axtell. Justin Budd, Bethany Webber, Jean Skelton and Marshall Keller voted for Budd for chair. Sherman Skelton, Nichole Weyer and...
New inductees to the National Honor Society from Hot Springs County High School include Emme Miller, Annalyn Sharp, Aubriana Layman, Ella Slover, Nolan Collins and Alec Martinez. They were honored at a ceremony last week. Academic awards were also handed out at the ceremony....
At the November 14 Hot Springs County School District #1 board meeting. Trustees Marshall Keller and Jennifer Axtell were not present. At the beginning of the meeting, Trustee Clay VanAntwerp made a motion to add to the agenda the extension of the superintendent’s and other contracts. Trustee Bethany Webber voted against the additions to the agenda. Later in the meeting, after the executive session, Trustee VanAntwerp made a motion to extend Elementary Principal Nichole Ciz’s contract through 2027. During discussion Trustee Bethany Webber said...
At the October Hot Springs County School District #1 Trustees board meeting, the principals of all three schools shared their accountability ratings and all the rankings for state assessment data. Hot Springs County High School Principal Catelyn Deromedi said, “Regarding our ACT rankings this year, the last couple of years, we’ve been ranked in the top three, as a district across the state. Our juniors from last year, our seniors this year, were ranked number one in the state of Wyoming as a district for their ACT scores.” Deromedi added...
The Hot Springs County Republican Party hosted a School Board Candidates forum at the fair building on Sept. 30. In the general election, there are four seats open for the Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees. This is part three of the forum coverage. Part one and two ran previously in the IR. A special general election section will be printed in next week’s IR with info on our local candidates and state candidates. There are two incumbents currently running for reelection, t...
The Hot Springs County Republican Party hosted a School Board Candidates forum at the fair building on Sept. 30. In the general election, there are four seats open for the Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees. This is part two of the forum coverage. Part one ran in the Oct. 10 IR. There are two incumbents currently running for reelection, they are Clay VanAntwerp and Nichole Weyer. Marshall Keller is also running and is currently an appointed trustee who filled the seat from Will Ferrell who recently resigned. Trustee Joe...
On Monday, September 23, Hot Springs County School District #1 Superintendent Dustin Hunt made a surprise announcement to the Thermopolis Middle School (TMS) students and staff at the Bill Malloy Auditorium that the U.S. Department of Education recognized them as one of the 2024 National Blue Ribbon Schools. The Department of Education recognized 356 schools as the 2024 cohort of the National Blue Ribbon Schools, including three schools in Wyoming. This prestigious recognition highlights...
At the September Hot Springs County School District #1 (HSCSD#1) Board of Trustee meeting, after reconvening from executive session, Trustee Joe Martinez said, “Mr. Chair, I move to approve an addendum to the superintendent contract that states: superintendent may perform outside contract and or consulting work for educational firms, provided that work is not for Hot Springs County School District Number One, and his outside work does not interfere with his duties to Hot Springs County School District Number One. Superintendents outside of w...
At the June Hot Springs County School Board Trustees meeting, Matt Johnson, director of the high school dual credit program for Central Wyoming College (CWC) presented the Board of Cooperative Higher Education Services (CWC-BOCHES) budget and items for discussion. BOCHES is a partnership with CWC and Hot Springs County School District #1 to offer dual and concurrent enrollment in the high school. It is based on the Wyoming constitution that states they have to provide the opportunity for high school students to earn at least 12 college credits...
The Hot Springs County High School Speech and Debate Team brought their talents and energy to the National Speech and Debate Association (NSDA) 2024 National Tournament in Des Moines, Iowa, last week. This year's NSDA National Tournament included over 6,700 qualifying competitors from over 1,500 schools in venues throughout Des Moines. Three qualifying Bobcats - Ivey Goff, Chris Bapst, and Rosalie Willson - accompanied by coaches and judges - Lyle Wiley, Alyssa Brown, and Riley Jeffs - traveled...
The following students were named to the spring Hot Springs County High School honor roll: Superintendent - 4.0 Lucille Andreen, Maddison Andreen, Ryan Axtell, Tannen Birdsley, Cannon Boren, Korbin Brill, Lily Buller, Nolan Collins, Ava Dafoe, Logan Dafoe, Jadeth Elder, Kamryn Farrell, Hayden Franklin, Summer Galovich, Jordan Garrison, Alexis Garrison, Teancum Gevas, Courtney Heimann, JolieAnne Herring, Chase Herring, Hanna Hill, Jarek Jeffs, Kamilla Johnson, Morgan Jones, Cole Keller, Aubriana Layman, Alec Martinez, Davien Martinez, Maximus...
Thermopolis Middle School has released its spring honor rolls. 5th Grade A honor roll: Henry Cheney, Ivory Galovich, Keldon Linton A/B honor roll: Teagan Allen, Ella Benefiel, Hannah Boren, Halyn Bowker, Ian Brooks, Allegra Chopping, Grant Coates, Bridger Cox, Kimber Frederick, Aeislyn Jennings, Amelia Johnson, Beau Kimes, Makenna Mackay, Mick Marvel, Dawson McLean, Landon Miller, Kyrie Myers, Emille O’Rourke, Blakeley Postma, Tucker Sayler, Raegan Shaffer, Eli Simpson, and Wyatt Strickland. 6th Grade A honor roll: Dayton Basse, Aiden Borgen, R...
Hot Springs County High School held their 9th-11th grade awards ceremony last week in the school auditorium. Two awards were given out for each class, with the student earning the Academic Excellence Award listed first and the Cat Cultre Award listed second. The Academic Award is based on WyTOPP/ACT/OA or Performance Data while the Cat Culture Award celebrates students who give 100% percent effort, 100% of the time. Biology: Annie Sharp, Jordan Garrison Chemistry: Korbin Brill, Brodie Taber CHEM 1000: Ellis Webber, Mailie McCumber Env Science:...
Ralph Witters Elementary students received a variety of awards at last week’s year end ceremony. Kindergarten Music: Elizik Ruchupanai, Sebastian Cruz, Zeppelin Bihr Science: Emersyn Strenger, Parker Collamer, Keaton Medina PE: Greyson Hill, James Cordingly, Jack Hetzel Citizenship: Emersyn Strenger, Rownan Johnson, Zaileigh Neilsen Most Improved Math: Joe Marvel Most Improved Reading: Parker Collamer Most Improved Writing: Ayli Moon Math Achievement: Zeppelin Bihr Reading Achievement: Nash Taylor Writing Achievement: Erik Polson 1st Grade M...
