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The Hot Springs County High School Board of Trustees received their annual audit report at their Feb. 20 meeting, courtesy of Michel, Wright and Associates. Michael Wright informed the board there were no problems with compliance with the exception of some minor issues. Compliance audits focus on federal grants. Wright indicated the district needs to work on keeping track of documentation. If there is no documentation on where grant funds were spent, the grantor assumes the money has not been...
This past weekend saw the two Thermopolis teams — Fistful of Axles and Aluminati — at the Wyoming State Championship in Casper, with Aluminati bringing home the Motivate Award. The team had previously won the Think Award at the Montana State Championships. The Motivate Award, teacher London Jenks explained, is presented to the team representing the essence of the FIRST Tech challenge competition through team building, team spirit, showing enthusiasm and connections with the school and com...
Emmy Hergert addresses students at Thermopolis Middle School, after being named the third Champion for Children for the school year....
Wednesday, May 7 was National Signing Day, and at Hot Springs County High School Noah Schwalbe and family members were on hand to witness Noah signing to play for the Eagles at Chadron State College (CSC) in Nebraska. As for his decision to go to CSC, Schwalbe said he went to the campus and it just felt right to him. Having not made any verbal commitment to a school at the time, he didn't say yes to CSC's offer right away but did so after a walk around the campus. Schwalbe will attend on a...
Hot on the heels of Thermopolis Middle School teacher Shannon Hill's receiving the prestigious Milken Educator Award, the middle school has been named one of three finalists for the Solution Tree third annual DuFour Award. The award honors one high-performing school that is recognized as a Professional Learning Community At Work™ model school. Established in 2015, the award is named in honor of the late Dr. Richard DuFour. An award-winning educator and best-selling author, Dr. DuFour was r...
Named to the Hot Springs County High School Honor Rolls for the first semester are: Superintendent, 4.0: McKenna Bomengen, Ashley Brawley, KyAnn Calhoun, Stormy Cox, Brianna DeVries, Kaylee DeVries, Kolby George, Hannah Hu, Tahja Hunt, Tyler Kay, Barbara Kissel, McKayla Layman, Dakota Leonhardt, Daniel Leonhardt, Haley McDermott, Ashley McPhie, Tyson Medina, Breeze Petty, Lane Randall, Lauren Reed, Hyrum Rich, Alexandra Russell, Mary Ryan, Reagan Severance, Madeline Stam, Jeffery VanAntwerp, Tyne Vialpando, Elisa Weber, Olivia Weyer and...
Thermopolis Middle School recently released the lists of students achieving straight A’s and having perfect attendance for the first two quarters of the school year. Straight A’s Quarter 1 Fifth Grade — Maddison Andreen, Christian Arends, Kaylee Bazzle, Gage Bowman, Aspen Brooks, Brendan Butler, Sophia Conrad, Brailee DeVries, Timber Eckley, Hannah Hill, Tera Kraushaar, Zoey Larson, Rylee McConkie, Hayden Overfield, Sydney Peterson, Brody Potter, Brooke Richter, Austin Slagle, Brody Sorenson, Zane Stam, Ben Weaver and Rosalie Willson Sixth Grad...
The 2018 HSCHS Athletics Hall of Fame is taking nominations through May 1 for this year’s class of inductees. The categories for hall of fame members are Male Athlete, Female Athlete, Coach/Administrator, and Special Contributor Nomination. Forms are available at Owl Creek Graphics at 527 Broadway Street or can be requested via email at markw@rtconnect.net. Completed forms can be returned via email or mailed to: Hall of Fame, P.O. Box 1326, Thermopolis, WY 82443. The awards ceremony date this year is Friday, July 13, to tie in with reunion w...
At the start of the school year, staff at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) set a few goals and are well on their way to meeting those goals for the 2017-18 school year. The library went under a bit of renovation to create a special space for books dedicated to a reading leveling system. At the beginning of the year each student was assessed as to their placement within that reading system. Once their benchmark was set in the Fountas and Pinnell system, each student worked toward improving where...
Friday morning at Thermopolis Middle School, seventh and eighth grade Health/Physical Education teacher, Shannon Hill, received quite a surprise as she was announced as a recipient of the Milken Educator Award and $25,000. The Milken Educator Awards, created by the Milken Family Foundation in 1987, recognizes teaching excellence publicly not only to inspire educators, but students and entire communities about the importance of joining the teaching profession. The prestigious honor, to be...
As you can imagine, discipline within the school system has changed enormously, going from corporal punishment (spanking) to a more meaningful removal of privileges (no activities) and opportunities to bring grades up. Along with absenteeism, grades can make or break a high schooler’s career and chances of acceptance into college. At Hot Springs County High School, the warning list for grades includes those students carrying a D or F. A student that finds themselves on the warning list can be i...
Studies have shown student absences have a detrimental effect on overall learning and grades. Students who miss a large number of classes are sometimes not able to catch up with their studies, and on a high school level, this can lead to higher drop out rates. At the December meeting of the Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Directors, data was presented that indicates a generally much lower absentee rate so far this year as compared to last year. Dean of Students Catelyn Deromedi... Full story
The Hot Springs County High School Drama Club had an amazing weekend at State Drama in Casper last week. "They worked so hard and I received so many comments about how talented, respectful, compassionate, and responsible my students were," said Drama coach Mary McGillivray. The one act play "Flowers for Algernon" took first place in the Proscenium category over all schools in the category. With that honor, the Bobcats were featured on KTWO-TV, with interviews with McGillivray and Tyler Kay over... Full story
Educators from Hot Springs County School District #1 reported to the school board last week regarding their attendance at the first Wyoming Autism Summit held in Jackson. Autism is the largest growing population of Special Education (SPED) in schools across the state, and right here in Hot Springs County, we have autistic students in all three schools. Autism covers a wide range of issues in both children and adults and they discussed a number of types of autism within the spectrum and how to...
The Wyoming Department of Education recently released their school performance report for 2016-17, listing math, reading and science proficiency for each district based on PAWS and WY-ALT tests. Third and fourth graders at Ralph Witters Elementary took the PAWS tests with the following results: Third grade math: 15.22 percent below basic, 26.09 percent basic, 41.30 percent proficient and 17.39 percent advanced. Totals are 41.30 percent doing math at basic or below basic and 58.70 percent are doing math in a proficient or advanced level. Third...
Sometimes, our young people just need a little help to get them on their way to success. Heather Pebbles knows this, so she has started Copper Mountain Tutoring featuring one on one instruction for students in kindergarten through eighth grade. She can give homework support, diagnose reading and math difficulties, provide homeschool relief and support and improve your student’s study skills. With a double Bachelor’s Degree in education through sixth grade and special education through 12th grade, she has over 18 years of quality teaching and...
Teachers at Thermopolis Middle School presented students with their "Exceeding Expectations" banner the school received during Voices last Friday morning. TMS was one of only three middle schools in Wyoming who received the honor....
In 1962, President John F. Kennedy proclaimed National School Lunch Week to celebrate the school lunch program throughout the country. This week, Hot Springs County School District and the nation are celebrating School Lunch:Recipes for Success. On Monday morning, students at Thermopolis Middle School learned the new name for their cafeteria after putting in suggestions. They held an unveiling first thing in the morning, announcing "Catateria" as the new name. The lunch crew got a little break...
Though starting earlier this school year, on Sept. 25, Ralph Witters Elementary third grade teacher Rayann Casciato is certainly no stranger to Thermopolis. Having been born and raised here, following high school she attended the Sheridan campus of Northern Wyoming Community College as a psych major, then finished a Bachelor's in Elementary Education at the University of Wyoming in May this year. Casciato's interest in education came from her babysitting for various families when growing up,...
School is now well underway and teachers and staff at Ralph Witters Elementary (RWE) are pressing forward with their goals for the school year, including some changes to reach those goals. In the 2016-17 school year, they embraced two goals, one, that 85 percent of students meet their projected growth goal, plus one point, based on the math MAP assessment, by spring of 2018, and two, that 85 percent of students meet their projected growth goal, plus one point, based on the reading MAP...
Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees held their monthly meeting on Tuesday night, starting things out with a meet and greet of the new teachers in the district. David Duncan and Carrie Ryan were on tap for the district initiatives discussion, telling the board what they are doing to help those students with problematic behaviors in the classroom. Duncan said it isn’t just the students with disabilities they are working with, although some of the students do qualify as s...
Thermopolis Middle School teacher Kristin Ryan was recently awarded a $2,000 Unsung Hero Grant from Voya Financial. The firm awards grants to K-12 educators nationwide in honor of their innovative teaching methods, creative educational projects and ability to positively influence their students. Ryan's idea, "TMS Living Wax Museum," which was held May 2 at the school, brought history through about 100 seventh and eighth grade students dressed up as national and local historical figures. People...
Hot Springs County School District #1 welcomed a number of new teachers for the 2017-18 school year. New teachers at Ralph Witters Elementary were featured in the August 24 edition of the Independent Record. This week, we are featuring new teachers at Thermopolis Middle School and Hot Springs County High School. Ayni McGee At Thermopolis Middle School, Ayni McGee will be leading the sixth grade students. McGee graduated from high school in Worland in 2013, then earned her bachelor's in...
School is in full swing at Ralph Witters Elementary, Thermopolis Middle School and Hot Springs County High School, and the overall student numbers increased slightly compared to the start and end of the 2016-17 school year. According to the numbers, there are 700 students enrolled in Hot Springs County School District No. 1 as of Aug. 24, compared to 687 on Aug. 25, 2016 and 663 on May 26, 2017. To find how much each class increased or decreased, compare the student total from a class at the end of the 2016-17 year to the total of the next...
Hot Springs County School District #1 Board of Trustees met Aug. 15, the last meeting before the start of the new school year. Laurie Graves, principal at Ralph Witters Elementary, gave a presentation to the board on how summer school went this year with the recent financial cutbacks. Graves said it was a little different, but Kinder Camp had a good three days focused on letter and word recognition. There was a 90 percent attendance rate for the little ones, which is a great turn out. First through fourth grades had almost a 100 percent...
