Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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The Harper Memorial Scholarship committee is pleased to announce the 2021-2022 scholarship recipients. The Orville D. Harper Revocable Trust and the Wanda J. Harper Revocable Trust established this scholarship fund, for which Crook County School District #1 is a beneficiary. The trust designates scholarships for graduates of Sundance High School to allow them to attend any Wyoming in-state university or college. Crook County School District #1 congratulates the following outstanding Sundance High School students: 2021-2022 Scholarship...
Despite students being unable to attend Wyoming Art Symposium last year they came out on top, again. 14 artists traveled to Casper for the 53rd Annual Symposium. Sundance received 17 first place awards out of just over 2600 pieces of art. Janessa Wilen received first place for five pieces: “Panthera Leo” – watercolor, “Chucks” – colored pencil, “Symbol of the West” - scratch art, “Smell of Serenity” – graphite and “Tranquility” – acrylic. Nevada Gill won four first place awards: “Nautical Non...
Nevada Gill and Brad Kruger were named SHS Queen and King during the weekend’s jubilant prom celebrations. The gathering marked a return to normal proceedings after last year’s open-air ceremony, with seniors once again able to dance the night away in their finery...
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Faith Honey Anderson placed second in the Wyoming American Legion High School Oratorical Speech Contest on March 7 in Douglas. Anderson placed first in the local post #80 contest and first at the District 5 contest to earn the right to compete at the state level. Scholarships are awarded to the top three contestants at the state level. According to Donald L. York, Chairman of the Oratorical Contest Committee, the first Department of Wyoming contest was held in 1958 and the first national contest in 1938. Anderson delivered her memorized speech...
U.S. Senator Cynthia Lummis is now accepting applications for nominations to the U.S. military service academies for the 2022-2023 school year. Senator Lummis will nominate students considering military careers for an opportunity to attend the Air Force Academy, the Merchant Marine Academy, the Military Academy at West Point and the Naval Academy. About the process, Sen. Lummis said: “Wyoming students make exceptional members of our Armed Forces. The lessons we grow up with in Wyoming are integral to the knowledge needed to serve one’s cou...
The young thespians of Sundance High School would like to remind the community that the first full-scale musical in 25 years will be hitting the auditorium this coming weekend. There’s also still time to show your support for the kids in the form of a raffle that will be drawn after the final performance of “Flapper” on Sunday. The raffle is for an original Bruce Speidel painting of a bull elk laying in the snow, commissioned by the Fowlers at Sundance Hardware, says director Teresa Preisner. “Proceeds go towards the High School Perform...
Telsie Comer, a junior from Sundance Secondary, was third place winner out of more than 500 students participating in the 16th annual Poetry Out Loud Statewide competition, which was held virtually this year. There were 13 high schools registering a team and 11 of those schools advancing a school champion to the state finals. Shown left to right, Mr. Gillis (English teacher), Teresa Preisner (music teacher and mother to Telsie), Telsie Comer....
For many years, Sundance art teacher Tobi Miller has had all of her 7th grade students participate in the American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Unit 80 (Hulett and Sundance) poppy poster contest. The ALA poppy poster co-chairs are Tracy Bush, Hulett, and Janet Lake, Sundance, who said that the quality of the posters was especially high this year. This year’s winners are Annika Haugen, 1st; Jaylin Mills, 2nd; and John Wacker, 3rd. Each winner received a cash prize, and their posters go on for f...
Black Hills State University has released the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. A total of 712 students maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. Crook County students on the list include: Kaylei Petz (BSED Elementary Education) and Heather Ver Burg (BSED English Education) of Moorcroft and Molly Amann (BSED Elementary Education) of Sundance....
Nearly 60 Sheridan College students earned degrees or certificates following the end of the fall 2020 semester. Sheridan College is proud to recognize Braylon Brekke, who earned an Associate of Applied Science in Diesel Technology, and Rebbecca Meisner, who earned an Associate of Science in Elementary Education, both of Sundance....
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Crook County at the completion of the 2020 fall semester. Students are: Madeline F. Stoddard (Bachelor of Science) of Beulah; Jake Aaron Marden (Bachelor of Science) and Andrea Wood (Certificate) of Moorcroft; Charity A. Lindholm (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) of Sundance....
Wyoming Virtual Academy senior FaithHoney Anderson from Devils Tower will be featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Thurs., Mar. 11 on The SIX and on Black Hills FOX News at 9 p.m. Anderson qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of herself to KEVN Black Hills FOX. Sundance High School senior Gavin Robinson will be featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Fri., Mar, 12 on The SIX and on...
Sundance High School was all set to present its first full-scale musical in 25 years just as the pandemic hit last year. Though it’s a little later than originally planned, “Flapper” will finally be coming to a theater very near you this March and the students invite the whole community to come enjoy the caper. A comedy tribute to the 1920s, Flapper tells the tale of Polly Pepper (Rhianna Heaster), a young flapper who is about to turn 18 and inherit a diamond necklace called the ‘Ice Garden’. Trouble is brewing as mobsters are planning...
Black Hills State University has released the Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. A total of 712 students maintained a grade point average (GPA) of 3.5 or higher while taking at least 12 credit hours. Students include: Kaylei Petz (BSED Elementary Education) and Heather Ver Burg (BSED English Education) of Moorcroft and Molly Amann (BSED Elementary Education) or Sundance....
On Feb. 17, the Bearlodge-Sundance FFA held a county speech competition between Sundance, Moorcroft and Hulett. In the creed competition, Aspen Jones placed first, Lindsey Fosheim placed second and Anya Moody from Hulett placed third. In the prepared speech competition, Nate Schommer placed first. The competition was sponsored by the Farm Bureau. Next up is the district competition in Moorcroft, which is on Mar. 3, where all four members will compete in their respective contests. Submitted by...
Sundance High School senior Rhianna Heaster will be featured as part of KEVN Black Hills FOX’s Rising Star of the West scholarship contest Thurs., Mar. 4 on The SIX and on Black Hills FOX News at 9 p.m. Heaster qualified for the contest by submitting a short video of herself to KEVN Black Hills FOX. Heaster is one of the semi-finalists who will be seen through Mar. 19. Her one-minute commentary will be aired and then placed on www.blackhillsfox.com for viewers to watch and rate. One c...
Sundance senior to be featured in Rising Star of the West contest...
Over 225 students were named to the Gillette College honor rolls for the fall 2020 semester, including Casey Harmon of Sundance who was named to the President’s Honor Roll. For full-time students to earn a place on the President’s Honor Roll, they must maintain full-time enrollment by completing 12 or more college-level credit hours with letter grades of A or S and a semester GPA of 4.0 for all classes. Credits counted in S graded classes may not exceed one credit. Gillette College is a two-year public college located in Gillette, Wyoming, and...
The following students have been named to the dean’s list for academic excellence after the fall 2020 semester at South Dakota State University. To earn dean’s list distinctions in SDSU’s colleges, students must have completed a minimum of 12 credits and must have earned at least a 3.5 GPA on a 4.0 scale. Students with an asterisk received a perfect 4.0 GPA. Crook County students on the list are: Jessica Elizabeth Ryan of Aladdin and Shelby Carolyn Garoutte of Sundance. Both are College of Nursing students. Overall, nearly 3,200 students from...
Over 315 students were named to the Sheridan College honor rolls this semester, including two from Sundance. Laramie Holst was named to the President’s Honor Roll and Justice Simpson was named to the Vice President’s Honor Roll. For full-time students to earn a place on the President’s Honor Roll, they must maintain full-time enrollment by completing 12 or more college-level credit hours with letter grades of A or S and a semester GPA of 4.0 for all classes. Credits counted in S graded classes may not exceed one credit. For full-time stude...
The University of Wyoming lists three students from Crook County on the 2020 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. Students are: Myles T. Stefanich of Beulah, Allessandro Mastrovito of Hulett and Shelby Heaster of Sundance. The President’s Honor Roll consists of regularly enrolled undergraduates who earned a 4.0 (“A”) grade-point average for the semester. To be eligible, students must have been enrolled for a minimum of 12 credit hours taken for letter grades. The University of Wyoming lists 17 students from Crook County on the 2020 fall se...
Crook County is among 18 school districts across the state that posted graduation rates above 90% this year. The district falls at number 14 on the statewide list with a rate of 91.6%. Overall across the state, the Wyoming Department of Education announced last week that high school graduation rates have been improving for the last seven years. In 2013, 77.6% of Wyoming seniors graduated; in 2020, this had increased to 82.3%. “Wyoming continues to set high standards for our graduates, which is reflected in our plan for the Every Student Succeed...
Kindergarten registration for 2021-2022 is here at Sundance Elementary School! Please call the school office at 283-1227 to find out how to access a Kindergarten registration packet if your child will be entering Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year. Children entering Kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year must be five years old on or before Aug. 1, 2021. Please drop completed paperwork off by Thurs., Feb. 18 at: Sundance Elementary School Office, 1123 Fairgrounds Loop Road, Sundance. All students entering kindergarten for the...
Molly Ryan, a student at Northwestern College in Orange City, Iowa, has earned a spot on the Academic Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. The Dean’s List is comprised of students who have achieved a semester grade point average of 3.50 or above while carrying a minimum of 12 graded hours. This semester, 435 students qualified for the Dean’s List. Students who earned a GPA of 3.75 or higher are considered Collegiate Scholars, designated with an asterisk. Of the 269 Collegiate Scholars, 78 of them maintained a perfect 4.0 average and are r...
