Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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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...
Jessica Elizabeth Ryan of Aladdin earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing from the College of Nursing and graduated Magna Cum Laude after the summer and fall 2020 semesters at South Dakota State University. Students completed all requirements for a degree and/or certificate program and those requirements have been verified by the appropriate college. Overall, students from 32 states, the District of Columbia and 19 nations graduated in the summer and fall 2020 semesters....
SHS Honor Roll Quarter 2 Seniors Tristin L. Crowder Brandon W. Davis Peyton Lee Ewing Lane A. Gill Nevada J. Gill Owen A. Haiar Baillee T. Heaster Rhianna L. Heaster Lane S. Hodge Blake Kermit Homola Isaiah K. Kammerer Bradley William Kruger Aftyn L. Marchant Teagan I. Marchant Landon A. Martin Echo M. Miller Sherry Sheridan Negaard Kaylee E. Price Joshua T Pridgeon Gavin Hawk Robinson Hunter Pearce Skeens Janessa Jean Wilen Juniors Ella Sharon Bifulco Cheyla Eileen Coder Allison Dana Crawford Dawson Haine Flahaven Ella Olivia Gustafson Bailey...
Wyoming State Forestry Division and Wyoming Project Learning Tree (WY PLT) are teaming up again this year to hold the annual Wyoming State Arbor Day poster contest. This year Wyoming will celebrate its 133rd Arbor Day. The contest is open to all Wyoming fourth and fifth grade students, including home-schooled, private and public. Students are invited to create a poster no larger than 14 by 18 inches in size that depicts the theme “Trees: That’s WY.” The winner will receive $100, their framed poster and a plaque. The winner’s teacher will al...
Chadron State College has announced the names of 328 students who qualified for the institution’s Fall 2020 President’s List with a 4.0 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Crook County students on the list include Devin Hodges of Hulett and Parker Seeley of Sundance. Chadron State College has also announced the names of 332 students who qualified for the institution’s Fall 2020 Dean’s List with at least a 3.5 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Crook County students on the list include Tate Allison of Moorcroft and Gabrielle Velder of Sundanc...
Molly O’Connor of Sundance has been named to Dickinson State University’s (DSU) Dean’s List for the 2020 fall semester. At the end of each regular semester, the University recognizes those students named to the Dean’s List. Eligible students must have completed a minimum of 12 credit hours with a term GPA of 3.5 or above. Outstanding academic work placed 321 students, or 23.46 percent of eligible undergraduates, on the Dean’s or President’s list following the fall 2020 semester. “We are delighted that nearly one out of four DSU students met...
Montana State University has announced its undergraduate honor rolls for fall semester 2020. To be eligible for the lists, students must have earned in at least 12 college-level credits. The Dean’s List includes the 3,834 students earning grade point averages of 3.5 or above for the semester. Sundance’s Nathan Davis appears on the Dean’s List....
SHS National Honor Society members, back row from the left: Baillee Heaster, Nevada Gill, Brad Kruger, Sherry Negaard, Rhianna Heaster, Lane Gill and Aftyn Marchant; front: Bailey Hofland, Brook Hofland, Briska Johnson, Echo Miller, Ella Bifulco and Levi Rudloff. The Wi Wacippi Paha Chapter (Sundance High School) of National Honor Society installed six new members on Dec. 9. Due to the pandemic, a small ceremony was open only to current chapter members, inductees and their parents. NHS has four...
