Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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The public is invited to join Sundance Elementary First and Second Graders as they present “The Littlest Tree” on Thursday, December 12 at 7 p.m. It is the story of how the Christmas Trees at the North Pole discover the true meaning of Christmas. It features a cast of characters including Santa and Mrs. Claus, the elves, the Christmas Trees and the Littlest Tree. Songs include Time to Decorate the Tree, I’m Gonna Be Santa’s Tree, Tiny Tree Rap, The March of the Christmas Trees, Christmas Is, O Christmas Tree and We Wish You a Merry Christm...
A crowd of kids and parents descended upon Sundance Elementary on Thursday to enjoy an opportunity for hands-on-learning and fun. Family STEAM Night was arranged by Ms. Abbie Love and Ms. Tina Inghram in honor of long-time teacher and Destination Imagination (DI) coach Ms. Tammy Needham. “STEAM is an acronym for science, technology, engineering, art and math. We did stations that supported all of those areas and we also did some ‘instant challenges’ that are part of the DI program, which is wh...
Know a veteran or someone currently in the military? Sign them up to win a quilt made by FCCLA members in the Textiles class at SHS. The red, white and blue quilt is on display at Sundance State Bank. Take a few minutes, head to the bank and enter a veteran or an active military personnel in the drawing to win a quilt. FCCLA members who made the quilt are: Bailey Hofland, Brook Hofland, Kate Sell, Rhianna Heaster, Baillee Heaster and Aftyn Marchant....
The Scholastic Book Fair will be held at the Sundance Elementary Library Dec. 9-12 from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Dec. 13 from 7:30 a.m. to noon. The fair has great Christmas gifts and some of the hottest titles! If you can’t make it to the school or want something that isn’t available, simply shop online by going to crook1.com and choosing Sundance Elementary. Click on the book fair picture to access the online catalog. Your orders will be delivered to the school with no shipping costs once the book fair has ended. Our goal is to excite stu...
Eastern Wyoming College will be advising and registering Sundance students at the Central Administration Building on Tuesday, December 3, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. Advising and registration for Moorcroft students will be held in the EWC room of Moorcroft High School on Wednesday, December 4, from 8 a.m.-4 p.m. If students have any questions concerning financial aid or other funding opportunities, please contact the Financial Aid office at (307) 532-8224 or [email protected]...
Sundance High School Student Council President Rhianna Heaster was elected the 2019-2020 Wyoming Association of Student Councils President during the WASC state convention Nov. 17-19 in Sheridan. “I was really nervous,” said Heaster. “But I was also excited and ready to take on the responsibility.” Heaster spent her time at the convention giving candidate speeches and answering questions from a panel of voting delegates. Along with Heaster’s presidential bid, senior Josiah Rudloff completed...
Sundance sent a select group of choir and band students to represent SHS at the Northeast Music District Clinic. With other honor choir and band students from around the NE region, the SHS Honor Choir and Band put on an amazing performance of moving pieces. The choir sang five songs from different composers, while the band played four arrangements also by varying composers. A sample of the challenging pieces includes Tres Cantos Dos Indios Krao (Macros Lente) for the choir, while the band perfor...
Last month, the Sundance Eighth Grade Student Council organized a Halloween Dance. In support of Jennie Gordon’s “No Hunger Initiative” they collected food for the Pantry as admission to the dance. Those pictured from left to right are: Brit Wheeler, Dance Planner; Katy Daves, Food Pantry Supervisor; Willow Lindholm, Council President. Participants not pictured are Keaton Mills, Vice President; Jordan Mouat; and Riley Marchant....
On November 22 tour actor Samantha Cage playing Gramma treated audience members to a delightful tale to her kiddos about Johnny Appleseed and his pioneer friends as they planted apple orchards across the West. This classic tale had more than one surprising twist as Johnny tried to find his best friend and along the way sowed kindness that touched everyone he met. With the help of Kathy Bjornestad as accompanist, even the audience were part of the action, singing a response at the close of the...
Don’t be alarmed if you drop off your kids at school after the holidays and spot a Sheriff’s Office vehicle in the parking lot. Sergeant Ed Robinson will not be on campus for a crisis or crime, but as the new School Resource Officer. In his new role, for ten hours each week, Robinson will provide security support to the district as he builds ties and relationships with staff and students across the county. “Ed is coming on as a resource officer, not a police officer. He is a resource for the district,” stresses Superintendent Mark Broders...
The Sundance kindergarten students were asked how to make a Thanksgiving turkey dinner. Here are their recipes: Mrs. Hansen’s Class For our Thanksgiving turkey, we get it from a chicken. We start by putting seasons on it. We then stuff it with meat. We cook it in the oven for 12 minutes at 17 degrees. I enjoy eating my turkey with lettuce and vegetables. We eat our Thanksgiving turkey in our kitchen at lunchtime. I love sharing my turkey with our friends, cousins, brothers and sisters. By Molly...
Come join Johnny and his little buddies on their delicious, heartwarming adventures across the land, making friends with all kinds of people and animals. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade are encouraged to audition for the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production of Johnny Appleseed on Monday November 18 from 4:05 to 6:05 p.m. at the Sundance High School auditorium. Those auditioning should arrive at 4 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some cast members will stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition, whi...
The popular “farm to table” concept urges us to eat more of the foods that are grown and raised on our doorsteps. Local kids experienced exactly that luxury on Wednesday, although it probably would better have been described as “ranch to cafeteria”. Amy Pravecek, Sheryl Klocker and Criss Neiman, representing the Crook County CattleWomen, arrived just before the lunch bell to see the delicious hot beef sandwiches that had been prepared with locally grown meat. The beef for the program is donated...
The Sundance High School band and choir will be hosting a program of music and poetry on Veteran’s Day and the community is invited to attend in honor of our local veterans. “We would love to see the community, and especially the veterans, in attendance,” says Teresa Preisner, music teacher. “I look at this as not so much a concert for the kids as a program for the community.” In recent years, Preisner says, the Veteran’s Day concert has not been themed towards veterans. “This year will be very traditional and will be in recognition o...
Students, parents and teachers were recently asked to complete a survey looking at the climate and culture within Crook County School District. Not only was this an opportunity to find problem areas, says Superintendent Mark Broderson, it was part of an overall push to spread kindness and improve the general atmosphere across the district. “The leadership team had a retreat last May and we tried to figure out what was the direction we wanted to focus on,” he says. “We chose to focus on creating a positive climate and making our buildings a pla...
The Sundance Senior Center was the site of a Senior High Tech event, held on October 30. Faith Anderson coordinated the event, which was an opportunity for seniors to get assistance with technology questions. Sundance High School students Mazelynn Sharp, McKaya Gillespie, Cana McInerney and Isabel Gustafson volunteered to assist at the event, which was a huge success. Anderson said, “It is a really great way for students to connect with Seniors. Technology is just the means of starting the c...
Sundance High School is hosting a blood drive for Vitalant on Wednesday, November 13 from 9 a.m. to noon in the high school auditorium. Vitalant, one of the nation’s oldest and largest nonprofit community blood service providers, supplies comprehensive transfusion medicine services to nearly 1000 hospitals and health care partners for patients in need across 40 states. The goal is 18 donations, which requires 26 appointments. Sixteen- and 17-year-old donors must have a Minor Donor Consent Form signed by a parent to donate. If you plan to d...
Sundance Elementary fifth and sixth graders invite the veterans and the community to a presentation honoring those who serve. The will program will be on Thursday, November 7 at 2 p.m. Selections will include Pledge of Allegiance, This Land Is Your Land, Tribute to the Armed Services, Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy, Fifty Nifty United States, God Bless America, Seize the Day and Veterans Day poems. Refreshments will be served following th...
Sundance High School drama students will be putting on their annual drama showcase the night of Thur., Nov. 14 at 7 p.m. Admission is free but donations to the theatre program are greatly appreciated. Students will be performing the monologues and duets that they will be bringing to the Wyoming State Thespian Festival and they will be performing a one-act play entitled Imperfect Proposal by Lisa Parry....
Wyoming Project Learning Tree and the Wyoming Tree Farm Committee jointly organized and hosted a “Walk in the Forest” for 43 Sundance Elementary students and staff; third grade through sixth. The forest walk had four learning stations placed along the trail route, where forestry management- and wildlife habitat-related activities were conducted by volunteers from Wyoming State Forestry Division, Wyoming Tree Farm landowners, NRCS, Wild Turkey Federation and the Audubon Society. The students lea...
The Bearlodge Sundance FFA Alumni is excited to announce that their FFA Alumni chapter has officially been chartered at the national and state level to support the local agricultural education program and the FFA chapter at Sundance High School. The National FFA Alumni Organization is encouraging locals all across the country to organize a local support system for agricultural education program by forming an official FFA Alumni chapter. The Alumni chapter is open to anyone who is interested in supporting and promoting agriculture, agricultural...
When the Ann Simpson Artmobile pulls into the school parking lot, the students of Sundance can be sure something special will happen that day. The colorful van and its contents, sponsored by the University of Wyoming Museum of Art, travels around introducing the state’s youngest citizens to the joys of art appreciation. Behind the wheel is Sarita Keller, whose role as Artmobile Educator is to curate the exhibition of artwork that the kids will be introduced to and prepare art-based learning p...
Sundance joined more than 500 FCCLA student leaders, members, and advisers at the Ramkota Conference Center in Casper, WY on October 16, 2019 to participate in the annual FCCLA Fall Leadership Conference. The conference provided Sundance students opportunities come together for energizing learning while listening to keynote speaker Magician Stephen Bargatze. Students were able to expand leadership skills, sharpen talents and explore career pathways. The theme of this year’s conference was ...
Seniors Molly Marie Amann Tyson S. Bjornestad Austin Daniel Bush Laney Kay Dungey Darcy Rae Flahaven Kayla Rose Fowler Tessa Lou Hughes Teddi Madison Marchant Trayton Dean Middleton Joshua Brent Nehl Joleen Grace Pollat Tairyn Michelle Richards Josiah Swede Rudloff Titus Dale Schelling Kate Jennie Sell Madison Rose Speidel Myles Turner Stefanich Kye Chaten Taylor Christian Craig Velder Lance Lyle Weaver Tori Ann Wheeler Logan Todd Wilen Hunter Lawrence Williams Juniors Tristin L. Crowder Peyton Lee Ewing Lane A. Gill Nevada J. Gill Wyatt John...
The University of Wyoming accorded a BA (Bachelor of Arts) degree upon Taitlyn Lea Preus of Pine Haven at the completion of the 2019 summer semester....
