Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
Continuing the Crook County News Since 1884
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Crook County School District has named Nick Olson as its teacher of the year. "It's an honor to have received the Crook County School District teacher of the year. There are so many great teachers in our communities and to be selected and recognized as one of them is truly heartwarming," says the math teacher. Olson graduated from Black Hills State University and got his first teaching job in Moorcroft, where he taught for two years before transferring to Sundance, where he is about to finish...
Harper Memorial Scholarships worth a total of $110,000 have been awarded to 25 seniors and alumni of Sundance High School this year. The scholarships are awarded through the Orville D. Harper and Wanda J. Harper Revocable Trusts and are intended for graduates of the school to assist them as they attend any in-state university or college. Students can apply for the scholarship for each year of their higher education. Long-time Sundance residents and ranchers, the Harpers believed strongly in education and were staunch supporters of the Universit...
The Devils Tower Natural History Association is pleased to announce we will be offering two monetary, one-year scholarships, in the amount of $1000 each. Application forms may be obtained from Crook County school counselors or by contacting DTNHA at PO Box 37, Devils Tower, WY 82714, by calling 307-467-5283 x 631 or by email, from Executive Director Sandra Mooney at: [email protected]. Below are the qualifications for the scholarship: • The applicant must be enrolled as a full-time student in one of Crook County’s high sch...
Sundance State Bank staff Whitney Butler, Shelly Elwood and Shane Wolf were welcomed by the senior class at Sundance Secondary School on April 23. In honor of National Financial Literacy Month, they visited with the students about credit scores, credit cards versus debit cards, the process of getting a loan and the importance of building and monitoring credit for a sound financial future. National Financial Literacy Month was first recognized in the U.S. in April 2004. This was done to...
Artists from Sundance High School made their mark at the 56th annual Wyoming High School State Art Symposium last weekend, showing off their work at the largest statewide art exhibition in the nation. Over 4700 pieces were on display in Casper, from 67 schools across Wyoming. Catch Downey, with a piece titled "Dishwashing Daydream", and Madeline Fleenor, with a piece titled "Walk in the Park", both won first place and were named First Lady winners, which means their artwork will be displayed at...
The Heart of Gold Livestock Show was the event of the day with more than 90 kids participating from Crook County School District. Students interacted with cows, sheep, swine, goats, horses, dogs, a chicken and a rabbit with the help of our 4-H and FFA partners. Kids had the opportunity to meet each animal as they rotated through the eight stations. 4H and FFA students were group leaders and animal handlers and encouraged their school partners to brush, touch and lead the animals around. Horse...
American Dream Contest winners, left to right: Keaton Mills, Autumn Groth, Branson Bankenbush. Branson Bankenbush won first and $300. He then attended a luncheon in Casper for all the first-place winners. Autumn Groth won second and $200. Keaton Mills won third and $100. The students wrote about their understanding of the Cowboy Ethics and how they apply them in their lives....
8 Sundance High School Prom King Chase Garman and Queen Lexie Marchant with attendants Bodhi Craigen and Halle Habeck....
This past week, members of the Sundance Bearlodge FFA chapter competed at the Wyoming FFA State Convention. They had quite a successful convention! The agronomy team made up of Madeline Fleenor, Lexie Marchant, Jaylin Mills and Keaton Mills placed sixth overall. The environmental and natural resources team made up of Holden Ayer, Autumn Groth, Keaton Mills and Savanna Williams placed sixth overall and were first in the team activity. The horse evaluation team made up of Savanah Peterson, Cienna...
Recently, the Bear Lodge/Sundance FFA Chapter took two horse evaluation teams to the Central Wyoming College horse judging contest in Riverton. The team consisting of Tessa Sanderson, Cienna McGuckin, Avery Marchant and Taylor Dailey placed second overall, while the team consisting of Riley Banker, Holden Ayer, Savanna Peterson and Tayten Krystoff placed eighth overall. Additionally, Tessa Sanderson placed first overall for FFA senior individual and first overall for the whole contest, which...
Lauren Lacey of Sundance, Wyoming, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation’s oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Lacey was initiated at University of Wyoming. Lacey is among approximately 25,000 students, faculty, professional staff and alumni to be initiated into Phi Kappa Phi each year. Membership is by invitation only and requires nomination and approval by a chapter. Only the top ten percent of seniors and 7.5 percent of juniors are eligible for membership. Graduate s...
Seventh Grade Taylor Nicole Asheim Gatlan Warner Ayer Lydia Marie Castelli Audrey Jayne Cerelli Ava Leigh Cooney Makena Avorie Cortez Paisley Ann Cundy Tess Riley Dailey Mallen Joel Gustafson Luke Randal Halverson Harris William Haugen Ruslan Volodymyrovych Hrek Valerie Humbracht Hunter Joshua Idler Carsyn Selena Kalbach Jalyssa Rae Keller Hadlee Ann Krell Kamden Jay Lenz Cord Tristin Marchant Morgan Michele McGuckin Brayden Lee Pearson Eva Rose Stark Zander James Stover Addison May Wheeler Benny Ray Wilen Alexis Joy Williamson Augustus James...
For many years, Sundance art teacher Tobi Miller has had all of her seventh grade students (33 this year) 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 Cole Lake, Sundance. This year's Sundance winners are Benny Wilen, first; Carsyn Kolbach, second; and Augustus Wood, third. Each winner received a cash prize, and their posters go on for further competition. All the posters...
Rockin’ with arithmetic is what it’s all about! Join Sundance Elementary third and fourth graders as they present “Math Rocks” on Tues., Mar. 26 at 6 p.m. Songs include Math Rocks, Power Up, Operations, The Area Aria, The Rhombus Rhumba, Metric Melody, Action Fractions and Estimation. Family, friends and community are invited to share in our math fun....
Ellie Jay, Hulett, and Shannon Gilmartin, Sundance, have been selected as the 2024 Girls State delegates by the Hulett Roy Montgomery Unit 80 of the American Legion Auxiliary. Janet Cole Lake, Sundance, is the Girls State chair for the local unit. The Wyoming Girls State program is a week-long session of learning about our government – on the city, county and state levels. It is a practical application of Americanism and good citizenship. It was developed from the idea that our youth should b...
Casper College officials have released the names of the 483 students who made the President’s Honor Roll for the 2023 fall semester. To qualify, a student must take at least 12 credit hours and receive a GPA of 3.5 or better. Crook County students on the list are: Jessee Driskill of Hulett, Rachelle Miller of Moorcroft and Kaela Lundstrom of Sundance. Casper College officials have released the names of the 386 students who made the Dean’s Honor Roll for the 2023 fall semester. The recognition is for part-time degree-seeking students, those tak...
Strata Energy, Inc. has issued its annual invitation to Crook County high school graduates to apply for Strata’s Community Energy and Opportunity scholarships. Strata scholarships are available to students graduating from a Crook County high school or Crook County accredited home-school program. Since the start of the scholarship program in 2013, Strata has awarded over $37,000 to Crook County students. Students will have until May 15, 2024 to submit scholarship applications. For more information on Strata’s scholarship program, specific eli...
Joint efforts by the Wyoming Game and Fish Department and the Professional Teaching Standards Board have resulted in a new license endorsement for teachers interested in teaching hunter education in Wyoming classrooms. “The Professional Teaching Standards Board is pleased to partner with the Wyoming Game and Fish Department in offering hunter education as an endorsement that teachers can add to their licenses,” said Brendan O’Connor, PTSB executive director. “Hunting, fishing and natural resource conservation is embedded in Wyoming’s culture....
Devils Tower FFA hosted the countywide FFA Creed and Speech Competition Feb. 21 at the Hulett School. The annual contest is sponsored by the Crook County Farm Bureau Federation. Congratulations to all the participants for a great job representing your chapters. Creed Speaking contestants recited the FFA Creed by E.M. Tiffany and answered questions from the judges. First place went to Loni Gill from Moorcroft FFA, second place went to Abby Stroud from Moorcroft FFA and third place to Kimber...
The University of Wyoming accorded degrees upon the following students from Crook County at the completion of the 2023 fall semester. Students are: Andrew J. Raney, Master of Science, Aladdin; Payton W. Timberman, Bachelor of Science, Moorcroft; Trevor Olson, Master of Arts, Sundance....
On an increasingly volatile world stage, health care professionals need to prepare themselves and patients for chemical, natural and man-made disasters as well as global pandemics. In response to the need for such training, the University of Wyoming's Fay W. Whitney School of Nursing has adopted disaster management leadership training that allows students to experience and respond to staged events – including treating a burn victim; a person needing to be evacuated from a disaster area, such a...
The University of Wyoming lists ten students from Crook County on the 2023 fall semester President’s Honor Roll. 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. Students are: Katrina Bauman and Joseph Kennah of Hulett; Shania N. Miller and Taylor Jo Reynolds of Moorcroft; Alyssa M. Merchen of Pine Haven; Ella Sharon Bifulco, Lauryn Brooks, Jameson...
Laramie County Community College is proud to announce the list of graduates for the 2023 fall semester and those students earning a place on the president’s and vice president’s honor rolls. Students earning president’s honor roll recognition have earned a cumulative 3.75-4.0 GPA, and students on the vice president’s honor roll have earned a cumulative 3.5-3.74 GPA. Austin D. Bush of Sundance was a Credit Diploma recipient. McKaya Jo Gillespie of Sundance was on the President’s Honor Roll....
In last week’s paper, we listed the graduation rates of two of Crook County’s schools the wrong way round. Hulett School’s rate should have been 75% and Moorcroft’s should have been 94.1%....
Nearly 20 Sheridan College students earned degrees or certificates following the end of the fall 2023 semester including Sundance’s Brook Hofland, Associate of Science, Elementary Education. “The achievement of a college diploma or certificate is a major milestone in one’s life,” said Dr. Walt Tribley, President of Sheridan College. “Our students continue to excel while preparing for the next steps in their lives. Congratulations to these students on this important achievement.” Graduates are invited to participate in the Sheridan College Com...
