June 18, 2013

Volunteers ease students’ transition

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Photo by Annette Brand
Young students practice their English skills with tutors at First Baptist Church.
An unofficial "cultural care and advocacy team" is supporting the needs of Karen and Karenni students from Burma and their families. The families began moving into the Alta Vista de la Montana, the agricultural housing unit in North Delta, late last spring and their numbers continued to grow over the summer.

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Community service

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Community service
Delta High School Key Club members served at the Denim & Diamonds gala to raise money for Hospice & Palliative Care of Western Colorado. The event was held at Bill Heddles Recreation Center Sept. 8. Over 25 Key Club members volunteered over five hours of their time to help with the event.

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Teddy bear picnic

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Photo by Pat Sunderland
Teddy bear picnic
Natalia Carrillo and her kindergarten classmates picnicked with their teddy bears on the grounds at Garnet Mesa Elementary School last week.

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Remembering 9/11

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Remembering 9/11
Students and staff of Lincoln Elementary in Delta gathered around the flagpole in commemoration of 9/11. Principal Paul Rodriguez led the students in the Pledge of Allegiance.

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Perfect partnership

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Perfect partnership
Garnet Mesa Elementary Student Council members Page Clark, Megan Weber, Ezra Kathrein, Diego Mendoza, Quintin Greenhalgh and Alison Davis, along with Sherry Gilmore and Natalie Rundle, shuck sweet corn from Ahlberg Farms. Local farms contributing to Garnet Mesa Elementary has not only been a nutritional venture but the perfect partnership.

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