May 21, 2013

H6-8 students earn Red, Blue and Gold Club status

b03 hk81Photos by Kathy Browning Hotchkiss K-8 principal Carrie Coats kisses Chili, six-week old pig, on April 11 because she just barely lost the Helping Hands contest. Hotchkiss K-8 held it's academic awards assembly on Thursday, April 11. The awards were for students attaining Red, Blue and Gold Club status during the first semester of the 2012-2013 school year.

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Exceptional Eagles April 17, 2013

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Exceptional Eagles

On April 5, the following Paonia Elementary School students were recognized for demonstrating S.O.A.R. behavior: Logan Scroggs for Order and Achievement; Paige Roberts, Noah McDaniels, Abby Reedy, Katelyn Coffey, Sabrina Leighton, Jaqueline Mora, Ella Jensen, Kelsey Simpson and Contessa Sprinkle for Achievement; Jesse Burns for Achievement and Respect; Tearna North and Trista Sweezey for Respect. Way to S.O.A.R. students!

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50% of county’s 2011 grads needed remediation

Nearly 50 percent of the 2011 high school graduates from Delta County required some type of remedial instruction when they enrolled in college. That data was included in the Colorado Department of Higher Education's 2012 Remedial Education Report, which was released this week.

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DMS hosts Knowledge Bowl

a05 knowledge1Photo submitted Members of the winning sixth grade Montessori team are Kaiya Firor, Will Ela, Baxter Waltermire, Athena Peters and Brandon Egidi.Delta Middle School hosted seventh-eighth grade Knowledge Bowl on Tuesday, April 9, with 12 teams competing. The following day, April 10, 12 county sixth grade teams competed.

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Comedy hits the stage at Cedaredge High

The Surface Creek community is invited Thursday and Friday to come and be entertained by a CHS student theater production that promises to have a little bit of everything.

There is mystery to keep the audience on the edge of its seat until the final act.

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