St. Columba School recognizes students
St. Columba School congratulates these November Super Star Students, who went above and beyond classroom expectations: Rocco Enea, Bradin Gurule, Nolan Pace, Hazel Cleaves, Sunny Webster, Chase Robertson, Havens Webster, Kaylee Beeman and Emma Hackett.
Counselor association completes conference
The Colorado School Counselor Association announces the completion of its annual conference providing professional development to school counselors.
School counselors are generally the only educator in schools with specific mental-health training. The theme of this year’s conference was “Imagine, Believe, Achieve.” The focus was on prevention and resiliency – both for counselors themselves and the students they serve.
Local school counselor, Sallie Kautter, serves on the association’s board as the Region 5 representative and also works at Needham Elementary School.
For more information, visit www.coloradoschoolcounselor.org.
Hannah Robertson performs in concert
Hannah Robertson of Durango performed in the Cornell College Wind Ensemble concert on Nov. 7 in King Chapel.
The Wind Ensemble hosts about 55 students and performs both original wind band music and transcriptions of pieces for this specific instrumentation. This ensemble has performed works by Holst, Vaughan Williams, Dello Joio, Persichetti and Rorem, as well as marches by composers such as Sousa, Alford and King.
The Wind Ensemble, directed by Martin Hearne, offers performance opportunities in well-respected groups to all students by audition. About 80 percent of members are non-music majors.
For more information, visit www.cornellcollege.edu.
FLC students win photo contest
StudyColorado – in partnership with the Institute of International Education’s Rocky Mountain Center in Denver – announced a 7.1 percent increase in international student enrollment in Colorado in 2013-2014 compared with the previous academic year.
Colorado enrolled 9,621 international students, compared with last year’s 8,983. Colorado has the greatest number of international students from China. StudyColorado, established in July 2012, supports college and university recruiting efforts by marketing all of Colorado’s higher education opportunities around the world.
StudyColorado hosted a photo contest. International students were encouraged to “show their colors in Colorado” by submitting photos of themselves with their national flag or wearing national dress at a favorite location in Colorado. Winning entries were submitted by these students attending Fort Lewis College: Hazuki Toyama of Japan; Misae Fujita of Japan; and Masayuki Niihara of Japan.
Ignacio schools raise money for veterans
Ignacio School District honored Veterans Day and the men and women who have died defending the country by raising funds for military veterans and their families.
On Nov. 12, Ignacio School District took part in the fifth annual “Jeans For Troops” fundraising drive benefiting the GI Go Fund, a nonprofit organization that helps veterans returning home find employment, go to college, access their health care and financial benefits, and link to housing.
During the drive, Ignacio School District gave its employees the opportunity to wear jeans to work in exchange for a $5 donation to the GI Go Fund. The district also gave the students an opportunity to participate by wearing hats for a $1 donation. The school district netted $575 for the GI GO Fund.
For more information, visit www.gigofund.org.
Mountain Middle receives distinction
Mountain Middle School is one of the Colorado Charter School Institute’s highest performing schools, earning a preliminary “distinction” rating that will be confirmed in December by the state board of education.
The academic portion of the institute’s “distinction” ratings is based on students’ performance on state tests in reading, math, writing and science. Mountain Middle is one of eight institute schools to earn a preliminary “distinction” rating this fall. The institute – which authorizes Mountain Middle – assigns a rating and accredits its schools each fall based on a school performance framework, a summary of data from the previous school year.
For more information, call 828-5600.
Herald Staff
