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Taking shape…

Construction work continues at Meeker High School, with demolition of certain parts of the building happening this week, and new architectural “bone structure” taking shape in other areas, especially over the new entrance (picture). Workers are taking all necessary precautions due to COVID-19.

May 12, 2020 by Caitlin Walker Comments are Disabled

County

Meeker 3D printers are making PPE for healthcare workers

RBC | Local schools and libraries may be closed, but their maker-space equipment is busy. Meeker students Ethan and Joshua Quinn, supervised by their dad — art instructor Ben Quinn — are using one of the school district’s 3D printers to produce frames for medical face shields. The shields are[Read More…]

May 4, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Teaching through technology: RBC teachers share challenges and triumphs of distance learning

RBC | Our schoolteachers have been assigned a Herculean task: learn an entirely new way of connecting with and teaching their students, and do it almost overnight. Both Rio Blanco County school districts have shifted to distance learning for students from kindergarten through high school. Students have been provided with[Read More…]

April 18, 2020 by editor Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Be the light …

Joining the “Be the Light” movement across Colorado, lights at Starbuck Stadium at Meeker High School were lit on Monday as a symbol of hope and solidarity for the students. Their school is still there and they will gather again. Tiffany Jehorek photo

April 13, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Opinion

Sophia’s Soapbox: A brief history of the alternative school

MEEKER | High School is already a confusing time for teens before you add in other factors. A lot of these factors lead to kids not knowing where to go and how to deal with their problems. School can end up making it worse in some cases, and when they[Read More…]

March 25, 2020 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

Unexpected hiccup found during auxiliary gym demo

MEEKER I No remodel or renovation project happens without at least one unexpected surprise. In the case of the renovation at Meeker High School, the auxiliary gym is the source of one of those surprises. According to Superintendent Chris Selle, as contractors got into the auxiliary gym, they discovered the[Read More…]

February 18, 2020 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled

TOPPING OFF …

The Haselden construction team is well underway with the building of the new Meeker High School. During the last busy day of finals week for high school students, Haselden held true to the construction tradition and held a “topping off ceremony.” The history of a topping off ceremony is when[Read More…]

January 3, 2020 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

ECOLOGY IN ACTION …

Meeker High School students Alana Nielsen, Hadley Franklin, John Hampton Hightower, Jose Garcia, Aspen Merrifield and Savvy Mendenhall picked up 25 bags of windblown trash surrounding the county landfill this month as part of the Meeker International Ecology program. The group is raising funds to travel to the Galapagos Islands[Read More…]

December 22, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

MHS construction on track

MEEKER | The new Meeker High School is under way despite the cold windy winter weather approaching us. Besides the speed bumps and having the take the “long way” to the sports gym, Haselden Construction has nestled their way into our small town. The building of the new school has[Read More…]

November 5, 2019 by Herald Times Staff Comments are Disabled

Opinion

{OPED} High School: Under Construction

MEEKER | Many in the community know what’s happening with the construction of the new high school, but what many don’t know is how the students and staff are currently feeling with everything going on. Porter Hossack, currently a Meeker High School sophomore says he’s excited for “things to be[Read More…]

September 30, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

Meeker

MHS traffic plan …

Traffic around Meeker High School will move in a clockwise one-way direction. Traffic on Bob Tucker Drive and School Street remains two-way. The main entrance to the school is the north entrance. Students can park in one of three parking lots. Staff has designated parking on the west side of[Read More…]

August 17, 2019 by Special to the Herald Times Comments are Disabled

More than a facelift: MHS demolition, abatement underway

MEEKER I The high school in Meeker is actually getting more than just a facelift; It’s getting some major reconstructive surgery. On July 8, members of the Meeker Board of Education were given a tour of the progress of the renovations. A great deal has been done so far, including[Read More…]

July 17, 2019 by Niki Turner Comments are Disabled