MEEKER | The Barone Middle School boys and girls wrestling team hit the road last weekend to compete in the Montrose Centennial Middle School tournament. This marked their first tournament of the season after a tri-dual last week against Craig Middle School and Rangely Middle School, where the Cowboys defeated[Read More…]
Milestones
MHS student artwork earns Scholastic awards
Special to the HT MEEKER | Meeker High School had another fantastic year at the Colorado Regional Scholastic Awards. The MHS Art program had six Gold Key recipients, three Silver Key award winners and eight Honorable Mention awards. First time awards for MHS students this year included sophomore Brooklynn Kirkpatrick[Read More…]
Meeker High School awarded for being a finalist for Colorado High School of the Year
MEEKER | For the second year in a row, Meeker High School was selected as one of four accepted finalists for the 2024 Colorado High School of the Year by the Colorado Masonic Grand Lodge Scholarship Committee. Finalists are selected from High Schools who have graduating seniors apply for college[Read More…]
Guest Column – Enrollment information for incoming Meeker preschoolers in 2025
MEEKER | Meeker Elementary Preschool is currently gathering information about children who intend to enroll for the 2025-2026 school year. As the Colorado Universal Preschool Program (UPK) prepares to release more information on Dec. 17, we want to share some important details about Meeker Preschool’s enrollment process for the 2025-2026[Read More…]
Homecoming 2024
(Left) Meeker Arts and Cultural Council (MACC), marched in the Homecoming parade to mark the group’s 15th anniversary and to promote their next performance. “Beauty and the Beast” will be presented Nov. 14-16, 2024, at the Meeker High School auditorium. (Center) The 2024 Meeker High School Cowboy football team rode[Read More…]
Walker named to President’s List at Southern New Hampshire University
MEEKER | Caitlin Walker has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s (SNHU) Summer 2024 President’s List. The summer terms run from May to August. Full-time undergraduate students who have earned a minimum grade-point average of 3.700 and above for the reporting term are named to the President’s List. Full-time[Read More…]
Meeker High School to celebrate Homecoming next week
MEEKER | The parade is at 1 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 4 with home volleyball and football games following that night. Boys’ golf competes at the regional tournament on Monday in Delta, cross country runs in Delta on Friday and softball plays at home on Saturday. The homecoming parade marshal[Read More…]
RHS HOMECOMING 2024
Panther Homecoming Royalty: King Landon Carlson and Queen Karlee Halcomb. Senior Royalty: Karlee Halcomb, Colin Zadra, Ashlynn Ducey, Landon Carlson, Paola Munoz, Robert Murray. Junior Royalty: Payton Holbrook, Braxton Shaffer. Sophomore Royalty: Allyson Castillo, Bradley Lambros. Freshman Royalty: Taylor Fouch, Cutler Mergelman. Crown Bearers: Breagen and Krimson. Grand Marshals: Kyle[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County students awarded OSU scholarships
RBC | On Sept. 4, Rio Blanco County students Teagan Sheridan and Melayni Wangnild were honored by the Oklahoma State University Ferguson College of Agriculture with academic scholarship support for the 2024-2025 academic year. These scholarships are part of the more than $1.8 million that students receive from the Ferguson[Read More…]
MEEKER SCHOOL DISTRICT: Accredited with Distinction, again!
Meeker School District RE-1 is “Accredited with Distinction” again! This is the highest accreditation rating given by the Colorado Department of Education. In 2024, only 17 entities earned “Accredited with Distinction” status, representing just 9.2% of local education agencies in the state. Furthermore, based on scores published by the Colorado[Read More…]
GUEST COLUMN: Meeker School District report from graduate surveys
During the 2016-2017 and 2018-2019 school years, the Meeker School District engaged in surveys of recent graduates to help determine areas of potential improvement in the school district as well as validate areas in which the school district excelled. Although the results of those surveys provided some useful insight, achieving[Read More…]
School district welcomes seven new staff members
MEEKER | The Meeker High School Cowboys wrappThe Meeker School District kicked off the 2024-2025 school year with several changes, including the addition of seven new teachers to the district. Among the new hires is fifth-grade teacher Megan Shelton, the younger sister of four-time Colorado High School Wrestling State Champion[Read More…]