MEEKER | Family, Career and Community Leaders of America (FCCLA) is an amazing diverse student organization that incorporates skills from the Family and Consumer Classroom into competition pieces. For the past eight years Meeker has been working towards placing all competitors in a Gold or Silver category. This year, instructor[Read More…]
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Meeker’s FFA Chapter competes at leadership development event
On Tuesday, March 5, the Meeker FFA Chapter loaded up around 30 members on a bus and headed up to Craig’s CNCC campus for the 2024 District Leadership Development Event (LDE) competition. LDEs consist of a variety of competitions that provide FFA members with the opportunity to develop their leadership[Read More…]
STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Dreams and memories: A birthday morning
What is the first thing that reaches your mind when you hear the word “dream”? For most, a dream is merely a story that happens in your head when you sleep. A dream is a thought; it is not real. Furthermore, children have intense dreams formed in their complex little[Read More…]
POPS CONCERT
Band and choir students from Barone Middle School and Meeker High School presented a dinner theater concert Saturday, Feb. 24 at the Fairfield Center. All proceeds from the $25 dinner/concert directly support the Music Department. (Left) Ella Ford and Norah Loar perform “Teardrops on My Guitar” by Taylor Swift. (Center)[Read More…]
COWBOY UP
This year’s Cowboy Up award recipient is Kay Bivens (center), pictured with MSD superintendent Chris Selle (left) and MHS principal Amy Chinn (right.)The Meeker High School Class of 2020 established the Cowboy Up Award to “honor people, past and present, who have displayed an extraordinary commitment to or support of[Read More…]
Rio Blanco County Newscast #120 ~ Jan. 25, 2024
In this newscast we cover the top stories from the last edition of January 24. We also interview some of the MHS students who won Scholastic Art Awards!
Student Spotlight: Life beyond Meeker
EDITOR’S NOTE: This student narrative was submitted by MHS instructor Kathleen Kelley. We’re publishing it here as the first in what we hope will be a series of “Student Spotlights,” showcasing the thoughts, perspectives and writing abilities of our local students much the same way athletic prowess is highlighted on[Read More…]
MHS grapplers perform well in Hotchkiss
The Cowboys entered the Fight at the Fork with 27 other teams full of tough competition, previous state champions and kids ranked high. “We have some kids that are sick and so didn’t have a full team, but the kids that were there are all still improving and all of[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys win one, lose one, break top ten
The Meeker girls basketball team has blown last year’s season out of the water. Just half way through the season and they have one more win than they had all of last year. “We are much more cohesive as a team this year and it is showing,” commented Ainsley Selle[Read More…]
Cowboys win two more
The Meeker Cowboys had players out due to sickness, but that didn’t stop them from storming over Gunnison and Cedaredge. Two more wins put the Cowboys at 8-1 overall and 5-0 in the league. Meeker beat Gunnison 56-50 led by Ryan Sullivan with 18 points and Ethan Quinn, Jace Mobley[Read More…]
MHS Art Department has best year yet at Scholastic Art Awards
The Meeker High School Art Department had its best year yet in the Colorado Regional Scholastic Art Awards. Meeker had 28 entries for Meeker High School out of 3,000 statewide entries. This is the most rigorous art contest statewide and nationally and is the equivalent of a state championship in[Read More…]
Lady Cowboys fall to Cardinals after wins
The Meeker girls’ basketball team knew they were headed into the weekend facing the number four ranked Grand Valley Cardinals and they took the challenge head on. For the week they had already beat Roaring Fork 57-50 and Olathe 51-39. “The Grand Valley game was definitely challenging,” commented senior Ellie[Read More…]