MEEKER | Students and faculty at Meeker High School joined others across the nation during the month of February to celebrate national Career and Technical Education (CTE) Month. This year’s tagline is “Celebrate Today, Own Tomorrow!” CTE Month provides CTE programs across the country an opportunity to demonstrate how CTE[Read More…]
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Students design new patch for Meeker Fire & Rescue Dept.
By Doc Watson Special to the Herald Times MEEKER | On Feb. 16, a beautiful and unseasonable warm day, there was a short ceremony outside Meeker High School to first recognize Ben Quinn’s art class students and then reward the four students who won a contest to design the new[Read More…]
When science and Christmas collide
MEEKER | The freshman physical science class at Meeker High School put together their annual roller coaster project. According to science instructor Michelle Selle, the project is a cross-curriculum activity that allows students to combine artistic and technical skills, math, writing and science. “Their goal was to minimize energy loss[Read More…]
BMS and MHS host Winter Concert Dec. 7
MEEKER | Meeker school bands from Barone Middle School and Meeker High School and the award-winning Meeker High School choir will host their annual Winter Concert Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Meeker High School auditorium.
Holiday musical performances scheduled in Meeker
MEEKER | The Barone Middle School bands and the Meeker High School band and choir will join to present the annual Winter Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Meeker High School auditorium. Music director and conductor Jeff Hemingson stated that the Barone Middle School sixth grade[Read More…]
Meeker High School choir asked to perform at New York City’s Carnegie Hall in 2017
MEEKER | A dozen students from Meeker High School have been presented with the opportunity of a lifetime: a chance to perform at Carnegie Hall in New York City as part of a 220-person choir in June 2017. The Meeker High School Choir, directed by Jeff Hemingson, was honored for excellence[Read More…]
Van makeover…
The van used by the Meeker School District food service program has, at long, last, received a fresh coat of paint. Cindy S. Nelson, director of the food service program, has been working on this project since she became director eight years ago. “The van was in great need of[Read More…]
MHS 1991 Homecoming Court …
Starbuck…
Meeker’s Ethel Starbuck gave the keynote remarks at the Oct. 10 celebration of Meeker High School’s 60th anniversary in the high school gymnasium. Starbuck was a 38-year-old business/commercial studies teacher at the time the school opened in 1955. Starbuck is flanked on the far left by her son, Dr. Gene[Read More…]
Meeker High School turns 60 on Tuesday
MEEKER I On Tuesday, Meeker High School will turn 60 years old. The new facility was dedicated Nov. 10, 1955, as Rio Blanco County High School. The original dedication ceremony was sponsored by the County Board of Education, the Meeker Parent Teachers Association and the students. On Tuesday, Meeker High[Read More…]
Mock Disaster: Staged fatality a sobering event
MEEKER I When one arrived on the scene, a double take was not uncommon. A mock fatality accident in the Meeker High School upper parking lot was set up to show a well-made up but uncovered gruesome body in the parking lot, about 15 feet ahead of a vehicle that[Read More…]
