Osmond develops new App for promoting positivity in schools
• Research as part of a thesis Local Star Valley resident Maggon Osmond has developed and is releasing an app called Kindness Matters that promotes positivity in the schools among students. She says she has worked with LCSD No. 2…
SV Attorney Mitchell Schwab appointed to new Charter board
◆ State Supt. calls on Schwab because of his experience in other states. State Superintendent Megan Degenfelder has appointed three individuals to the new Charter School Authorizing Board. Passed by the legislature during the 2023 session, Wyoming Statute 21-3-302 took…
State launches teacher retention and recruitment task force
By Jasmine Hall Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — The Wyoming Department of Education and Wyoming Professional Teaching Standards Board announced Monday the creation of a Teacher Retention and Recruitment Task Force. The task force is designed…
ACT scores drop in Wyoming, data show
By Jonathan Make Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — Just as they have in some other states and across the nation on average, scores on a college admissions test have dropped in Wyoming, recently released data show….
Teacher apprenticeships: Department of Education rethinking how teachers trained
By Stephen Dow The Sheridan Press Via- Wyoming News Exchange SHERIDAN — A Wyoming Department of Education initiative changing the way teachers are educated and trained could be coming soon to a school district near you. During a Wyoming State…
Hatch honored as 2021 Wyoming Special Education Paraprofessional of the Year
◆ Trudy’s kind and gentle manner has endeared her to the people she works with and serves. Trudy Hatch, after ten years serving the Special Education students at Cokeville High School, has been honored as the 2021 Wyoming Special…
Superintendent Erickson explains his view on proposed education funding cuts
Superintendent Matt Erickson spoke with SVI media this week about the recently completed accreditation visit from the Wyoming Department of Education and explained his views on what the legislature is calling “ghost positions” and how they are planning to cut…
Wyoming receives $43 million with federal literacy grant
◆ Statewide literacy task force will be launched. CHEYENNE (WNE) – Teachers could soon have a few more tools to promote reading in their classrooms, as the Wyoming Department of Education has received a federal grant totaling $43.3 million that…
About 100 Cheyenne junior high school school students told to stay home after staff member tests positive for COVID-19
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE – Roughly 100 students from Cheyenne’s McCormick Junior High were told to stay home Tuesday after a staff member at the school tested positive for COVID-19 over the weekend….
Public health orders extended as Wyoming cases jump by 64
By Tom Coulter Wyoming Tribune Eagle Via- Wyoming News Exchange CHEYENNE — As Wyoming reported its single-day record for increase in lab-confirmed COVID-19 cases Tuesday, Gov. Mark Gordon announced the state’s current public health orders have been extended through Aug….