Wednesday April 27th the Rio Blanco Masonic Temple is providing lunch for all of the community. They will serve a loaded baked potato, salad, dessert and drink all for only $8.00. The lunch will be from 11:00-1:30 at 7th and Park Street. All proceeds will go to the Meeker FFA Chapter so come up and support your FFA chapter and get an amazing lunch!
Many students sat down in the computer lab awaiting to take the Accuplacer test. This is a nationally known test to place each student in the classes that are the best for them. The test consists of reading, writing, language skills, and mathematics. All of the questions were multiple choice, besides the essay question.
Depending on what classes students are going to take, they either took reading and writing, math, or both. Starting with twenty sentence skills questions. Knowing how to correct sentences and construction shift. Also reading comprehension had twenty questions. Students had to read the sentence paragraph, or story then answer questions and compare sentence relationships. The math or arithmetic test contained seventeen questions about: operations with whole numbers and fractions, operations with decimals and percents and applications and problem solving. The twenty questions of college level math were about algebraic operations, solutions of equations, and inequalities, coordinates geometry, and functions and trigonometry. The last part of the test was the written essay. It is graded on focus, organization, development and support, sentence structure and mechanical conventions.
The first part, the multiple choice, is not timed; you can take all the time needed. The essay may be timed or not timed, depending on what the school decides.
The students that took this test had to remember these things: relax, get plenty of rest and eat properly before testing, pay attention to directions, understand that it is an adaptive test, if you don’t know the answer, try to eliminate 1 or 2 of the choices, bring your photo identification.
There will be a dinner hosted by the Meeker Student Travel Club going to Europe, before the Harlem Ambassadors game later that evening at the high school. The dinner and game are on March 10th. The dinner begins at 5:30 until 7 p.m. . Dinner is held at the meeker high school cafeteria. Costs for adults $12.50 and children under ten are $10.
The menu for that evening is english roast beef with horseradish sauce, french garlic bread, herded steamed potatoes, italian anipasto salad, and assorted desserts. Please help support the Meeker Student Travel Club.
Many people complain about how small our school is, but where else do you get the chance to talk one-on-one with teachers, and instead of being teacher and student, be friends. One person that many of the students have be-friended, is the alternative school, physical education, and health teacher, Mr. Jason Browning.
Mr. Browning graduated from Chatfield High School in Littleton, Colorado where his graduating class was over 400 kids. After high school, he went on to Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado, and majored in history with a secondary education license.
He loves to hunt, fish, and play co-ed softball in the summer, but his life has changed drastically since October 4. He just had a newborn son named Troy to add on to his family of three.
When asked what his inspiration was to become a teacher, he said that he disliked many of his high school teachers and thought that he could do better. ”I like being around kids and having summers off was not too bad, and I just couldn’t give up summer vacation,” said Browning.
It seems that he is not only a hit with the kids, but also the teachers. ”He acts as resources for other teachers,” said fellow teacher Cheri Robinson. We also found out that he brings food from home, and cooks for his students. Also, a lot of the time, the food is made from scratch, not premade or out of the box. Most students would agree that he gives amazing advice, and has a very open heart when you talk to him. He listens, thinks, and then gives wise counsel. He also spends a lot of time working on real-world job skills with his students.
Having said all of these things, it is very easy to see why the students look up to him as a role model, and why they chose him as the teacher of the month for December.
“I call to this meeting to begin, at 8:05″ said Charley Adams.
Conflict was in the air as STUCO meeting began on Tuesday, December 7, 2010. As the secretary, Amanda Kendal, went through role, some of the members were anxious to get the meeting started.
As the discussion began, the usual active members began to talk while others just zoned out. When the topic about buying the “school spirit” items came up it struck a nerve within the STUCO sponsors, Mrs. Kelley and Mr. Snell.
The Cowboy Shootout committee had purchased pom poms, cow bells, foam fingers, etc. to raise school spirit for around $285. Most of these items purchased, according to CHSAA rules, are not allowed to be used.
Mrs. Kelley expressed her disappointment in the lack of knowledge of these rules in which the items were not allowed. She went on to say that $285 dollars is a lot of money for the economy in which we are in, and wanted a resolution as to how we would get the money back.
The Cowboy Shootout committee came up with ideas and the problem is still under discussion.
ANNOUNCEMENTS/REMINDERS
STUCO would like to THANK ALL THOSE WHO DONATED TO THE COAT DRIVE. The coat will be donated today ,to the Lift Up in Rifle, CO.
Prom date has been set- April 30, 2011
Seniors have their Song, Flower, Colors and Motto- So Close Now by Eli Young Band, Tiger Lilly, Aqua Blue & White, Only As Much by Karen Ravn
Candy Grams are coming. So, don’t forget to buy them.
Boy’s Cowboy Shootout is this weekend. Don’t forget to come and show your support.
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Sometimes what makes writing an article fun is to write about something arguable, but this writer by no means tries to oppose the reader but make them think on a different level in which other articles have not yet made them twist and turn.
This article is both an apology and statement to the readers of the “Cowboy Round Up”. By means of apology on my behalf and the entire journalism staff we apologize for any offensive material that was posted recently.
On the other hand however being a journalist doesn’t mean sugar coat the truth but report the facts and what happened–not a candyland fairytale. You the reader are what keeps the paper alive and we greatly appreciate that more then you know. All journalists of the “Cowboy Round Up” would like to thank you for making this paper a joy to right.
The interview with the Freshmen Class President, Aly Ridings, went well, but was very mysterious. The interview started with the question: What were you thinking when you were nominated? She answered by saying ” Don’t lose when nominated so we can have a good group.” Ms. Ridings must have been worried about the student council and who was in it. Next was the question: Why do you think you were nominated? She answered after asking Mrs. Urenda the question saying that she had good leadership skills. This is where it gets weird, she was asked the question How do you plan to run this school year? She answered “Very carefully. ” Then she quickly turned and walked away. Did she have other plans for the school year that she could not share with the press? What were these plans? Aly is been claimed by many people that she would be a good president. Even people who are not in the freshmen class think that she will be a good president. But what is she hiding?
Yesterday, Meeker’s FBLA chapter traveled to Grand Junction for the District 9 Leadership Conference. Erica Roybal, our District 9 vice president and organizer of the event, did a great job in preparation for the conference this year.
Our chapter did very well, with several teams and individuals qualifying for state. Here are the results:
(Note: State qualification requirements are different for every event. In most cases, the top three in individual pre-tested events will qualify; and the top two in team or live events will qualify.)
Monday January 18th, 2010
On Monday, while in Denver, Colorado for the 2010 National Western Stock show, our very own Meeker FFA Chapter toured four agricultural related forms of business. One of those businesses included Shamrock Foods, which is one of the largest distribution companies in the western United States. Shamrock Foods is made up of four smaller corporations that help to distribute their products. On average, approximately 13,000 different varieties of products run through the distribution plant in Commerce City, Colorado daily. Approximately, three months ago, Shamrock Foods added on to their distribution plant a meat packing plant. There are many different types of meat that runs through this distribution plant. Beef is the most common but they also store poultry, pork, and seafood as well. There are 13 different types of seafood that runs through this plant including a live lobster tank. On average, between two and three thousand pounds of seafood daily. At this distribution plant, they have the privilege of keeping a USDA certified person onsite six days per week to inspect their meat before it is sent out to the consumer. The consumers also get the chance to go in and show the meat packing plant employees how they want their meat cut if they are not pleased with the product that they received in the past. Shamrock Foods is a company that is very dedicated to the happiness of its customers. They are so dedicated that if the customers need fresh products the next day, all the customer has to do is place their orders by 5:00 PM. Shamrock foods is very dedicated to keeping the statement that their products are fresh when they are distributed. To keep their products remaining fresh, Shamrock foods make sure that their entire inventory has not been there for longer than twenty-eight days.
- By: Kelsie Gross
Sunday January 17th, 2010
Our second day at the Denver, Colorado National Western Stock show, I had the privilege of watching the 2010 Junior Market Lamb Show. As opposed to last year, this year’s market lambs were very nice this year that made for an excellent competition. This year’s judge was much more thorough this year compared last year. He took his time in making his selection and when he had the top five lambs selected, he gave very easy to follow and thorough reasons for his selection. The overall show was very intriguing. The sheep showmen all worked very hard at attempting to get their lambs to look their absolute bests and excelled dramatically. We had two students from Meeker, Colorado that represented our town at stock show this year and they did an excellent job.
- By: Kelsie Gross
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