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Laurel Smith

Posing with my six learning pod students. Learning pods all over the country formed out of necessity when schools went virtual. Our pod was organized by the parents of these first and second grade students.
Posted inNews, Uncategorized

My Pandemic Pod

by Laurel Smith January 7, 2021November 17, 2023

Text and photos by Laurel Smith I left teaching to become a photojournalist almost four years ago and I didn’t look back. I never expected to return to it and […]

Posted inNews, Uncategorized

A rough return to in-person learning

by Laurel Smith October 28, 2020November 17, 2023

On Oct. 26, Roaring Fork School District (RFSD) fourth through eighth graders stepped out into 11 inches of snow and walked to their school bus stops for the first time […]

Posted inNews, Uncategorized

Farm to Table brings money to CRES

by Laurel Smith October 7, 2020November 17, 2023

The Baiardo family moved to Carbondale in July and began planning a way to continue a family tradition of using cooking to support their kids’ schools. Jonathan organized a dinner […]

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Schooled in a barn

by Laurel Smith September 16, 2020November 17, 2023

Updated Sept. 17, 2020 On Sept. 16, Roaring Fork School District hit the brakes on their plan to resume in-person learning for K-3 students citing the recent uptick in COVID […]

Posted inColumns, Uncategorized

Can we ask schools to do the impossible?

by Laurel Smith June 17, 2020November 17, 2023

When I was a second grade teacher I set my watch’s second hand to match the clock in my classroom.  Every day, at 30 seconds past 9:28, my students split […]

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Our Town: Yarely Valasco connects cultures

by Laurel Smith June 3, 2020November 17, 2023

The Sopris Sun is conducting a series of interviews with folks you may not have seen in the paper before — a sort of introduction to your neighbors. This week […]

Posted inOpinion, Uncategorized

To the class of 2020: I hope we are not forgotten

by Laurel Smith May 21, 2020November 17, 2023

After four years, last Friday I graduated from Colorado Mountain College with my A.A.S. in professional photography. It has been a long journey starting with taking night classes while still […]

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Sunlight is closed

by Laurel Smith March 23, 2020November 17, 2023

Sunlight Mountain announces it is closed to all activates including uphill travel Skiers, snowboarders and uphill hikers fill Sunlight’s parking lot yesterday. Sunlight announced today that they will be closed […]

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Almost homeless

by Laurel Smith April 17, 2019November 17, 2023

The growing almost homeless population is a dire situation in the area according to Lynn Kirchner, real-estate agent at Amore Reality and volunteer with the non-profit organization Carbondale Homeless Assistance […]

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