Los estudiantes están más que bien en la Basalt Elementary School (BES), ya que la escuela pública de de kínder a cuarto grado recibió el Premio del Gobernador a la Mejora Destacada. Otorgado por el Departamento de Educación de Colorado, el reconocimiento distingue a las escuelas que han mostrado mejoras significativas en el cierre de […]
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Basalt School District and Basalt Education Foundation sowing the seeds for an experiential ed legacy
In this valley, it’s easy to take experiential education for granted, since it has been well-established in Aspen and Carbondale schools for decades. Teachers and administrators, though, put in significant time and resources to maintain experiential ed programming. Desiree Pimentel of Basalt Education Foundation (BEF) is one of many people working to make experiential education […]
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Basalt Report: Summer concert series lineup announced
A free summer concert series will return to the Basalt River Park every Wednesday night from June 19 to Aug. 28. In 2023, the Town of Basalt cut the ribbon at Basalt River Park and kicked off a wildly successful first season of free concerts. “We saw crowds of more than 500 people show up […]
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The Valley is alive with ‘The Sound of Music’
The student production of “The Sound of Music,” directed by Sonya Meyer, premiered Friday, April 8. A collaboration between Basalt High, Basalt Middle, Basalt Elementary, Carbondale Middle and Roaring Fork High schools made the show possible. This wildly popular musical set at the beginning of World War II, follows the story of Maria Rainer, a […]
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Emergency help for apartment dwellers
Housing took center stage at the most recent Basalt Town Council meeting. With the pandemic ongoing and its associated economic downturn, affording rent is increasingly a challenge in the Roaring Fork Valley. In November and December 2020, the Basalt Affordable Community Housing group (BACH), first formed in 2009, provided emergency rental assistance to persons living […]