This school year, the Roaring Fork School District hired a new director to coordinate the early childhood program at Crystal River Elementary School (CRES). Paulina Lopez has happily stepped into the position to help create a school environment that meets the needs of all the students and staff. Lopez was 3 years old when she […]
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Parents fight to save music at CRES
Carbondale is a Colorado Creative District, meaning that it is recognized by the state for making economic and social contributions through the arts. With its art galleries and regular concerts, art and music are part of Carbondale’s DNA. But, the rising cost of living now threatens arts opportunities in local schools. Next year, Crystal River […]
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RAMS ON THE RUN!
On a beautiful spring day with music filling the air, every student at Crystal River Elementary School (CRES) spent 30 minutes running laps on an eighth of a mile track laid out in the school field. This was the 10th annual Rams Run fundraiser, the highest earning fundraiser at the school. Half of the money […]
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Sol Profile: Lizbeth Ávila climbs a mountain of sand
Translated by Julian Nihill When a woman becomes pregnant before the age of 20, her life’s journey becomes as difficult as walking up a sand dune with a 20-pound backpack. It is not that it’s impossible to climb that mountain of sand, but it becomes a challenge; with each stride you sink, and can’t measure […]
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Chisme del Pueblo – 16 de febrero, 2023
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Carta a la editora Les doy las gracias a todos en la comunidad de Carbondale que apoyaron a la escuela Crystal River Elementary School. Estoy muy feliz que nos hayan apoyado para tener muchas experiencias y conocer muchos lugares de Carbondale. Me sentí muy feliz cuando fuimos a hacer skiing, acampar […]
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Scuttlebutt & Calendar – Feb. 9, 2023
Seeding collaboration On Feb. 1, two nonprofits focused on local food systems resilience — the Farm Collaborative, headquartered at Cozy Point Ranch near Snowmass Village, and Seed Peace, located at Sunfire Ranch south of Carbondale — announced that they will be joining forces “to increase efficiencies while maximizing impact.” Seed Peace’s farmer and production programs […]
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What can we do? We can plant trees!
What can we do? By Illène Pevec Special to The Sopris Sun In Colorado and around the world, devastating fires have burned, are burning, will burn. Droughts dry, high-speed winds blow. Sea levels rise around the globe, threatening entire island nations and our own coasts! What can we do to mitigate these challenges? We can […]
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Every tree is a mini-ecosystem
This Arbor Day, April 29, tree enthusiasts have good reason and ample opportunities to celebrate. The history of Arbor Day in the United States reaches back to the 1870s. Julius Sterling Morton, editor of the Nebraska City News, was an avid proponent of planting trees and often wrote on that very subject. Later, leveraging his […]
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A look inside: local schools one year into pandemic
Few will forget the tumultuous week of March 9, 2020. Americans had witnessed cases of COVID-19 rapidly proliferate across the country and around the world. On March 10, Governor Polis declared a state of emergency after the presence of COVID was confirmed in Colorado. The outbreak was designated a global pandemic by the World Health […]
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Una mirada íntima: escuelas locales en año de pandemia
Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro Poca gente se olvidará de la impactante semana del 9 de marzo del 2020. Americanos presenciaron los casos de COVID-19 proliferando rápidamente a través del país y alrededor del mundo. El 10 de marzo, el gobernador Polis declaró un estado de emergencia después de que la presencia de COVID fue confirmada […]