La primavera Por Yesenia Benavides Roaring Fork High School ¡Oh, qué bonita es la primavera! El aire fresco soplandome la cara Las flores de todos los colores Los pajaritos bailando libres por el cielo… Y ahí estoy yo, Acostada en el zacate mirando las nubes pasar mientras el tiempo pasa también Cuando oscurece, las estrellas […]
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The future’s so bright… they have to wear blindfolds!
Spring weather brings thoughts of baseball for some, but here in the Roaring Fork Valley, many athletes also dream of lacrosse. The Roaring Fork Girls Lacrosse Team, in its fourth year, is true to that name, with girls from Glenwood Springs, Carbondale, Basalt and Colorado Rocky Mountain School. This year it boasts 10 seniors in […]
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Presenting…The RFHS Capstone Projects!
Finally! After a year of learning, laboring and living with the projects they chose, designed and managed, Roaring Fork High School seniors presented their creations to the junior class. The juniors are about to start their own projects this Spring. According to Capstone Coordinator Nannette Weinhold, each student, based on their individual interests, decides what […]
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Rams punish pirates
In any sport, it is no easy task to beat a team three times in a single season. In order to progress to the next round of the 3A Western Slope district tournament, the Roaring Fork Rams had no choice but to make it three victories in a row over the Olathe Pirates in Carbondale […]
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Hot return to hoops season
For most residents of Carbondale, mid-January signals a slow return to the structures of everyday life after a few weeks of holiday cheer. Students, parents, workers: we tend to creak back into our daily rhythms and forgive ourselves for taking things one slow step at a time. Not so for Roaring Fork High School’s basketball […]
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Basketball bounces back!
Per tradition, basketball season at Roaring Fork High School began in earnest with the annual Brenda Patch Memorial Tournament last weekend, Dec. 2-3. Brenda Patch was a Roaring Fork High School athlete who’s life was tragically cut short on Thanksgiving Day, 1986. In her honor, all proceeds from the tournament are given to student athletes […]
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Rams advance with 3-0 win against James Irwin
On a beautiful fall evening, family, friends and fans crowded the bleachers at Carbondale Middle School to watch the Roaring Fork High School boys soccer team’s play-off game against James Irwin Charter Academy (Colorado Springs). Coach Nick Forbes, diagnosed with COVID-19, reportedly watched socially-distanced from White Hill. “This one’s for Nick,” assistant coach Jeff Mohsenin […]
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State promotes financial literacy in schools
Money talks and so do kids. So, financial experts agree that it’s time to talk to kids about money. As more research arises indicating a growing need for financial education, more schools are adopting financial literacy standards. In an October 2020 study published in the Economics of Education Review, researchers found that when schools require […]
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Rams fly high
“If I can give one word it would be ‘epic,’” Carbondale Police Department’s own Gretchen Bell said of the Roaring Fork Rams’ homecoming football game on Friday, Oct. 7. Bell delivered the game ball from the sky, flying in by helicopter from Valley View Hospital, and landing right on the field. The Rams beat Olathe, […]