Education Briefs

‘Newsies’ by The Garden School

The Garden School students will present the theater production of “Newsies,” a high-energy musical of song and dance, at 7 p.m. Friday and Saturday, Feb. 22 and 23, and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at Roaring Fork High School.

For more information, contact The Garden School at 984-0604.

Rotary youth exchange

Rotary International is a service organization present in 200 countries. It is made of men and women who believe peace and understanding can come from fellowship together and service to others. Glenwood Springs has three Rotary Clubs that meet weekly, raise funds for service projects locally and abroad, and provide local scholarships and recognition to deserving high school students.

Information will be available at Glenwood Springs High School for students interested in being exchange students for the 2009/10 academic year (11 months). Meetings will be held for parents and students in March and April. Local interviews will be held in September.

Visit www.rotary.org and look under “Students and Youth” for more information.

State Patrol youth academy

The Colorado State Patrol is accepting applications for the 2008 Youth Academy. The Youth Academy is designed to assist the development of future leaders for the state of Colorado, focusing on teaching high school juniors and seniors leadership skills. The cadets will become familiar with basic elements of the Colorado State Patrol Academy, such as defensive driving and shooting skills. Many former cadets have gone on to careers in the law enforcement field and the military.

Applications are due March 7. Call 945-6198 to contact the local Colorado State Patrol office for applications.

Radio Evolution

Students in Laura Hardman’s world literature class at Glenwood Springs High School read books that take place around the world and describe a multitude of cultures. They want to share these books with you. Tune in to KDNK to hear student book reviews at 4:15 p.m. every Monday during Radio Evolution’s youth radio shows. The book reviews began to air in January and continue through April.

Radio Evolution partners with KDNK, Carbondale Community Access Radio, to give voice to youth. Radio Evolution broadcasts five hours of live, on-air programming per week in English and Spanish. Coming soon to KDNK is a project between Radio Evolution and Tomorrow’s Voices, a broadcast of student perspectives on a number of domestic and global issues.

This August, Radio Evolution begins teaching an accredited high school class: radio broadcasting. This class is available to all high school students in the Roaring Fork School District.

Grebe to study abroad

Gretchen Grebe of Carbondale is participating in the Bates College Junior Year Abroad program. An interdisciplinary major, Brebe is studying in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Grebe is the daughter of Jeff Grebe and Romaine Schott of Colorado Springs, and a 2005 graduate of Colorado Rocky Mountain School.

Cheney makes Dean’s List

Lindsey Kaye Cheney, a senior humanities and elementary education major at the University of Colorado — Boulder has made the College of Arts and Sciences Dean’s List for fall semester 2007.

Brain bowl winners

Sopris Elementary School fifth graders practiced either two or three times a week since Thanksgiving. It paid off because they were named Brain Bowl champions Wednesday at the CMC Lapalla Center in Carbondale. Competition was with eight other schools ranging from Aspen to Rifle.

Participants were Bella Diaz, Gareth Root, Isabel Weber, Tim Young, Raul Rios, Lara Mollica, Travis Traul, Jake Gentry, Natasha Jordan, Sara Fleming, Carly Setterberg, Kira Willis and Luke Prosence.

Coaches were Christine Sullivan and Debbie McKenna.