SCSD#1 Slide Show
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John Bettolo is being presented this Certificate of Official Recognition from the Wyoming School Boards Association for completing the requirements to become a WSBA Certified School Board Member.
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Every year, the National High School Athletic Coaches Association has every state give nominations for 19 different sports. This year, the Wyoming Coaches Association nominated Brady DeKrey for the National Cross-Country Coach of the year. The awards committee for the National High School Athletic Coaches Association is made up of seven individuals who evaluate all applications and come up with the top eight people. The categories that they evaluate on are longevity, local, state and national involvement, honors, winning percentage and championship years. Brad has 31 years of coaching experience; he has spoken at four national conventions; has been the Wyoming Coaches Association cross-country representative for six years; has been on the Hall of Fame Committee and the Executive Secretary for the Wyoming Coaches Association for five years; has been selected as Boys’ Cross-Country Wyoming Coach of the Year seven times by the Wyoming Coaches Association; and the Conference Coach of the year 18 times; Brad had 2545 wins and 895 losses, 6 state championships, 12 runner ups and 18 regional championships. For theses reason, Brad was selected as the National Cross-Country Coach of the Year.
For the last 32 years there has been one constant for the Rock Springs High School girls and boys cross country team – one steady rock that has pushed the program to be a state contender almost every single season. That constant is Mr. Brad DeKrey and on June 26, 2019 Mr. DeKrey attended the National Coach of the Year Awards Banquet to hear his name announced for this prestigious award. Such success is evident through his tenure as when the girls earned their first ever state title in 1990 and the boys earning a state title in 1995. With this start, the program has never looked back and has stayed at the preverbal top ever since. From 1995-1998 the girls earned four straight runner-up finishes, with sustained success from the boys team resulting in 11 straight years of top-two finishes, including five state titles. Continually, the championships came in bunches, as the Tigers won three in a row from 1995-1997 and then went back to back in 2004 and 2005.
This passion and success has not only resulted in National Coach of the Year honors, but Mr. DeKrey will also be inducted in to the Wyoming Coaches Association Hall of Fame next year. Mr. DeKrey’s resume will boast sending close to 50 athletes on to Division I programs. Rock Springs High School and Sweetwater County School District #1 would like to honor and recognize Mr. Brad DeKrey for his time, commitment, and passion in helping students succeed, both on and off the track. Congratulations!
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Board Members voted for the name of Desert View Elementary's new mascot. Drum roll.......Meet Dusty Rhodes!
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The District would like to recognize the Eastside Elementary School custodial staff; Clair Shipley, Jay March and Virginia Sanchez. All three custodians have been instrumental in preparing our school for the year. They offered support with ensuring the hallways had PBIS, academic, social emotional support posters, and posters that promote school spirit. They painted the chalkboard wall for student and staff use. All three of these valuable members go above and beyond daily to support staff and students.
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The vision of Sweetwater School District Number one states: as an innovative District, united with our community, we empower and inspire all students to academic excellence in pursuit of their interests and passions. Providing a quality education for all students is our mission. At each monthly meeting the Board of Education the Trustees and Superintendent strive to recognize the outstanding work of students, staff, families, and the community. This work is aligned to the District Strategic Plan outcomes and goals. The first outcome states that the District will create and foster academic success through partnerships with its schools, community and families. The second goal indicates that the District will nurture a positive learning climate and culture.
Tonight, we have two Rock Springs Junior High teachers, Mrs. Candy Bedard and Ms. Andrea Carroll, and their students, Haley Angelovic, Taryn Coughlin, Wesley Muir and Cumorah Shuler here to share strategies they use to reinforce employability skills in their courses and promote positive relationships among students and staff.
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Ted Schroeder is being recognized this evening as the President of the National High School Athletic Coaches Association. Mr. Schroeder has served in this capacity for the last two years. The Association consists of six committees which are overseen by Mr. Schroeder. In addition, it is Mr. Schroeder’s responsibility to ensure that the by-laws of the organization are being followed. It is the duty of Mr. Schroeder and the National High School Athletic Coaches Association to make sure every state is providing education based coaching services to all students in the country and are coaching with an education goal in mind.
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David Galindo has been teaching in the District for six years as he began his teaching career in 2012. This year marks the seventh year of his career. Galindo student taught in fifth grade, yet his entire career as a teacher in the District has been in the sixth grade at Eastside Elementary.
Supervisors of Mr. Galindo describe him as an educator with true integrity, grit and dedication. His genuine and sincere nature for students is admirable. Mr. Galindo is truly passionate about his students’ success not only academically but also their social/emotional and physical health. He teaches from the heart that is matched with highly effective strategies, high energy and feedback. His students describe him as fair, fun, smart and creative.
Mr. Galindo is currently the head coach for the RSHS boys tiger swim team and the assistant swim coach for the lady tigers. Mr. Galindo is also musically inclined as he is a songwriter, singer and plays guitar. He performs with the Eastside choir each year. His talent and drive continue to shine and empower his students. Congratulations to Mr. Galindo as Sweetwater County School District #1’s 2020 Teacher of the Year!
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The Transportation Department embarked upon a goal to hire employees who had the desire to become part of the District and Transportation team. Several ideas formed, to include conducting a family job fair this past summer. The original idea for the job fair was to allow prospective employees to attend, have a fun family day, allow them to have one on one conversations with current employees and then apply for various positions without worrying about child care. This idea was presented to Maxine Yeager who came up with some very amazing ideas.
Maxine rounded up several sponsors who provided food and beverages at no charge to Transportation. She had several people come in to provide entertainment for the children in the community. This included an amazing educational magic show, dunk booth, face painting, and several games. Maxine had a banner constructed to thank all of our sponsors who were instrumental in making the job fair a possibility. She also organized several radio spots, again at no cost to the District, to help advertise what became the “First Annual Classified Staff Family Job Fair”.
Maxine did an amazing job at organizing this job fair to make it a success. She showed outstanding leadership skills by getting other employees excited and involved to take an idea and make it a reality. Since the successful job fair, the Transportation Department has been hiring a steady stream of applicants and is nearly at full staff. The entire staff has been instrumental in this effort, however, Maxine’s ingenuity and hard work this past summer really got the ball rolling.
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Open Range Wyoming is coming to Sweetwater #1. Click here for more information: Open Range Wyoming Flyer
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