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Vail Valley parents seek safe routes to schools
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Roughly 20 Vail Valley parents and community members convened this past Thursday to conduct a safety audit of sidewalks, walking and biking paths, and traffic on Miller Ranch Road and surrounding intersections in Edwards in... more...
  11/21/2009 8:59am
Eagle students are greening their routines
EAGLE, Colorado — Something unexpected has flourished from Brush Creek Elementary School's traffic problems — a green initiative.
  11/20/2009 1:30pm
College-style class at Eagle Valley High
GYPSUM — Before Paige Genelin heads to college next year, she's getting a taste of college lectures.

The 17-year-old took notes inside Eagle Valley High School's auditorium Wednesday morning, a coffee cup perched on her chair's fold-out desk.
  11/18/2009 6:54pm
Children's imaginations, on display in Vail Valley
VAIL, Colorado — Western artist Carrie Fell visits Vail's Children's Garden of Learning this week for a two-day art class with the local preschoolers. The kids will all have the opportunity to create their own paintings with the help of Fell.
  11/18/2009 12:01pm
Vail Valley students graduate Berry Creek program
VAIL VALLEY — A group of 62 students from Berry Creek Middle School in Colorado's Vail Valley will be honored Wednesday for their participation in the Teach One to Lead One program. Awards will be given in the area of service project completion,...
  11/17/2009 1:37pm
Vail Valley: College sponsors spring study abroad to Guatemala
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Adventurous, travel-loving community members are invited to join Colorado Mountain College students and professors for a nine-day study abroad trip to north-central Guatemala in early March.
  11/17/2009 1:19pm
Superintendent to talk literacy at Vail library
VAIL, Colorado — Dr. Sandra Smyser, the superintendent of Eagle County Schools, will speak on the importance of literacy at the Vail's public library on Nov. 18 at 5:30 p.m. in the community room.
  11/15/2009 9:22am
Kids can act for change, adventure in Vail Valley
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Three Vail Valley nonprofit groups have teamed to help students illustrate how they might impact their communities or how they find adventure in their daily lives.
  11/13/2009 11:11am
Vail Christian High School students study water quality
VAIL Colorado — Vail Christian High School students Matthew Myers, Sebastian Pierce-Durance, Ian Ryan, Chase Caynoski and Chris Purse and their counselor, Mindy Larson, recently went through training through the “River Watch” program...
  11/12/2009 5:55pm
Colorado Mountain College plan could open more doors for local grads
GLENWOOD SPRINGS — Two high school counselors agree that more students might further their education beyond high school — and certainly beyond two-year college degrees — if Colorado Mountain College is able to offer a variety of...
  11/12/2009 10:33am
Veterans visit Vail students
VAIL, Colorado — A group of local military veterans spent Veterans Day with the students at Red Sandstone Elementary in Vail. Wednesday's ceremony was the school's 23rd annual Veterans Day ceremony.
  11/11/2009 3:51pm
Colorado education board reviewing standards
DENVER — The Colorado Board of Education is reviewing model content standards that could result in sweeping changes to public education.
  11/11/2009 2:08pm
Vail Valley community college looks at 4-year degrees
VAIL VALLEY, Colorado — Colorado Mountain College, which has a Vail Valley campus, announced Monday it will seek approval to offer a limited number of four-year degrees.
  11/09/2009 4:55pm
Students set Shakespeare free in the Vail Valley
VAIL VALLEY, Coloado —In his lifetime, Shakespeare is thought to have penned 38 plays. The Battle Mountain High School Players will include snippets from nearly half of the Bard's life work Saturday night in the fall producton “Shakespeare...
  11/06/2009 12:53pm
Recession-proof piano lessons offered in Vail Valley
VAIL, Colorado — Affordable piano lessons will soon hit a high note in the Vail Valley.
  11/05/2009 2:25pm
Vail Mountain School presents ‘Willy Wonka Jr.'
VAIL, Colorado — Vail Mountain School performs “Willy Wonka Jr.” on Friday and Saturday in the East Vail school's theater.
  11/05/2009 11:56am
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