High School

Jan. 5 is Nellie Tayloe Ross Day. It recognizes the 100th anniversary of the inauguration of the nation’s first female Governor. The holiday came to be because of a Green River High School senior government class.

Park County School District #6 is partnering with businesses in the Cody community to create career pathways. The newest partnership is with the Buffalo Bill Center of the West.

Elora Umbach, a Casper high school senior, won the state Poetry Outloud contest and competed in Washington D.C.

Black Butte High School has a Cultural Exchange Program with Taiwan.

Statistics show that 81.8 percent of students graduated in the last school year, a decrease of just over a half of a percentage point since the 2020-21 school year, the highest in a nine year period. Despite the small decline, there is hope that it won't be a long-term trend. Wyoming's graduation rate has been above 80 percent since the 2015-16 school year and has climbed several points in the past decade. However, it's lagged behind national rates.

On March 15, 2020 Governor Mark Gordon recommended that all schools in the state of Wyoming close to safeguard against the Covid-19 pandemic. The majority of students were back in school by Sept. Until Feb. 2021, four counties were offering students the choice to come in person or stay virtual. Wyoming was early to reopen schools for in person learning compared to the rest of the country.

This summer, the University of Wyoming will host the Teton STEM Academy, a science camp for high school students. The camp is free of charge and will be…

High school students across Wyoming now have free access to a self-paced computer programming course offered through the Array School of Design and…

The Mountain West states have disproportionately high rates of deaths by suicide. Now, researchers are calling for guidelines on how to alert schools that their students may be at risk.

On a bright and warm morning, Campbell County High School's football players are slowly shuffling out of the locker room and out to the practice field.…