Tag: accolades
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Accolades Awards to celebrate women business leaders in southern Colorado
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Twenty-five female business leaders have been named finalists for the 2025 Accolades Awards, hosted by the Southern Colorado Women’s Chamber of Commerce. Since 1994, the annual Accolades Awards have honored and highlighted the accomplishments of women who are making a significant impact in the southern…
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D-11 elementary earns award for teacher-training program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Queen Palmer Elementary School in Colorado Springs School District 11 was surprised with a national honor last weekend March 9.The school received the TAP Ambassador Award, which comes with a financial prize of $5,000, at…
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CC earns recognition for alumni in Peace Corps
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado College has placed sixth among the Peace Corps top volunteer-producing colleges, the school announced Tuesday Feb. 5. It’s the highest that the college has ever been ranked, officials said.The college moved up four places…
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Boettcher scholars honor teachers that influenced them
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Many students and teachers don’t spend much of their summer thinking about school, but earlier in August this year’s 40 Boettcher Scholars honored teachers and other school staff members who made an impact in their…
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Digging into history earns teen pair of prestigious awards
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Thomas Price, 19, spent a year portraying a 19th century miner turned naturalist and taxidermist named Edwin Carter. And he struck gold. The University of Colorado at Colorado Springs freshman received the Breckenridge Heritage Alliance’s…
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D-20 official earns safe schools honor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Pat Richardson, Academy School District 20 director for legal relations, has been named a Safe School Hero to food-allergic students.“Pat goes above and beyond to make sure students with food allergies are safe at school,”…
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Springs student beats more than 150,000 for scholarship
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Mark Angeles of Colorado Springs was one of 40 college students chosen to receive a $1,000 U.S. Bank scholarship.A sophomore at Reed College in Oregon, Angeles was selected from more than 150,000 students from across…
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Chipeta student wins statewide poster contest
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Chipeta Elementary School student won first place in the 2012 Colorado Tar Wars poster contest. Colorado Springs School District 11 announced the accomplishment Tuesday.Fifth-grader Wade Rahaman’s poster, “Be Bright, Don’t Light,” earned him a…
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Russell Middle School wins national honor
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Russell Middle School recently won the National School of Character Award from Character Education Partnership (CEP).It’s the second consecutive honor for Russell, in Colorado Springs School District 11. Russell is the only school in the…
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Palmer High students place at state mock trial competition
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Colorado Springs teams had a strong showing at the Colorado Bar Association State Mock Trial Tournament recently.Twenty-four teams traveled from across the state to the Boulder County Justice Center for the annual state competition on…