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Aspen Daily News garners 5 awards in four-state media competition
7+ hour, 27+ min ago (353+ words) The Aspen Daily News won five awards in the four-state Top of the Rockies Excellence in Journalism competition, the Colorado Professional Chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists announced on Saturday. A reception honoring award winners from media outlets in…...
Strassburger appointed to ASD assistant superintendent
1+ day, 7+ hour ago (520+ words) Principal Sarah Strassburger speaks at the Aspen High School graduation ceremony in 2025. Strassburger will assume a role as the Aspen School District's assistant superintendent of curriculum and instruction in July." Aspen High School Principal Sarah Strassburger was appointed the Aspen…...
Aspen High hires new assistant principal
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (247+ words) Aspen High School has hired a new assistant principal to take over for Becky Oliver in the fall." Nina Pulatie will take over as assistant principal of Aspen High School after Becky Oliver's departure at the end of the academic…...
Grueter: Read between the lines of my middle school "shenanecdote
1+ day, 8+ hour ago (386+ words) Back in the early 2000s, the local school district had a truly formidable choral program." I was a middle school student in seventh grade during all those changes. For those of us just nudging into teen years, that meant a lot…...
Teachers union, ASD hopeful for resolution in salary dispute
2+ day, 7+ hour ago (492+ words) The Aspen Education Association and Aspen School District hope to reach a resolution in a salary negotiation dispute that will enter mediation next week. The school district's teachers union declared an impasse in negotiations on April 10 after the AEA and…...
Aspen Institute hosts 23 high school students
3+ day, 7+ hour ago (181+ words) Roaring Fork Valley high school students get a tour of the Resnick Center for Herbert Bayer Studies during a four-day academic seminar with the Aspen Institute." High school students from across the Roaring Fork Valley visited the Aspen Institute in…...
State grants $5 M to ASD for initiative
5+ day, 7+ hour ago (452+ words) Aspen School District buses line up outside of Aspen Middle School last summer. The district has received a $5 million grant from the Colorado Energy Office to develop a geothermal energy network." The Aspen School District has received a $5 million grant…...
After-school program Connect! thanks community
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (143+ words) Elaine Bonds and Mimi Hauenstein "Connect! is a unique social, emotional, and ethical after-school learning program open to all. .. Editor: Connect! is a unique social, emotional, and ethical after-school learning program open to all elementary-aged children in the Aspen area…...
AI's Effect on Future Jobs
1+ week, 4+ day ago (341+ words) Aspen Daily News (NAPS)Economic mobilitythe ability of each new generation to do as well or better as the preceding onehas declined 45 percent for Americans over the past several decades, according to the Brookings Institution Numerous factors, including technological advances…...
Aspen High School class evacuated Wednesday afternoon
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (259+ words) The Aspen public schools campus is pictured. A seventh-period class at the high school was evacuated after a student became frustrated, causing harm to himself." A late-afternoon Aspen High School class was momentarily evacuated on Wednesday after a student became…...