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Lux Aquilae was the official yearbook of Eagle High School in Eagle, Colorado. The literal translation from latin means “light eagle”. Each yearbook contains photographs of students, teachers, administrators, sports teams, clubs, activities, and the school and town itself.
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In an interview from May 14, 1981 (audio only, no transcript), Basil T. Knight talks about his youth in Michigan, meeting his wife’s family in Palisade, Colorado and ultimately moving there, operating a fruit farm, and becoming a lifelong teacher and school administrator. He explains the mechanisms that originally funded the many smaller school districts on the Western Slope, including taxes on railroads, and the reasons for the consolidation that...
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Volume V, No. 5 of "The Echo," the official newsletter for the Minturn High School, published on May 17, 1945. "The Echo" was the sister publication of the "Baby Echo." The newsletter included sports scores, upcoming events, student achievements, and other updates concerning students and teachers. This particular issue focuses on commencement and the end of the school year with details of the commencement highlights of the senior class, class will,...
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A panel of ceramic tiles created by Kindergarten, First, Second, and Third grade students and staff at Columbine Elementary School as part of a school-wide project during the 1997-1998 school year. The tiles are now displayed in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch in an East Entrance hallway.
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A panel of ceramic tiles created by Fifth grade classes at Columbine Elementary School and by Columbine staff as part of a school-wide project during the 1997-1998 school year. The tiles are now displayed in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch in an East Entrance hallway.
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Columbine Elementary School students and employees created the Columbine Elementary School Tile Project during the 1997-98 school year. In 1997, Grand Junction parents, artists and teachers were given the opportunity to learn tile making from artist and ceramicist Margo Bryan-Petersen at the Art Center of Western Colorado (Under the auspices of a Covisions grant, Bryan-Peterson had worked with Wingate Elementary School students to create a tile project...
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A panel of ceramic tiles created by Fourth grade classes at Columbine Elementary School as part of a school-wide project during the 1997-1998 school year. The students made the panels with Colorado History in mind. The tiles are now displayed in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch in an East Entrance hallway.
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The first of two panels of ceramic tiles created by Kindergarten, First, Second and Third grade classes at Columbine Elementary School as part of a school-wide project during the 1997-1998 school year. The tiles are now displayed in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch in an East Entrance hallway.
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The second of two panels of ceramic tiles created by Kindergarten, First, Second and Third grade classes at Columbine Elementary School as part of a school-wide project during the 1997-1998 school year. The tiles are now displayed in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch in an East Entrance hallway.
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Photographs of students creating tiles for the Columbine Elementary School Tile Project, a school-wide project during the 1997-1998 school year. The tiles are now displayed in the Mesa County Libraries Central Branch in an East Entrance hallway. The document also contains a brief history of the project, a photograph of Columbine Elementary School, and a history of the school from the book In the Beginning by Albert and Terry LaSalle. The document...
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Philip Griebel talks about his life as an educator and a coach at Fruita High School. He remembers the fire that burnt down the first Fruita Union High School in 1934. He describes teaching topics in science and math for 28 years. He speaks about his career as a basketball, football, and track coach, remembers school and community involvement in the games, and rivalries between Fruita and high schools in Delta, Grand Junction, Gunnison, Montrose,...