61The Lovell Chronicle I September 6, 2012
PATTI CARPENTER
Verna Hawkins, Jack Nicholls and Denise Andersen display a beautiful
commemorative quilt given to Nicholls on Friday to honor of his service as a
postal worker in Lovell.
BY PATTI CARPENTER post office before he went to Cowley and we
Members of the North Big Horn Senior wanted to make sure he knew he is appreci-
Center awarded a special handmade quilt to ated for the work he did in our community."
retiring postmaster Jack Nicholls on Friday. The quilt was handmade by members
Nicholls retired recently as the postmaster in of the center's quilting group. It was de-
Cowley, but worked in the Lovell Post Office signed with squares using postal service
for many years prior to his post in Cowley. colors. His name was embroidered on a spe-
"We made this for him to recognize him cial patch on the quilt.
for the work he did in our community," said "We put his name on it because we
North Big Horn Senior Center director De- wanted it to be special just for him," said
nise Andersen. "After all, he worked in our Andersen.
BY PATTI CARPENTER by the district, is showing
Big Horn County School steady growth. Eight teach-
District No. One reporteders provide online class-
a bump in attendance at rooms to students from
Rocky Mountain preschool,all over the state. Home-
elementary school and high schooled students, with par-
school. Middle school en-ent supervision, use the
rollments on the first day school extensively.
of school were down six stu-At the end of the school
dents over last year. year, Connections Academy
On the last day of schoolhad 167 students enrolled.
in 2012 the preschool hadEnrollments leapedto194at
27 students enrolled. Thethe start of the school year.
school showed an increase of Additionally, 88 students
five students on the first day have been pre-approved to
of school in August. attend the online classes,
RMES also showed a one has been approved and
slight increase with 203 more than 40 inquiries have
enrolled on the last day of been recorded recently from
school in June and 205 en- students interested in at-
rolled on the first day of tending the school.
school in August. In Burlington, which is
RMHS showed the larg- also part of District One, at-
est gain with an increasetendance was down from 17
of 12 students since school to 9 at the preschool. The el-
ended in June, taking the to- ementary school showed an
tal enrollments at the high increase from 92 to 99 stu-
school from 117 in June to dents. The middle school
129 on the first day of school saw a slight bump in en-
in August. rollment from 57 to 59. The
The online school Con- high school showed a gain
nections Academy, managedfrom 82 to 86 students.
INCREASE IN DISTRICT
TWO
In Big Horn Coun-
ty School District No. Two,
Supt. Dan Coe reported an
overall increase of students
enrolled in the district of
nine students.
Lovell Elementary
School increased enrollment
from 322 at the end of the
last school year to 325 on
the first day of school. The
middle school had an in-
crease from 158 to 159, the
high school from 206 to 211.
Since funding for
schools in Wyoming is
based on "Average Daily
Membership," commonly
referred to as ADM, school
officials carefully monitor
enrollments and plan ap-
propriately for funding and
student needs.
Under Wyoming law, ifa
student is absent more than
10 days in a row without no-
tice, the student is removed
from the enrollment figures
and funding to the school is
decreased accordingly.
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