This week’s Carbon School District weekly update shines a light on Carbon High School and Castle Country Radio was able to speak with Principal Chris Winfree over the telephone about what the school has been up to since being on dismissal.

“We’re going through unprecedented times and obviously with little to no notice that changes were coming I just wanted to publicly give a special thank you to really all of the staff at Carbon High School for the things that they been able to do. You know to accomplish what we’ve accomplished is a group effort, its not just one group that’s doing this,” stated Principal Winfree.  Many members of the administration are working from home and are making sure that the day to day duties are still being taken care of at the school.

Recently, the school announced the Science Fair Winners who were in the middle of preparing for the competition when school was put on dismissal. The competition was still conducted digitally so students presented their projects, then were judged and winners were announced. “We did have some winners from Carbon High School who took first place in their categories in the Regional Science Fair. Out of the 26 students that participated digitally from our area 16 of them won placements awards, and six of those took first place,” said Principal Winfree.

Sterling Scholars were always recognized this week. “These Sterling Scholar students have put in a lot of work and a lot of time, so we’re just really proud of them and the things that they have accomplished. Carbon High School students alone earned $25,400.00 in scholarships, not counting the ones they will get directly from the colleges that they went to. But out of the 14 Sterling Scholars categories Carbon took first place in eight of those 14,” explained Principal Winfree. Most of the students have been working on Sterling Scholar since the end of their junior year so it’s been a long road.

Now that the Governor announced on April 14 that all Utah K-12 schools will remain dismissed through the end of the academic year leads many senior students wondering about high school graduation. “We do want to announce and make sure especially for our seniors that they know we still will be holding a graduation ceremony and I don’t have all the specific details currently but we are going to be holding a ceremony on
May 21, which is the day that graduation was scheduled. But to comply with the Health Department regulations and to make sure we’re keeping everybody safe we’re basically going to be doing a drive-up style graduation at the high school,” said Principal Winfree. Students will be allowed to come dressed in their cap and gowns in their vehicles with their immediate family members to pick up their graduation certificate. The teachers will be present during the drive-thru to congratulate students with a wave and smile.