First-graders Katee Smart and Jacob Dietz dismantle a tape player in the 'take-apart center' during free activity time on Thursday afternoon at Park Elementary School in Casper. The activity center gives kids a chance to build motor skills, among other things, while destroying discarded electronics and gadgets. Park Elementary School is in the process of planning for a new, larger building. Photo by Dan Cepeda, Star-Tribune.
Poetsinger Jack Gladstone plays a song about facing your problems to fifth-and sixth-graders at Park Elementary School on Wednesday morning. The presentations were part of the Smithsonian Scholars in the Schools program to showcase art, culture and history in their performances. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Hunter Bullard is decked out for Halloween with the rest of her classmates at Park Elementary School in Casper on Friday afternoon. (Dan Cepeda/Star-Tribune)
Poetsinger Jack Gladstone plays a song about facing your problems to fifth and sixth graders at Park Elementary School on Wednesday morning. The presentations were apart of the Smithsonian Scholars in the Schools program to showcase art, culture and history in their performances. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
Kindergartener Zayne Gomez washes his hands before lunch Thursday Aug. 27, 2009 at University Park Elementary. Natrona County School District is educating parents and kids about the importance of handwashing to prevent the tranmission of viruses like the flu. (Tim Kupsick/Star-Tribune)
A black bear cub clings to an aspen tree after climbing the tree to get at some chokecherries in Grand Teton National Park recently. (Mark Gocke/Star-Tribune correspondent)
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