30 years ago – May 18, 1990
Visitors to Gilpin County School’s elementary wing were treated to slideshows, videos, erupting volcanoes, skits and plays during the West Fest on Thursday, May 3. Each class was assigned a western state. The students and teachers worked on projects individually, in small groups, and as whole classes to turn each classroom into a representation of its assigned state. The students ran tours, gave out recipes and games, and offered samples of “gold” and regional cuisine, as the adults traveled from room to room viewing the exhibits and displays. There were Indian tipis, relief maps and murals—the Colorado display featured a mine shaft, and the Alaska room had an igloo that students (and agile parents) could crawl through. The boys and girls were pleased to share the information they had learned about “their” states with adult visitors. Parents seemed impressed with the elaborate and imaginative displays. Indeed, the only problem seems to be how they will top this next year.
With receipts totaling $3,150, Gilpin County School has placed an order with Safeway for three MacIntosh computers, along with printers and software. The MacIntosh computers were chosen as the best supplements to the equipment already in use at school. The high school computer lab as 12 IBM compatibles, and the Apple computers previously there have been reassigned to the elementary school.
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