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Pub. Date
[2009]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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Description
Tells the true story of a man who became lost and delirious after an unsuccessful trek to the top of K2, was saved by the locals of a remote Himalayan village, and kept his vow to return one day to build them a new school as a gesture of sincere appreciation and gratitude for what they did for him in his time of need.
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Colorado's rural districts are a major part of the state's 178 school districts yet only comprise 20 percent of the total student population in the state. While these rural school districts often have small student populations, they represent critical aspects of Colorado's education system.
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Pub. Date
2005.
Description
The State Advisory Committee for Gifted and Talented Student Education (SAC) presents to the State Board of Education information from three SAC subcommittees: Gifted Education in Rural Settings, Accountability and Quality Teacher. The rural committee uplifted the strengths and challenges of gifted programming in Colorado's smallest districts. The accountability committee narrowed the focus for the 04-05 year to suggestions for measuring gifted student...
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Pub. Date
2018
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 12
Description
The narrator was with her best friend, Sarah, when the Virgil County High School Massacre happened. She and Sarah were in the bathroom, and the story is that Sarah died after confessing her faith to the gunman. Sarah's parents are about to publish a book about it, so this is the narrator's last chance to tell her version of the truth--what did and did not happen, and why Sarah really died.
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Pub. Date
2011
Description
Provides a never-before-seen perspective on one-room schools in the Upper Midwest. This visually stunning film features a unique country school designed by Frank Lloyd Wright along with dozens of more traditional structures of brick, stone, or wood - in all stages of restoration or decay - in picturesque rural areas of Iowa, Kansas, Wisconsin, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, and Nebraska. Shot in the midst of all four seasons, Country School features...