http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Selling frozen cookie dough is a very popular type of fundraiser. This year we tried using frozen Girl Scouts to sell cookies. Brownie Troop 2097 from Soaring Hawk Elementary was outside Walmart on Saturday in sub zero temperatures selling the cookies that sell themselves. In spite of the tempera...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Family-Friends/General-Family-Friends/Story~55074.aspx2/20/2006 8:59:19 PMLaura Alfano Wow - what a day!! Douglas County High School hosted theSouth Metro Destination Imagination Regional Tournament this pastSaturday. DI, as it is known to the involved families is aninternational organization for kindergarten through Universitystudents that teaches life skills and expands i...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/Extra-Curricular-Activity-Ideas/Story~67854.aspx3/27/2006 8:11:02 PMLaura Alfano A group of girls from Castle Rock went camping at Camp Tomahawk. Tom Tom and Arrowhead A moose that drank juice in bed Kachina and Totem Poles Ground squirrels that dive in holes. Mountain bluebirds and lots of deer, We even learned a great new cheer. A kaper chart listed ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Family-Friends/Activities/Story~70446.aspx4/2/2006 9:33:27 PMLaura Alfano Fall is in the air!! The aspens are changing colors, homecoming football games are being played and people are talking about elections. All the election chatter made me remember "way back when" when I was 18 years old standing on the corner of 42 nd Street and 5th Avenue in front of the New York ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Activism/Story~131969.aspx10/1/2006 7:01:35 PMLaura Alfano We were in the eleventh hour.It is the night before the Soaring Hawk Elementary School Wild West Pumpkin Fest and we are decorating, trying to fill the remaining volunteer spots, waiting for the pumpkins to be delivered, separating all the prizes and candy, etc... We are filled with the normal an...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Family-Friends/Traditions/Story~138349.aspx10/16/2006 5:47:58 PMLaura Alfano One school year ends and another begins... here in the land of 4 track.June 22nd was the last day of class for Soaring Hawk Elementary School and July 9th is opening day!http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Family-Friends/Photos/Story~331998.aspx7/8/2007 6:26:57 PMLaura Alfano Soaring Hawk Elementary kicked off the new year with a school-wide reading of Gooney Bird Greene by Lois Lowry . Gooney Bird has the gift of storytelling and she mesmerizes her classmates from the moment she walks into class from China wearing pajamas and cowboy boots. Her elaborate ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/Student-News/Story~341316.aspx7/30/2007 9:25:15 PMLaura Alfano Under the coaching expertise of Mike Novell and Will Amos, ROCK Swimming made a stellar debut last weekend at the Foothills Meet held at Carmody Pool in Lakewood. It was the first USA Swimming sanctioned meet of the 2007-08 short course season for Castle Rock. Sporting their new team uniforms...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~380530.aspx10/20/2007 6:23:59 PMLaura Alfano Soaring Hawk Elementary students screamed with delight as an Army National Guard helicopter landed in their schoolyard. After landing, the propellors continued to twirl with such tremendous force that kindergartner Joshua Buck announced, "Those things could cut my grass!" This was the...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~380782.aspx10/21/2007 9:45:05 PMLaura Alfano It has been a whirlwind month for ROCK Swimming. After capturing the meet trophy at the Great Pumpkin Meet in Longmont at the end of October, the athletes have gone on to participate in three more meets in November. TOPS Meet at Denver University was first, followed by the Turkey Invite at th...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~396125.aspx11/25/2007 7:18:29 PMLaura Alfano Have you ever wondered how to talk to a girl? Alec Greven , a third grade student, from Soaring Hawk Elementary has finally answered this question. An excerpt from Chapter 3, titled Crushes, reads, "It is very hard to get a girl to like you. Sometimes it takes years to get a girl to like...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/Student-News/Story~404401.aspx12/14/2007 3:25:52 PMLaura Alfano January 22nd was the official start date for kindergarten registration at Soaring Hawk Elementary in the Meadows with 45 registrations coming in on the first day. Judy Eddins, our wonderful Volunteer Coordinator had decorated tables set up with cookies and water for a very warm welcome to kin...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~418427.aspx1/23/2008 8:26:00 AMLaura Alfano Fourteen year old, John Pederson not only represented ROCK Swimming, but the entire state of Colorado at the mid-January Missouri Valley Swimming All-Star Meet. Ten of the best male and female swimmers in each age group were chosen to be a part of the Colorado All-Stars team and had the oppor...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~420369.aspx1/26/2008 9:49:38 PMLaura Alfano This is just a quick update to the YourHub.com faithful readers and writers. So many of you enjoyed the story about Soaring Hawk Elementary's budding author, Alec Greven so I wanted to share some news with you. Channel 9 News did a great story about Alec and their producer shared it with a Ho...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Archive/Community-happenings/Story~428960.aspx2/14/2008 11:42:32 AMLaura Alfano Erin Popovich, the Paralympic swimmer, was named as the female September Athlete of the Month by the United States Olympic Committee. Just so you know what a big deal that is... Michael Phelps was one of the two August winners. Erin came back from the 2008 Beijing Paralympics with four gold meda...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~535399.aspx10/15/2008 12:59:22 PMLaura Alfano While you and I were enjoying a leisurely three day weekend, Castle Pines North resident, Abby Kochevar was representing Colorado at the Midwest All Stars Swim Meet in Lawrence, Kansas. Colorado Swimming, Inc., the governing body for USA Swimming in the state, selects the top 10 swimmers in each ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~560946.aspx12/21/2008 10:01:00 PMLaura Alfano While most Castle Rock teens were "back to school" shopping, Jack Jenner and Marielle Renehan were over 3,000 miles away. They even missed the first day of their freshman year of high school. Jack and Marielle were part of an elite group of athletes that qualified to represent Colorado at the Wes...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~657278.aspx9/17/2009 4:50:25 PMLaura Alfano The electricity in the air was just like the Academy Awards at the Castle Rock Recreation Center last weekend, but instead of wearing high heels, they were wearing flip flops and instead of donning Versace, they were sporting Speedo. One hundred competitive swimmers between 7 and 17 yrs. old ...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~657311.aspx9/17/2009 8:14:59 PMLaura Alfano Castle Rock is out of lane space!! Wanna do laps? Sorry, no room. Want to take swimming lessons? Well, maybe, if you get picked in the lottery... Want your child to take a conditioning class for the summer team? Oops, it is full already. Right now Castle Rock's competitive swim team has a wai...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Sports/Story~657437.aspx9/18/2009 12:03:05 PMLaura Alfano Every time I think about the current Board of Education election, I get this vision of Saturday Night Live. Seth Meyers is doing the Weekend Update and it is the extremely sarcastic, " Really?" segment of the news. So... Doug Benevento, you want to be on the Board of Education because Dougla...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Elections/Story~676632.aspx10/24/2009 9:53:00 PMLaura Alfano Every time I think about the current Board of Education election, I get this vision of Saturday Night Live. Seth Meyers is doing the Weekend Update and it is the extremely sarcastic, " Really?" segment of the news. So... Doug Benevento, you want to be on the Board of Education because Dougla...http://denver.yourhub.com/CastleRock/Stories/Elections/Story~677554.aspx10/27/2009 9:11:47 AMLaura Alfano Every time I think about the current Board of Education election, I get this vision of Saturday Night Live. Seth Meyers is doing the Weekend Update and it is the extremely sarcastic, " Really?" segment of the news. So... Doug Benevento, you want to be on the Board of Education because Dougla...http://denver.yourhub.com/HighlandsRanch/Stories/Elections/Story~677558.aspx10/27/2009 9:19:05 AMLaura Alfano Every time I think about the current Board of Education election, I get this vision of Saturday Night Live. Seth Meyers is doing the Weekend Update and it is the extremely sarcastic, " Really?" segment of the news. So... Doug Benevento, you want to be on the Board of Education because Dougla...http://denver.yourhub.com/Parker/Stories/Elections/Story~677560.aspx10/27/2009 9:21:02 AMLaura Alfano