New Sandrock Principal Jonathan Herring sits in the lobby of the administrative building for Moffat County School District March 31. (Joshua Carney / Craig Press)
For nearly 40 years, Jonathan Herring has pursued his passion of education as a teacher, administrator, and principal in bigger cities such as Kansas City and Las Vegas.
On Aug. 1, he’ll take over in rural Northwest Colorado at Sandrock Elementary, hoping to make a lasting impact on the elementary school in Moffat County School District.
Herring, who was born and raised in Colorado Springs, left Colorado to pursue a teaching opportunity in Missouri, where he stayed for eight years before landing in the Clark County School District in Las Vegas, where he stayed for the last 30 years.
Ridgeview students Curtis Kuberry and Yahir Duarte listen to the judges in front of the robotics board in their classroom. (Courtesy Photo)
Through robotics, a handful of Ridgeview and Sandrock Elementary students connected with students across the country and around the world Friday in the Rise Above Vex IQ competition.
As part of the Project Lead the Way, Ridgeview Elementary’s fifth-grade class had five students participating in Friday’s competition, including Curtis Kuberry, Yahir Duarte, Nate Steele, Mel Chamberlain and Logan Miller. The students were separated into two teams, known as Triple Threat and the Shark Hunters.
Team Triple Threat was made up of Kuberry and Duarte, while Steele, Chamberlain and Miller made up the Shark Hunters. The competition was supervised by the three Project Lead the Way teachers in Allison LeWarne, Ty Kuberry and Rhonda Counts. Ridgeview elementary school had a total of three teams participating, and Sandrock elementary school had three of