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Creating a Positive, Calming Environment for Our Students to Thrive In

A mindfulness club aims to provide students with the necessary tools and techniques they need to be able to learn how to manage their emotions and thoughts, improve their overall well-being, and set them on the path to success. At Highlands Elementary School, Ms. Peterson and Ms. Warren’s main focus is to connect with students
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Exploring Career Options for a Successful Future

Career exploration is an essential part of a student’s high school education as it helps them identify what their career interests are, they discover their strengths, and they receive the opportunity to learn about various career options and the skills they need to become successful. Since 2018, the Freshman Seminar course at Skyline High School
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What gets measured is what gets done: A vision for a new statewide accountability system

By Don Haddad, Ed.D., Superintendent With over 90% of our nation’s children enrolled in a public school, our K-12 public education system has one of the largest impacts on the future growth and success of our communities, state, and nation. However, our current model of how we measure the quality of our schools and hold
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A Legacy of Service Excellence

The office staff in a school often become the heart of the building. They are the initial point of contact for anyone that enters – whether they are students, parents, volunteers, or visitors. For a school registrar, working in a school office is more than maintaining student records, or helping students with their schedules, it’s
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The Career Elevation and Technology Center of St. Vrain Valley Schools Celebrates 50 Years

For over 50 years, The Career Elevation Technology Center (CETC), formerly known as Career Development Center, has provided robust career and technical opportunities for students across St. Vrain Valley Schools. At the CETC, students have access to eight different career pathways: Advanced Manufacturing, Automotive Technology, Agricultural Science, Health Services, Interactive Media Technology, Internships, Prostart &
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Building Relationships through Technology

“It’s been a great experience to be able to learn how to really use the technology our kids are so familiar with, and even better, I had the opportunity to learn it in a school where I feel comfortable, safe, and welcomed,” shared Perla Jimenez, Parent, Columbine Elementary School. Jimenez is one of 18 parents
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Water Quality Testing

Ensuring the health and safety of our school environments continues to be our highest priority. Toward this end, over the summer of 2022, we conducted proactive water quality testing at schools serving elementary-aged students. Water quality can have some variability by municipality, and the district has many proactive measures that can be put in place
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Eagle Crest Elementary School Joins Coding Cohort

Students at Eagle Crest Elementary School will begin the 2022-2023 school year embarking on a new and exciting opportunity – they are one of 500 educational organizations that have been chosen to be a part of the second cohort of the Scratch Education Collaborative (SEC), and are the only organization from Colorado. The SEC is
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FalconTECH Students Embark on the ENDURANCE CubeSat Mission

In conjunction with IBM, FalconTECH was selected as one of five teams nationwide to participate in the ENDURANCE CubeSat mission. The goal of this mission is to make space more accessible to everyone on the planet, and to streamline the process in providing school-aged children access to the wonders of space, with the goal to
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Timberline PK-8 Sixth Grade Students Explore Space Through Ad Astra Colorado

For Timberline PK-8 sixth grade students participating in the Ad Astra Colorado Program, this spring has been one to remember. Partnering with the University of Colorado Boulder’s new Space Science Outreach Program, the Ad Astra Colorado Program gives students the opportunity to have more hands-on experience in science. Students have participated in numerous experiments, received
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