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Advancing Student Excellence at Centennial’s Innovation Lab

The Innovation Lab at Centennial Elementary School enhances student learning by helping them develop transferable skills, and providing support to a broad range of content areas. Students explore science in ways that utilize collaboration and critical thinking skills, all while incorporating language arts, social studies, and other areas of study. During a student’s weekly visit
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Mountain View Elementary Parents Support Reading Celebration

Parents can play a crucial role in supporting education by volunteering and getting involved in the classroom. Through the Spring myON reading challenge, Mountain View Elementary’s Parent Leadership Team (PLT) encourages academic growth by making reading fun and exciting for students. Throughout the month of March, Mountain View’s PLT has been hosting a variety of
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Weld Trust Grant Supports Literacy Development in Preschoolers

Literacy development is an essential process that begins during the first years of a child’s life and helps support their language development, reading, writing, and overall learning. For students at Spark! Discovery Preschool, a new opportunity to strengthen their literacy skills will come through Project Launch Preschool thanks to the Weld Trust Grant that was
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Timberline PK-8 Partners with CU Boulder in Ad Astra Colorado Program

One of the most essential human traits we have is curiosity. We each have the desire to learn about the world around us through exploration and experimentation. At Timberline PK-8, sixth grade students had a unique opportunity to participate in Ad Astra Colorado – CU Boulder’s New Space Science Outreach Program. Through this program, students
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Open Position: Multimedia Production Specialist

St. Vrain Valley Schools is looking for a creative videographer and multimedia producer to join our award-winning Communications Department. For full consideration, please apply by Friday, March 25, 2022. Our team is comprised of strategic and creative problem-solvers who deliver purpose-driven products and services that build strong external and internal relations for our community. This
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Building Connections Through Mwebaza Day at Niwot Elementary

At Niwot Elementary, Mwebaza Day is more than just a long-standing annual tradition. It is an opportunity for students at Niwot Elementary to meet, interact with, and learn from their counterparts at Mwebaza School in Uganda. The lessons learned from Niwot Elementary’s partnership with Mwebaza School go well beyond elementary schooling. “It means so much.
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Cub Club Helps Students Unlock the World

Empathy, compassion, and love. These three values are at the heart of Erie Elementary’s Cub Club, an addition to the special education programming at Erie Elementary. The program consists of six students ranging in age from Kindergarten through second grade. The goal of Cub Club is to integrate participating students into general education classes. The
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How Does Coal Ridge Middle School Use its Mindfulness Room to Advance Academic Excellence?

Coal Ridge Middle School utilizes a mindfulness room to give students opportunities during the school day to practice regulating their emotions. Students who are stressed or overwhelmed have more difficulty learning and thinking. “Giving them strategies to calm down and regulate their emotions and re-engage their thinking brain so they can go back to class
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Columbine Elementary Teacher’s Path Serves as Inspiration

“A teacher once told me, ‘it’s not luck, it is the work you have done that is opening the doors for you,’” shared Noelia Silva. When Ms. Silva arrived in the U.S., one of her goals was to go back to school and learn English so she could be one step closer to achieving her
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Westview Middle School Band Director Receives Prestigious Award

Carrie Proctor, band director at Westview Middle School, has received the Outstanding Young Educator Award from the Colorado Music Educators Association (CMEA). The award honors educators who are in their first five years of teaching, have shown significant proficiency in the classroom and have garnered respect in their school community. The award recognizes notable commitment
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