Columbine Elementary joined Nutrition Services, School Wellness to celebrate Colorado Proud School Meal Day. The chickens were interesting and everyone wanted to know how bees make their honey. But the big star at Wednesday’s farming show-and-tell at Columbine Elementary was Westley, a 16-month-old horse who likes to show off a bit. “Oh he loves it,”
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The team at St. Vrain Virtual High School has embarked on a journey to develop and implement the Social and Emotional Wellness class. “Our goal is to provide better support to our students in their everyday lives,” shared Becky Olson, Counselor at St. Vrain Virtual High School. “We want to teach them strategies that could
St. Vrain Virtual High School’s Social and Emotional Learning Curriculum Enhances Community and Well-Being Read More
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Colorado Preschool is Building Partnerships to Grow Their Farm to Early Childcare Program St. Vrain Valley School District in Boulder, CO, has had Farm to School programming since 2012, but had a strong resurgence after receiving a Colorado Department of Education (CDE) Student Wellness Grant in 2018. The Colorado Department of Education is a Fiscal
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Columbine Elementary hosted its sixth annual Career Day on Wednesday, May 1. This year’s event was unique because it welcomed students not just from Columbine but also included fourth and fifth-graders from Rocky Mountain Elementary, as well as third to fifth-graders from Indian Peaks Elementary. Counselors from each of the schools worked collaboratively to coordinate
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St. Vrain Valley School District continues to expand opportunities for students in special education by offering Unified Theater classes at Niwot High School and Frederick High School. Amanda Foust, dramatic arts teacher at Niwot High School, couldn’t wait to bring her vision of having a Unified Theater program to life. Foust student-taught at a different
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CDE K-3 Evidence-Based Reading Requirements St. Vrain’s Plan for Colorado’s K-3 Evidence-Based Reading Training Requirements What is the new Colorado K-3 Teacher Evidence-Based Reading Training Requirement? To support literacy development in grades K-3, the Colorado legislature revised the READ Act in SB 19-199 requiring educators that provide literacy instruction to students in kindergarten through third
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For the past six years, Mead High School has raised funds for Make-a-Wish Colorado to help grant the wishes of children with critical illnesses. During this year’s Make-a-Wish Week, held January 15-20, the Mead community came together to support an eight-year-old girl named Zaidee. Having undergone a liver transplant seven years ago due to a
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On May 24, 2022, Lyons Elementary School’s yearlong Trout in the Classroom program culminated in students releasing eight rainbow trout into the St. Vrain River. Lyons Elementary fifth grade students have been working hard all year to hatch and raise the rainbow trout eggs in preparation for the trout’s introduction to the St. Vrain River
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The Grand View Elementary Robotics Team, known as the DJB-Bots, consisting of fifth-graders – Althea Manka, Kayle Nunjar, and Joe Versoi – competed in the World VEX Robotics Competition, in Dallas, Texas from May 1-3. This season was Kendra Versoi’s first year as the robotics coach for Grand View elementary. With her background as a
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