Innovation Center – St. Vrain Valley Schools

Empowering Educators: Special Guest Patrice Bain Joins St. Vrain for a Transformative Learning Event

Join St. Vrain’s Office of Professional Development for an inspiring event with Patrice Bain, author of Powerful Teaching and newly released book featuring St. Vrain classrooms: Powerful Classrooms. Patrice Bain’s groundbreaking work empowers educators to create learning environments where students truly thrive. At this event, you’ll discover research-backed techniques that promote lasting learning, student engagement,
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Unleashing Potential: AI and Creativity Camp at St. Vrain Valley Schools

The Innovation Center of St. Vrain Valley Schools’ groundbreaking AI and Creativity Camp is transforming how students engage with technology. Through camp activities, students combine technology and creativity by exploring a range of Artificial Intelligence including AI software, art projects, 3D models, and more. A Transformative Experience One of the standout participants in this camp
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Innovation Center graduating seniors reflect on experiences

Niwot High senior Sienna Arellano’s first introduction to computer science was a class in middle school at Flagstaff Academy. Intrigued, she signed up for a summer robotics class at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center and was hooked. She took more summer camp classes, including an intro to cybersecurity class. In high school, she joined the
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Innovation Center influences AI studies in Armenia

Armine Gabrielyan is a professional fellow from Armenia. She arrived in Longmont on Sept. 11 and has learned how the Innovation Center and St. Vrain Valley School teach technology to students. Her observations have influenced her to propose an artificial intelligence education week in her home country. Gabrielyan is the program management team lead at
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‘You learn by doing’ SVVSD Innovation Center, Northrop Grumman offer STEM camps

Students at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center got a hands-on lesson this week in artificial intelligence as they learned to program a DeepRacer self-driving car, then tested them on a large track. “You learn by doing,” said Dominic Herrera, a Longmont High School incoming sophomore. “It’s race cars. It’s competitive. I signed up for the
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SVVSD offers new music innovation camp

About 40 middle and high school students are spending the week exploring many aspects of music at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center, from playing classical music to composing with GarageBand software to learning about the music business. Tom Darcy, director of advanced technologies and innovation, said the new Composing Innovation summer camp was designed to
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Innovation Center’s Aeronautics Program Receives Grant to Implement LiDAR Technology

The Innovation Center’s Aeronautics program has been granted a remarkable opportunity to further enhance its curriculum. With a commitment to staying relevant and preparing students for the best career prospects, the program has continually invested in new technology and equipment. This summer, the program secured a $60,000 grant from the Colorado Department of Transportation to
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SVVSD Innovation Center students take on leopard frog conservation project

Students in a conservation data science class at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center are working to shepherd about 400 northern leopard frog tadpoles to maturity so they can be released in the wild with a higher chance for survival. Their goal is to release the tadpoles when they’re past the high mortality rates of their
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SVVSD Innovation Center to host STEM event

Elementary and middle school students and their families are invited to celebrate STEM at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The event will include interactive stations and parent tech talks. Attendees can meet Rosie the Tarantula from the Butterfly Pavilion and experience virtual reality with UCHealth. The Mobile Innovation Lab also will
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High school students make connections at SVVSD career fair

In its second year, the St. Vrain Valley School District Career and Job Fair gave hundreds of high schoolers an opportunity Friday to explore what their futures might hold. The fair was split into morning and afternoon sessions, held simultaneously at the SVVSD Innovation Center, 33 Quail Road, and the Career Elevation and Technology Center,
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