St. Vrain Welcomes Back Students for the 25-26 School Year

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Classes are back in session across St. Vrain Valley Schools, beginning a year of learning, growth, and new opportunities. The 2025-2026 school year welcomes 32,300 learners, over 2,000 educators, and 125 new teachers to our community. View moments from the first day of school as students reconnected with teachers and friends, engaged in their learning, and explored new opportunities.

Scenes from the First Day of School

A smiling girl gives a high five to a man in a gym, with children playing in the background and flags hanging on the wall.
A Hygiene Elementary student and campus supervisor share a big high five during an activity in PE on the first day of school.
Students chatting outside a school building, with one smiling and another wearing a striped shirt and backpack.
Students gather outside of Trail Ridge Middle School to catch up about their summer before heading inside for first period.
A brown truck with handwritten quotes on the rear window, parked in a lot with other vehicles in the background.
Seniors at Mead High School decorate their cars with inspiring quotes and colors in anticipation for their final year of high school.
A child smiles and flexes her arms in front of a sign that reads "Burlington," while an adult takes her photo.
Burlington Elementary students start the new school year strong.
A teacher stands in front of a classroom, explaining a lesson to attentive students seated at desks.
Coal Ridge Middle School eighth grade students meet their social studies teacher, Sara Zaruba.
A crossing guard in a yellow vest holds a stop sign as a student and parent walk towards the school.
A crossing guard helps a student and parent cross the street at Prairie Ridge Elementary.
A boy in a colorful helmet rides a scooter, smiling as he walks with friends and adults on a sunny day.
A Centennial Elementary student arrives to the first day of school on his bike.
A teacher gives a high-five to a student in a busy school hallway with lockers in the background.
Keith Kennison, a sixth grade Math and Science teacher at Mead Middle School, is greeted with fist bumps and high fives.
A crowded gymnasium with students seated in bleachers, listening to speakers in green shirts on the floor.
Link Crew members welcome ninth grade students to Niwot High School with an exciting assembly.
Students with raised hands in a colorful classroom, engaged with a teacher at the front. Desks are arranged in clusters.
Fourth graders at Indian Peaks Elementary eagerly raise their hands to participate in a classroom discussion.
Two children walk together outside a school, one with an arm around the other's shoulder, as peers enter the building.
Altona Middle School students enter the building under an inflatable welcome arch as upbeat music plays and staff offer fist bumps to kick off the new school year.
A student walks towards a school entrance, with a group of people nearby entering the building. Trees frame the scene.
Students at Silver Creek High School filter inside.
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