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Silver Creek students show support for SROs

Returning to school after spring break, Officers Ryan Douglas and Staci Stallings, student resource officers, or SROs, walked into a “Heart Attack” brought on by Silver Creek High School students. Students of the Silver Creek Leadership Academy, or SCLA, decorated the officers’ office with paper hearts to express their sympathy after the shooting of ten
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Computer science program gets a boost at Sunset Middle School

Sunset Middle School in Longmont has been accepted into the Amazon Future Engineer Program enhancing the computer science curriculum for teachers and participating students in partnership with Project STEM. The opportunity provides three years of funding for computer science courses for sixth through eighth grade students. The program includes support from experts and self-paced online courses, according to
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And the bands play on: Mead and Coal Ridge middle schools receive donations to celebrate Music In Our Schools Month

Mead and Coal Ridge middle schools last week received a surprise visit from Mead High School and Stapp Interstate Toyota with a bevvy of donated musical instrument accessories to celebrate Music In Our Schools Month. Later this month, they also plan to deliver a set of 30 PBuzz instruments to Mead Elementary School. The lightweight, plastic instruments are
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Students’ options soaring thanks to SVVSD aeronautics

Participation in St. Vrain Valley School District’s increasingly popular aeronautics program has nearly doubled in the past year as students launch into careers in the cockpit or in mastering drone technology. The 250 students enrolled in the program at the district’s Innovation Center gain conceptual and practical knowledge for careers in either pathway, Jake Marshall, aeronautics program coordinator, stated
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UCHealth receives award from SVVSD for teacher vaccination efforts

Exactly one year after UCHealth Longs Peak Hospital saw its first COVID-19 positive case enter its emergency department, the St. Vrain Valley School district presented a group of hospital representatives the Superintendent’s Excellence in Education Award. During Wednesday night’s SVVSD board meeting, Superintendent Don Haddad welcomed the UCHealth team tasked with supporting the district’s vaccination program to
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Altona Middle School designated ‘School to Watch’ giving SVVSD the most designations in Colorado

Altona Middle School in Longmont was recently designated as a 2021 Colorado Trailblazer School to Watch by the Colorado Association of Middle Level Education, or CAMLE, bringing the number of St. Vrain Valley schools with the designation to four, according to Kerri McDermid, district chief communications and global impact officer There are 18 middle schools with
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SVVSD outpacing state peers in career-focused P-TECH program

St.Vrain Valley School District, with 284 students enrolled over the past five years and an additional 35 starting this fall, has the highest enrollment in Pathways in Technology Early College High School programs in Colorado. The P-TECH program allows students to simultaneously earn a two-year postsecondary degree in a science, technology, engineering and mathematics, or STEM, field
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High-tech learning: Skyline High honored for bringing more young women to the table

Skyline High School was recognized this month by the College Board with the 2020 AP Computer Science Female Diversity Award. The award recognizes schools that are closing the gender gap and expanding young women’s access to computer science coursework, according to the website. Skyline was honored for having half or more of its female students taking the Advanced Placement
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SVVSD, NextLight net $1.3M grant to expand internet service for low-income students

St. Vrain Valley School District in partnership with Longmont’s NextLight internet service were awarded a $1.3 million grant to expand quality internet access for low-income students. The public-private partnership will use the grant from the Colorado Department of Education to improve access to free Internet for students and educators across the school district who might
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‘Still alive and thriving’: how SVVSD drama programs have endured the COVID storm

Despite social distancing and COVID-related regulations, drama program students and teachers in St. Vrain Valley School District continue to work closely together. When COVID first hit in March, in-person instruction moved online, impacting students across the board. For those involved in the arts, hybrid and online learning has taken an added toll as they took a
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