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St. Vrain students win debate championships, head to national tournament
Students in the St. Vrain Valley School District were recently named champions in a Colorado debate tournament, and two students have qualified for a national tournament. The Colorado High School Activities Association hosted its first Speech and Debate Tournament in late February, and students from Longmont, Silver Creek and Mead high schools were named champions.
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St. Vrain auto students help women in need
Automotive technology students in the St. Vrain Valley School District are using their skills to fix and restore cars for women in need. The district’s Career Elevation and Technology Center has partnered with the local nonprofit A Women’s Work for its Driving for Success program.
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SVVSD students build trophy for local car show
For the last two and half decades, Top of the Rockies Corvette Association, or TORCA, has hosted a car show at the Boulder County Fairgrounds. This year the organization sought out the help of some St. Vrain Valley students to create a new category entry. TORCA hosts the Show Us Your Chevy car show each
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16 St. Vrain robotics teams qualify for world championship
Sanskar Pradhan and three other middle school students in the St. Vrain Valley School District designed a complicated robot that competed in a state championship in Denver on Saturday. Their team, Mechanical Chaos, is among 16 that will be representing the school district at the VEX Robotics World Championship 2023 in Dallas in late April
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Rocky Mountain Elementary receives Governor’s Math Bright Spot Award
Rocky Mountain Elementary is among a dozen Colorado schools that have received the Governor’s Math Bright Spot Award, the state announced Tuesday. The award is given to schools that have demonstrated “exceptional growth in math achievement” since 2019, a press release from Gov. Jared Polis’ office read.
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SVVSD adopts elementary language arts curriculum after pilot program
The St. Vrain Valley Schools Board of Education approved Wednesday the adoption and purchase of a language arts curriculum for elementary schools. The purchase of ReadyGEN, by Savvas Learning, won’t exceed more than $2.23 million, based on student enrollment for the 2023-24 school year, the district said in a memo. Around $100,000 has been budgeted
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Erie schools present third annual Hope and Gratitude Project
Highlands Elementary PTO and Soaring Heights PTO are organizing the third annual Hope and Gratitude Project from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday on Briggs Street in downtown Erie. The event features luminaries made by students and staff members from most of the elementary and middle schools in Erie. The project is an opportunity for them
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Making a Difference at Skyline High School through Parent Engagement
Parent engagement in school has many benefits for both students and the community as a whole. When parents become actively involved in their student’s education, it creates a partnership between home and school, which leads to improved communication and a better understanding of each other’s roles in supporting student academic and personal growth. At Skyline
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SVVSD seeks to make LaunchED Virtual Academy a multi-district online school
St. Vrain Valley is applying to the state to allow its K-12 LaunchED Virtual Academy to enroll students who live outside the school district’s boundaries. The State Board of Education is scheduled to vote on St. Vrain’s application to become a multi-district online school at its Wednesday meeting. District officials said the main reason they’re applying is
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St. Vrain Recognized for Excellent Budget Presentation
The Association of School Business Officials International (ASBO) has awarded St. Vrain Valley Schools the Pathway to the Meritorious Budget Award (MBA) for the 2022–2023 budget year, in recognition of excellence in budget presentation. “We are proud to have earned this award, which is in recognition of the hard work of our budget team and
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