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SVVSD Innovation Center hosts Gov. Polis, education leaders

St. Vrain Valley Innovation Center students taught state education leaders and officials, including Gov. Jared Polis, how to program social robots, explained artificial intelligence principles used in self-driving cars and demonstrated using cybersecurity concepts to solve a murder mystery. The Tuesday visit highlighted how St. Vrain Valley is designing, testing and scaling its practices, including
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Altona Middle School team among NASA STEM challenge winners

A team of five Altona Middle School seventh graders was one of 60 teams chosen to build a space exploration experiment they designed for a NASA STEM competition. The students, who were part of a design elective class last semester, are spending this semester working with a mentor and teacher Stephanie Basile to learn skills
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2024-2025 Preschool Registration: St. Vrain Valley Schools and Universal Preschool Congruent Registration Now Available

Family registration for 2024-25 Colorado Universal Preschool (UPK) is now available. All children in Colorado can register for up to 15 hours per week of funding for high-quality preschool in their year before kindergarten, and many may be eligible for additional hours based on qualifying factors. Families who did not pre-register for Preschool with St.
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P-TEACH program recognized in top 7 in the nation

The St. Vrain Valley Schools P-TEACH program in partnership with the University of Colorado Denver was named among the top seven teacher preparation programs in the nation. On Thursday, school administrators hosted a collaborative learning event to share what makes the program unique. P-TEACH, or the Pathways to Teaching program, was launched in SVVSD in
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Erie Elementary Students Engage in Robotics Exploration

In its second year, the robotics program at Erie Elementary has rapidly grown into a cornerstone of the school’s extracurricular offerings, providing students in grades second through fifth opportunities to learn the fundamentals of designing, building, and programming robots. Driven by an overwhelming interest and a waitlist of over 70 students, the program expanded to
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Skyline High School Cultivates Global Citizenship and Volunteerism in Spanish Class

In Mrs. Juarez’s Spanish 4 class at Skyline High School, students are studying the unit of Communities and Global Citizenship, which connects language learning with real-world applications and global perspectives. Through the coursework, students explore topics related to community challenges and the importance of global citizenship, while also enhancing their Spanish language skills. The objectives
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Northridge Elementary Celebrates Successful Robotics Season

Northridge Elementary School is celebrating the conclusion of a successful robotics season, where students demonstrated their creativity, teamwork, and technical skills. The school’s competitive robotics club is composed of two teams, each consisting of four students from third to fifth grades. Over the five-month season, the teams dedicated themselves to designing, programming, and testing their
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Longmont honors ‘Year of the Dragon’ with annual celebration

The Year of the Dragon has arrived, and Longmont’s Silver Creek High School brought the community together for a vibrant celebration of Lunar New Year. The event, put on by the Asian-Pacific Association of Longmont, showcased the cultures of several Asian countries that mark Lunar New Year as a joyful start to the spring season.
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Indian Peaks Elementary Robotics Team Gearing Up for State Competition

The IP Flying Cheese, a team of five fifth graders from Indian Peaks Elementary, is gearing up to demonstrate their programming, building, and problem-solving skills at the Colorado VEX IQ State Championship on March 9 at Silver Creek High School. At the event, teams compete in two types of VEX IQ Full Volume challenges, which
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Reminder: Upcoming Parent University Sessions, March 6 and March 11

St. Vrain’s Parent University program provides training, information, and resources to parents and caregivers in order to support the well-being and success of their children. All events are from 5 p.m. – 6:30 p.m. Please note, sessions vary from in-person and virtual. Spanish interpretation will be available at every session and childcare will be available
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