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Jeffco rocketeers ready for Zero Gravity
Lakewood High School/Warren Tech/NASA HUNCH students, staff, and alums pose moments after a mission briefing at the Kennedy Space Center. NASA has been constantly monitoring the health of its...
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Your Voice: Jeffco ed board member’s “choice” is unacceptable
Below is a letter I sent on Friday, April 17, 2015 to the Jefferson County School District R-1 Board of Education, Superintendent Dan McMinimee, Director of Communications, Nina Pinto, and Director of...
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The View From Glennon Heights
A kite motif encourages students to soar at the entry to Glennon Heights Elementary. Glennon Heights Elementary in Lakewood combines the charm of a late 1950s pine-shrouded building with 21st Century...
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A Tryout for the Tracker
Peck Elementary PTA Vice President, Aubrey Jensen, and her daughter, demonstrate how to use the Kinsa Smart Thermometer and Health Tracker app. There’s one thing about school that’s inevitable – kids...
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Lights, camera, Kate!
Jeffco student and independent filmmaker Kate Lowell checks her equipment during a visit to the Jeffco Ed Center in Golden. The first thing you need to know about student filmmaker Kate Lowell is that...
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Evergreen High School students celebrate diversity
A student at Evergreen High School listens intently during a keynote speech that opened the school’s 2015 Diversity Day. Students at Evergreen High School celebrated Day Without Hate with their own...
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Not your average bus stop
Bell Middle School student documentary filmmakers pose in front of C-SPAN’s mobile tv studio following a ceremony honoring their work. Most times outside Jeffco schools, you’ll see school bus yellow...
View ArticleYour Voice: Jeffco students, employees can file harassment claims
Recently, Jeffco School Board member Julie Williams posted a highly inappropriate article and link on her Facebook page – a link to a known hate group and an article that called members of the LGBT...
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Jeffco Public Schools: Top honors for top values
Wheat Ridge High School Principal Griff Wirth delivers the keynote address at the 2015 Values Awards. Nearly 600 Jeffco Public Schools employees were honored at the Arvada Center at the 2015 Values...
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A Super Celebration for the Super Car
The Wheat Ridge High School Super Car drives past the American flag during a school assembly celebrating its performance at the Shell Eco-marathon. The Wheat Ridge High School Super Car rolled into the...
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Columbine High School Run for Remembrance
Runners set out at the start of Columbine High’s 10th annual Run For Remembrance. Bright blue skies and a bright blue and white balloon arch helped form the backdrop for Columbine High School’s 10th...
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The Fairmount Elementary Sock Hop
Hot pink 50’s style glasses and poodle skirts were just part of the fun at the Fairmount Elementary Sock Hop. Fairmount Elementary students and teachers took a cue from Marty McFly in “Back To The...
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Meet Your New P.E. Teacher
Jeffco Schools Superintendent Dan McMinimee leads a group of energetic students through their paces while subbing as a P.E. teacher at Arvada K-8. Arvada K-8 P.E. Teacher Alicia Knickerbocker got a...
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Not Just Librarians Anymore: Jeffco’s DTLs are Leaders in a Digital Age
Jeffco Digital Teacher Librarians say their jobs have been transformed to keep pace with 21st century information technology demands. Pictured is para Audrey Waugh who supports DTL Lisa Polacsek. The...
View ArticleYour Voice: Jeffco school board president Ken Witt disparages minor honors...
Open letter to Mr. Witt and the Jeffco Board of Education prompted by the most ludicrous Board meeting yet. They have now resorted to disparaging students, not just censoring them. Here is the...
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Jeffco’s submariner
Ensign Mike Nielson is shown in his official Navy portrait. Ensign Nielson, 2008 a graduate of Ralston Valley High School, designed the official ship’s crest for the nation’s newest nuclear submarine,...
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This is only a drill
Jeffco Emergency Manager Rebecca Adams goes over some last minute details with the staff of Columbine Hills Elementary as part of a mass evacuation drill. It’s unusual to find a school completely...
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Welcome To Arts Night
A visitor to Arts Night scans a vast array of student artwork that fills one hallway wall at Sierra Elementary Sierra Elementary went all out to showcase the creativity of its students, and to...
View ArticleYour Voice: Arvada’s new anti-vaping law is nothing to worry about for vapers
As expected, on May 4, 2015, the Arvada City Council voted 5-2 to approve a new ban on vaping in the city to correspond with laws already in place that restrict public smoking. Supposedly, if you can’t...
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The “I Am” Wall
Bear Creek K-8 students stand in front of the “I Am” wall they helped to create at the entrance to their school’s cafeteria. At first glance, the wall along the main hallway at Bear Creek K-8 looks...
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