The Littlest Learners at Jeffco Public Schools
By Jack Maher, multimedia journalist, and Devan Crean, communications specialist, Jeffco Public Schools Two students at Stevens Preschool gear up for a morning of firefighting play. Play is serious...
View ArticleA Reading Safari at Allendale Elementary
By Jack Maher, multimedia journalist, Jeffco Public Schools Students dance with KPMG volunteers in the Allendale Elementary gym as part of a day-long literacy event that included fun activities and new...
View ArticleInaugural Cans Around the Campus nets more than 5,000 pounds of food
Members of Pomona High School’s Diversity Club pose with the plaque it received after collecting 1,852 pounds of food for the inaugural Cans Around the Campus food drive. Pomona raised the most food of...
View ArticleThe Teddy Bear Tea Party
By Jack Maher, multimedia specialist, and Devan Crean, communications specialist, Jeffco Public Schools Students at Patterson International Elementary welcome visitors to their “Teddy Bear Tea Party”...
View ArticleThe Dancer and Doral
By Jack Maher, multimedia specialist, and Devan Crean, communications specialist, Jeffco Public Schools A student at Doral Academy of Colorado strikes a superhero pose as part of a school wide...
View ArticleJeffco High School Students Explore Sources of Strength
“What are the things, people, and activities that give you strength? Things that help you get through hard times?” A diverse group of high school students and teachers at Wheat Ridge High School...
View ArticleGolden’s Prey sisters hit the golf links together
Golden High School senior Sydney Prey eyes her drive during a Jeffco League tournament April 3 at Fox Hollow Golf Course in Lakewood. Prey won the tournament shooting a round of 84. (Photo by Dennis...
View ArticlePitzner hired as new girls basketball coach at Green Mountain
By Dennis Pleuss Jeffco Public Schools Green Mountain High School has named Darren Pitzner as its new varsity girls basketball coach. “I’m thrilled and honored to have been selected to lead this...
View ArticleJeffco’s Kullerstrand Elementary gets a little robot crazy
Members of the Kullerstrand Elementary Robotics Club strike a not-so-serious pose during one of their meetings in the school library. It was way past the last bell of the day at Kullerstrand...
View ArticleFantasy Classroom at Warren Tech
A “Peacock Princess” was just one of several imaginative creations by Warren Tech cosmetology students as part of the school’s inaugural Fantasy Team Competition. Cosmetology students at Warren Tech...
View ArticleWheat Ridge High School students get a blueprint to a brighter future
Students from Wheat Ridge High School’s newly launched “Career Explore” program are guided by their instructor at the Colorado Homebuilding Academy. You won’t find any smartboards, desks, or laser...
View ArticleJeffco Schools and Taylorism
Thoughtful Reader Jeffco, Taylorism, and Sophistry Sophistry can be entertaining and harmless—those of an age will remember Jethro’s cyphering—but sophistry can also be dangerous in that it can give...
View ArticleCindygate
Cindygate Some conspiracies are amusing, that red bicycles in Denver indicate a U.N. takeover of the city; some conspiracies are dangerous, “pizzagate”, which led to violence; some seem amusing, but...
View ArticleHydroponics Bring Science to Life at Carmody Middle School
Carmody Middle School science teacher Amanda Price asked her students in early February, “Can we grow food on Mars?” The question launched a large-scale, hands-on project for 150 eighth grade students....
View ArticleJeffco high schoolers enjoy showcase in art walk
Jeffco student artwork is displayed as part of the “First Friday Art Walk” in Olde Town Arvada. By Jack Maher, multimedia journalist, and Devan Crean, communications specialist, Jeffco Public Schools...
View ArticleA Day of Service to Remember Columbine
Columbine Rebels marked April 20 by working together to make their community better.
View ArticleTrailblazer Stadium in Lakewood heavily utilized over its 20 years
By Dennis Pleuss Jeffco Public Schools LAKEWOOD — For more than 20 years, Trailblazer Stadium has morphed with the changing demands of prep sports in Jefferson County. The most evident change came in...
View ArticleNo Better Name: Frank DeAngelis Center for Community Safety at Martensen...
Former Columbine High School Principal Frank DeAngelis is overcome with emotion after realizing Jeffco’s elite training facility for first responders is renamed in his honor. Martensen Elementary...
View ArticleA Yarn about Plarn: Lakewood High School students upcycle plastic bags
The newly-formed “Plarn Club” at Lakewood High School makes water-resistant mats for the homeless out of discarded plastic grocery bags. The floor waxer was making laps at Lakewood High School, once...
View ArticleDakota Ridge celebrates day without hate
Dakota Ridge High School students pass out candy flowers at the entrance of their school as part of Jeffco’s 2017 Day Without Hate celebration. Students at Dakota Ridge High School came together to...
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