Public Schools Are a Community Investment
I have spent a significant amount of time recently promoting our school funding initiatives and have been dismayed by the number of community members whose children are now grown who no longer think it...
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Future Funding: The Rose Stein Effect
Two students focus on a writing assignment in their renovated classroom at Rose Stein International Elementary School. Someone once said that writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn...
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Future Funding: Growing Pains in Jeffco Schools
A window in the Three Creeks K-8 school library looks out on new development to the west. The school, just over a year old, is already nearing capacity because of rapid growth in North Arvada. Mallory...
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Future Funding: Warren Tech South
A student does some welding as part of his instruction at Warren Tech Central’s Auto Collision and Custom Repair Program. Levi Piper was hard at work creating a custom part for a 1971 Buick Skylark....
View ArticleWhy Jeffco Public Schools Does NOT need 5A and 5B
As a Jeffco parent I am disappointed that there is No mention how 5A or 5B will improve or positively impact student achievement. Other reasons why Jeffco Does NOT need 5A and 5B: Real cost to...
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Highlands Ranch informational meetings now available for Colorado Early...
Colorado Early Colleges Parker (CEC), a free, award-winning open-enrollment public charter high school where students can earn an associate degree for free has launched several Highlands Ranch-area...
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The holiday season is upon us. It’s a great time to think about giving!
Timbuk Toys teams up with the Salvation Army this holiday season. You’ve probably seen them out front of a grocery store or mall with a bell. Those are the familiar holiday fundraiser missions to help...
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Jeffco Hero Awards: Kym O’Donnell
Westgate Elementary instructional coach Kym O’Donnell spends some quiet time with a student. Schools are more than places of learning, and the people who work inside them are more than staff – they are...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Amos Baca
Deane Elementary instructional tutor Amos Baca reacts as his students play a game of line soccer on the school’s turf field. There are few places that Amos Baca would rather be than on Deane...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Isaac Mohr
Senior Isaac Mohr works on a project in the Sobesky Academy computer lab. Welcome to the wild world of mountain biking; it’s a world Isaac Mohr knows well. “I’ve raced mountain bikes for the past four...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Kenneth Godoy
Wheat Ridge High School senior Kenneth Godoy works on an assignment in the school’s Gifted and Talented Center. Rap isn’t for everyone, but for Wheat Ridge High School senior Kenneth Godoy, rap is...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Maxlene Augustin
Arvada West High School senior Maxlene Augustin smiles during a read-aloud exercise in her English as a Second Language class. Maxlene Augustin has traded her second-floor classroom at Arvada West High...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Ron Woitalewicz
Dakota Ridge High School Head Football Coach Ron Woitalewicz watches his players take the field during a game at Trailblazer Stadium in Lakewood. It was weight room training time for some of the...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Rusty Owston
North Arvada Middle School P.E. teacher Rusty Owston makes a point during a class on training zones. North Arvada Middle School P.E. teacher Rusty Owston was leading his students through a lesson in...
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Jeffco Schools Hero Awards: Lisa Ragon
Arvada West High School counselor Lisa Ragon (right) chats with a colleague on her way to a student appointment. Counselor Lisa Ragon was on her way to talk post-high school options with one of the...
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CU Wizards “Surfing like a Mathematician”
Saturday, January 26, 9:30-10:30 a.m. CU Boulder Applied Mathematics Professor Mark Hoefer presents “Surfing with a Mathematician” FREE S.T.E.A.M show for ages 5-18 that demonstrates how mathematics...
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IB Times Three: Alameda International Jr./Sr.’s IB Programmes Set Students on...
Students in a bilingual medical terminology class carry out mock patient interviews as part of Alameda International Jr./Sr. High School’s IB Career Programme. Alameda International Jr./Sr. High School...
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Experienced Mount Carbon teachers focus on kindergartners academic, social...
Two students enjoy some partner reading as part of their Mount Carbon Elementary School kindergarten class. Johnny Arnold was getting the morning started in this kindergarten classroom at Mount Carbon...
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Ready for Launch
Lakewood High School/Warren Tech students Katee Harrington (left) and Stella Meillon make adjustments to a plant growing chamber for use aboard the International Space Station. There are few science...
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One super car is never enough: STEM students from two Jeffco high schools...
STEM students from Wheat Ridge High School and Warren Tech pose with three ultra-energy-efficient vehicles they both designed and built. Everybody knows about strength in numbers. STEM students at...
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