October 31, 2024Updated on October 31, 2024

Silver Creek Successes (as of 10/31/24)

Silver Creek Successes 24-25

Have a success to share? Please email Principal Finnestead at [email protected]

Academics

Three National Merit Semifinalists
- Paige Schleper
- Riley Herchert
- Tyler DeMattio

US NEWS and World Report Ranking greatest ranking amongst SVVSD Large Public High Schools
Performance Plan Designation for 24-25 Colorado Department of Education
Learning Doing Classrooms in Mathematics – Group Whiteboards and Academic Language Usage is in use in every math classroom. Focus remains on conceptual, procedural and mathematics fluency.
After School Math Support, After School Tutoring Support
97 Students inducted into the National Honor Society – 35 community service hours, Colorado Philanthropy value of service hour is $31.51 – Value of over $100,000 to our community!
Students participated in the NMSQT PSAT and PSAT Practice Tests on 10/9.
The Colorado Department of Education recognized our school as the first in Colorado to have our Librarian, Paraprofessional and Principal earn the badges for the Highly Effective Schools through Libraries initiative. Congratulations to Kristin Holtz, Tina Fredo and Erick Finnestead
PSAT NMSQT Amongst top two in high school performance 2024.

Performing Arts

St. Vrain Band Night was an incredible success for our Marching Band, Color Guard and Unified Percussion Ensemble
It is Fall Concert Season. Join us 10/16 at 7:00 pm for the Orchestra concert and 10/23 at 7:00 for the Band Concert – Great job to our Choirs on their first concert this week.
CLUE – it’s not just a board game, come join for the Fall theater production of CLUE on 11/1 and 11/2.
18 Students will induct into the Tri M Music Honor Society for a total chapter membership for a total chapter membership of 28 students
The following students’ auditions placed them into the Combined League Honor Jazz Bands. Of the 36 students in the Combined League Honor Jazz Bands 14 are from Silver Creek, with 3 more who were named as alternates. Their concert will be Tuesday November 19th at Frederick High School.

Alternates:

Peyton Martin
Zachary Dominguez
Marching Band competed at the Greeley Invitational Marching Band Festival October 19th, and received the Superior Rating from the judges.

Orchestra

Fiddle Group has opened the season with an invitational performance at Longmont’s Unity in the Community.
Western States Honor Orchestra
- Eldon Budiman

Fine Arts

Braeden Macchia awarded second place in the Congressional Art Competition for his drone based photo. This was sponsored by Representative Joe Negeuse. His art hangs at the Colorado capitol building.

Athletics

Preston Waller-State Qualifier Boys Golf- This is his 3rd time qualifying for State
State Qualifiers for Tennis – Ashton Ballingham (3 Singles), Nischal Gorla and Miles Lacis (3 Doubles)
Cloe Ruth Placed 3rd in the Nike Oregon Cross National Cross Country Championships
Unified Athletic Bowling Team participated in the Northeast Regional
Soccer state qualifier-5th seed
Cross Country, girls team state qualifiers, Alina Belser-Brinck, Maya Goodman, Daphne Moe, Cloe Ruth-1st, Mackenzie Livingston, Mia Kunio, Emerson Laughlin, Megan Bader-5th
Noah Zweers-State Qualifier
Softball-Round of 32 Qualifiers
Soccer invitation to state tournament seeded #5.

Silver Creek Leadership Academy

RaptorTECH

Link to Fall Newsletter
First RaptorTECH summer internships, class of 2025. Link to Newsletter
- Comcast, Juniper, Rule4, City of Longmont, Zivaro, DTS
Class of 2025 will be going to the P-TECH Job Fair on November 22
RaptorTECH has a new industry partner Juniper, Inc, – Welcome Juniper!!
First Quarterly Event on October 8, hosted by Cisco at Northern Water in Berthoud, CO
Senior Kaylee Crouthamel was invited to speak about Cybersecurity at the White House in Washington D.C.

Universal High School

Fall Presentations of Learning for UHS sophomores and juniors are occurring during the month of October
UHS seniors began this year with an average of 24 credits already earned towards graduation