Author: lim_jane

A team of St. Vrain Valley high schoolers who use underwater robots to help Longmont monitor water quality are getting extra help this summer from middle school students attending a “Creative Technology for Good” camp. The Innovation Center student designers, who are helping the city look for unwanted weeds in water reservoirs using underwater robots, […]

Seniors across the St. Vrain Valley School District tossed their caps to the sky and looked toward the future at commencement ceremonies this weekend. On Saturday, the district celebrated its graduates with ceremonies at Longmont, Silver Creek, Skyline, Niwot, Lyons, Mead, Erie and Frederick high schools.

St. Vrain Valley Schools is working to help teachers harness the power of AI, while keeping student data safe and teaching students how to use the emerging technology ethically. When Open AI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, the district decided not to block the new, generative AI technology that so quickly exploded. “Chat GPT, that […]

Lizzie Horton, a Silver Creek High School senior, said dyslexia “wasn’t a thing other kids knew about” when she was in elementary school, and she struggled. Though she was a “really, really shy” student, she ended up joining Colorado’s Yes! Ambassadors group in sixth grade when more students were needed for a panel. Now the […]

Secondary schools in St. Vrain Valley Schools are hosting open houses to answer questions and share information about the many program offerings available across the district as families begin planning their transition to middle and high school next year. Below are upcoming open house dates across the district. For questions regarding open houses, programming, or […]

Valarie Allman stood larger than life Monday afternoon, the American flag draped around her shoulders following another Olympic gold medal in women’s discus. But Allman’s first throws coach still saw the accomplished ninth-grade dancer she helped welcome to the sport 14 years ago. Her moves have remained flawless all these years later in Paris. “Goosebumps, […]

Timberline PK-8 teacher Ambera DeLash helped incoming second graders solve word problems last week during her Project Launch summer class, reviewing the math strategies they learned during the school year. With the problem projected on the white board, the 15 students started by reading the problem out loud together and circling key information. Then DeLash […]

As another high school sports season comes to a close, schools in the St. Vrain Valley School District competed in multiple sports at the state championship level. From navigating injuries and mental blocks to school work and friendships, there is much to celebrate for these student athletes. Here are just some of the notable accomplishments: 

High school graduate Dacen Hans Wach gave one major piece of advice for the Class of 2024: live for the journey, not the destination. “Life is not a race to the finish,” Wach, Longmont High School’s salutatorian, told his classmates Saturday. “It’s all about the lives we touch along the way, and the hope and […]

The Longmont High School gym was filled with the pounding of percussion on Saturday during a Rocky Mountain Percussion Association drumline competition, with local winter ensemble the Longmont Combined Schools Drumline taking home the highest score. The Longmont Combined Schools Drumline hosted Saturday’s competition. It includes students from Longmont High School, Silver Creek High School, Lyons Middle/Senior […]