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The Year of the Dragon has arrived, and Longmont’s Silver Creek High School brought the community together for a vibrant celebration of Lunar New Year. The event, put on by the Asian-Pacific Association of Longmont, showcased the cultures of several Asian countries that mark Lunar New Year as a joyful start to the spring season.

The Silver Creek Unified bowling team placed second at state this year.  The 11-player team along with 10 student mentors was coached by Ericka Pilon who is also a teacher at Silver Creek High School.

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 […]

About 700 community members showed up bright and early Saturday morning to participate in the Sunrise Stampede, a 5K race supporting St. Vrain Valley School District Teacher Innovation Grants. The event was put on by the St. Vrain Valley Schools Education Foundation, a nonprofit that helps fund certain SVVSD programs. The race raised roughly $25,000 this […]

The 38th annual Sunrise Stampede 5K and fun run will be held Aug. 12 in Longmont to raise money for teachers in the St. Vrain Valley School District. The course for both the 5K race and 1-mile fun run begins and ends at Silver Creek High School, 4901 Nelson Road. The St. Vrain Valley Schools […]

High school and college students from around the world are spending three days at Longmont’s Silver Creek High School for an underwater robotics competition showcasing how remotely operated vehicles can operate in the real world. Altogether, about 60 teams are participating from 11 countries and 18 U.S. states. Along with St. Vrain’s Innovation Center team, […]

The American Legion Post 32, a veterans’ organization in Longmont, recently awarded scholarships to five high school seniors in the St. Vrain Valley School District. The recipients were Margaret Graves of Frederick High School, Wren Pritchett of Mead High School, Lilyana Sanchez of Silver Creek High School, Max Scherer of Silver Creek and James Wilson […]

The Longmont combined schools drumline placed sixth at the Winter Guard International World Championships, the first time the group has made it to the finals of the competition in over 10 years. After a strong performance in the semifinals Friday morning, the drumline was one of 15 groups in its class competing in the finals […]

Students in the St. Vrain Valley School District were recently named champions in a Colorado debate tournament, and two students have qualified for a national tournament.  The Colorado High School Activities Association hosted its first Speech and Debate Tournament in late February, and students from Longmont, Silver Creek and Mead high schools were named champions. 

Longmont High School is set to launch a new advanced placement business program in the 2023-24 school year, which will offer students the opportunity to earn an associate degree in addition to their high school diploma. Students will start Pathways in Technology Early College High School, or P-TECH, in ninth grade, and complete the program […]