Principal’s Update 8.18.18

Greetings Raptor Families,   A very warm welcome to the incoming Class of 2022 and all of our new students.  Welcome back to our classes of 2021, 2020, and 2019!!! We hope that you have had a wonderful summer and we are looking forward to having everyone back as of tomorrow.  Today we welcomed our […]

Principal’s Update 6.20.18

Happy Summer to all of our Silver Creek students and families,   I hope you are having a terrific summer be it working, playing, relaxing, traveling, or reading!  Yes, Reading! Even in the summer St. Vrain Valley Schools’ libraries are still open, albeit online.  This year we have added the Overdrive system allowing for the […]

Congratulations Class of 2018

Today’s graduation ceremony was a momentous occasion in for our 2018 graduates and their families. Photos provided by the district communications team are now online – we will be adding other photos and videos as they become available. Click here to view the full album >> Instructions for downloading individual photos >>

Educator Highlight: Parker Nicholas

As we close out this school year, we want to wish the graduating class of 2018 congratulations and good luck on your next adventures! This month’s Stapp Inspires Educator Highlight takes a look at the other side of the desk. We want to recognize an ‘Outstanding Graduate’ from the class of 2018. This lead us […]

Superintendent’s Update

Dear St. Vrain Valley Community, As we move closer to the end of another outstanding year in St. Vrain Valley Schools, I want to take a moment to recognize the achievements and growth we have seen across our system. In the coming weeks, we will be championing the thousands of students who will be transitioning […]

Education Foundation honors outstanding SVVSD teachers

Each spring, the Education Foundation for the St. Vrain Valley hosts the Tribute to Teachers, which honors and recognizes the excellence of our teachers. Students, parents, colleagues and community members are invited to nominate teachers, and three from each school are selected to attend the event as finalists. During the event, one teacher from each […]

Young Ameritowne on the Road Summer Camp

For the third summer in a row, the Young Americans Center for Financial Education, a Denver-based pioneering nonprofit, will lead its award-winning, week-long Young Ameritowne on the Road Summer Camp, for students entering third through sixth grade, at Sunset Middle School. The traveling camp is a recent innovation, bringing the camp, which covers financial literacy, local […]

Principal’s Update 12.13.17

Raptor families and friends,   Thank you for your continued support of the Raptor Community.  Over the course of the last couple of months Silver Creek has been very busy accomplishing great things.  And, while we experience challenges from time to time, the resilience of our kids, the professionalism of our staff, and the support […]

Principal’s Update 10.10.17

Raptor Community,   I’d like to take this opportunity to share with you some news and events coming from Silver Creek High School.  In this update you will find information on our school construction project, important dates, upcoming events, new hires, new initiatives, and accolades.     We have been working very hard in defining […]

Principal’s Update 8/15/17

Welcome Back Raptors and Raptor Families,   I’d like to personally welcome you to the 2017-2018 school year, one that plans to be an exceptional year at Silver Creek High School.  Over the course of the last few months we have been busily preparing for construction, implementing new classes, onboarding new staff and preparing for […]

Principal’s Update 6.27.17

Greetings to our Raptor families,   I hope that all of you are enjoying your summer be it work, study, or play.  Here at Silver Creek we are busily preparing for the 2017-2018 school year and building upon the many successes that we have achieved.  My purpose in writing you is to introduce our new […]

Today’s graduation will be indoors

Graduation day has arrived!  Weather forecasts today look definitive for rain and thunderstorms, and to ensure the safety and comfort of our 2017 graduates and their guests, we will be hosting our graduation ceremony in our gymnasium. As space is more limited inside, every student has been given four tickets (included in their graduate robe packet) […]

Graduation Weather Plan

Dear graduating seniors and families, We are making final preparations for tomorrow’s graduation ceremony and are very excited to celebrate this significant milestone in the lives of our students and their families. As we all know, the only thing that is consistent with spring weather in Colorado is its unpredictability. We are keeping an eye on […]

Principal’s Update 4.29.17

Silver Creek High School Parents and Guardians,  Recently the Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has been released.  The information covered in this series has come under scrutiny for it’s content and depiction of teenage suicide.  As a resource, we would like to provide you with some ideas, talking points and strategies you can use as a parent, […]

Principal’s Update 2.10.17

Dear Raptor Families,   It is National School Counseling Week and we would like to take a moment to recognize our Counseling and Intervention Team here at Silver Creek High School.   Whitney Mires – Interventionist Barb Norrbom – Counselor serving families A-El Michael Sardinia – Counselor serving families Em-La Kristi Ehle-Parker – Counselor Serving […]

Principal’s Update 1.20.17

Raptor Families,               Greetings and welcome to the New Year.  We are busily approaching the end of the open enrollment season, ramping up for registration in the 2017-2018 school year, and nearing the graduation for the Class of 2017!             I would like to share with you some news for the forthcoming year in […]

2016 Fall Sports Accomplishments

Silver Creek HS Cheer 14th in state Dance 10th in State  (in Jazz)  Football 12-1 Overall record; Northern Conference Champions; 3A State Semifinalists  ALL Conference George Ramirez                    Brock Knechtel                      Tyler Gibbs                            Khari Harrison                      Zane Bishop               Marcus Lopez                        Carl Olsen                               Cade Call Mike Apodaca- Northern Conference “Coach of the Year” Boys Golf Conference Champions; Regional Champions (9th year in a row); 4th place […]

Silver Creek hosts its 3rd Capstone Project Expo

Silver Creek’s Leadership Academy celebrated its 3rd Capstone Project Expo on Monday, December 12. The focus of the Leadership Academy is to help students gain hands-on leadership experience and build skills related to ethics, communication, critical and creative thinking, respect, vision and teamwork. There are currently 325 students in the program from grades 9 to […]

Principal’s Update 12.14.16

Raptor Families,             With first semester all but in the books at this point, I would like to take the opportunity to share with you several of the events currently occurring at Silver Creek High School.  While our first semester brought some new challenges, we have also experienced unprecedented successes amongst our students and faculty. […]

Principal’s Update 11.17.16

Raptor Families, I delivered this message today to our students during an announcement.  Due to recent instances of unprotected “hate” speech, used at Silver Creek, and directed at students based upon their religion and color, I felt compelled to reitterate our stance as a school upon providing a safe environment for everyone to be able […]

Principal’s Update 11.14.15

Dear Raptor Families,        Many things make Silver Creek High School a world-class school.  Above all, the most important facet of Silver Creek is our students!  In fact, there are so many individual and group successes accomplished by our students that I often feel sheepish trying to share with you everything that is […]

Principal’s Update Class of 2017 9.15.16

Silver Creek Senior Families, This is an extremely important message about college, university and post-secondary options for you and your child. Ever wonder how to pay for college?  Is your child in the midst of selecting colleges and universities which to apply to?  How do you decide what college is right for you?  Want access […]

Principal’s Update Class of 2018 9.15.16

SAT Test Preparation at Silver Creek High School   Silver Creek Juniors and Parents,   This is an exciting year for your junior students as they will begin preparing for the college application and admissions process. This year, all juniors in the state of Colorado will take the SAT test in April.  Juniors will no […]