Guest Blogger Office of Innovation and Improvement May 8, 2014 Across Colorado, students who don’t normally attend Advanced Placement (A.P.)* classes are not only attending, but also are earning passing scores in those classes. This is thanks to the Colorado Legacy Schools Initiative (CLSI) and its outreach to 23 high schools throughout …
Granby Elementary Selected as One of Colorado’s Healthiest Schools
Sky-Hi News April 24, 2014 Granby Elementary School was the recipient of a Healthy Schools Award given by the Colorado Education Initiative (formerly the Legacy Foundation), during the Initiative’s annual gathering at the Hyatt Regency in downtown Denver on April 17. The school was chosen from hundreds of applicants and …
Glenwood Springs High School Selected for Legacy Initiative
Post Independent May 4, 2014 Glenwood Springs High School has been selected to participate in the Colorado Legacy Schools initiative, which will give the school a chance to triple the number of high school students who can take college-level courses. GSHS is one of 11 Colorado schools named by The …
Spreading the A.P. Gospel to Nurture Scientists and Engineers
By: Kenneth Chang The New York Times May 4, 2014 PITTSBURGH — Even before the first day of class in August, Maura Fritzley had second thoughts about taking Advanced Placement physics. Although she got good grades in a mainstream physics class, Ms. Fritzley, an 18-year-old senior at Brashear High School …
‘AP for All’ Works Well at Grand Valley High School
By: Mike McKibbin Post Independent April 24, 2014 PARACHUTE – For most students, when they hear “advance placement classes,” they likely think “oh, that’s for the smart kids.” At Grand Valley High School in Parachute, though, it applies to every student. And the school-wide approach is paying off, according to Principal …
Woodland Park High’s Cooking Classes a Hands-On Approach to Health, Culinary Art
By: Debbie Kelley The Gazette April 25, 2014 Cooking classes taught by a well-known professional chef this past week at Woodland Park High School were as much about the hows and whys as they were about educating the palette of the young and impressionable. Murmurs of “Yum,” and “Mmmm, this …
Grant a Boon for Northside Health Services
By: Nathan Meacham Montrose Daily Press January 23, 2014 Northside Elementary School was one of five schools in the state to receive a $5,000 grant from the Colorado Education Initiative to improve behavioral health services. Jennifer Suchon, the clinic director of the Northside Child Health Center, applied for the grant in late November and received her …
Schools Experiment With Universal Mental Health Screenings
By: Ann Schimke and Kate Schimel Chalkbeat Colorado January 24, 2014 In a sunny office at Sixth Avenue Elementary School in Aurora, an upbeat school psychologist named Shannon Kishel tossed out questions to four third- and fourth-grade boys sitting around a table: when a student hurts or teases another student, …
AP Test Scores Paying Off at Pueblo’s Centennial High
By: Gayle Perez The Pueblo Chieftain March 3, 2014 Centennial High School students are earning impressive dividends for scoring well on the Advanced Placement exams. In December, The Colorado Education Initiative presented $9,000 in incentive money to Centennial students who attained a qualifying score on AP exams in science, math or language …