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 …