The Mountain Mail | March 17, 2017 Cotopaxi School received statewide recognition March 3 in Denver as one of 46 2017 Healthy School Champions and also won the $500 Excellence Award for the school’s health efforts. Read more
Akron and Otis Schools named Healthy School Champions
Akron News Reporter | March 1, 2017 Both the Akron and Otis school districts were recently announced as 2017 Healthy School Champions, each winning a Promising and Excellence School Award for their school health efforts. Read more
Saguache’s MVS Among Healthiest Schools in Colorado
Saguache Today | March 1, 2017 Mountain Valley School (MVS)announced it was one of 46 schools named as a 2017 Healthy School Champion last week. This Friday, March 3, MVS will receive $500 Excellence Award for school health efforts. Read more
Rural Routt County Districts Among Top in State for Promoting Student Health
By Teresa Ristow, Steamboat Pilot & Today | February 28, 2017 Staff at Routt County’s rural Hayden and South Routt school districts have ramped up efforts to improve student health — leading to recognition and prize money from a nonprofit that works with the Colorado Department of Education. Read more
Manitou School District Wins Top State Health and Wellness Award
By Debbie Kelley, Colorado Springs Gazette | February 27, 2017 The school district in a town founded in 1872 as an envisioned “scenic health resort” has won top honors in a statewide push to build healthy public schools. Read more
Rural High Schools Get Teens Into Advanced Placement Courses
By Alexandra Pannoni, U.S. News & World Report | February 27, 2017 The number of students taking at least one Advanced Placement exam has nearly doubled in 10 years, to 1.1 million members of the class of 2016, according to a new report from The College Board. Read more
Merino a 2017 Health School Champion
Staff Report, Journal-Advocate | February 25, 2017 Buffalo RE-4J recently announced that it is a 2017 Healthy School Champion and has won the $1,000 Bronze Award for its school health efforts. Read more
Five Exceptional New Leaders Emerge On Colorado’s Education Landscape
By Elaine Gantz Berman and Susan Casey, The Huffington Post | February 23, 2017 These accomplished women have had vastly divergent experiences but also have much in common. They all have advanced degrees, have distinguished themselves in top public leadership roles, and are fearless in their commitment to provide a high …
New Resource: Integrated Instructional Units
Colorado teachers, working in collaboration with content specialists from the Colorado Department of Education, have created a series of instructional units that are aligned with the Colorado Academic Standards and ready for use in Colorado classrooms. The units are based on the published Curriculum overviews there were created as part …
Gypsum Creek Middle School STEM Students Win National Competition
By Randy Wyrick, Vail Daily | January 26, 2017 In the heat of the 2016 election campaigns, 40 Gypsum Creek Middle School STEM (that’s science, technology, engineering, and math) students successfully completed a project measuring pollution in Gore Creek in East Vail. Read more