Many of the state’s high schools now give rising ninth graders a day to get to know their new schools before the rest of the students start back after summer break. But along with the typical ninth grade transition day, the St. Vrain Valley School District goes a step farther by offering an optional, two-week […]
Seniors across the St. Vrain Valley School District tossed their caps to the sky and looked toward the future at commencement ceremonies this weekend. On Saturday, the district celebrated its graduates with ceremonies at Longmont, Silver Creek, Skyline, Niwot, Lyons, Mead, Erie and Frederick high schools.
The St. Vrain Valley School District announced that Longmont High School’s Pathways in Technology Early College High School Program, or P-TECH, received a three grant from an anonymous donor. The funding will support several key components of the program. SVVSD offers P-TECH at four of its district high schools including Skyline, Frederick, Silver Creek and Longmont […]
St. Vrain Valley Superintendent Don Haddad welcomed the school district’s 2,000 teachers, including about 170 new teachers, on Tuesday at Longmont High School with a speech urging them to continue the district’s momentum. “Our work is going to determine the future of our country,” he said.
St. Vrain Valley’s Longmont Innovation Center is buzzing this week, between a dozen district high schoolers and more than 300 drones. “I was like, this is cool,” Longmont High School sophomore Reese Wieder said. “I really want to be a part of this.” Ahead of the Fourth of July holiday, high schoolers are putting their heads together […]
As another high school sports season comes to a close, schools in the St. Vrain Valley School District competed in multiple sports at the state championship level. From navigating injuries and mental blocks to school work and friendships, there is much to celebrate for these student athletes. Here are just some of the notable accomplishments:
High school graduate Dacen Hans Wach gave one major piece of advice for the Class of 2024: live for the journey, not the destination. “Life is not a race to the finish,” Wach, Longmont High School’s salutatorian, told his classmates Saturday. “It’s all about the lives we touch along the way, and the hope and […]
Niwot High senior Sienna Arellano’s first introduction to computer science was a class in middle school at Flagstaff Academy. Intrigued, she signed up for a summer robotics class at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center and was hooked. She took more summer camp classes, including an intro to cybersecurity class. In high school, she joined the […]
The inaugural year of Longmont High School’s TrojanTECH program — one where students earn an associate degree from Front Range Community College — wrapped up on Thursday with the freshman class’s third “Mentor Day.” The program’s 31 students and their mentors spent the morning reflecting on the year’s accomplishments, which included several students who achieved […]
The VEX robotics team, Pronounce This, from Longmont High School received the Excellence Award from the VEX World championship — the highest award given to a team. The four members of the the team, Abi Reichert, junior, Alex Dickhans, junior, Luke Hernandez, senior, and Carl Reichter, junior, have been together for three years. All the […]
