The four members of the Longmont High “Pronounce This” robotics team won the top award at the recent high school VEX World championship, giving them the distinction of the best all-around team out of more than 800 competitors. The team — senior Luke Hernandez and juniors Alex Dickhans, Abi Reichert and Carl Richter — has […]
The Longmont High School gym was filled with the pounding of percussion on Saturday during a Rocky Mountain Percussion Association drumline competition, with local winter ensemble the Longmont Combined Schools Drumline taking home the highest score. The Longmont Combined Schools Drumline hosted Saturday’s competition. It includes students from Longmont High School, Silver Creek High School, Lyons Middle/Senior […]
Seniors in St. Vrain Valley’s Emergency Medical Technician class aren’t just learning about how to deliver life-saving first aid, they’re also teaching it to district staff members. On Wednesday, students led a two-hour session for 15 staff members at St. Vrain Valley’s Career Elevation and Technology Center. They talked about using tourniquets, how to treat […]
Two Lyons Middle/Senior students worked through a test in AP micro and macro economics on their iPads on Monday in a room off the school’s library, switching to pencil and paper for questions that required drawing graphs. Once finished, they submitted their test answers, including a photo of their work on paper, to their teacher, […]
St. Vrain Valley hosted its inaugural InspirED Conference for future educators on Wednesday at Longmont’s Innovation Center as the district works to inspire more students to become teachers — and help more districts offer grow-your-own programs. St. Vrain created the conference as part of a three-year, $7 million state Opportunity Now grant that the district received to […]
Secondary schools in St. Vrain Valley Schools are hosting open houses to answer questions and share information about the many program offerings available across the district as families begin planning their transition to middle and high school next year. Below are upcoming open house dates across the district. For questions regarding open houses, programming, or […]
Longmont business professionals and business-minded freshmen have begun to bond as Longmont High School moves forward with its inaugural TrojanTECH program. On Thursday, Longmont High held a “Mentor Day” for TrojanTECH, the school’s version of the Pathways in Technology Early College High School program. To support TrojanTECH’s business focus, each of the 31 students has […]
Deejha Blash-Lopez is technically a new teacher, but she already has three years of experience at Longmont’s Mountain View Elementary as she starts her first year as one of the school’s kindergarten teachers. She worked as a paraeducator for two years at Mountain View while in college, then student taught there last school year. This […]
As the Class of 2027 walked through the doors of Longmont High School, they were greeted by the claps and cheers of faculty and staff welcoming them to their new place of learning. Wednesday marked the first day of the semester for ninth graders, sixth graders and elementary students in the St. Vrain Valley School […]
Students at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center got a hands-on lesson this week in artificial intelligence as they learned to program a DeepRacer self-driving car, then tested them on a large track. “You learn by doing,” said Dominic Herrera, a Longmont High School incoming sophomore. “It’s race cars. It’s competitive. I signed up for the […]
