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Rising seventh grader Owen Lere took on the role of both a lawyer and a witness as he and his team tried to convince a jury to award damages in a fictitious case of a boy who was burned during a school marshmallow melting experiment. While his side didn’t prevail — the defense had a […]

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.

Boulder County students shared their perspectives on AI in education during a virtual summit Friday organized by the Colorado Education Initiative and the Colorado Department of Education to mark National AI Literacy Day. The summit included panel discussions and learning sessions focused on AI in K-12 education. For the discussions led by students, three Niwot High students […]

Erie High senior Kayla Evans and Niwot High junior Katelin VonFeldt are looking to help NASA address isolation challenges for astronauts by combining virtual reality and sensory-based memory triggers with exercise. They’re creating the project for NASA HUNCH, a program that engages high school and college students in real-world research and development for space missions.

Vinny Cagnoni, a 7-year-old from Brighton, spent a year-and-a-half in the hospital after a respiratory infection he contracted in 2020 caused his antibodies to go into overdrive, leading him to become paralyzed from the neck down. When he left, he could only say four words and needed a ventilator. Since then, he’s worked hard through […]

Niwot High’s new color guard director, Anthony Pierro, was so impressed with the talent of Niwot’s students, along with those at other schools featured during St. Vrain Valley’s band night, that he decided to start a competitive winter guard program. “The kids inspired me to build them the program I wish I had in high […]

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 […]

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.

Valarie Allman stood larger than life Monday afternoon, the American flag draped around her shoulders following another Olympic gold medal in women’s discus. But Allman’s first throws coach still saw the accomplished ninth-grade dancer she helped welcome to the sport 14 years ago. Her moves have remained flawless all these years later in Paris. “Goosebumps, […]

Incoming Lyons Middle School seventh grader Avery Gibson is spending the week meeting “really cool” socially assistive robots and learning to code one. Working with a classmate, her mission was to give a small robot a fun personality and code it to lead people through games that include charades and truth or dare.