Author: lim_jane

Juliana Cruth was intrigued by the cool projects she saw in the welding shop while taking a veterinary science class at St. Vrain Valley’s Career Elevation and Technology Center. Deciding that being a veterinarian wasn’t for her, she signed up for a welding class and, by the end of her first week, had a new […]

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: 

Yash Deshpande and Violet Oliver are graduating seniors at Niwot High School. The two teamed up to participate in the NASA Hunch Biomedical Science competition. They were selected as finalists in Colorado and traveled to Johnson Space Center to receive feedback on their prototype. NASA Hunch Biomedical Science competition is a program designed to inspire […]

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 […]

Students at Niwot High School will perform “Descendants: The Musical” on May 3 at 1:15 p.m. The performance is the first done by the school’s Unified Theater class. The unified program in the St. Vrain Valley School District fosters an inclusive environment for students with and without disabilities to work together. Schools across the district […]

St. Vrain Valley Innovation Center students taught state education leaders and officials, including Gov. Jared Polis, how to program social robots, explained artificial intelligence principles used in self-driving cars and demonstrated using cybersecurity concepts to solve a murder mystery. The Tuesday visit highlighted how St. Vrain Valley is designing, testing and scaling its practices, including […]

Addison “Addy” Ritzenhein, a standout sophomore and reigning National Cross Country Champion at Niwot High School, experienced a monumental surprise winning the coveted 2023-24 Gatorade National Girls Cross Country Player of the Year Award. The highly anticipated moment unfolded on Tuesday at 9:00 a.m. as Ritzenhein was completely unaware of the tremendous honor that was […]

Niwot’s Charlie DeMarchi loves basketball, whether he’s playing it, cheering for NBA teams or tracking thousands of basketball stats. At 14, he also has spent too many of his days in doctor’s offices and hospitals, being poked and prodded as he receives treatment for cystic fibrosis, a respiratory disorder.

Over 100 seventh- and eighth-grade students from all of St. Vrain Valley School District’s eight middle schools will join together for a middle school honor choir performance on Jan. 16 at 6;30 p.m. at Niwot High School, 8989 Niwot Rd. Choir students from across the district auditioned in October for a spot. Those with the highest […]