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Education

  • Program helps girls gain traction on teen challenges

    It’s pretty obvious that an organization called Girls on the Run teaches girls how to run.

    But that’s only a small part of what girls in Girls on the Run does.

    The girls in third through fifth grade do community service projects, support each other and learn valuable lessons about navigating the challenges of their teen years. 

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  • Fitzsimmons students host seniors for lunch

    Students at Fitzsimmons Middle School in Bailey hosted nearly 100 senior citizens last Thursday at the annual Senior Citizens Luncheon.

    “It’s great for the school and the community,” said principal Rim Watson. “The kids are the people who make this happen. It’s an incredible opportunity.”

    No one is really sure how long Fitzsimmons has hosted the senior luncheon, but teacher Jakki Boline said the event has been going on for more than 10 years.

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  • Conifer High has a new principal

    Conifer High School’s new principal has 21 years of education experience and is leaving his position at Northridge High School in Greeley to come to CHS.

    Jeffco schools announced to parents on Friday that Wesley Paxton will succeed Mike Musick as the school’s principal in the 2013-14 school year. Musick has taken a position at the district level in the new School Innovation and Effectiveness Division.

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  • New EHS principal coming from Alaska

    Although Evergreen High School’s new principal will be traveling a long way to take the position this fall, it’s really more like coming home.

    Ryan Alsup, who was introduced to the EHS faculty last Thursday, has been the principal at Juneau-Douglas High School in Alaska for the last three years.

    While that’s a long trip to make to get to Evergreen, Alsup actually grew up outside Larkspur, graduated from Douglas County schools, taught social studies, and was an administrative dean and assistant principal there.

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  • Boggs tries to block filming at school board meeting - AUDIO

    Jeffco schools Superintendent Cindy Stevenson summoned security at last Thursday’s board meeting when school board member Laura Boggs tried to prevent a district employee from recording video of a speaker.

    Broomfield resident Kelly Scott was addressing the board about his desire for schools to get back to Judeo-Christian roots and teachings when Boggs stood and blocked the iPad camera of communications manager Marlene Desmond.

    (To hear an audio clip of the meeting, click here).

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  • Parents offer variety of opinions at school achievement meetings

    Put a group of parents in a room, and you will get a plethora of ideas on how to improve student achievement.

    That’s exactly what happened when nine parents primarily from Conifer and Evergreen schools attended a 90-minute forum Saturday morning at EHS conducted by Jeffco Public Schools. It was one of several meetings at which the district is gathering information about how parents think students can be better served.

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  • CHS, EHS place in national academic rankings

    It’s no secret that Evergreen and Conifer high schools are sporting rivals. And the academic rivalry is just as strong, but maybe a bit friendlier.

    That’s why both principals are applauding their national rankings among the top 500 high schools in the country by U.S. News and World Report, and their rankings as two of the most challenging high schools in the country by the Washington Post.

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  • Collaborative technology connects Jeffco teachers

    The Jeffco school district believes that collaboration is king, and new technology lets a geography teacher from Green Mountain High School compare notes, tests and lesson plans with a geography teacher at Conifer High — without sending an e-mail or picking up a phone. 

    The online system, known as the “collaborative curriculum alignment process,” or C-CAP, lets all Jeffco teachers access curriculum and lessons plans — meaning the wisdom of one and all can be shared district-wide with all colleagues.

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  • Honoring a monumental act: West Jeff students restoring obelisk

    In the summer of 1898, railroad engineer William "Billy" Westall saw that his train was hurtling at top speed toward a section of track that had been washed away in a flash flood.

    Westall had just enough time to leap from the locomotive and save himself — but he didn’t. Instead, he stayed on board and slowed the Denver, South Park and Pacific train enough to save the lives of 450 passengers and crew.

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  • CHS boosters land second matching grant

    The Conifer Lobos United Boosters has added another major grant to help light up Conifer High School’s athletic fields.

    On the heels of a Daniels Fund grant that the club received last month, a private donor has agreed to donate a dollar for every $2 the booster club raises, up to $50,000.   

    “We are extremely grateful for this grant,” said Tom Moore, president of the booster club. “This is a unique opportunity for the community to donate and have their dollars matched in a huge way.”

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