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Education

  • Translating to Success

        Talking to a computer might not be everyone’s ideal way to learn English, but it works.

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  • Support staff a big support to local schools

        BRIGHTON – Any school paraprofessional is a vital help to teachers. But when Olivia Javalera and Lorie Holman enter a classroom, they face a barrage of challenges every day when they enter their classroom.

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  • School board declares American Education Week

        Parents were in the classroom, special speakers showed up to teach a lesson and support staff and schools saluted substitutes across the country the week of Nov. 14.
        The 27J board of education decided to declare the week of Nov. 14 as American Education Week in tandem with the National Education Association and President Barack Obama.

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  • Weld Re-8 enrollment jump may be tied to energy boom

        FORT LUPTON – Big news for the Weld Re-8 School District, in terms of student population.
        Student numbers are up in the district for the first time since 2001, showing significant and positive growth in the community.
        Preliminary results for the October student count data shows an increase of approximately 66 students.

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  • Frederick High School hopes to connect with ‘positive chain reaction’

        Rachel Scott believed her life would go on after she died.
        And after hearing Scott’s message Oct. 19, the students at Frederick High School would agree.

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  • Weld Re-8 school board race heating up

        FORT LUPTON – Two candidates. Two distinctly different backgrounds, but sharing a single unifying desire: to help the kids in Weld School District Re-8 move through the next four years.
        Competing in the runoff for the director of District B to replace term limited Jeff Allen, Carol McDermott and Bushrod White are the only race to watch in the November election for the Weld Re-8 School board, with the other open spot on the board possessed of a sole candidate.

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  • Commitment ceremony puts focus on graduation

        FORT LUPTON — Pride and commitment.
        That was the message Fort Lupton High School’s class of 2015 took with them Sept. 8, following a freshman “Commitment to Graduate” assembly in the FLHS auditorium.

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  • Pack and Ship proprietor unopposed for school board slot

        Unopposed Re-8 school board candidate Dawn Koshio Gillespie says she is running based on her empathy and desire to work as a teacher, something she says won’t likely happen due to a divergent career path.

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  • One pair, three of a kind:

        When voters head to the polls Nov. 1, their choices for the Weld Re-8 Board of Education may be limited, but that shouldn’t adversely affect the quality, according to Weld Re-8 Superintendent Mark Payler. He noted that each open slot has a viable candidate, if not an opponent. Each of the three open seats are for four-year terms, the limit within the district.

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  • Bested

        The best should teach. No one could argue that sentiment, just as no one would likely argue with the selection of Fort Lupton High School’s Jennifer Santos as a gold medalist during the University of Colorado Boulder’s The Best Should Teach award ceremony, held in the University’s Glenn Miller Ballroom Aug. 18.

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