Back To School 2010

Back to
School
2010
Navigating a whirlwind
of choices
Greener school gear
Page 10
Principals’ motivational stunts

Page 12
Getting help for children

Page 8
Donate school supplies

Page 11
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Table of contents
Letters from the superintendents
Boulder Valley ..............................................................Page 4
St. Vrain Valley .............................................................Page 5
Other stories
Finding help for developmentally challenged children
........................................................................................Page 6
Immunization guide .....................................................Page 8
Getting on the right sleep schedule .......................... Page 8
Finding greener gear .................................................Page 10
Crayons to Calculators ............................................. Page 11
Principals find ways to motivate students............... Page 12
More structured recesses .........................................Page 13
Home school curriculum options .............................Page 21
School lists
Boulder Valley ............................................................Page 14
St. Vrain Valley ...........................................................Page 17
Adams..........................................................................Page 19
Private .........................................................................Page 19
Marty Caivano Camera

Sampurna Gurung anxiously waits to answer a question on
the first day of school at Crestview Elementary School last
year.
David R. Jennings Camera

Alaina Harris holds the hands of her parents, Kelly and David, while waiting to go to
kindergarten class on the first day of school at Emerald Elementary School last year.
First grade
teacher Valerie
Hudson reads the
book “Don’t Eat the
Teacher” to her
class on the first
day of school at
Emerald
Elementary School
last year. Hudson
says the first thing
she does and the
last thing she does
each year is read a
book to the class. David R. Jennings Camera
David R. Jake Sigmand opens his locker while touring Broomfield

Jennings Camera High School as a freshman last year.
Sunday, August 1, 2010 2010 BACK TO SCHOOL Page 3.

From the superintendents
Boulder Valley School District
B
eginning my fourth year as Response to BVSD has nearly completed all of the from each of BVSD’s 54 schools.
BVSD superintendent, I am Intervention or “RtI” is first phase of our bond construction Further state cuts for next school year
excited about the progress we an educational model program, including the $31 million are possible.
are making in 2010-2011 as we promoting early rebuild of Casey Middle School. The The 31-member Superintendent’s
continue to attain the school board’s identification of new Casey building will be our district’s Budget Advisory Committee, made up
five-year goals originally set in 2007 in students who are first U.S. Green Building Council LEED mostly of private citizens, met twice a
academic achievement, equity, and struggling gold-certified building and is designed month from January to June and made
school climate. BVSD has seen varying to be energy-efficient, utilizing excellent cost-saving suggestions
academically or
but measurable gains in all three areas Chris King sustainable features such as solar several of which I will implement. Three
behaviorally. RtI
for each of our nearly 29,000 students. panels, natural daylighting and a areas, 1) transportation operations, 2)
involves intervention tiers of
Our progress is reported in the BVSD mechanical system utilizing ground employee compensation and benefits
increasingly intense levels of instruction
Annual Report available on our Web site source heat pumps for both heating and and 3) retirement incentives and
for students based on their need. Most
(www.bvsd.org). cooling. BVSD’s bond team is now in practices are going to be studied further
students will thrive with the general
This past year, BVSD launched a new Phase 2 of this capital improvement by three respective community and staff
education instruction. For those who
curriculum. Approved by the school don’t, interventions are targeted, based program. The third and final phase panels this fall in the hope that I can
board in June 2009, these changes on the student need, and will be begins this fall. How BVSD bond funds announce new cost saving measures in
impacted every grade level. The new implemented primarily in the student’s are budgeted and spent is overseen by January 2011.
curriculum essentials documents cover classroom. As the students’ needs the volunteer Citizens’ Bond Oversight
health, language arts, mathematics, Committee. This transparency allows Our academic excellence and
dictate, more tiers of interventions are institutional equity are threatened by
science, social studies, physical available for students. residents to track projects through
education and fine arts content. These completion. Bond updates can be economic forces beyond our immediate
Student survey results from 2009-2010 control. I believe that while BVSD must
curricular changes were the result of in- showed continued strong improvement viewed on the BVSD Web site
depth study and hard work on the part (www.bvsd.org/bondproject ). participate in statewide fiscal reform
in our students’ sense of their school’s
of many teachers, community members, Colorado state government’s fiscal efforts, I proposed this June that our
social climate. A critical component to a
and administrators. Implementation is crisis has resulted in a nearly $10 school board consider pursuing new
school’s climate and a student’s learning
going very well. experience is school food. Two years million BVSD cut for this school year. local funding. Our board members are
BVSD’s five-year goals reflect our ago, BVSD launched, in partnership Thank you to the hundreds of now studying a proposal for voter
determination to move our already high with community nonprofits, businesses, community members, teachers and staff consideration this fall.
achieving district to greater excellence and philanthropic organizations, the who communicated with me in 21 public Finally, thank you and the school
and equity in academic achievement. To School Food Project. Through this and staff budget forums in the spring of board for the privilege of leading
help achieve these goals, BVSD partnership, SFP has continued 2010. Their input was crucial in deciding Colorado’s finest school district — a
committed itself to “Response to fundraising for additional dollars where to cut 13.5 percent from BVSD’s district that enjoys the strongest
Intervention” two years ago. necessary for these reforms. central administration and 3.75 percent community involvement in our state.
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From the superintendents
St. Vrain Valley School District
M
ore than 27,000 students are groundbreaking for
preparing to return to the new “Core
classrooms across the Knowledge”
district and embark on their
next level of academic challenge and
elementary school is The Performance Program That Inspired the Hit Film
scheduled for late
responsibility. This is an exciting time
August. The new
and as superintendent I want to extend
a sincere welcome to each of our new elementary school ENROLL NOW FOR OUR SUMMER CAMP!
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definition projector and audio system. remain focused on improving the August 2-6 • August 9-13
Additionally, the development of an learning environment and keeping
online school will provide a wide average class sizes low despite an
variety of online class instruction and unprecedented reduction in state
funding. While many Colorado
$400/SESSION
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completed extended school year With the community’s help, we’ve
classes for hundreds of students. By also been fortunate to expand the
students remaining enrolled in school school resource officer program, hire
throughout the summer – primarily additional campus supervisors and
engaged in intensive reading and enhance safety features at schools
writing instruction – we are elevating throughout the District. We will
the academic performance of all remain diligent in our commitment to
students. strengthening and systemizing the
Learning Services has been working district’s safety infrastructure and
with the Colorado Department of practices.
Education to complete a Over the summer, we received an
comprehensive alignment of academic extremely large number of
standards. This initiative sharpens the applications for teacher and other staff
focus on specific academic concepts at positions. The number of highly
every grade level while fostering qualified and highly experienced
critical thinking, responsible candidates is truly impressive and
citizenship, technology, and practical indicates the high level of interest that
life skills for success in the 21st professionals around the state have in
century knowledge economy. working for St. Vrain.
Our director of construction Over the next couple of weeks, I will
managed eight major school visit every school and speak with
renovation and construction initiatives hundreds of St. Vrain students. I’ll
across the district. This summer alone, speak with them about goal-setting,
we’ve completed over $11 million in leadership, hard work and acting with
voter-approved renovation and integrity. I’ll also take the opportunity
improvement projects. We’ve added to remind them of the highly qualified
new classrooms, science labs, teachers and excellent resources and
upgraded security doors, wireless facilities the community has provided
infrastructure and classroom data for their benefit.
connection portals among other Finally, throughout the coming year,
enhancements. the District will continue to strengthen
We also broke ground on the its efforts to communicate with parents
construction of the new Frederick and other stakeholders, keeping you
High School and have nearly informed of our accomplishments and
completed pre-construction planning emerging challenges. As always, if you
for the new Elementary #26 in Erie. have questions or concerns about the
The new high school is scheduled to District, I welcome you to contact me
open in the fall of 2012 and the to discuss your ideas.
Immunizations for school
S
tudents entering Boulder percent to be effective, says Sophia
Valley and St. Vrain Valley Information Yager, Immunization Coordinator for
Boulder County Public Health.
schools must show up-to-date
Required immunizations for BVSD:
proof of immunization when http://bvsd.org/health/Pages/ “If we stop vaccinating, diseases will
they register for school. However, requiredimmunizations.aspx return,” she says, citing the deaths of
state law allows medical, religious or Required immunizations for six infants in California this year from
personal exemptions from the SVVSD: 303-776-6200 Pertussis.
requirement. To tackle Pertussis, the state
Vaccination requirements by school requires entering sixth and 10th
preservative that contains mercury, graders to get one Tdap booster,
grade are available at www.bvsd.org
has also been studied and found to which combats diminishing immunity
and at bouldercounty.org/health. In
have no link to autism and other to Pertussis. Boulder County Public
addition, doctor’s offices generally
disorders. However, the point is Health is also offering the boosters to
know requirements. The county offers adults and caregivers of young infants
mostly moot, since the chemical is no
immunization clinics, where children’s to help prevent the passing of the
shots cost $14.50 each, although no longer present in vaccines, with the
disease to those who have not yet
one will be denied vaccinations exception of some flu shots.
received their full immunization.
because of an inability to pay. Schools are not required to keep She also says it’s important to be
A study in 2007 by Boulder County records of the percentage of students vaccinated against other, less
Public Health’s Immunization Program who have opted for vaccine common, diseases such as measles or
found that only 60 percent of 2 year exemptions, so the vaccination rates even polio.
olds in Boulder County had been given among school-age children are “We have a highly international
the shots recommended for that age. unknown. But health officials warn community in Boulder,” she says.
While no one knows the exact reason Vaccinations aren’t exactly fun, but that a low rate of vaccinations can lead “People think polio doesn’t exist. It
immunizations are so comparatively they’re better than whooping cough. to a resurgence of dangerous diseases. does exist in other parts of the world.
low in Boulder County, nationwide Pertussis, also known as whooping You’re one plane ride away from
anti-vaccine groups have voiced fears No studies have borne out the link, cough, requires a community measles.”
that vaccines may be linked to autism. health professionals say. Thimerosol, a vaccination rate as high as 85 to 90 — Cindy Sutter
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Bed times and wake times
Getting to sleep on
time important for When it’s not just scheduling
students Besides having a normal sleep pattern for a teenager, some students may have
Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome, a circadian disorder that causes sleep to be
delayed two or more hours. Often people with Delayed Sleep Phases Syndrome
By Mikaila Altenbern have a sleep pattern that causes them to be unable to fall asleep until 2 a.m. or
For the Camera later.
I
t seems that middle school and Michael Weissberg, of the Boulder Community Hospital Sleep Center, says
that this is often misinterpreted as insomnia. Unlike people with insomnia, people
high school students have been
with Delayed Sleep Phase Syndrome can sleep the full eight to nine hours that
moaning for decades that they
they need, they just are on a sleep schedule that is later. For students who need
are wired differently than adults to be at school early in the morning, this means that their sleep is interrupted by
and that they just can’t have class early the school schedule.
in the morning. Weissberg says that, once diagnosed, true sleep disorders like Delayed Sleep
“Getting enough sleep is hugely Syndrome can be easily fixed. He also says it is a myth that an adolescent’s
important. It is right up there with kids behavior gets them on a sleeping habit that requires them to go to bed and get
having solid nutrition,” says Val up later. Often, the problem is not one of behavior, but a genetic sleep pattern
Wheeler, an eighth grade language that makes adolescents sleep later. It is important to distinguish between a
arts teacher at Casey Middle School. behavioral habit and a genetic sleep problem.Teens can run on latter sleep
After a long summer of sleeping as patterns or develop a true disorder, however, if the problem is a behavioral habit,
late as they want, and going to bed it should not be difficult to overcome.
whenever they feel like it, it may be
hard to adjust students to a sleep
schedule that will help them feel alert
during school hours. sounds like: the Saturday phenomenon when they have a full night of sleep.”
According to Michael Weissberg, where kids stay in bed half of the day When a teenager gets into a later
medical director of the Boulder just to catch up on the sleep they sleep pattern, it interrupts their ability
Community Hospital Sleep Center, missed in the past week. to function during the day, because
anywhere from 10-20 percent of teens Weissberg says, “school districts they are not able to get the amount of
can have a delayed sleep rhythm — need to recognize that normal sleep they need. Teenagers do need
they’re used to falling asleep later than adolescents are on a slightly different more sleep than adults — around nine
most of their peers. sleep schedule than adults. They go to hours of sleep per day, Weissberg
“The key to the whole thing is wake sleep later and wake up later.” says.
up time,” says Weissberg. “That is the Casey Middle School starts around Sleep depravation can have some
problem. For an adolescent to wake up 8:40 a.m., after Boulder Valley pushed long-term effects, including increased
at the same time, or within an hour of middle school start times back a few likelihood of obesity, problems with
the same time, every day, is years ago. academic performance and potentially Illustration by Amy Ning
impossible.” Wheeler says, “First period is always an increase in heart disease. Orange County Register
Weissberg says one of the biggest the most subdued class, but since the “Students are more resilient and
problems with adolescents getting on later start times I have seen a change Getting enough sleep helps students
they handle the bumps better when stay sharper — and more resilient —
a delayed sleep pattern is “rescue in their stamina during the day and in
they have more sleep. They are more according to a Casey Middle School
sleep.” later classes. They are able to be more
Rescue sleep is exactly what it attentive for longer periods of time See SLEEP, 9 teacher.
Help for children with developmental delays

By Cindy Sutter therapists (whose work is similar to supposed to meet as they grow. Yet
Camera Staff Writer Schedule a physical therapy to achieve age- many parents have also had family
B
oulder Valley School District
will open two new preschool
screening appropriate motor skills.) The
program, which runs half days
members or friends whose children
were uneven in development and
classrooms this year to serve To schedule a developmental Tuesday through Friday, also offers appear to have turned out well. In the
screening through Child Find, call free transportation from day care or very early years, especially,
children with disabilities that
720-561-5078. developmental delays may not be quite
include speech and language delays, home if the family is unable to provide
gross motor development issues, it. as clear cut as the lists make them
cognitive delays and personal-social Donna Arnold, assistant director of seem.
difficulties. Imagine! handles programs through Early Childhood Education for BVSD, Often, a child’s pediatrician is the
The classes are a part of the age 2, and Boulder Valley takes over at says recent studies on brain first person to raise questions about
district’s ongoing early childhood age 3 through its Child Find program. development highlight the importance development. Dr. Albert Mehl, a
education program. While many Last year, 198 children ages 3 to 5 of early intervention and its potential pediatrician with Kaiser Permanente,
parents know that school systems are were evaluated by Boulder Valley and for improving outcomes. says pediatricians have always done
required by law to serve children with 175 qualified for the services. The “Many of our children, anecdotally, “developmental surveillance,”
special needs after they reach school program offers a 10-hour-a-week ... are hitting kindergarten or first watching to make sure a child is
age, they may not know that free grade are no longer needing services,” progressing normally.
intensive educational environment that
services are also mandated for However, he says, “There has been
includes help from early childhood she says.
a move lately to move toward more
preschoolers and even toddlers. In the teachers, speech therapists, Most parents have seen lists of
Boulder Valley School District, psychologists and occupational developmental milestones children are See SCREENING, 9
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Mehl explains that the questions are
divided into various categories. Call us to find out.
Questions on gross motor skills might If you’re concerned
include a question about whether a that your child won’t be ready
child walks up stairs in a typical way. for school in the Fall, the time
Fine motor might deal with holding a to act is now!
crayon. While delays in these areas
might not seem all that significant to a Our professional staff can thoroughly
parent, they can be detrimental to evaluate and measure your student’s skills,
school performance. Not being able to providing you with real insights into
hold a pencil properly, for example,
their performance.After the evaluation,
could create a bottleneck around
handwriting that could have a big we’ll walk through each test,
impact on school performance. One of the developmental milestones discuss how to address any concerns
Screening also looks at problem for ages 4 to 5 is to be able to bounce a
or frustrations and devise a plan
solving and general cognition, large ball under control.
to improve both skills, confidence
receptive and expressive language,
and whether a child interacts with and motivation.
developmental delay.
other people in a typical way.
“It’s stressful to wonder if this is
“Different areas of delay might
suggest different approaches,” Mehl typical,” she says.
says. If screening reveals a problem, Broomfield: Thornton:
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language problem, he might discovery can also bring what
recommend a speech therapist. Pediatrician Mehl calls a sense of
“If there are communication delays mourning.
and other areas are normal, the first “A physician has to be sensitive to a
focus is to test hearing,” he says. feeling of loss, but not let it keep
At Child Find, the first screening parents from the next step,” he says.
often occurs over the phone. Then, if Arnold says children who attend the
necessary, a more extensive screening preschools are monitored and
takes place. Once parents begin the assessed each year, with goals set for
process, they are not obligated to improvement.
continue. If they prefer to seek “We’ll be tracking progress
services from a private provider they throughout the year with a team
are welcome to do so. including parents as well as
Arnold says a screening can help professionals,” she says.
ease a parent’s mind, either Contact Staff Writer Cindy Sutter at
pinpointing a problem the parent 303-473-1335 or
thought existed or ruling out a sutterc@dailycamera.com.
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Greener gear
Reduce, reuse, return to school with earth-friendlier stuff
By Mikaila Altenbern From organic cotton to up-cycled
For the Camera juice wrappers, backpacks of many
A
s the end of summer styles use recycled materials or sus-
approaches and a new school tainable environmentally responsible
year looms in front of us it materials. Backpacks are not only one
inevitably means new school of the most essential back-to-school
supplies. Whether the old ones were supplies, they can be one of the hard-
thrown away at the end of last year in a est items to pick out. One of the most
rush to begin summer, whether they important things is to look at quality.
wore out or they simply aren’t cool It’s better to buy a durable backpack
enough for the new school year, the that will last more than one school
beginning of school always signals a year. While some kids outgrow back-
rush on paper products. packs quickly, quality is still important
As much fun as it is for kids to have because another child can reuse the
brand-new paper and binders, pencils bag if it is durable enough to survive.
and pens, it can be unsettling to see Notebooks
the amount of waste generated from While the backpack is built to last, it
old and new supplies. Not to mention is very rare that a notebook is. Wheth-
the toxins that can be in plastics. er the notebook is filled with what is
However, there are many ways to hopefully notes from class, or not,
begin a new school year with an most students feel it is essential to
environmentally clearer conscience. have a new notebook at the beginning
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Crayons to Calculators accepts donations from the community at many drop-off
locations, then supplies backpacks filled with school gear to students. The drop-off
locations can be found on the program’s Web site, www.crayonstocalculators.org.
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An Individualized Education
to students in every age group. The
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number of backpacks Crayons fills is
his year, nearly 7,000 students in based on estimates provided to the
the Boulder and St. Vrain Valley organization by school principles. Helping Children to be Exceptional, Accelerated and Creative
School Districts will need Families who anticipate needing
assistance getting all the assistance should be in contact with
supplies they need to begin the school their school principle before the Open House August 12 t h
year, according to an estimate by local
nonprofit program Crayons to
program beings collecting donations.
Last year Crayons had the hardest
9am & 5pm
Calculators. time providing supplies to high school
Crayons to Calculators is in its fifth • Small class sizes • Ages 3–12
aged students. The challenge this year
year of supplying children in need with
basic school supplies. The organization
will be to just meet their goal. People • Full-day accredited Kindergarten
wishing to help can donate either a
was created in 2005 by Boulder Valley’s
Impact on Education and works to
backpack filled with the supplies that • Academic Preschool – 6th grade
are listed on Crayons Web site or just
supply students in Boulder Valley • Half or full-day Jr. Kindergarten
donate money. Drop-off locations for the
School District and St. Vrain School
backpacks are listed on the Web site.
District ages K-12 with school supplies.
Students receive the backpacks from a • Flexible before and after-school
The number of backpacks requested
increased 16 percent from 2009, and school employee on a separate day from options
Louise Garrels, Program manager at when other students arrive at school.
Impact on Education, admits that it may Garrels says the program “respects the
be difficult, given the economic climate, dignity of every student.”
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Silly stunts can
motivate students
Administrators hope to
entertain and engage
students with goals
By Melissa Kossler Dutton
For the Associated Press
S
ometimes it takes a minute for
James Anderson to figure out
why people are staring at him.
Then the assistant principal
remembers that in June he let a group
of Power Middle School students
shave his head with an electric razor
and his hair’s still growing back. He
had promised he would let them take
the shears to his locks if they had
fewer failing grades in 2010 than the
previous year.
Every year, school administrators
like Anderson make local headlines for
silly stunts intended to motivate
students. Principals do everything
from spending the day on the roof to
kissing pigs to taking pies in the face
to reward students for a job well done.
The antics really help “motivate and
encourage,” said Diane Cargile,
outgoing president of the National Photos by Associated Press
Association of Elementary School Sixth grade student Manisha Dayananda, right, shaves the head of assistant principal James Anderson at Power Middle
Principals, based in Alexandria, Va. School in Farmington Hills, Mich. The students earned the right to shear his locks by doing well academically during the final
“The (students) love it, and the grading period at the school.
parents love it,” Cargile said. “They
know you care about the children.”
Barbara Sistrunk,
It’s a popular tool that’s not often money to help offset the cost of new
assistant principal
discussed among professionals, said playground equipment, Stewart said.
at Greenland Pines
Anderson, who works in Farmington “The best part was getting to draw
Elementary School
Hills, Mich. “I go to principal the name of the student who was
in Jacksonville,
conferences every year and we’ve going to do it” at a 2009 school
Fla., left, poses for
never once discussed this,” he said. assembly, she recalled. “You could see
a photograph with
Offering to shave his head had an the excitement.”
skydiving instructor
impact on the students and their “Humor needs to be part of the day,”
Todd Lundgren in
grades, Anderson added. The number she said. “When they get to see you
Jacksonville.
of F’s dropped from 312 to 36, he said. being funny, they love it.”
Such over-the-top acts underscore a Sistrunk agreed to
“We used it as a motivating tool,” he skydive when the
principal’s commitment to the school,
said. “If students had a test, the said Barbara Sistrunk, an assistant Parent Teacher
teachers would say, ‘You’ve got to do principal who jumped out of a plane Association at
well to meet Anderson’s challenge.’ ” when the Parent Teacher Association Greenland Pines
When students in kindergarten at Greenland Pines Elementary School Elementary School
through third grade at East Jones in Jacksonville, Fla., met their parent met their parent
Elementary School in Laurel, Miss., participation goals. participation goals.
collected more coins than students in Sistrunk didn’t initially believe the
the upper grades, Principal Becky PTA really wanted her to jump out of a
Stewart let a kindergartner lob a pie at plane.
her face. “It was all in good fun,” she “It’s nothing I would have dreamed
said. Although, “it stung my eyes.” of doing,” she said of her March 20
The pie-throwing opportunity jump. “I did it for the kids. I won’t do it
encouraged students to bring in again.”
Adults showing kids
the way to play
Recess coaches hired
to make play
constructive
By Diana Marszalek
For the Associated Press
F
or years, recess at Grout
Elementary School in Portland,
Ore., was fraught with the same
sort of playground woes
common around the country.
Some kids would play, some
wouldn’t. Some roughhoused and got
into tussles. Resolving those tussles,
teachers said, ate into post-recess
classroom time.
“Kids are not inherently kind to each
other,” said Principal Susan McElroy.
The pattern was broken about a year
ago when McElroy hired a recess
coach to help children do what they
used to do naturally: play. Now, Grout
has its own professional coach on
school grounds all day who not only Associated Press
organizes and supervises playground Students play at recess under the supervision of Playworks program director Jabari Wimbs. This trend toward transforming
games, but also trains kids to be junior
recess from a free-for-all to a healthier physical experience is meeting mixed reaction.
coaches, teaches conflict resolution and
serves as a mentor, McElroy said.
A growing number of schools community among students. In addition, Igel said, some of the In addition, she said, it’s incumbent
nationwide are hiring playtime “The return is a much better place to hard lessons learned on the playground on schools to ensure that all children —
professionals to help transform recess learn,” Vialet said. — being picked last for a team, for including those prone to being bullied
from a free-for-all into what they hope The idea of putting recess in the instance, or not gelling with other kids — receive the benefits of recess.
will be a healthier physical experience. hands of professionals, however, has — often turn into motivation for “Play stretches a child’s imagination
In some cases, that means hiring full- drawn criticism from those who feel success, or at least lend perspective, and boosts self-esteem,” Penn said.
time professionals; in others, it might that childhood today is in danger of later in life. “Children become more resilient,
mean training school staff and parent being micromanaged by adults. “You don’t want to set children up for develop cognitively, learn how to
volunteers. Learning to play cooperatively is an failure,” said Igel, “but you don’t want problem solve, interact with others,
Grout, like many low-income schools, important step in children’s to always prevent it either.” discover all they can do on their own
established its program through McElroy, the Grout principal, said and get in touch with their feelings and
development, and that includes
Playworks, an Oakland, Calif.-based the days are gone when kids were those of others.”
learning how to handle difficult
group that this year will provide adept at finding ways to play creatively Having recess coaches doesn’t mean
situations, they say.
assessment, training and a full-time on their own. The rise of electronic that schools have lost sight of the
coach to 270 schools in 16 cities. Lee Igel, a New York University
assistant professor who has worked entertainment and the decline of benefits of self-motivated play,
Thanks to a recent $19 million grant spontaneous neighborhood play have proponents said. Helping kids get there
from the Robert Wood Johnson with schools as a sports and
left many children ill-equipped to is part of the plan.
Foundation and other support, organizational psychology expert, said
handle unstructured playground time; “It’s really getting these kids more
Playworks subsidizes more than half recess coaching is well-intended.
they don’t have the social skills. and more working together as a team,”
the $55,000 it costs for a school to have But the problems it is meant to “Kids by and large don’t know how to said Marc Sickel, founder of Fitness for
a full-time, onsite coach. address, he said — stopping bullying, do that anymore,” McElroy said. “They Health, a Washington, D.C.-area
Jill Vialet started Playworks, then encouraging inclusion, fostering weren’t doing it, anyway.” organization that trains school staff and
called Sports4Kids, in 1996 after cooperation — are too wide-ranging Alexandra Penn, founder of volunteers to facilitate playground
meeting with a beleaguered principal and have deeper causes. Champions Against Bullying, a activities. “We assume too many times
bemoaning the problems of recess. She “We’ve always had bullies, but it nonprofit that offers workshops and that the kids have the ability to work
said that at schools with recess seems to be on the increase,” Igel said. other services, agrees. She says more out their conflicts, when they really
coaches, teachers report reclaiming He thinks that’s the result of changing playground supervision is essential, as don’t have those yet.”
instructional time that was previously social values “and how people and is specific training in how to manage As head of a culturally diverse
lost to working out kids’ problems. In community are no longer there.” Fixing bullying. school, McElroy said, she welcomes all
addition, playing cooperatively and, in those problems must be done on a “Kids bully for many reasons and opportunities for cooperative learning.
some cases, earning leadership roles as larger scale and start with a discussion they also bully because they can,” Penn “Anything we can do like this helps
“junior coaches,” builds a sense of of values. said. “Who’s stopping them?” build a school community,” she said.
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2010-2011 Calendar School listing
Aug. 17: Transition day for sixth and District B
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Sept. 6: Labor day State rating: High State rating: Excellent
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Sept. 20: Elementary level professional District D 720-561-3500 720-561-3800
development day Ken Roberge Principal: Kent Cruger Principal: Alejandra Sotiros
Nov. 11: Veterans day ken.roberge@bvsd.org State rating: Excellent State rating: Average
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720-561-8800 720-561-5461
Dec. 20-Jan. 2: Winter break Tom Miers
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Jan. 3-4: Professional development tom.miers@bvsd.org State rating: High
State rating: High
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Jan. 17: Martin Luther King Jr. day Integrated Studies 840 75th St.
District F 3995 E. Aurora Ave. Boulder, CO 80303
Feb. 21: Presidents day Jennie Belval 720-561-5541
Boulder, CO 80303
Feb. 25: Professional development day 720-561-6500 Principal: Jon Wolfer
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Voicemail: 720.561.5818 Principal: Phil Katsampes
March 28-29: Spring Conference State rating: High Eisenhower
1220 Eisenhower Drive
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April 29: Professional development day Jim Reed 801 W. Tamarisk St.
720-561-6700
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720-561-4500 State rating: High
Voicemail: 720.561.5819 Principal: John Kiemele
School Board Superintendent: Christopher King State rating: Excellent Eldorado K-8
3351 S. Indiana St.
District A 303-447-5114 Columbine Superior, CO 80027
3130 Repplier Drive 720-561-4400
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Boulder, CO 80304
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Arapahoe Ridge
Literacy and Language Center 720-561-8400 6600 E. Arapahoe Road
Principal: Nancy Vaughn Boulder, CO 80303
As the new school year approaches, are you secretly dreading State rating: High 720-561-5220
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1301 High St. State rating: Low
Is your child struggling with reading, either decoding, or comprehension, Boulder, CO 80304 Boulder High
getting the facts, perhaps, but unable to synthesize the whole picture and 303-442-5235 1604 Arapahoe Ave.
Principal: Allison Boggs Boulder, CO 80302
having difficulty with critical thinking skills? Or, perhaps, math is a source 720-561-2200
State rating: Average
of frustration, either computation or story problems? Maybe spelling is Principal: Kevin Braney
Centennial
a daunting obstacle? Chances are your child is quite bright, but feeling 2205 Norwood Ave. State rating: Excellent
increasingly stupid as the issues underlying his/her academic challenges Boulder, CO 80304 Boulder Preparatory
have yet to be adequately addressed. 720-561-5441 5075 Chaparral Court
Principal: Cheryl Scott Boulder, CO 80301
State rating: High 303-545-6186
Miriam Pollack diagnoses and remediates Eldorado K-8 Principal: Andre Adeli & Pam Ford
students ages 4 through adult with mild to State rating: Alternative
3351 S. Indiana St.
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profound learning difficulties using the data- Superior, CO 80027
720-561-4400 Boulder Technical Education Center
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Principal: Robyn Hamasaki
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Horizons Alternative K-8
Principal: Joan Bludorn
4545 Sioux Drive
State rating: N/A
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720-561-5580 Broomfield High
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Principal: Sonny Zinn
Intensive One:One Tutorials State rating: Excellent Broomfield, CO 80020
720-561-8100
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1341 Main St. State rating: High
www.literacylanguage.com Louisville, CO 80027
720-561-7400 Centaurus High
*Neither Miriam Pollack, nor the Literacy and Language Center, is Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes nor is Principal: Adam Fels 10300 South Boulder Road
affiliated with, certified, endorsed, licensed, monitored or sponsored by Lindamood-Bell, Nanci Bell, Phyllis
State rating: Excellent Lafayette, CO 80026
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Academics State rating: Average
290 Manhattan Drive
Boulder, CO 80303 Fairview High
Shining MountainWaldorf School 720-561-6300

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1515 Greenbriar Blvd.
Boulder, CO 80305
720-561-3100
State rating: High
Principal: Don Stensrud
“Best Monarch K-8 State rating: Excellent
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Boulder Wee0kly Louisville, CO 80027 Halcyon Middle-Senior
2005-201 720-561-4000 3100 Bucknell Ct.
Principal: Richard Glaab Boulder, CO 80305
State rating: High 720-561-4700
Principal: Matthew Dudek
Nederland Middle/Senior
597 County Road 130 Justice High
Nederland, CO 80466 1777 6th St.
720-561-4900 Boulder, CO 80302
Principal: Lynn Donnely 303-441-4862
State rating: High Principal: Jeremy Jimenez
Peak to Peak Charter Monarch High
800 Merlin Drive 329 Campus Drive
Lafayette, CO 80026 Louisville, CO 80027
303-453-4600 720-561-4200
Principal: Anthony Fontana Principal: Jerry Anderson
State rating: Excellent State rating: Excellent
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6096 Baseline Road 597 County Road 130
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720-561-5536 720-561-4900
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Is your child excited for Back to School? Principal: Kevin Gates
State rating: Excellent State rating: High
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Pre-K – 12 1500 Knox Drive 700 20th St.
Boulder, CO 80302
Boulder, CO 80305
• Student & Family Community Life 720-561-3400 720-561-8700
• Music, Arts, Drama, Principal: Terry Gillach Principal: Rona Wilensky
State rating: Excellent State rating: High
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State rating: Excellent State rating: Excellent
Saint Vrain Valley School District
2010-2011 Calendar District C SVVSD school listing
Aug. 11-13: New teacher orientation Bob Smith Erie, CO 80516
Aug. 18: First day of school 1523 Henry Court Elementary schools 303-828-3395
Alpine Principal: Larry Shores
Sept. 6: Labor day Longmont, CO 80501
2005 Alpine St. State rating: Average
Oct. 15: Non-student contact day 303-776-2412 Longmont, CO 80501 Fall River
Nov. 22-23: Non-student contact days District D 720-652-8140 1400 Deerwood Drive
Principal: Deanna Frothingham Longmont, CO 80501
Nov. 24-26: Thanksgiving break Dori Van Lone State rating: High 720-652-7920
Dec. 20-Jan. 3: Winter break 2525 S. Cessna Drive Burlington Principal: Jennifer Guthals
Jan. 4: Non-student contact day Erie, CO 80516 1051 S. Pratt Parkway State rating: High
Jan. 17: Martin Luther King day 303-665-9634 Longmont, CO 80501 Frederick
303-776-8861 555 Eighth St.
Feb. 21: Presidents day District E Frederick, CO 80530
Principal: Janis Hughes
March 4: Non-student contact day John Creighton State rating: Average 303-833-2456
March 28-April 1: Spring Break Central Principal: Karen Musick
328 Pratt Street
1020 Fourth Ave. State rating: Average
May 25: Last day of school Longmont, CO 80501
Longmont, CO 80501 Hygiene
303-682-0907
School Board 303-776-3236
Principal: Jim Hecocks
11968 N. 75th St.
Longmont, CO 80503
District F
District A Rod Schmidt
State rating: Average 720-652-8021
Columbine Principal: Mike O’Donnell
Rick Hammans State rating: High
1873 Blue Mountain Road 111 Longs Peak Ave.
PO Box 1623 Longmont, CO 80504 Longmont, CO 80501 Indian Peaks
Lyons, CO 80540 303-774-7913 303-776-2840 1335 S. Judson St.
303-823-9019 Principal: Eddie Cloke Longmont, CO 80501
District G State rating: Low 303-772-7240
District B Mike Schiers Eagle Crest
Principal: Judy Orbanosky
Debbie Lammers 5451 Bobcat Street 4444 Clover Basin Drive
Longmont, CO 80503 Legacy Elementary
7270 Spring Creek Circle Frederick, CO 80504 7701 Eagle Blvd.
303-485-6073
Niwot, CO 720-353-2828 Principal: Ryan Ball Frederick, CO 80504
303-652-8939 Superintendent: Don Haddad State rating: Excellent 720-652-8160
303-682-7205 Principal: Sean Corey
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333 E. Mountain View Ave.
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303-772-4280
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303-833-4176
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Longmont Estates Erie Middle/Senior High
1601 Northwestern Road 650 Main St.
Longmont, CO 80503 Erie, CO 80516
720-652-8101 303-828-3391
Principal: Brian Childress Principal: Todd Bissell
State rating: High State rating: High
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experiences to Boulder County & Beyond! Principal: Christa Keppler Principal: Karolyn Borski
State rating: High State rating: Low
• Early childhood: Music Together, Orff and Dalcroze Eurhythmics Mead Longs Peak
• Lessons on all instruments and voice 520 Welker Ave. 1500 14th Ave.
• Jazz and rock for tweens and teens Mead, CO 80542 Longmont, CO 80501
970-535-4488 303-776-5611
• Adult Ensembles: Concert Band, Jazz, and Women’s Vocal Principal: Matt Buchler
Principal: Connie Brodt
• Wellness, Musicianship, and Music Therapy State rating: Average State rating: Average
• Kaleidoscope Concerts and CMF Chamber Music series Mountain View Lyons Middle/Senior High
1415 14th Ave. 100 S. Second Ave.
Located at 200 E Baseline Rd, Lafayette, CO. Tuition assistance available. Lyons, CO 80540
Longmont, CO 80501
303-823-6631

720-652-8261
Principal: Greg Winger
Principal: Nancy Pitz
State rating: Average State rating: Excellent
Niwot Mead
8778 Morton Road 620 Welker Ave.
Niwot, CO 80503 Mead, CO 80542
303-652-2828 970-535-4446
Principal: Mike Keppler Principal: Joshua Barnett
Silver Creek Middle/Senior High
Northridge
4901 Nelson Road
Limited spaces 1200 19th Ave.
e Longmont, CO 80503
available for th ar Longmont, CO 80501
720-494-3721
-2011 sc hool ye 303-772-3040
2010 Principal: Sherri Schumann
Principal: Rob Orbanosky
State rating: High
State rating: Low
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Prairie Ridge
1300 S. Sunset St.
6632 St. Vrain Ranch Blvd.
Longmont, CO 80501
Longmont, CO 80504
303-776-3963
720-494-3641
Principal: Dawn Macy
Principal: Kirsten McNeill State rating: High
Twin Peaks Charter Academy K-8
Rocky Mountain 820 Main St.
800 E. Fifth Ave. Longmont, CO 80501
Longmont, CO 80501 303-772-7286
303-772-6750 Principal: BJ Buchmann
Principal: Stephen Hoel State rating: Excellent
Dividends for life State rating: Low
Westview
Sanborn
Because there is no better investment 2235 Vivian St.
1651 Airport Road
Longmont, CO 80503
than the education of your child Longmont, CO 80501
303-772-3838
303-772-3134
Principal: Mark Spencer
Principal: John Wahler State rating: High
Faith • Knowledge • Morals • Discipline State rating: Average
Spangler High schools
SACRED HEART of JESUS SCHOOL 1440 Collyer St.
Longmont, CO 80501
Olde Columbine High School
Career Development Center
720-494-3761 1200 S. Sunset St.
1317 Mapleton Ave Boulder Principal: Michelle Johnstone
State rating: Low
Longmont, CO 80501
303-772-3333
303.447.2362
303 447 2362 Twin Peaks Charter Academy K-8 Principal: Denise Cook
State rating: Low
www.shjboulder.org/school 820 Main St.
Longmont, CO 80501 Erie Middle/Senior High
Educating children from Preschool through 8th Grade 303-772-7286 650 Main St.
Principal: BJ Buchmann
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SVVSD school listing
Continued from 18 303-776-6014
Erie, CO 80516
Principal: Rick Olsen
State rating: High Shepherd
303-828-3391
Principal: Steve Payne
Niwot High
8989 E. Niwot Road
Valley
State rating: High
Frederick High (8-12)
Niwot, CO 80503
303-652-2550
Waldorf
600 Fifth St.
Frederick, CO 80530
Principal: Dennis Daly
School
303-833-3533 Silver Creek Middle/Senior High
Principal: Peter Vargas 4901 Nelson Road “Waldorf Education has prepared
State rating: Average Longmont, CO 80503 me for the future because it has
Lyons Middle/Senior High 720-494-3721
100 Second Ave. Principal: Sherri Schumann taught me how to think.”
Lyons, CO 80540 State rating: High
– Shepherd Valley Waldorf School Graduate
303-823-6631 Skyline High
Principal: Greg Winger
600 E. Mountain View
Longmont, CO 80501
303-652-0130 www.ShepherdValley.org
Longmont High 720-494-3741
1040 Sunset St. Principal: Patty Quinones
Longmont, CO 80501 State rating: Average
Adams 12 School District

2010-2011 Calendar School Board
Aug. 18: First day of school
Sept. 3: In-service day District 1
Sept. 6: Labor day Darwin Strickland
Sept. 24: In-service day Term expires 2011
Oct. 14: Elementary school work day District 2
Nov. 11: Veterans day Cynthia Dascher
Nov. 24: Teacher Comp day Term expires 2011
Nov. 25-26: Thanksgiving break
Dec. 17: High school teacher duty day District 3
Dec. 20-31: Winter break Frederick J Schaefer
Jan. 3: Elementary school work day Term expires 2013
Jan. 17: Martin Luther King day at Catalyst
at Cata
alyst High School –
Feb. 4: In-service day District 4 • Underachievers thrive
Feb. 21: Presidents day Heidi K Williams
Feb. 28: Elementary and middle school Term expires 2013 • The gifted excel
work day District 5 • Athletes have flexibility
March 21-25: Spring Break Mark Clark
May 6: Elementary school work day • Sensitive students feel safe
Term Expires 2011
May 26: Last day of school Superintendent: Dawn Barnard • Sobriety is supported
Main Number: 720-972-4002
Web site: www.adams12.org • Kids LOVE to go!
Now enrolling for Fall!

Adams 12 school listing 303.604.6512
Elementary schools Middle schools

Centennial Elementary Westlake Middle
13200 Westlake Dr. 2800 W. 135th Ave.
720-972-5280
Broomfield, CO 80020-5129 US
720-972-5200
Suzuki Violin, Viola & Cello School
Principal: Christine (Jepson) Parkes Principal: Jessica Fiedler
State rank: Average State Rank: High Weekly private lessons
Meridian Elementary
14256 McKay Park Circle High schools & twice-monthly group lessons
720-972-7880 Legacy High Ages 4 – High School
2701 W. 136th Ave.
Principal: Jennifer Weese
State Rank: High Broomfield, CO 80023 US Beginner – Advanced
720-972-6700
Mountain View Elementary Principal: Cathy Nolan
12401 Perry St. NOTE READING , T HEORY, O R C H E S T R A , F I D D L I N G ,
State Rank: High
Broomfield, CO 80020-5329 US C H A M B E R , E NSEMBLE S, CONCERTS, RECITALS
720-972-5520
Principal: Tracey Amend For information, please call 303.449.2807
State Rank: High
or visit www.bouldersuzukistrings.org.
Private schools
Alexander Dawson School Faith Baptist School Preschool (2 1 ⁄ 2 years) through fifth Sacred Heart of Jesus School
Kindergarten through 12th Kindergarten though 12th 1335 Francis St., Longmont Pre-Kindergarten through eighth
10455 Dawson Drive, Lafayette 833 15th Ave., Longmont 303-776-3466 1317 Mapleton Ave., Boulder
303-665-6679 303-776-5677 www.messiahlc.teamministry.net 303-447-2362
dawsonschool.org www.fbslongmont.org Mount Zion Lutheran School www.SHJBoulder.org/school
Aspen Christian School Eastern Sun Academy Preschool through eighth St. John the Baptist Catholic School
Kindergarten through eighth 6727 South Boulder Road, Boulder 1680 Balsam, Boulder Preschool through eighth
316 15th Ave., Longmont 303-443-3302 303-443-8477 350 Emery St., Longmont
303-776-5866 www.easternsunacademy.org www.mtzionboulder.org 303-776-8760
aspenchristianschool.org Mountain Peak Private School www.johnthebaptist.org
Friends’ School
Bixby School Preschool through fifth Preschool through sixth St. Louis Catholic School
Preschool through fifth 5465 Pennsylvania Ave., Boulder 1833 Sunset Place, Suites E and F, Preschool (3-5) through eighth
4760 Table Mesa Drive, Boulder 303-499-1999 Longmont 925 Grant Ave., Louisville
303-494-7508 www.friendsschoolboulder.org 720-494-1622 303-666-6220
www.bixbyschool.org www.mountainpeakschool.com www.stlouisschool-co.com
Front Range Academy and Learning
Boulder Country Day School Center Mountain Shadows Montessori School September High School
Preschool through eighth Sixth through 12th Pre-Kindergarten through sixth Ninth through 12th
4820 Nautilus Court North, Boulder 1008 Depot Hill Road, Broomfield 4154 N. 63rd St., Boulder 1902 Walnut St., Boulder
303-527-4931 303-469-0496 303-530-5353 303-443-9933
www.bouldercountryday.org www.frontrangeacademy.com www.mountainshadows.org www.septemberschool.org
Boulder Jewish Day School Hillside School Our Savior Evangelical Luther School Shepherd Valley Waldorf School
First through eighth Preschool through eighth Pre-kindergarten through eighth
Preschool through fifth
6717 South Boulder Road, Boulder 1221 17th Ave., Longmont 6500 West Dry Creek Parkway, Niwot
7415 Lookout Road, Longmont
303-494-1468 303-652-0130
303-449-5569 303-776-1688
www.hillsidelearning.org www.shepherdvalley.org
www.bjds.org www.oursaviorson17th.org
Holy Family High School Shining Mountain Waldorf School
Blue Sky Kindergarten/Preschool Questar Academy and Learning Center
Preschool through 12th
Preschool and kindergarten Ninth through 12th Sixth through “14th”
999 Violet Ave., Boulder
3046 11th St., Boulder 5195 W. 144th Ave., Broomfield 1480 W. Midway Blvd., Broomfield
303-444-7697 for elementary and middle
303-443-4965 303-410-1411 303-469-6500
303-447-1973-for high school
www.blueskykindergarten.com www.holyfamilyhs.com www.questaracademy.com
www.smwaldorf.org
Bridge School Jarrow Montessori School Rocky Mountain Christian Academy Tara Performing Arts High School
Sixth to 12th Preschool (18 months) to sixth Early childhood through eighth Ninth through 12th
6717 South Boulder Road, Boulder 3900 Orange Court, Boulder 9447 Niwot Road, Niwot 4180 19th St., Boulder
303-494-7551 303-443-0511 303-652-9162 303-440-4510
www.bridgeschoolboulder.org www.jarrow.org www.rmcaonline.org www.tarahighschool.org
Broomfield Academy The Living School Rocky Mountain School for the Gifted The Watershed School
Preschool through sixth Kindergarten through 12th and Creative Sixth through 12th
7203 W. 120th Ave., Broomfield 1852 Arapahoe Ave., Boulder Pre-kindergarten (4) through eighth 205 Canyon Blvd., Boulder
303-469-6449 303-449-0866 5490 Spine Road, Boulder 303-440-7520
www.broomfieldacademy.com Longmont Christian School 303-545-9230 www.watershedschool.org
Desiderata School Pre-Kindergarten through 12th Running River School Vista Ridge Academy
Kindergarten though 12th 550 Coffman St., Longmont Kindergarten through eighth Pre-kindergarten (age 4) through 11th
15785 N. 83rd, Longmont 303-776-3254 1370 Forest Park Circle, Lafayette 3100 Ridge View Drive, Erie
303-678-9335 www.longmontchristian.org 303-499-2059 303-828-4944
www.desiderataschool.com Messiah Lutheran School www.runningriver.org www.vistaridgeacademy.org
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World Book course guidelines:
anice Hedin’s son was into model
www.worldbook.com/
rockets, so she used that as a typical_course_of_study.html
starting point for his home-school
curriculum. Her daughter loved
horses, and that became a focal point for
her education. our children.”
“She owned it,” said Hedin, of Maple For those who find that daunting,
Valley, Wash. “It was hers. I didn’t have there are many prepared curricula
to force anything because she loved available for home schooling, as well as
every minute of it.” guides to what a child should know at
Some home-school parents create each grade and age. Material is available
their own curriculum for their kids. online and in libraries, at bookstores and
“There should never be a set Associated Press
through home-school support groups.
curriculum,” said Hedin. “Every child is Visitors to the Christian Home Educators Fellowship Conference and Curriculum
The World Book, for example,
so unique. Our goal as parents is to Fair look over study aids in St. Charles, Mo. Many home-school associations hold
custom design the education that fits See HOME-SCHOOOL, 23 conferences that include exhibits on curriculum and a variety of workshops.
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Gear
Continued from 10 an environmentally-friendly way is bet-
ter for the environment and kids, too.
tant, or more important, to buy re- Using reusable lunch carriers can
cycled, as it is to recycle. Marti Matsch make lunch almost zero-waste.
at Eco-Cycle says, “This is where you
are making a vote. When you use your Electronics
dollars for the environment. By buying It’s also the time to purchase new
virgin paper you are voting for clear electronics, in a lot of cases. Outdated
cutting.” computers need to be recycled proper-
There are many companies that use ly and new models should be pur-
recycled paper, and if the store isn’t chased that are built to be the most en-
supplying them Matsch says, “it is up vironmentally friendly. Epeat.net can
to the customer to ask for recycled help compare the eco-friendliness of
products. If you don’t find it, ask for it. new computers.
You have to let your voice be heard as Eco-Cycle is an Electronic Recyclers
a consumer.” Pledge of True Stewardship signee
Post-consumer and tree-free prod- with Basel Action Network, BAN,
ucts help eliminate waste at the begin- which encompasses environmental
and social justice standards, and has
ning of the cycle. Dolphin Blue
been recycling computers since
(www.dolphinblue.com) sells note-
2001.There is a small fee to recycle
The Hillside program is profoundly books that are up 40 percent post-con- electronics with Eco-Cycle, but Matsch
sumer product, and they are cheaper says, “the fee is what enables us to as-
successful for children who learn when bought in bulk — an added bon- sure customers that it is recycled the
us when kids go through them quick-
differently and are behind academically ly. O’Bon makes bright and colorful
best possible way.”
Matsch says computer recycling was
notebooks and binders made from sug- the reason that CHaRM, Eco-Cycle’s
1st-8th Grade 1/2 day program daily arcane pulp. Center for Hard-to-Recycle Materials,
Reading, Written language and Math was opened. “It is important to keep
Call for a free consultation Lunch these things out of landfills. They have
about the needs of your child Lunch is another source of waste so many toxic chemicals, lead and cad-
with great, easy potential for parents mium to name a few.”
and kids who want to cut back. Finally, don’t forget that “reduce”
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“Almost anything comes in individu- can mean reducing waste — and it can
www.hillsidelearning.org al sizes, but how much longer does it also mean reducing costs.
take to scoop your own serving into a “There are lots of things that are re-
reusable container? It really reduces cyclable that are also reusable. It is
waste,” says Kery Schumpert, an edu- better to reuse,” says Schumpert,
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LORI LUCAS
Continued from 21 “Then, together you begin to seek out
resources and curriculum. You do it as a
provides a free online guide detailing
team,” she said.
typical courses of study for students
from pre-kindergarten to 12th grade.
The National Center of Education
Home-school associations provide a
forum for families to share ideas, SAT/ACT Coach
resources — even instruction. It’s a way
Statistics reported last April that about
1.5 million American children were to find out what has worked for others College Apps
home-schooled in 2007, representing 2.9 and what hasn’t, and what is available in
percent of the school-age population. the community to supplement home Castle House
The number of home-school children learning. Many associations hold
increased by 74 percent since 1999. The conferences that include workshops and 303-545-6215
upward trend is believed to be exhibits on curriculum. Some offer
continuing. standardized testing, with certified
proctors, for families that want it.
lori.lucas@colorado.edu
As a first step, parents new to home
schooling should check out their state’s Hedin said she’s not mathematically
laws. Helen Hegener, director of the inclined, so when her son wanted to
American Homeschool Association, learn algebra she went to a local home-
noted that there is a wide variety in state school support group to find other
requirements. students who were interested, and
In Washington state, for example, placed an ad for an instructor.
parents must meet specific qualifications She also formed a small cooperative
to home-school. Instruction must be with other families to take field trips, do
given in math, science, history, reading, crafts and plan other projects built
writing, spelling and other subjects — around various themes. “We were really Since 1979
but parents have flexibility in active with other home schoolers,” she One of Colorado’s Leading Programs”
determining how the subjects will be said. in providing “Quality Education and Care”
taught. “We support one another,” said Shelly Now Enrolling Qualistar Rated
In Alaska, by comparison, there “are Nelson of the Crossroads Areas Home Ages 6 Weeks to 12 Years
no requirements to notify, seek School Association of Bloomington, Ill. Montessori
approval, test, file forms, or have any When people inquire about Option Longmont Boulder
teacher qualifications. The burden is on curriculum, Nelson said, she asks about Owner/Exec. Director Kayleen Stratton Owner/Exec. Director Lisa Miracle
1941 N. Terry Street 303-631-3780 805 30th Street 303-449-4380
the state to prove that parents are not their teaching style and their child’s 1301 North Street 303-546-6814
teaching their children,” according to learning style.
the Home School Legal Defense “There are different ways to educate
Association. your children,” she said. “When you get
That organization has information on to the junior high and high school level,
its Web site about the laws in each of I believe there is a great need for some
the 50 states. Local home-school support books.”
groups also are good resources on state That doesn’t necessarily mean going
statutes and regulations. to one curriculum company for all
Parents also must decide how they subjects, she said. “You choose the best
want to teach their children. There are curricula for each subject level.”
different styles of home schooling, from But buying curricula and textbooks
a traditional, structured, school-type can be costly, especially if it means
setting to “unschooling,” where the purchasing several until you find one
child sets the parameters for learning.
you like.
“Unschooling is totally throwing out the
Some parents like a prepared
curriculum,” said Hegener, who said
curriculum because it gives them
she never had a textbook in the house
“confidence in knowing they are really
when she home-schooled her children
in Alaska. “Life itself is a learning providing their children with a
resource.” comprehensive academic foundation,”
One popular form of home schooling said Michelle Simpson-Siegel, director
is unit studies. “Basically, take of the high school program at Oak
something like trains, say, and it’s Meadow Curriculum and School in
amazing what you can learn,” Hegener Brattleboro, Vt.
said. “The parent is the primary teacher,”
Among the questions parents should she said.
ask in deciding how to home-school: Oak Meadow offers a distance-
— Do I want to create my own learning program where students are
curriculum or use a prepared one? Do I enrolled at the school and are assigned
even need a curriculum? teachers. She said the arrangement
— Do I want to use a textbook? provides the student with freedom and
— How will I keep track of my child’s flexibility, as well as an academic record
progress? for college admissions officers.
The key is knowing your child, Hedin While some home-school parents
said. grade their children, Hedin said, she
She urges parents to discover their didn’t. “What was key to me was
children’s interests, what excites them progress — progress on their
and what they want to learn. timetable.”
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