http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5Lowry Elementary School is located in the redeveloped Lowry Neighborhood of Southeast Denver, Colorado. Lowry was once an Air Force Base and is a prime example of urban renewal with a combination of residential, education, commercial, open space, and recreation surrounding a local, public school...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Promotions/Community-Giving/Story~140232.aspx10/20/2006 11:05:44 AMAnne McDonald by Emily Solomon The all-new Lowry Challenge Program is heating up at Lowry Elementary School this fall. Students demonstrating high interest and achievement in areas such as math, science, literacy, music, art, and physical education now have the opportunity to participate in a custom-designe...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~140666.aspx10/21/2006 2:47:32 PMAnne McDonald Story by Linda Meyer By Aug. 25, 42 Lowry Elementary students had either signed themselves up or had been signed up by their parents to run a marathon. Luckily, it wasn't all in one day. They participated in a seven-week program running anywhere from one mile to two and a half miles twice ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~140668.aspx10/21/2006 2:50:53 PMAnne McDonald A team of ten students from Lowry Elementary School won first place at the Quint-School Geography Bee held on December 12, 2006 at Ellis Elementary School. The four other DPS elementary schools competing in the Geography Bee were Ellis, Dora Moore, Lincoln and University Park. Although the ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~165875.aspx1/2/2007 12:33:00 PMAnne McDonald On December 13, 2006, the 430 students at Lowry Elementary School in Denver's Lowry neighborhood culminated a month of African studies with a dramatic instrumental and dance performance by the 4 th and 5 th grade classes. "Dance the Dance, Drum the Drum, Tell the Tale," created and produced by M...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~165879.aspx1/2/2007 12:36:57 PMAnne McDonald Fifty-seven students at Lowry Elementary School went under the sea as actors in The Little Mermaid , with a lot of help from Missoula Children's Theatre. Tryouts were held after school on Jan. 9, with the first rehearsal following immediately afterwards that same afternoon. Additional rehears...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~170715.aspx1/15/2007 3:18:11 PMAnne McDonald Lowry Elementary School PTO Serenity Garden and Victory Garden Overall Vision : Lowry Elementary School is located in the redeveloped Lowry Neighborhood of Southeast Denver, Colorado. Lowry was once an Air Force Base and is a prime example of urban renewal, with a combination of residenti...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Promotions/Community-Giving/Story~257973.aspx3/3/2007 7:36:56 AMAnne McDonald Story by Melissa Fogal, Lowry teacher On February 7, 2007, one of the first sunny days of the cold winter season, the 5 th graders of Lowry Elementary headed off for their rite-of-passage Balarat excursion. The auditorium was packed with daypacks, duffel bags, enthusiastic 10 and 11-year-olds...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~283621.aspx3/24/2007 4:16:28 PMAnne McDonald The fourth and fifth graders on the stage were dressed in bright t-shirts of green, yellow and red, with colorful swatches of African fabric tied around their waists like sarongs. Most wore African-style caps on their heads. "What school are these kids from? They are excellent," the woman next t...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~299643.aspx4/25/2007 12:26:23 PMAnne McDonald A bright spot among generally flat scores on statewide achievement tests, students at Lowry Elementary School posted some notable gains in the 2007 Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP). Denver Public Schools (DPS) had set a goal for schools to increase by 10 percentile points their score i...http://denver.yourhub.com/LouisvilleandSuperior/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~374114.aspx10/8/2007 1:44:45 PMAnne McDonald Eagle Fund Takes Flight Enabling Lowry Elementary to Dream Big Last year the Lowry Elementary School PTO launched a new fundraising initiative, the Lowry Eagle Fund. Structured as an autonomous committee of the PTO, the Eagle Fund was created for two explicit purposes: first, to maintain lowe...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~402956.aspx12/11/2007 1:33:22 PMAnne McDonald By Debbie Stark PTO President Lowry Elementary School For those of you with kids in first grade or older, you already recognize the words "We're all in this together!" For those of you with little ones, you'll know it soon enough as the catch phrase from the wildly popular Disney movie, H...http://denver.yourhub.com/DenverNorth/Stories/Archive/Education/Parent-News/Story~402971.aspx12/11/2007 1:56:05 PMAnne McDonald By Debbie Stark President, Lowry PTO Just before Thanksgiving break, Lowry Elementary School hosted a well-attended and well-received Open House for prospective families. More than 30 guests were welcomed by parents, teachers and student escorts who led tours and answered many ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/Parent-News/Story~405301.aspx12/17/2007 1:18:57 PMAnne McDonald Students at Lowry Elementary School traveled back in time to Europe during the Middle Ages to celebrate a Winter's Revelry, a performance designed by music teacher Sandy Lezotte to help students and their families become aware and appreciate culture, history and religious diversity. The celebrat...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~405643.aspx12/18/2007 9:33:10 AMAnne McDonald All 470 students at Lowry Elementary School were sporting chocolate milk mustaches after a special pre-holiday delivery from Starbucks in the Lowry Town Center. On December 21, 2007, Starbucks manager Joe Buzas and employee Elisha Trombley braved the snow to bring over hot chocolate for every st...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~407326.aspx12/22/2007 1:19:37 PMAnne McDonald For the past three years, Lowry Elementary School has hosted the Missoula Children's Theatre. My son, Connor, who's now a third-grader, would rather have his hair set on fire than perform publicly, so until this year, I never had any contact with Missoula beyond seeing the performances. This yea...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/Archive/Education/Parent-News/Story~414269.aspx1/11/2008 4:45:40 PMAnne McDonald More than 50 volunteers gathered at Lowry Elementary School on Sunday, April 6, 2008, for the groundbreaking of The Victory Garden. Dusty Martin, Volunteer and Construction Supervisor, and Michael Buchenau, Executive Director, from Denver Urban Gardens were on hand to direct and pitch in along s...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/News/General-News/Story~454064.aspx4/10/2008 1:34:24 PMAnne McDonald Many low income students in Denver Public Schools rely on DPS' free breakfast program and the National School Lunch Program to get adequate nourishment during the school day. But what do children whose families are short on food eat on the weekends? Tracy Edwards and Megan Martelon, paren...http://denver.yourhub.com/Denver/Stories/School-News/Story~688166.aspx11/17/2009 10:58:14 AMAnne McDonald