http://denver.yourhub.comThe latest story posts in The Denver Newspaper Agency YourHub.comen-usnews@yourhub.com(c) 2009, YourHub.com5The large blue and gold school letters that have greeted visitors to the Wheat Ridge High school's campus since the '60s will soon be gone, but they won't be forgotten. Instead, they will be incorporated in to a new and improved welcome sign in the fall. The construction at Wheat Ridge is we...http://denver.yourhub.com/WheatRidge/Stories/News/General-News/Story~323432.aspx6/18/2007 2:38:03 PMMelissa Reeves On June 1, a two-alarm arson fire damaged 50 percent of Weber Elementary School, 8725 West 81st Place, Arvada. Jeffco district officials now estimate the damage to the school at $6.5 million. There is extensive smoke, fire and water damage to the core of the school building, including the li...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/News/Crime/Story~323491.aspx6/18/2007 3:38:49 PMMelissa Reeves Construction crews for Jeffco Public Schools didn't take a summer vacation; instead they were hard at work improving and upgrading district schools. Students from Ken Caryl Middle School and Chatfield High will return to class after summer break to new and improved school build...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~333516.aspx7/11/2007 3:58:23 PMMelissa Reeves Construction crews for Jeffco Public Schools didn't take a summer vacation; instead they were hard at work improving and upgrading district schools. Students from Ken Caryl Middle School and Chatfield High will return to class after summer break to new and improved school b...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~333517.aspx7/11/2007 4:01:19 PMMelissa Reeves Weber Elementary students will be attending classes in different schools until mid-October because of an arson fire on the last day of classes in June. The fire destroyed 50 percent of the school, located in Arvada, and although construction crews have worked through the summer, the building...http://denver.yourhub.com/Aurora/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~340966.aspx7/30/2007 9:13:53 AMMelissa Reeves The Wheat Ridge Farmers will make a grand entrance through a set of newly remodeled doors when they are welcomed back to school this year. Construction crews with Alliance Construction Solutions have kept a tight schedule over the summer renovating the Wheat Ridge High school's main entrance a...http://denver.yourhub.com/WheatRidge/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~341102.aspx7/30/2007 1:12:07 PMMelissa Reeves Just because it's summertime doesn't mean a student's love for learning stops. Westminster neighborhood volunteers, staff members and the Witt Elementary librarian, Dodi Sale, opened the school library during the summer to help students continue their literacy skills learned this past school y...http://denver.yourhub.com/Westminster/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~342070.aspx8/1/2007 9:18:24 AMMelissa Reeves Jeffco Public Schools will host a re-dedication ceremony at 10:00 a.m., Thursday, August 16 for Chatfield Senior High School, 7227 S. Simms St., Littleton. Scheduled to speak at the ceremony are State Senator Mike Kopp, Jeffco Public Schools Board of Education member Vince Chowdhury and school ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~343901.aspx8/6/2007 8:26:33 AMMelissa Reeves On Aug. 19 at 4 p.m., Bear Creek K-8 School, 9601 West Dartmouth Pl., Lakewood, will host a dedication ceremony to celebrate the completion of its new facility. The dedication ceremony will feature building tours and student performances followed by a community picnic for parents, students a...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~344530.aspx8/7/2007 12:31:04 PMMelissa Reeves The staff and students of Weber Elementary have one group of community volunteers in their corner. They're called "The Power Express" and they mean business. Nearly 50 members strong, the group is made up of previous Weber staff, retired principals, parents and Weber neighbors, and they offer ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~346181.aspx8/10/2007 8:55:04 AMMelissa Reeves Most Conifer students are enjoying the last days of summer vacation, marking the days down to the start of a new school year, but some students have already returned to campus. Members of the Conifer High School Lobo Regiment marching band aren't hitting the books, but they are hitting the hig...http://denver.yourhub.com/Conifer/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~348657.aspx8/16/2007 11:30:59 AMMelissa Reeves Many Jeffco students celebrated the end of summer by coming back to class early. Students and parents showed up at back-to-school celebrations held at schools all over the Jeffco district this week. Teachers and staff welcomed new students back to campus and gave them a chance to introduce the...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~352005.aspx8/23/2007 3:46:58 PMMelissa Reeves Many Jeffco students celebrated the end of summer by coming back to class early. Students and parents showed up at back-to-school celebrations held at schools all over the Jeffco district this week. Teachers and staff welcomed new students back to campus and gave them a chance to introduce the...http://denver.yourhub.com/WheatRidge/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~352018.aspx8/23/2007 4:13:22 PMMelissa Reeves Jefferson County has more than 2,000 dropouts every year, but now students who have dropped out of high school can earn a diploma at low or no cost and still graduate. Jeffco Schools' BradyNet is a fun, fast-paced online learning program that is self-paced, and with morning, afternoon and nigh...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~360449.aspx9/11/2007 9:19:11 AMMelissa Reeves On the first day back at Weber Elementary on Wednesday, Oct. 17, students were welcomed in to their rebuilt school through an arch of balloons in Weber's school colors. Since Weber was damaged by an arson fire on the last day of school in June, nearly 23,000 square feet of the building's...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379567.aspx10/18/2007 12:17:14 PMMelissa Reeves More than thirty dump trucks, plus dozens of transportation employees, equals a winter-ready district when the snow sets in around Jefferson County. "We're the people in the trenches with wrenches," said Marc Horner, Jeffco's transportation fleet manager . It's only October and believ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379641.aspx10/18/2007 2:07:33 PMMelissa Reeves At the annual CoAHPERD, Colorado Association of Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance , convention held in Colorado Springs, physical education teachers from all over the state were recognized for their dedication to personal health and fitness. This year, Jeffco PE teachers ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/Teacher-News/Story~379644.aspx10/18/2007 2:11:36 PMMelissa Reeves Marching bands from around the Jeffco district put on their uniforms and picked up their instruments for the beginning of another musical season. The annual Jeffco Marching Band Invitational on Tuesday, Sept. 25 was the first chance for most schools to get geared up for the 2007 competitive se...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/Student-News/Story~379648.aspx10/18/2007 2:14:55 PMMelissa Reeves When you hear political attacks against education and education funding, do you ever wonder who is standing up for students and educators? In Jefferson County there is a powerful group working on behalf of education issues. The Jeffco Schools Legislative Forum , is perhaps the only school...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~379650.aspx10/18/2007 2:17:22 PMMelissa Reeves Education statistics show that when a school has a strong library, students increase their CSAP test scores and have higher overall student performance. That's where the Colorado Department of Education's Power Library Program comes in. A Power Library is described by the CDE as ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~379652.aspx10/18/2007 2:20:14 PMMelissa Reeves The No Child Left Behind-Blue Ribbon Schools Program honors public and private K-12 schools that are either academically superior in their states, or that demonstrate dramatic gains in student achievement. Evergreen is one of only three Colorado schools invited to apply for the award an...http://denver.yourhub.com/Evergreen/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379654.aspx10/18/2007 2:21:57 PMMelissa Reeves The month of October is focused on getting students to put on their walking shoes for International Walk to School Day. Fitzmorris Elementary students learned the health benefits of walking and the importance of safety during PE and put it all into practice to celebrate walking as a wa...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379655.aspx10/18/2007 2:23:23 PMMelissa Reeves When you step in to the halls of Hackberry Hills Elementary you'll find yourself surrounded by Hawks, but not the flying ones. Instead, you are greeted by a group of well-behaved students who make up the Hackberry Hawk student-body. The Hackberry Hawks abide by the Positive Behavior Su...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379656.aspx10/18/2007 2:24:56 PMMelissa Reeves A typical school day it was not for three Jeffco teachers who were surprised by more than $1,200 worth of classroom materials from OfficeMax. The classroom supplies came as a gift to teachers Debra Hansen, of Lawrence Elementary , John Martinez, of Kullerstrand Elementary and Roberta...http://denver.yourhub.com/Arvada/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379657.aspx10/18/2007 2:26:18 PMMelissa Reeves A typical school day it was not for three Jeffco teachers who were surprised by more than $1,200 worth of classroom materials from OfficeMax. The classroom supplies came as a gift to teachers Debra Hansen , of Lawrence Elementary , John Martinez , of Kullerstrand Elementary and ...http://denver.yourhub.com/WheatRidge/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379659.aspx10/18/2007 2:28:30 PMMelissa Reeves Peiffer Elementary Special Education teacher Karen Greer was a nominee and a top 10 finalist for the 2007 Colorado Department of Education Teacher of the Year. "She's one of the most collaborative people I've ever met," said Peiffer Elementary principal Robin Weikel. "She's always try...http://denver.yourhub.com/Littleton/Stories/Archive/Education/Teacher-News/Story~379663.aspx10/18/2007 2:35:48 PMMelissa Reeves Lumberg Elementary students just got a jump start on learning with the help of a $3,500 literacy grant from the employees at Osborne Automotive. With the help of The Jefferson Foundation , Osborne identified Lumberg as a school in their community that would benefit from such a gift. ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Edgewater/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~379664.aspx10/18/2007 2:37:19 PMMelissa Reeves Mary Reibold has always loved to write and she carried that love for writing in to her classroom. Every school year, Reibold, who is now an instructional coach at Foothills Elementary would take a series of pictures and write a book around them. Using her own book as an example, she ...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/Teacher-News/Story~379666.aspx10/18/2007 2:39:57 PMMelissa Reeves What better way to welcome the arrival of Halloween than with a raffle and a huge, pampered pumpkin as the prize? A 100-pound pumpkin was the plump prize in a school-wide raffle organized by the Glennon Heights Elementary student council after a school parent donated the gigantic gourd that wa...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/School-News/Story~383522.aspx10/26/2007 3:31:44 PMMelissa Reeves The Jefferson County Board of Education will host a Conversation on Education as a way to gather input from community members as part of Governor Ritter's initiative to shape the future of Colorado education. Conversation 2007 is an opportunity for all Coloradans to get involved in education...http://denver.yourhub.com/Lakewood/Stories/Archive/Education/General-Education/Story~383534.aspx10/26/2007 3:55:53 PMMelissa Reeves