High school students make connections at SVVSD career fair

In its second year, the St. Vrain Valley School District Career and Job Fair gave hundreds of high schoolers an opportunity Friday to explore what their futures might hold. The fair was split into morning and afternoon sessions, held simultaneously at the SVVSD Innovation Center, 33 Quail Road, and the Career Elevation and Technology Center, […]

Sign up for the Student Design Guild

At this year’s Design Guild, students can use Design Thinking, a human-centered, problem-seeking, problem-solving approach, to finding answers for many of the world’s issues.  Does your child constantly seek out solutions to problems they encounter?  Are they always designing, brainstorming, building and prototyping?  Consider having your child enter the Student Design Guild where they can […]

STEM Night and Student Design Guild

Step into STEM this May at the Innovation Center!  You’re invited to celebrate STEM at the Innovation Center on Tuesday, May 9, from 4:30-6:30.  We’ll have STEM Stations, Parent Tech Talks, Rosie the Tarantula visiting from the Butterfly Pavilion, the Mobile Innovation Lab, UC Health and more!

Students plan to turn old school buses into mobile labs

Students at St. Vrain Valley Schools are designing mini-mobile labs that can be built into two school buses, said Colin Rickman, director of communications and engagement for the district. The Innovation Center’s AI Cyber Bus Team plans to build the mobile labs to teach students about cutting-edge STEM fields such as artificial intelligence and cybersecurity, […]

Mobile Innovation Lab aims to inspire students in rural Colorado 

Students at St. Vrain Valley Schools are traveling to southern Colorado this week to teach young people about STEM opportunities. When Owen Willis welcomes fellow students into St. Vrain Valley Schools’ Mobile Innovation Lab, one of the first things he notices is their curiosity. “They’re really just surprised with everything they’re presented with, and excited […]

SVVSD hosts first unified robotics event

St. Vrain Valley’s special education department collaborated with the Innovation Center to host the district’s first unified robotics event Tuesday. The school district already offers unified music programs, unified physical education classes and unified sports. Tuesday’s event was an opportunity to make the district’s large robotics program more accessible, organizers said.

St. Vrain students teach cybersecurity to seniors

A need to protect grandparents and elderly loved ones is the motivation behind a new St. Vrain Valley School District initiative to teach cybersecurity to seniors. Students at the district’s Innovation Center have partnered with the Longmont Senior Center to offer a series of classes that will empower participants to protect themselves.

St. Vrain Valley Schools host 17 robotics tournaments, prepare for state competitions

St. Vrain Valley Schools have hosted 17 robotics tournaments this school year and many students are now preparing for the state robotics competitions in early March. “This season, we’ve had 214 teams throughout St. Vrain — Grades 3 to 12, and about 850 students,” said Alexandra Downing, the district’s robotics program manager. “It’s like a […]

High School Students of Today are the Medical Professionals of Tomorrow

Members of the Future Medical Professionals Club (FMPC) got a glimpse into the world of healthcare at a health panel hosted by UCHealth at Longs Peak Hospital on February 2. The panel was composed of medical professionals from various departments at the hospital. Panelists shared personal experiences and insights about their respective careers, highlighting the […]

School Accomplishments

The St. Vrain Valley School District continues to celebrate a growing list of accomplishments and successes. The fall 2022 semester achievements are listed below.  Elementary Schools PK-8 Schools Middle Schools High Schools Alternative Schools

Celebrate Chinese New Year at Silver Creek High School, February 4

Silver Creek High School will host the annual Chinese New Year celebration on February 4, 2023 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. This Zero Waste event is free and open to the public and will include cultural performances, games, hands-on activity booths, and Chinese food samplings.

SVVSD students win global artificial intelligence competition

A team of St. Vrain Valley Schools students at the Innovation Center won first place in the fifth annual World Artificial Intelligence Competition for Youth.

SVVSD hosts Innovation Center carnival for elementary families

High school students manned tables offering a smorgasbord of robots, building materials, coding kits and other high-tech toys on Wednesday at St. Vrain Valley’s Innovation Center, giving elementary students a chance to try some of the district’s technology. “There’s a lot going on here,” said Erie High senior Jared Ingmire, an Innovation Center student designer […]

Innovation Center Open House

November 30th and December 1st 3:30pm – 7:00pm 33 Quail Road Longmont, CO Join us for one of our two fun-filled nights to learn what the Innovation Center has to offer for high school students across the district. What awaits students at the Innovation Center? Build and fly drones Become a pilot Build underwater robots […]

VEX Robotics Volunteers Needed: Judges, Head Refs & Emcees

If you are interested in learning more about VEX Robotics, come volunteer at one of our tournaments. We are hosting VEX Robotics Tournaments this season. We are currently hosting 19 tournaments this year starting Dec. 3rd, 2022. We could use some help with Judging and Head Ref positions. Here is a volunteer form to sign […]

PK-5 STEAM Carnival Night at the Innovation Center

St. Vrain elementary families are invited to explore STEAM at the Innovation Center’s STEAM Carnival Night. STEAM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, Math and is happening across St. Vrain Valley Schools. The event will take place on Wednesday, November 30 and Thursday, December 1 from 4:00-7:00 pm at the Innovation Center of St. Vrain […]

Frederick students design website for Colorado association

Two Frederick High School seniors have designed the new website for the Colorado Association for Career and Technical Education after this proposal was selected over professionals from across the state. A team from the Innovation Center, students Owen Willis and Lukas Reck, submitted a proposal to the CACTE to revamp and recreate the website for […]

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Visiting the Innovation Center 10/6/22

Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University focuses on aviation and aerospace. They’re visiting the Innovation Center on Thursday, October 6, 2022 from 5:30-7:30pm. They’ll be here talking about their programs, scholarships and internship opportunities with major airlines. Parents and students are welcome to attend to learn more and ask any questions they may have about Embry-Riddle and the […]

SVVSD partners with CU Denver to add STEM P-TEACH pathway

St. Vrain Valley students considering education as a career will have more options to prepare for a career as secondary science, technology, engineering or math teachers. The St. Vrain Valley School District is part of a new University of Colorado Denver initiative, supported by Apple, to increase access to tech education and expand the district’s […]

Open House Dates 2022

Secondary schools in St. Vrain Valley Schools are hosting open houses to answer questions and share information about the many program offerings available across the district as families begin planning their transition to middle and high school next year. Below are upcoming open house dates across the district. For questions regarding open houses, programming, or […]

A hub of innovative education

East of Main Street, situated near both the Longmont Recreation Center and the Longmont Museum, looms a building of glass and steel. When the sun hits, it could be an architectural drawing brought to reality, with clean lines that evoke a blueprint. That building is the Innovation Center, St. Vrain Valley School District’s hub for […]

Summer not Stopping Academic Growth Through IC SuperSTEM Camps

Spending hot days at the pool, attending baseball games, and going camping are a few typical summer activities that students might engage in. However, SuperSTEM Camp enrollees are anything but typical. These students spend their summer working with robots, building code, programming circuit boards, visiting the University of Colorado Boulder, and learning about how artificial […]

Free, reduced-price meal applications available for the 22-23 school year

St. Vrain Valley Schools’ department of Nutrition Services provides quality, nutritious, and well-balanced meals for all students across the district. Due to the expiration of federal pandemic waivers, there will be a cost to school meals for the 2022-2023 school year. All families who believe they may qualify for free or reduced-price meals are encouraged […]