Innovate to Elevate

The Partners Misty Robotics, a spinoff of Sphero, is a hardware company that builds personal robots for homes and offices – performing helpful tasks, providing safety, and interacting with humans in entertaining and friendly ways that have only been seen before in science fiction. The PEERbots app is an open-source social robot and controller platform. It is […]

Hospital Room of the Future

Students have been working in collaboration with UCHealth for over the last year and half to create the hospital room of the future. Click the link below to see the news article from the Longmont Leader. If you are interested in watching the presentation, click here to see an archive of the footage from the event. 

May Family Connections Newsletter

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we introduce a new district tool for internet filtering, share resources for setting healthy limits for technology use at home, and share ideas for summer learning activities. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here.

STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: KALYSSA BERRINGER

What is your name? Kalyssa Berringer What is your graduation year? 2021 What is the name of your home high school? Erie High School Tell us a little bit about yourself (i.e. do you participate in athletics, clubs, sports, etc.). During my High school career I have been involved in varsity basketball, varsity tennis, NHS, […]

Live Broadcast of the VEX Worlds Competition

Students from around the district will be competing for the Vex Worlds Competition. Click the link below to watch live. The schedule is as follows:Monday May 24th – Elementary matches 9:30am – 5280H, 5280J, 5280P – Soaring Heights11:30 am – 1:00pm Opening Ceremonies2:00pm- 11850F – Centennial Elementary3:00pm- 11850E – Central Elementary Thursday, May 27th – […]

IC Team Competes in CyberPatriots

Longmont Leader has highlighted the work of the cybersecurity team at the Innovation Center and the greater St. Vrain teams. Click the link below for more information. 

SVVSD MOBILE INNOVATION LAB HITTING THE ROAD TO BRING STEM LESSONS TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS

Check out the article below from the Longmont Leader about how the Mobile Lab & Student Design Guild are connecting with the community through unique learning opportunities. 

VEX Robotics Online Academy

The Innovation Center is proud to offer a VEX IQ Online Robotics Academy, a virtual after-school STEM learning club that meets once a week for 7 weeks. Third – Fifth grade St. Vrain students will learn how to program a virtual robot using the VEXcodeVR program, a block based coding environment powered by Scratch Blocks.  […]

A Pandemic Can’t Slow Down Young IC Entrepreneur

Hayden Stearman, an Innovation Center alumni, has started his own bicyle repair shop called Union Cycle Werks that was highlighted in the Longmont Leader. To learn more click on the button below. 

Come Celebrate Computer Science Education Week With Us

Come celebrate Computer Science Education Week with us!  Students and teachers from across Colorado and the country will explore computer science next week by programming robots, writing code, engaging in digital citizenship and literacy activities and learning about the role computers play in day-to-day life. They’ll also learn about different careers in this field through […]

St. Vrain Valley Schools Celebrates Computer Science Education Week

Visit the Innovation Center to participate in Level Up webinars and CSED Week online activites >> St. Vrain Valley School students and staff are invited to celebrate Computer Science Education Week (CSED Week) through a series of engagement opportunities available online including robot programming, code writing, and live virtual sessions with industry partners highlighting different […]

Student Spotlight: Zaynah Kahn

What is your name? Zaynah Khan What is your graduation year?  2022 What is the name of your home high school? Longmont High School Tell us a little bit about yourself (i.e. do you participate in athletics, clubs, sports, etc.).  I’m Zaynah Khan, I’m 16 years old, and I go to Longmont High School. I […]

Big Bird Gets Ready to Take Flight

In February, Innovation Center student designers were brainstorming a new engineering challenge. They had already built a pizza delivery drone, made Santa’s sleigh take flight, and even accomplished getting something as flimsy as pool noodles to fly. The team was seeking something that could push them, a new challenge so to speak. During the session […]

Badging is Now Available to Students

This year the Innovation Center is excited to announce the launch of our badging system. At the beginning of the summer a team of individuals from the Innovation Center polled our project team leaders to identify the key skills gaps that our student designers had when initially joining their respective teams. The common consensus was […]

Important Information: Return to Online Learning

Dear St. Vrain Valley Community, Thank you for your continued support as we navigate this challenging time for our community.  We have continued to work closely with our local and state health agency partners to monitor the rising coronavirus case numbers in our community and across the state. Last night during our Board of Education […]

Your School. Your Choice. Open Enrollment for the 2021-2022 School Year Begins December 1

Dear Parents and Guardians, Thank you for your partnership as we continue to advance the academic success and well-being of our students. St. Vrain is proud to offer a wide-range of rigorous academic focus programs that give your student a choice in selecting a school that best aligns with their interests. In order to choose […]

Orange Status on the COVID Dial: Online Learning Options

Thank you for your continued support as we navigate this time of great complexity and challenge for our community. On Wednesday, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) and Boulder County Public Health (BCPH) informed us that Boulder County is moving to level Orange on the Colorado Covid Dial. At level Orange on […]

Monitoring the Cal-Wood Fire

Dear St. Vrain Valley Community, We have been closely monitoring the Cal-Wood Fire, in partnership with the Boulder Office of Emergency Management and the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office, as the fire spread and evacuation areas are impacting several areas within our district community. Firefighting crews have done an outstanding job working to contain the northern […]

Student Spotlight: Everest Finn

What is your name? Everest Finn What is your graduation year? 2023 What is the name of your home high school? Niwot High School Tell us a little bit about yourself (i.e. do you participate in athletics, clubs, sports, etc.). Started flying gliders when I was 13, I soloed when I was 14, and I […]

Eight P-TEACH Grads Brought Back as Apprentices Within SVVSD

P-TEACH is a program focused on assisting students that are interested in becoming teachers by helping them earn concurrent college enrollment through CU Denver. In the program students can earn up to 21 free college credits. 

Red Belly Dace Successfully Released in Lyons

Squishing through the mud in his socks and sneakers, 10th-grader Zach Heil didn’t hesitate to wade into the shallow depths of a Lyons-area pond on Tuesday afternoon, as part of a mission to help release young northern redbelly dace fish back into the wild.

Return to Hybrid In-Person Learning

Dear St. Vrain Valley Community, Thank you for your partnership and support as we continue to navigate the evolving coronavirus pandemic. Over the past several months, numerous members of our community have expressed vastly different thoughts, opinions and suggestions related to our learning models for delivering instruction. We are very appreciative of all of this […]

Updated 2020-20201 Reopening Plan

Dear St. Vrain Valley Community, Thank you for your continued partnership as we navigate the increasingly complex, shifting, and challenging coronavirus pandemic. Over the past few days, we have been in communication with the leadership of Boulder County Public Health and we have received additional information that has a significant impact on our plans for […]