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STREAM-A-Palooza event brings innovation online

The STREAM-A-Palooza event held on April 10 featured an online gathering of students, teachers and community members to safely celebrate all of the innovative learning that happens every day in CCSD.

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Prairie Middle School hosts targeted vaccination clinic

Prairie Middle School hosts successful COVID-19 vaccination clinics for an often under-served segment of the community.

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All Star Honoree: Kelly Dexter

Kelly Dexter truly cares about the employees she supervises at the West Transportation Terminal.

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CCSD partners with STRIDE Community Health to open two school-based health centers in 2022

Two school-based health centers slated to open in January are set to offer CCSD students, parents and families more comprehensive, equitable and meaningful health care options.

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Altitude virtual volunteer builds reading skills and relationships

Retiree Larry Smith is helping third graders develop their literacy skills and a love for reading during virtual visits marked by laughter and learning.

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Building Forward: High schools kick off planning for innovation spaces

CCSD high schools will be getting a million-dollar makeover with new innovation spaces being planned for all six high schools. Schools began to meet with the architects to discuss possibilities for how to support innovation in schools.

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All Star Honoree Profile: Kati Brinks

As the office manager at Dry Creek Elementary, Kati Brinks brings a sharp eye for details and a warm heart to her role every day, making her one of CCSD's valued All Stars.

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AVID scholarship recipients exemplify persistence, perseverance and resiliency

Cherry Creek High School senior Kevin Hernandez and Overland High School senior Leslie Koffi have received the Rita Hellman AVID Scholarship.

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Building community through restorative practices

When Horizon Community Middle School looked at their suspension rates, they realized they had an opportunity to transform the way their school community thought about conflict resolution and repairing relationships.

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The week that was: A weekly wrap-up of CCSD athletics

CCHS senior named 5A Colorado Player of the Year in boys basketball; 2020-21 all-state and all-conference honors in basketball and hockey; exciting action in boys soccer and girls volleyball.

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Grandview student explores human history in Mission Viejo mural

Grandview High School student Jake Sheykhet has spent the past several months painting a mural on a three-walled structure at Mission Viejo. The painting celebrates the school's diversity by exploring the entire scope of human history through some of its most influential figures.

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All Star Honoree: Diana Baumann

Diana Baumann has seen firsthand how a year marked by quarantine, Remote learning and other hurdles tied to the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the Thunder Ridge community. She has taken her role in the school’s counseling department seriously, doing her best to serve as a source of inspiration, comfort and encouragement for everyone she meets.

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Pine Ridge students use Zoom skit to learn about growth mindset

Pine Ridge fifth-graders used Zoom to show the importance of a growth mindset during their virtual school assemblies.

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Eaglecrest students participate in panel on colorism

For the first year, Eaglecrest students participated in the annual Black American Experience panel and shared some of their live experience with colorism and racism.

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CCSD Heroes Profile: John Vargas

John Vargas works tirelessly on organizing Cherry Creek Schools’ annual Veterans and Military Appreciation game, its Quilts of Valor celebrations and other events designed to pay veterans their proper due.

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Board Of Education officially names Christopher Smith as next superintendent

The Cherry Creek Schools Board of Education officially named Christopher Smith the next Cherry Creek School District Superintendent during a meeting held April 7. Board members approved the decision unanimously.

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Important information about Online learning options for 2021-2022 school year

Cherry Creek Schools will continue to offer a K-5 Online Program, in addition to Cherry Creek Elevation, a blended online school that serves students in grades 6 through 12, for the 2021-2022 school year.

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All Star Honoree Profile: Mona Abo-Adas

As the Before and After Care Director at Polton, Abo-Adas has been a compassionate leader in the district for more than twenty years. From making care baskets for her coworkers to buying lunches for students to mentoring her staff, Abo-Adas continually goes the extra mile, leading with her heart all the way.

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Middle and high school students return to full, In-Person learning

Middle and high schools across the district welcomed students back to a full-time schedule this week. As a result, what in other years would be just another Monday in spring became a cause for celebration, as well as a good amount of caution, safety and careful attention to pandemic guidelines.

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The week that was: A weekly wrap-up of CCSD athletics

Exciting action in field hockey, boys soccer and girls volleyball, and All-State honors in wrestling, swimming and diving.

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