What's Happening at CCIC

  • Daniels Fund grant to support Aviation & Health and Wellness Pathways

    A $170,000 grant from the Daniels Fund will increase students’ access to programs that let them earn college credits and industry certifications, specifically in the CCIC’s Aviation and Health and Wellness academic pathways and help expand CCIC courses in the afternoons, evenings and weekends for all students, and provide course offerings to the broader community, including but not limited to CCSD students.

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  • South Metro Fire & Rescue Visit

    South Metro Fire & Rescue visited with CCIC Automotive Pathway students to talk about maintenance and repair of emergency vehicles. The South Metro Fleet Vehicle Maintenance Crew brought a fire engine and talked about the career opportunities in their field.

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  • CCIC 2nd Annual Car Show

    CCIC Automotive students coordinated and hosted the 2nd annual Car Show! 70 vehicles, ranging from Hellcats, Stingers, Falcons, Mustangs and the CCIC EVs were on display. CCSD students, families, faculty and community members made this day a great success.

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  • CCIC at Construction & Transportation GIRL

    CCIC Infrastructure Engineering students attended Transportation & Construction GIRL, an annual event sponsored by the HOYA Foundation. This hands-on event is geared toward educating young women about careers in traditionally male-dominated construction and transportation industries.

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  • CCIC Adds Learjet to Fleet of Aircraft

    The Cherry Creek Innovation Campus recently added a Learjet to its fleet of classroom aircraft. Students are eager to get hands-on experience and expand their knowledge of jet aircraft as they pursue careers in the aviation industry. The Learjet is no longer airworthy, and the engines and some systems have been removed, but it is still an extremely valuable learning and teaching tool.

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  • Ms. Elerie Archer Awarded Partnership in Education Award

    CCIC CNA Instructor Ms. Elerie Archer has been awarded the 2021 Partnership in Education Award. This award is given to a teacher in a school district of the host city for the current year’s AsMA Annual Scientific Meeting. Nominations are solicited from the local school districts and the winner is selected by the Partnership In Education Award Committee. The winner is recognized as an individual who has brought a unique approach to teaching science in the classroom and has inspired his or her students to an interest in science. The award is sponsored by the Aerospace Physiology Society.

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  • Inaugural Car Show at CCIC

    On May 22nd the CCIC Automotive SkillsUSA Club hosted its first ever car show! About 50 vehicles, ranging from a 1931 Model A Rat Rod to a 2020 C8 Corvette, were on display throughout the morning. Former, current and future students and their families participated, along with teachers from other CCSD schools with cool rides.

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  • CCIC Fundamentals Startup Business

    The Manufacturing Fundamentals students and Business Services Pathway CTE Capstone students collaborated to create a startup business referred to as “CCIC Fundamentals.” Students were responsible for all phases of this comprehensive project, including drafting a business plan, marketing products and manufacturing custom signs ordered by CCIC employees.

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  • CCIC Students place first in the "Public Health" team competition at Colorado HOSA State Leadership Conference

    CCIC Health & Wellness Students Eve Breese, Jack Carson & Ask Kunita placed first in the "Public Health" team competition at Colorado HOSA State Leadership Conference and will be advancing to International Leadership Conference in June.

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  • CCIC Students Launch Podcast Focused on Hospitality & Tourism

    The Pineapple Podcast is a student-led podcast developed by Hospitality Youth Apprenticeship students. Student hosts, Morgan Dawson and Nate Barrett, interview successful Hospitality & Tourism industry partners and leaders. Click on the link to watch the podcasts.

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  • Six CCIC Automotive Students Qualify for SkillsUSA State Contest

    Congratulations to CCIC Automotive students Paul Felix, Evan Macmillan, Luke Mortensen, Andrew Stice, Cole Timmons and Kyle Gosselink. These students competed in a virtual SkillsUSA contest in Automotive Service Technology and Maintenance & Light Repair and qualified for the state level contest in late March.

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  • CCIC Teacher Awarded Denver Nuggets' Most Valuable Teacher

    Kate McDonnell, teacher at CCIC, Overland High School and Cherry Creek Elevation was awarded the Denver Nuggets' Most Valuable Teacher (MVT) for March, 2021. The MVT program encourages teachers to continually strive for excellence and leadership in their classrooms by offering a unique experience. Teachers receive gifts, a visit from a Nuggets celebrity, and a classroom improvement grant. Ms. McDonell was nominated by a parent for her incredible support and work with their children who are/were OHS and CCIC students.

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  • CCSD Future Educator Pathway Showcased in Forbes

    CCSD's Future Educators Pathways program is preparing the next generation of excellent teachers. Now in its second year, students gain real-world work experience while still in high school. Read more about the program and how it is helping CCSD address goals to diversify our teaching force.

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  • CCIC Teacher Kim Reiser Named CMEA Teacher of the Year

    Congratulations to CCIC's Business Pathway Lead, Kim Reiser, for being named CMEA's 2021 Teacher of the Year! This award recognizes teachers who lead outstanding business, marketing and DECA programs for students in their respective school communities.

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  • YouthBiz Startup Winners

    Congratulations to Business Services pathway student Miles Newbins from Cherokee Trail and Health & Wellness pathway student Charithasri Doddapaneni, Grandview High School for winning the first CCIC/YouthBiz Startup Week Pitch contest held virtually January 25-28th.

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  • STEAM Students Design Future Forward Educator Award

    STEAM students designed, prototyped, presented to clients, fabricated, and assembled the Cherry Creek Schools Future Forward Educator of the Year Awards for 2020! This is just one of the opportunities students have in the STEAM Pathway to work on real life projects .

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  • Anatomage Table in Health & Wellness

    Physical Therapy students are using the new Anatomage Table. This amazing piece of equipment, used in CCIC's Health & Wellness pathway, allows students to see human cadvers in 3D to learn human anatomy. The interactive, multi-layered 3D images can be cut and viewed along any plane, and enlarged or rotated on any axis for better viewing.

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  • CCIC DECA State Qualifiers

    CCIC Business Services students competed in the virtual DECA District competition and 10 students earned top performer awards and qualified for the state competition. Students completed a 100-question online test and recorded a video response to a role play scenario. Congratulations to State Qualifier Award Winners: Yashwant Chapagain, Taliyah Claiborne, Josh Forkell, Jayed Khan, Ella Mahaffy, Miriam Meyers, Charles O'Donnell IV, Rediet Petros, Izabella Sterling and Graham Thatcher.

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  • Book an appointment with a CCIC Counselor

    Use the online scheduler to book an appointment with a CCIC counselor. Counselors can answer questions about CCIC enrollment, repair schedules, help with post graduate planning or apprenticeships and provide emotional support. Meetings will be virtual.

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  • Preparing the Next Generation of Nurses

    As the United States deals with a nursing shortage that is only expected to continue, the Cherry Creek Innovation Campus could help fill that pipeline with a class for Certified Nurse's Assistants. Instructor Elerie Archer, R.N., shares what it’s like to teach students in this critical field. “Knowing that you have someone’s life at your fingertips is powerful.”

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