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Jeffco Schools Foundation Community Scholarships and teacher support funds
Last year, Jeffco Schools Foundation and its donor partners awarded nearly $50,000 in post-secondary scholarships to graduating seniors around Jeffco. If you know deserving soon-to-be graduates,...
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Jeffco Community Night with the Denver Nuggets
Join Jeffco Schools Foundation to cheer for the Denver Nuggets when they take on Houston Rockets! Tip-off is at 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 7th at the Pepsi Center. Tickets are only $15 upper level...
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Love Our Schools Luncheon awards Dr. Cindy Stevenson and the Salazar Family...
Dr. Cindy Stevenson will receive the Norma Anderson Lifetime Service Award at Jeffco Schools Foundation’s luncheon. March 19, 2015, Lakewood, CO ~ The Board of Directors of Jeffco Schools Foundation...
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March 19, 2015, Lakewood, CO ~ Last year, Jeffco Schools Foundation and its donor partners awarded nearly $40,000 in post-secondary scholarships to graduating seniors around Jeffco. If you know...
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Retired educators stay connected through Books for Kids Project
May 13, 2015, Lakewood CO ~ Members of the Jefferson County Retired School Employees Association (JCRSEA) remain (L to R) The Books for Kids team at Hutchinson Elementary School: Sarah Oldham, Judy...
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Coming home…Love Our Schools luncheon
Frank DeAngelis (Retired Columbine High School Principal) and Sen. Norma Anderson presented Dr. Cindy Stevenson with a Lifetime Service Award. May 18. 2015, Lakewood, CO ~ As Jeffco’s “home-grown...
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Salazar Literacy Grant pays for learning materials
May 19, 2015, Arvada, CO ~ Last year saw the new READ (Literacy) Act Plans put in place at Hackberry Hill Elementary. Research indicates that if a child is not reading up to grade level by the end of...
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Columbine Memorial Scholarships announced
Robert Blair (Arvada HS) was not only the recipient of a Columbine Memorial Scholarship, but also received a Dee Reed Scholarship from Jeffco Schools Foundation and others; shown with proud parents,...
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Chris Faughnan Memorial Scholarships awarded
Mike Faughnan (also an alumnus of Arvada HS) and Cathy Faughnan present the 2015 Chris Faughnan Memorial Scholarship to Sherleen Tran and Leighanne Gray during a recent awards presentation. A proud...
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Never Stop Learning: Jeffco Summer Reading Program Expands to 30 Schools
Two students enjoy a literacy game as part of the Jeffco Summer of Early Literacy program at Lasley Elementary. The Jeffco Summer of Early Literacy (JSEL) program helps stave off summer slide among...
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Jeffco Schools Foundation recognized for Jeffco Summer of Early Literacy...
Jeffco Schools Foundation recognized for Jeffco Summer of Early Literacy (JSEL) expansion Martha Sheehan, 2015 JSEL Principal, Westridge Elementary. Jeffco Schools Foundation’s Jeffco Summer of Early...
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Westminster 710 Rotary Club donates historical book to Jeffco elementary schools
Early Westminster school children (Courtesy: Westminster Historical Society) Westminster 710 Rotary Club and Westminster Centennial Committee partnered with Jeffco Schools Foundation to distribute...
View ArticleColorado PTA to educate parents, families, and communities about state...
Colorado PTA has received a grant from National PTA to provide presentations to help educate parents, families, and communities about our various state assessments and standardized tests, including...
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Serving Kids clothing program in need of everything
Volunteers at Jeffco Schools Foundation’s Serving Kids Program, made sure that over 4,100 items of clothing reached Jeffco Public Schools students as school started. With each year, there is a growing...
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2015 Jeffco Hero Award Honoree: Maria Jelinek
Lincoln Academy first grade teacher Maria Jelinek is interviewed in her classroom about how she and her students dealt with the cancer diagnosis, battle and eventual passing of classmate Savannah...
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2015 Jeffco Hero Award Honoree: Bronwyn Elisha
Ralston Valley High School senior Bronwyn Elisha sits at her desk in French class. Her teachers say her vibrant sense of humor has helped her deal with a leg amputation that came as the result of a...
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2015 Jeffco Hero Award Honoree: Jade Montoya
Pomona High School senior Jade Montoya is pictured near the entryway of her school. Montoya, who choiced-in as a Panther, making the daily trip to PHS from her home in Denver, is the first in her...
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2015 Jeffco Hero Award Honoree: Brandon Farler
Two Roads Charter School senior Brandon Farler smiles during a class discussion about a play by Sophocles. Farler came to the school with a more than decade-long gap in his formal education, having...
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2015 Jeffco Hero Award Honoree: Jesse Swift
Bell Middle School STEM teacher Jesse Swift is pictured in the background of a classroom window case lined with solar cars he helped his students design for a series of competitive races. The Jeffco...
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2015 Jeffco Hero Award Honoree: Scott Haebe
Evergreen High School socialsStudies teacher Scott Haebe reacts while conferring with a student after school about a World War I history assignment. Haebe is also the school’s head boy’s basketball...
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