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It was a clean sweep last month at the Continental League for the Rock Canyon High School (RCHS) spirit teams. Varsity cheer, junior varsity coed cheer, varsity poms and junior varsity poms all finished in first place. The Continental League consists of 11 high schools – Castle View, Chaparral, Douglas County, Heritage, Highlands Ranch,…
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Jags Go Pink (JGP), a new club at Rock Canyon High School (RCHS), hosted Pink Week to raise money for breast cancer research. Led by two students, 16-year-old juniors Claire Weiffenbach and Amelia Solano, the two organized a series of impactful events in the true spirit of community service. Inspired by the success of RCHS’s…
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The HOYA Foundation is an organization that works with the U.S. Department of Transportation to garner support for small businesses that work in the transportation and construction industries. Based in Arvada, the nonprofit hosts an annual expo, Transportation and Construction Girl, a program that encourages young women to pursue careers to meet the workforce shortage…
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Students in all grades at Buffalo Ridge Elementary (BRE) are thinking outside the box and solving problems in the Learning Commons. This school year, library time was added to the rotation schedule, where classes rotate between physical education, art, music and library each for a week every month. Librarian Aimee Valuck facilitated a fun critical…
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The Stotz family welcomed an exchange student from the south of France to their home in the Forest Park neighborhood for the school year. In only three months, there have already been many adventures and new experiences for all of them. Earlier this year, Stacy Stotz saw that Antoine was looking for a host family…
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In 2022, the Denver Broncos made history by inaugurating the first-ever Girls High School Flag Football league in Colorado. Collaborating closely with the Colorado High School Activities Association (CHSAA), Rock Canyon High School (RCHS) embarked on this three-year pilot program with the goal of making flag football for girls an officially sanctioned CHSAA sport across…
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Rock Canyon High School’s homecoming was the week of September 18 with events held every day to celebrate. Volleyball tournaments, powder puff football games, parade, bonfire, football game at EchoPark Stadium and HoCo dance were some of the annual traditions for the Jaguar students and parents. Caption by Hollen Wheeler; courtesy photos
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DCS Montessori is committed to providing cultural experiences with middle school students. In 2017, now- retired DCSM teacher Ryoko Fusatani began a partnership with Shibaura Institute of Technology Junior and Senior High School. Each year, the Japanese high school sends roughly 30 students to DCSM for a day filled with language and cultural exchanges. Fusatani…
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Timber Trail Elementary (TTE) kindergarten teacher Mary Hastings is much more than a primary schoolteacher. She is also a 200-hour, certified yoga instructor who began the after-school and summer camp program, “Yogis for Life,” for interested kindergarten through fifth graders. “I strongly believe the earlier a person begins their yoga practice of connecting their mind,…
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Red Shirt Rookies (RSR) is an extension of Special Olympics Project UNIFY, a strategy for engaging schools to use sports programs and educational tools of Special Olympics to create a place of acceptance, respect and human dignity for all students with and without intellectual disabilities. The Red Shirt Rookie club of TTE has reignited…
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