Promising Practice: How St. Vrain Valley Schools built trailblazing STEM program

St. Vrain Valley Schools has taken impressive steps over the past nine years to implement a comprehensive Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) program. Beginning at the earliest grades, students are exposed to STEM fields and encouraged to think about their interests and passions.

Stories of Promising Practice: Grant Beacon Middle School

Despite demographics that cause many schools to struggle, Denver's Grant Beacon Middle School has prospered over the past years. Test scores have increased steadily, and the school has implemented a longer school day, a wealth of enrichment activities for its students, and a technology-rich, blended learning environment that includes a Chromebook laptop for every student. Find out how the school's innovation is leading to success.

Stories of Promising Practice: Tavelli Elementary School

The Colorado Department of Education is highlighting success stories of teachers, students and administrators around the state in classrooms and schools through storytelling and videos in hopes that their experience can help others elevate their work. This is one of several such stories, looking at the success at Tavelli Elementary School in the Poudre Valley School District. Tavelli was once a struggling school that was quickly turned around to become a high achieving school.