Author: ford_aaron

Imagine molding sand to create landforms like buttes, peaks, and valleys, making it rain on command, and then watching the water flow on the landscape — all in the library!  Students are now able to experience this with our updated Augmented-Reality (A-R) sand table. The A-R system was designed, fabricated, and donated to our school […]

On Saturday, April 20th, 27 femme’s and 16 volunteers immersed themselves in SCIENCE!  All participants started with a chemistry experiment with chromotography and tshirts, then transitioned to a specialized area of choice.  Those in Math learned the wonders of code with Ceaser Wheels, Biology, discovered the wonders of DNA, Technology participants used SCRATCH to code, […]

On April 20th, Lyons Elementary School will host the first annual Femme in STEM day.   3rd through 5th grade students are invited to sign up to participate in this all girl event.  Girls will engage in activities across the STEM fields with an in-depth exploration in the morning and a science fair in the afternoon. […]

 A big THANK YOU an Congratulations to Sarah Wegert, Tech Coordinator and Elena Russ, Art Teacher for their fabulous presentations and canvases presented at the Nature, St. Vrain.  

On February 23rd, Madeline Johnson, LES 5th grader and winner of the LES Spelling Bee, participated in the Regional Spelling Bee in Boulder.  Maddie did an amazing job, going 5 rounds before going out on the word “inselberg” (a word Maddie says she hadn’t even heard of)!  She aced words like “exuberant and erudite” and […]

Elementary Social Studies Curriculum Adoption Public Review The elementary social studies curriculum adoption committee is reviewing three programs after starting the process with six programs.  The three programs are from Nystrom, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, and McGraw Hill.  The three programs will be available for public review on Monday, February 25 and Tuesday, February 26 from 3:00 […]

Across the district, we have been championing a new motivational motto that is uniting our shared vision for excellence in learning and student advancement: We are taking public education by #StVrainStorm!  Every day, I observe countless examples of students, teachers, staff, and community partners exemplifying the highest levels of achievement and drive that represent the very best […]

Next up in our AIR series is Author, Natasha Wing.  Natasha writes a series of “the Night Before” books and will do an all school assembly as well as break out sessions with our 2nd graders.   Rounding out the AIR series, Antoine Rolland will be at LES April 5th, focusing on Science Notebooking, Kurtis Kelly, […]

Vex IQ is a robotics program. We are 5th graders and are on the same team called “Hydralion.” Here we will tell you the steps of the  tournament. First, you go through inspections. Inspections is when you go to a table and they look at your robot. After they look at it they put your […]

It’s that time of year!  Our Family BINGO Night is a FUN! and FREE! event with a delicious pasta dinner provided by Lucky’s Market, face painting, BINGO games, popcorn, prizes and our BASKET RAFFLE!  This year our Teacher Experiences will also be raffled off at the event.  These Experiences give students the chance for some […]