Teacher Appreciation

Teacher Appreciation – Distance Learning Style Dear Lyons Elementary School Teachers and Staff, We hope you all are doing well and want to extend our appreciation and gratitude to each of you during this year’s Teacher Appreciation Week! Thank you for the support and connection you continue to give to our children, and to us parents, during […]

Join us in celebrating our teachers

Teacher Appreciation Week is May 4-8 and we are inviting our communtiy to join us celebrating the many outstanding educators across our community.   Write a letter, record a video message, or share messages of appreciation Share appreciation through a letter or video message, and post it on social media using the hashtags #StVrainStorm and #ThankATeacher. […]

Virtual Scholastic Book Fair

Students and families love our school book fairs. In an effort to continue that tradition  and to encourage reading, we’ve scheduled to bring our Spring Book Fair straight to your home!  This virtual fair is optional. Although your purchases support our school, our end goal is simply to get new books in the hands of […]

Specials Board ……Come on see what we are doing!

Click on this link to access the Specials Options for this week:  

Access on Weblinks HERE!

While many of you have been accessing and relying on our Parent/School Calendar for some time, for many this will become a new GO-TO for accessing all Meeting Weblinks.  Out and about…..realize you could jump into recess but don’t have your iPad?  Access our website, bookmark the calendar or add the School Calendar to your […]

Yearbook 2019-20

Yearbook 2019-20 STILL HAPPENING! Thanks to SUPERSTAR Jess Kutrumbos, we are still on track for a Yearbook.  All families will receive a free yearbook this year.  We are asking for a few things from YOU!  We would like you to submit up to 3 photo’s per student of Art work and Activities you are doing […]

Family Update: Online Learning Plan and School Closures

Dear St. Vrain Valley Families, Thank you for your continued partnership during this challenging time. I am extremely proud of how our community has come together to ensure that our students will continue to engage in their learning. Please take a moment to view a video message that I recorded for our community which reflects […]

Lyons Feeder Reading Challenge

Join us for a fun PK -12 challenge! Check out the WALL OF FAME! What is the Lyons 100K Extended Break Reading Challenge?The Lyons 100K Extended Break Reading Challenge is a Lyons Feeder PK-12 initiative! It is an opportunity for students to read over the extended break, engage in a fun and healthy competition, and maintain […]

Artist in Residence …. Camila Friedman-Gerlicz

For the love of math!  and Art!  Next up in our Artist in Residence line up is Camila Friedman-Gerlicz is a Professor at CU Boulder.  She loves math! and art and patterns and shapes…. LES students were presented with her journey as she has learned to take her loves and blend them together into math […]

Math is a Pattern… A Workshop for Parents.

Lyons Elementary School is sponsoring a presentation by CU Professor, Elisabeth Stade at the Lyons Regional Library on March 10th beginning at 6:30 pm.  In this Parent Workshop, Elisabeth will apply the techniques of looking at art to Mathmatics.  She will look at both real art and real math.  Elisabeth will explore techniques that can […]

BINGO and BASKETS…. Bingo cancelled but Raffle Baskets to come..

BINGO Night has been cancelled but don’t worry!  Raffle Baskets winners will not be drawn until everyone has been given a chance to place their tickets in preferred jars.  Fingers Crossed! Raffle Ticket Order Form >>

February Family Connections Newsletter

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we share tips on taking fantastic photos with an iPad, information on the Longmont Public Library’s Tech Café, and questions you might ask yourself as you consider the right time for your child to get a smartphone.  To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in […]

2020 Superintendent Meetings

Join the St. Vrain Valley Schools Superintendent and Board of Education to engage in a visioning conversation around the purpose of public education, the future direction of the district, and goals to ensure continued alignment between strategic priorities and community needs. St. Vrain Valley Schools is one of the fastest growing and most innovative school […]

Recycle! Chip bags, snack wrappers, toothpaste tubes and MORE!

With the help of parent volunteers, Lyons Elementary will be expanding the items we take for recycling.  Currently we take used markers of all brands and used printer cartridges but we will be adding toothpaste tubes, shampoo bottles, Cliff Bar (foil lined snack wrappers and chip bags of all sizes.  We will be working with […]

Closing the loop at the LES Student Store

LES Second Grade students along with Eco Club members are working on closing the loop this year with Student Store.  The primary focus of the Student Store, which is open every Tuesday from 7:40 am to 8:00 am, is to help teach Second Grade students about money.  In past years many of the items for […]

Lyons Elementary partners with RMNP for some amazing experiences!

Forget that long, boring bus drive to Denver!  All grade levels will be participating in some amazing field trips this spring in RMNP.  Field Trip Programs Grades K-2 Winter Detectives Students become winter detectives and search for clues to solve the mysteries of winter in Rocky Mountain National Park. By looking for signs of life […]

January Family Connections Newsletter

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we explore ways St. Vrain teachers and students are using technology to enhance learning. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here!

Parent Teacher Conferences – Sign Up Now!

Winter Parent Teacher Conferences are scheduled for January 28th, January 29th and February 6th.  An additional short session will be offered to 5th grade parents on February 4th to allow for the “Hello 6th Grade” presentation at the Lyons M/S on January 29th.  An email with a student specific sign up was sent last week.  […]

Celebrate Chinese New Year at Silver Creek High School, February 8

The Asian Pacific Association of Longmont, Silver Creek Leadership Academy and the St. Vrain Valley School District are excited to host the 10th Anniversary Chinese New Year Celebration at Silver Creek High School on February 8, 2020 from 2:00-5:00 p.m. This zero waste event is free and open to the public and will include cultural […]

Early access to kindergarten and first grade | Join our informational meeting on January 8

Originally published in the Longmont Times-Call>> St. Vrain Valley School Schools offers access to early enrollment for highly advanced gifted children under the age of 6. A parent meeting to provide information regarding the early access process and characteristics of young gifted children is set for 5 to 6 p.m. Jan. 8 at the Student Services building, […]

Lights, Camera….DISCOVERY FAIR!

DISCOVERY FAIR 2020 For Discovery Fair student filmmakers and their parents: Deadline for film submissions is Friday, January 24th. Please be mindful of this deadline! We need time to review each film and organize them for viewing, so any late entries will make that tricky for us volunteers. Copyrighted music may not be used in […]

December Family Connections Newsletter

In this month’s issue of the Family Connections Newsletter, we share new findings on media use by tweens and teens and explore how St. Vrain students of all ages are engaging in robotics. To sign up to receive the monthly newsletter in your email, click here!

Colorado Gives….December 10th

Give where you live-LES PTO on Colorado Gives Day on December 10th Colorado’s largest day of giving, Colorado Gives Day, is taking place on Tuesday, December 10, 2019! On this day, thousands of people come together to support Colorado nonprofits like  the Lyons Elementary School PTO. When you donate to the Lyons Elementary School PTO, […]