Our teachers and staff are wishing our Black Rock Families a wonderful Spring Break!
Please click on the following links for important information regarding MMR immunization from the CDHE
Important vaccine information can be found here.
Project Launch
Registration Open for Elementary Project Launch
Academic proficiency is an important district goal for elementary students. Research shows that extended school year learning opportunities positively impact student success.
Project Launch Program Includes:
- Targeted literacy practice daily
- Content literacy in science and social studies
- Focused math study and exploration
- Transportation provided for those who qualify from predetermined bus stops
- Breakfast and lunch provided
- Exiting Kindergarten – 4th Grade Students
- Available at no cost to families
Date & Times
Monday-Thursday, June 3 – June 27, 2024
8:30-3:30 PM
Attendance all 16 days is critical
We will close individual grade levels when full.
Space is limited! To register, please contact your school or teacher for a registration form, and return your completed form to either your child’s teacher, or the school office. There is no online registration format. You will be notified if your child is placed on a waitlist for this program.
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Inscripciones Abiertas para Project Launch en escuelas Primarias
La competencia académica es una meta importante del distrito para todos los estudiantes de primaria. Las investigaciones demuestran que las oportunidades de aprendizaje durante extensiones del año escolar influyen positivamente en el éxito de los estudiantes.
El programa de Project Launch incluye:
- Práctica diaria de alfabetización dirigida.
- Alfabetización de contenido en ciencias y estudios sociales.
- Estudio enfocado y exploración de las matemáticas.
- Transporte proporcionado para quienes califiquen, desde paradas de autobús
- previamente determinadas.
- Desayuno y almuerzo incluidos.
- Estudiantes que salen del Kínder al 4.° grado.
- Disponible sin costo para las familias.
Fecha y hora:
Lunes a jueves, del 3 al 27 de junio de 2024.
8:30 a.m. a 3:30 p.m.
La asistencia es crítica los 16 días del curso.
Cerraremos los grados individualmente cuando estén llenos.
El espacio es limitado. Comuníquese por favor con su escuela o maestro para solicitar una forma de inscripción y regrésela después de completarla, ya sea a su maestro o en la oficina de la escuela. No hay un formato para inscripción en línea. Se le notificará si su estudiante ha sido colocado en una lista de espera para este programa.
STEM Summer Opportunities
STEM Night and Student Design Guild
The STEM Night and Student Design Guild at the Innovation Center focuses on activities for preschool and elementary school-aged children and is scheduled for Tuesday, May 7, 2024 from 4 pm to 7 pm. STEM Night will highlight different STEM activities for students, including learning what it’s like to participate in our many divisions: Aeronautics, Bioscience, Computer Science / Cybersecurity, Design and Virtual Reality, Entrepreneurship, Robotics, and Studio/Video Productions.
The Student Design Guild, hosted with the STEM Night events listed above, provides students with an opportunity to identify relevant problems and showcase their solutions to an authentic audience. Students can use the Design Thinking Process, the Scientific Method, the Engineering Process, or any other problem solving process to become deep thinkers about the world around them.
Student Design Guild Informational Flier
Student Design Guild Rubric for Students
Summer Opportunities at the IC
Over the summer we will have opportunities at the IC for students who have completed Kindergarten through high school. Most camps are one week in duration, but there is one two-week program, Innovation Academy, available to students currently in kindergarten, first or second grade who will be rising 1st, 2nd, & 3rd graders this summer. In addition, we have several other “Super STEM” camps for K-5 students. Registration for all summer camps is now open
Innovation Center Summer Opportunities K-12
Student Design Guild: The Student Design Guild seeks to create experiential learning opportunities that transcend the traditional classroom and engage the entire community in STEM and design work. In this Student Design Guild, teachers can support their students on a design journey, either in the classroom, or by providing information to parents for students to work independently at home. See the attached flier for details. Teachers can have their entire class participate, or even just a small group. Students can participate independently at home, or invite a friend to work on your project with you! Please contact Kristen Brohm, Director of STEM Education at the Innovation Center, for more information. Anyone can enter!
Student Design Guild Informational Flier
Student Design Guild Rubric for Students
Super STEM: Looking for interesting camps for your child? Check out Super STEM and Innovation Academy for offerings for your elementary/middle school-aged child. Check us out at innovation.svvsd.org or click on the link: Innovation Center Summer Opportunities K-12
“Growing Up in Public”
Join Dr. Devorah Heitner for a conversation on “Growing Up in Public”, presented by DTS and SVVS Parent University on March 6 from 5:00-6:30
If you’ve ever said “I’m so glad my teenage years weren’t shared for the world to see,” this talk is for you! With social media and constant connection, the boundaries of privacy for children are stretched thin.Growing Up in Public shows parents how to help tweens and teens navigate boundaries, identity, privacy, and reputation in their digital world.
Dr. Devorah Heitner is the author of Growing Up in Public: Coming of Age in a Digital World and Screenwise: Helping Kids Thrive (and Survive) in Their Digital World. Her work has appeared in the New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, and CNN Opinion. She has a Ph.D. in Media/Technology & Society from Northwestern University and has taught at DePaul and Northwestern. She is delighted to be raising her own teenager and she lives with her family in Chicagoland. You can follow her on Substack and on Instagram @devorahheitnerphd.
RSVP to attend https://www.svvsd.org/departments/professional-development/parent-university/
Registered attendees will receive a copy of Devorah’s book “Growing Up in Public”
Summer Camp Opportunity
Please click here to view a more detailed version of the school lunch menu.
Please RSVP on the following link here.
Shine try-outs will be March 6th and 7th. Sign up here. SHINE AUDITIONS 2024 (google.com)
We are still collecting milk caps from the Longmont Dairy.
You can now order your own T-shirt with the winning contest design, orders close March 21st. Follow this link to order.
Purchase Black Rock spirit wear here.
The PTO is putting together a voluntary directory for parent contact information. Sign up here.
Sign up for the Volunteer Email list, click here.
There is a form to submit New Business for PTO Consideration: here.
Sponsors This Week
Upcoming Events
Monday, March 18th – 22nd – Spring Break: No School
Thursday, March 28th – Choir Field Trip
Wednesday, April 3rd – Late Start: Book Character Day
Friday, April 5th – Shine Variety Show
Tuesday, April 9th – PTO Meeting
Friday, April 19th – 1st Grade Field Trip
Tuesday, April 23rd – 5th Grade Field Trip
Wednesday, April 24th – 4th Grade Field Trip
Friday, May 2nd – 5th Grade Field Day