Black Rock Weekly Newsletter

Fourth Graders recently read the book ‘Lunch Money’ by Andrew Clements. Several students felt inspired to create and illustrate stories of their very own!

Way to go WildCats!


Proposed 2024 Bond Initiative, Learn more here.



Don’t Forget to Order This Year’s School Pictures (individuals only)

ENJOY 10% OFF your order! CODE: S2410OFF EXPIRES: December 31, 2024

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Individual pictures have been sent out, class pictures have been processed and will be sent out at a later date.

Order your yearbook here today!


Please click on the following links for important information regarding MMR immunization from the CDHE

Important vaccine information can be found here.



Please click here for more information about the Accessibility Awareness Event.


St. Vrain’s Unframed Art Show live at the Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall from April 16-21
Please join us at the Boulder County Fairgrounds Exhibition Hall from April 16-21 for the public viewing of artworks from all grade levels and schools across the St. Vrain Valley. Different mediums will be featured including ceramics, digital art/photography, drawing, jewelry making, metalwork, mixed media, painting, and printmaking.

Learn More and See Where the Winning Artworks will Publish


Please RSVP on the following link here.



We are still collecting milk caps from the Longmont Dairy.

PTO Board Elections will be at this month’s meeting. Let us know if you’re interested in joining the Board.

You can donate free money to Black Rock every time you shop at King Soopers. Just link your Sooper Card to Black Rock through their Community Rewards.

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


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

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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




Please click here to view a more detailed version of the school lunch menu.


Sponsors This Week


Upcoming Events

Friday, April 19th – 1st Grade Field Trip – Dine to Donate at Panda Express – it runs all day

Tuesday, April 23rd – 5th Grade Field Trip

Wednesday, April 24th – 4th Grade Field Trip

Friday, May 2nd – 5th Grade Field Day

Wednesday, May 8th – 2nd Grade Field Day

Friday, May 10th – Shakespeare in the Park

Tuesday, May 14th – 5th Grade Field Trip

Tuesday, May 14th – PTO Meeting

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