Five Colorado Springs-Area High Schools Join Colorado Legacy Schools AP Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 2, 2016 Contact Information: Melissa Reeves 720-502-4756 work 303-856-8098 cell mreeves@coloradoedinitiative.org Tustin Amole Director of Communications Cherry Creek Schools 720-554-4475 work 303-358-8006 cell tamole@CherryCreekSchools.org Devra Ashby Public Information Officer Colorado Springs School District 11 719-520-2286 …
Program makes tougher high school classes cool at 5 Colorado Springs-area schools
By Debbie Kelley, The Gazette | October 19, 2016 Advanced Placement courses are getting even cooler at five Pikes Peak region high schools. Atlas Preparatory School in Harrison District 2, Coronado and Doherty high schools in Colorado Springs District 11, Ellicott High School in Ellicott District 22, and Falcon High …
Grant helps students in military families take AP courses
By Nelson Garcia, 9NEWS | October 19, 2016 COLORADO SPRINGS – For students like Zach LaCross, adjusting to school can be difficult. “Five different schools in seven years,” LaCross said. “This is the sixth actually.” LaCross is a senior at Doherty High School in Colorado Springs. Both his parents serve in …
How one tiny high school hacked Advanced Placement classes
By Kate Schimel and Leah Todd, High Country News | October 10, 2016 If you ask Colby Simpson, one of 35 seniors at Paonia High School, how many Advanced Placement classes he’s taken, he has to shuffle through a long mental list. He definitely took AP Biology, and is taking …
Creating change with student survey data
Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | October 5, 2016 Districts and schools across Colorado are increasingly surveying their students, but are they using that survey data to drive better decision making or improve student outcomes? “CEI’s Student Perception Survey and other surveys that measure social-emotional learning can help identify gaps, solve …
CEI supports military students and families in academic success
Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | October 5, 2016 CEI’s Colorado Legacy Schools (CLS) AP program partners with the U.S. Department of Defense’s (USDoD), Joining Forces program, and the National Math and Science Initiative to help military children become college-ready with STEM and AP courses in up to 10 Colorado schools serving large …
CEI helps schools get smart about health and wellness
By Melissa Reeves, YourHub – Denver Post | October 5, 2106 More than 450 Colorado schools volunteered to participate in the2015-16 Smart Source pilot and while the state-level results are impressive, CEI’s health and wellness team knows there is more work to do across the state. “We are thrilled that 25 …
CEI Joins Forces with Partners to Support Military Students and Families in Academic Success
Five Colorado Springs-Area High Schools Join Colorado Legacy Schools AP Program FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 12, 2016 Contact Information: Melissa Reeves 720-502-4756 work 303-856-8098 cell mreeves@coloradoedinitiative.org WHAT: Funding and Academic Support for Military Students and Families Announced WHEN: Wednesday, Oct. 19 at 9:30 a.m. WHERE: Doherty High School, 4515 Barnes …
Students train to meet demand with STEM classes
By Byron Reed, 9NEWS | October 7, 2016 For many classrooms across Colorado, exploring new ideas is nothing new. And for Poudre High School senior Olivia Brett, exploring these ideas in her classroom transfers into opportunity. “It’s allowing kids to explore ideas and careers that may have not been presented …
How healthy are Colorado schools? New survey provides some answers
By Ann Schimke, Chalkbeat Colorado | October 7, 2016 How many minutes do Colorado elementary students get for lunch? How many schools take away recess when students misbehave? Are there nurses at every school? The answers are 19 minutes, more than a quarter and no. These and many other statistics …