Earlier this year, the New Vista school community and BVSD celebrated a much-anticipated milestone as students and staff started the second semester of the school year in their brand new building. The new school is remarkable not only because it was designed specifically to support New Vista’s innovative program but also because it joins the ranks of BVSD’s most sustainable schools. 

Earlier this month, BVSD’s sustainability team provided the annual update to the Board on the district’s work toward goals detailed in the Sustainability Action Plan and the Green New Deal resolution. BVSD made some big sustainability gains this year across all action areas. 

BVSD's partnership and program with Eco-Cycle to support Zero Waste through the Green Star Schools Program is expanding to all BVSD schools by the end of 2026.

This spring, BVSD’s Office of Sustainability is introducing “A Day in the Life of greenBVSD” to help show how sustainability is built into day to day life at BVSD. This project aligns with the greenBVSD Action Plan and the new tool is an idea that arose from discussions with the district’s Sustainability Advisory Committee to highlight and share the features and programs that exist in our schools that support our sustainability goals.

Carrie Lee RN, ND, NCSN, and BVSD's Health Services Coordinator and Diabetes Resource Nurse, is leading a project developing a nationally utilized pediatric diabetes curriculum, for the National Association of School Nurses (NASN). Many places across the nation and even other districts within Colorado do not have a dedicated Diabetes Resource Nurse to support schools and students, especially in rural areas.

Lee aims to change that as she is working on a three year project for NASN to implement her knowledge and experience from BVSD and the DRNCO into a nationally-available online curriculum resource for school nurses who care for T1D students.

A lot has changed in student assessment since Dr. Jonathan Dings first came to the Boulder Valley School District, 27 years ago. He says the constant has been technology, even if it has morphed multiple times over the past three decades.

Spring has arrived, which means state assessments are right around the corner. BVSD schools will start administering these tests in April which include the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS), PSAT or SAT tests. Available online is a general schedule of these assessments in the Boulder Valley School District, including the grades affected. If your student is scheduled to take one of these tests, please encourage them to participate.

The Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) is proud to launch an all new Strategic Plan Dashboard. This dashboard will show the staff and community our progress within the four key objectives of our All Together for All Students Strategic Plan. While we have access to a number of data visualizations in BVSD, this dashboard will serve as a common tool that all schools, staff and community can reference over the next five years as we set targets and celebrate improved outcomes for kids.

There will be no school for BVSD students on Thursday, March 20 due to a staff shortage. Thursday is the No More Education Cuts statewide Day of Action led by the Colorado Education Association.