Schools

Going beyond learning how to speak a second language, students are becoming literate in another language and receiving the state’s mark of recognition.

Algunos estudiantes en el distrito escolar St. Vrain Valley están yendo más allá del bilingüismo y se han alfabetizado por completo en otros idiomas, obteniendo así un sello de reconocimiento por parte del estado.

Around 8 p.m. Sunday, the St.

Spanish-speaking parents will have an opportunity to learn and ask questions on a variety of topics during ELPASO Latinx parents summit.

Padres de habla hispana tendrán la oportunidad de aprender y hacer preguntas acerca de varios temas durante la quinta conferencia anual de padres Latinos, la Cúspide.

School officials are concerned that more students will join virtual academy if COVID-19 cases rise.

“To be honest it was pretty weird at the start but once we got on the field and started warming up it felt just like it was last year,” Skyline junior Nick Peterson said. “The empty stands were a little weird.”

En los últimos cinco años, el distrito ha notado un incremento del 92% en estudiantes Hispanos que han tomado exámenes AP, junto con un incremento del 52% de estudiantes blancos y un incremento del 50% de estudiantes negros. El índice de graduación en el distrito también ha mejorado para estudiantes en grupos históricamente marginalizados.

Elsewhere in Longmont, an individual at St. John the Baptist Catholic School has tested positive for the COVID-19 and students in classrooms who were in close contact with the individual were quarantined for 14 days.

In the past five years, the district has seen a 92% increase in Hispanic students taking AP exams, along with a 52% increase among white students and a 50% increase among Black students. Graduation rates also have improved for students in historically marginalized groups.