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Education

  • Actors visit local schools to promote anti-bullying campaign

        Two actors flew straight from the Super Bowl Feb. 5 to Colorado to visit a few local schools, including close-by Weld Central High School in Keenesburg Feb. 7.
        Quinton Aaron, who played Baltimore Ravens offensive tackle Michael Oher with Sandra Bullock in the hit “The Blind Side,” and Eric Martinez, from “Love Lies Bleeding” and ABC’s “Scoundrels,” stood with microphones in front of the entire school and answered any question students threw at them.

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  • Bus kids caught being good

        Weld Re-8 School District is proud to announce the students that have received recognition for being “Caught Being Good” on the bus routes for September and October.  

        The district also thanks Fort Lupton Pizza Hut for donating the personal pizza coupons that each student chosen received.

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  • Early Bird: Fort Lupton Middle School begins Thanksgiving week with feast

        Most folks spent their Thanksgiving break having the traditional big meal, doing some shopping on Black Friday, maybe catching a ball game or two. Fort Lupton Middle School Assistant Principal Tucker Willard planned to celebrate the holiday as well, but before he took time for himself, he spent a good chunk of his break caring for others.
        On Nov. 21, Willard’s plans came to fruition. The middle school played host to dozens of hungry visitors, most of them students, some family, all friends.

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  • Weld Re-8 District receives accreditation, accolades

        FORT LUPTON – Working on the recommendation of the Weld Re-8 District accountability team, the Re-8 Board of Education again approved each school in the district for accreditation.
        The recommendation, based on ratings provided by the by the Colorado Department of Education as well as the DAC assessment, positions the schools for continued operation, and presumably continued improvement.

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  • Student count increases in Weld Re-8

        FORT LUPTON – Big news for the Weld Re-8 School District, in terms of student population.
        Student numbers are up in the district for the first time since 2001, showing significant and positive growth in the community.
        Preliminary results for the October student count data shows an increase of approximately 66 students.

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  • CSU brings “college feeling” to Fort Lupton High School

         Fort Lupton High School students spent the day and evening of Nov. 7 hearing from CSU representatives on why they should aspire to higher educational opportunities after high school as part of the university’s Alliance High School Partnership Program.
        The all-day event, deemed CSU Day/College Access Night, brought all kinds of visitors to the high school including CSU President Dr. Anthony Frank and several college professors who presented in various classes throughout the day.
        In an evening presentation to students and their families, Dr. Mary Ontiveros, CSU vice president for diversity and associate vice president for enrollment and access discussed the Alliance High School Partnership Program, while former and current FLHS students told the large audience about the program’s impact on their life and education.

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  • Ruckel joins Aims board

    Coming out of retirement for a position in higher education, Fort Lupton resident and former Weld Re-8 administrator Carol Ruckel joins the Aims Community College Board of Trustees as their newest member.

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  • Calling all volunteers for physical advisory council

    The Weld Re-8 School District’s Nutrition and Physical Activity Advisory Council needs members from the Fort Lupton area and surrounding communities.
        The group is looking for parents, students, pediatricians, dieticians, nutritionists and anyone else knowledgeable about children’s health.
        Meetings are the second Monday of each month in the Fort Lupton Public & School Library, 425 S. Denver Ave. The next one is at 3:45 p.m., Nov. 14. Check www. welre8.org for details.

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  • Lowe’s invests in 27J middle school technology

    BRIGHTON – Forget individual laptops or iPads. For schools going without those luxuries, many are just trying to keep up with power demands that support 21st-century technology.

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  • An interesting life ahead for Carly Nowak

        Carly Nowak can rotate her tires, change her oil and is the only chick in her welding class at Prairie View High School.
    Her mom says she seems to have a 40-year-plan for her life already, and she’s only 17.
        Nowak was chosen as Brighton Noon Rotary Club’s students of the month in September. Why did they pick her? Probably because she’s ambitious, eloquent and going places.

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