Before and After-School
All students are encouraged to participate in the 100 Mile Club. Students have a common goal of walking or running 100 miles during the school year. Students receive milestone incentives along the way to keep them motivated. Students who reach 100 miles receive a gold medal at the end-of-the-year Medal Ceremony. The 100 Mile Club is possible through a Physical Activity Grant awarded to SVVSD. Lace up your sneakers and join in the fun! Contact: Mr. Thurman [email protected]
Achievement Acceleration Academy (AAA), is an after-school program focused on providing additional in-person instructional support and enrichment in language arts, math, and STEM for our elementary students. Classes meet two or three days a week. Contact: Mr. Montes [email protected]
Columbine’s Dance Club runs for 6 sessions of dance! Students spend one week practicing each of the following styles: hip hop, jazz, pom, ballet, and contemporary. Contact: Ms. Condray, [email protected]
The Columbine Green Team is an after-school group of students committed to creating a more eco-friendly school environment. Working with Boulder County Eco-Cycle, this group studies energy efficiency, recycling and composting strategies, and looks for ways to reduce our carbon footprint at Columbine!
Students from 3rd, 4th, and 5th grade are invited to participate.
Learn Spanish!
A student’s first Spanish class: We will learn greetings, colors, numbers, object names, and basic phrases through reading, writing, speaking, and listening.
Spanish Literacy
For students who already know Spanish in grades 3-5: We will read short stories in Spanish, converse about them (listening and speaking skills), and create written responses; all in Spanish.
Para estudiantes que ya saben español en los grados 3.º a 5.º: Leeremos cuentos cortos en español, conversaremos sobre ellos (habilidades para escuchar y hablar) y crearemos respuestas escritas, todo en español.
Contact: Mrs. Schroeder at [email protected]
STEM Explorers’ unique mission is to encourage, motivate, support, and prepare students for success as they explore STEM professions through collaborative projects focused on building math, science, technology, and communication skills.
Through inquiry and project-based science and engineering design challenges, students explore and address real-world problems. Contact: Ms. Giles at [email protected]
The Thorne After School Program builds empathy for and a connection to nature. This program meets once a week and is geared toward 1st and 2nd graders. It includes nature mentorship, unstructured play, student-led inquiry, and exploration in and around the schoolyard and nearby park. Contact: Ms. DW at [email protected].
Our VEX IQ Robotics Team is a collection of 3rd-5th Graders who work together in teams to build a robot and compete in the yearly VEX IQ Challenge.
Each year the challenge changes and students must plan and build a robot to complete the new objectives. Students take their robots to tournaments and compete in cooperative challenges with students from other schools. Both teams have one minute to work together and score as many points as possible. In addition to driving their robots, students also learn to code and program so that their robots can work autonomously.
Students on our robotics team learn teamwork, perseverance, communication, and collaboration skills. Contact Ms. DW at [email protected] for more information or if you want to volunteer for one-time or on-going activities and events.
