Join Us: Future-Ready Festival, March 7

St. Vrain Valley Schools invites the community to attend our first-ever Future Ready Festival. This district-wide open house allows visitors to explore the innovative programs and pathways that define the St. Vrain Advantage. Event Details Saturday, March 7 from 2:00-6:00 p.m.Silver Creek High SchoolFree and open to the public Experience the St. Vrain Advantage The […]

Spirit week

To our school families, don’t forget that next week is Spirit Week at school. We can’t wait to see the fun our students and staff have with this!

Golden Cougar

This week we announced our school’s monthly winner of the Golden Cougar. Congratulations to Ms. Schafer’s fifth grade class for winning the Golden Cougar! We’ll find out the next winner of the Golden Cougar in April.

Teacher of the year 2025/2026

We are so excited to announce Columbine Elementary School’s amazing 2026 Teacher of the Year! Congratulations to Mrs. Morison!

Cafecito

To our school families-It’s almost time for our March Cafecito! Please join us this Friday, March. 6 at 8:45am in the school library. We hope to see you for a chance to learn and connect together!

Kinder engineers

Kinder students used magnetic cubes to design and build tall towers, dream houses, and more!

Specials

Columbine Families: Save the Date! A week from today, on March 5 at 4:30pm, is our Specials Night for 1st and 3rd graders. We hope to see you here as we showcase what our 1st and 3rd grade students have been learning in specials!

1st Grade

Our first grade students had such a fun field trip this past Friday!

3rd Graders

Our 3rd grade book club group taking turns reading out loud. Look at their organized folders and dictionaries. Giggles confirm that they are immersed in the joy of reading.

Thank you

2nd Graders

So many fun learning opportunities with technology happen at our school! Our 2nd graders used iPads to drive Spheros for a quick game of bowling!

Marble Runs

In extended music class, 5th grade students began the planning process to make musical marble runs. Each group will use what they know about the elements of music to represent a section of the Allegro movement from Vivaldi’s composition Spring.

Sphero’s

Students used iPads to draw and code a Sphero path. We had an accuracy race to drive our sphero to our partner!

Reading buddies

Our second graders and fourth graders get to buddy up throughout the year. They recently read stories to one another that they each wrote, as well as fun books from the classroom. It’s a great opportunity for students to learn from each other!

Cafecito

Cafecito Success! Thank you to our families for the wonderful attendance and continued collaboration at last Friday’s February Cafecito! Together, we continue to grow stronger.

Robotics Tournament 2025-2026

Recently our robotics team worked together to score points, rebuild robots, and have a great tournament! One of our teams won the Judges’ Award, which made it even more special!

perfect Attendance

It’s a new month, and that means we have a new winner of the Golden Cougar to announce! Congratulations to second graders in Ms. Morison’s classroom for winning the Golden Cougar for their excellent attendance last month!

Music Class

In music class, third grade students are building 3D listening maps to represent a rondo form. They are using yarn, pipe cleaners, packing peanuts and drawing supplies to show A sections that are the same and different ideas to represent B and C.

St. Vrain Valley Schools to Host Early Access to Kindergarten and First Grade Informational Meeting, Feb. 17

St. Vrain Valley Schools is hosting an Early Access to Kindergarten and First Grade Informational Meeting on February 17 from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. For families of highly advanced gifted children under the age of six, the district offers an early access pathway designed to ensure students whose academic needs exceed typical preschool experiences can […]

You’re Invited: Supporting Behavioral Development in Early Childhood, Feb. 4

St. Vrain Valley Schools Department of Early Childhood Presents: Supporting Behavioral Development in Early Childhood, a parent session Join Us for an Immersive Parent Session: St. Vrain Families are invited to attend an engaging parent training session designed for parents, caregivers, and educators of young children that will focus on supporting behavioral development in early […]

Literacy

Fifth grade learning in action! We can see accountable talk about their reading in 5th grade literacy.

Robotics

Our robotics team has been working so hard this year! It is wonderful to see them learning and growing as they work toward their goals.

Cougar Pride

This past Saturday, January 24, Columbine Elementary parents proudly represented our school at the St. Vrain Explore event. Thank you, families, for your leadership, support, and for putting Columbine in the spotlight! Go Cougars!