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Learning disaBiLities

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Table of contentsConstruction set

to be finished by August 15page 4

Charity helps local kids get ready for schoolpage 6 Class teaches

how to cope with

schoolyard bulliespage 12Tips for

identifying and adjusting

to learning disabilites

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Th e Right Choice for Your Child?Choosing the right school is one of the most important investments you can make in your child’s future, especially for those early years, when a love for learning takes root. A good early education is a strong basis for a fulfi lling and successful life, and one of the greatest joys you can give your child.

More Th an a Promise Many schools claim to foster a lifelong love of learning in their students, but Mountain Shadows fulfi lls that promise by allowing a child’s natural joy of discovery to develop deep roots that strengthen your child for life. We give each child the respect, time, space, and learning materials to explore their world for lasting and meaningful connections they can build on for a lifetime.

True Montessori PrinciplesOther schools follow a Montessori model, but Mountain Shadows is the only Montessori school in Colorado that is fully accredited by the Association Montessori Internationale (AMI), an organization founded by Dr. Maria Montessori herself. As an AMI-accredited school, we adhere to the strictest principles of this profound approach established and perfected by Dr. Montessori. We also must pass an exhaustive review every three years to maintain that accreditation—a challenge we are proud to meet.

Th e Mountain Shadows Advantage Unlike many Montessori schools, Mountain Shadows off ers a full Primary and Elementary education. Each program builds on the skills and knowledge gained in the previous one, so children can steadily progress, even “beyond their years.”

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Th e teachers and staff at Mountain Shadows are excellent. Th e diff erence is in the teachers’ training and how they work with the kids. My son knows how to do so much for himself…and he really enjoys learning!—Leena, mother of 3-year old Mountain Shadows Primary Program student

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This project has been a massive undertaking, according to Enrique Eli-zondo, Assistant Superintendent of Adolfson and Peterson Construction. Major construction this summer included 15 rooms, construction of the cafeteria’s new kitchen and the parking lot. Because the kitchen was in use right up to the day school let out, the con-struction team was unable to begin renovations earlier, Elizondo said. “We were always behind the eight-ball, but I’ve been able to make up a lot of time with overtime and long hours,” he said. At roughly 1,120 square-feet, the kitchen has doubled in size and includes more storage and freezer space, two prep areas, a cooking and serving area and an environmentally-friendly, high-efficiency furnace. “We’ve got (the kitchen) scheduled to be completed in three to four weeks,” Elizondo said Thursday, July 23. “The kitchen has been the strag-gler,” he added. The City of Louisville approved the final design plans for the school’s parking lot in mid-July and construction began Wednesday, July 22. The new common room adjacent to the state-of-the-art auditorium is 80 percent complete. Flooring for the multi-purpose room will be installed Wednesday, July 29, Elizondo said.

“I hope to be done the second week of August, definitely a week before classes start,” he said of the commons. “It will be crunch time.” Where the old library sat, there will be a new computer room, an over-flow classroom and four special-education rooms. Elizondo said this area will be very ADA-friendly, with wider doorways, ac-cessible sinks and lower counters. The company also is trying to maximize ceiling heights throughout the renovated section. Once major construction is finished, miscellaneous touch-ups and clean-ing can begin. Elizondo said this portion of the project will take much time and effort. “We are going to be dedicating a lot of time to that so it looks pretty for the kids,” he said. Adolfson and Peterson removed its trailers from the south end of the school’s property by the first week in August.

Teachers started moving into their new classrooms around Aug. 3. Incoming sixth-graders will start back Tuesday, Aug. 18. This will be a transition day in which eighth-grade mentors help the younger students adjust. All students start back to school on

End in sight Construction on track for

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Wednesday, Aug. 19, said Jane Keene, assistant to LMS Principal Adam Fels. “We are thrilled to be in the new area,” she said. “It’s a great new facil-ity. The teachers have fabulous new classrooms with new technology and big spaces.” The new section includes a state-of-the-art auditorium; a library that, at 10,000 square feet, is three times larger than the old one; a SMART in-teractive whiteboard in every room; and, new classrooms with updated

technology for the music, art and engineering departments. Though much work remained to be done in the weeks leading up to the new school year, Elizondo is confident they will finish on time

— with a completion date of Aug. 15. “I’m pleased with the district and I’m pleased with the City of Louis-ville,” he said. “It’s not only a great place to live, but a great place to work.”

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There’s a reason Peak to Peak Charter School is con-stantly ranked among the top schools in the nation. It’s a small

school with big expectations. At the beginning of the 2009 spring semester, 1,146 students hoped to open enroll into Peak to Peak, the largest number of applicants for any school in the Boulder Valley School District. At the kindergarten level alone, there were almost 300 students vying for only 72 spots. Though school officials realize there is a great desire from the Boulder County community to attend Peak to Peak, the school’s contract with the BVSD caps total enrollment at 1,389 students for K-12. Carolyn Jannsen, advancement director for Peak to Peak, said the school just “doesn’t have the space.” “We obviously have an enormous interest (in the school), but we’re bound by our contract (with BVSD),” Jannsen said. “The board of direc-tors would have to approve (to expand the school), and that’s a very big decision.”

Peak to Peak celebrates 10 years Celebrations are in the works for P2P’s 10-year anniversary. The school began back in the fall of 2000, with just 200 K-6 students all housed in

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Peak to PeakPeter Chandler, athletic director

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field, built back in 2003. The

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a renovated day care facility in Lafayette. “There’s been a lot of growth since we started,” Jannsen said. “We’re very excited about our 10th anniver-sary. That’s a big deal for a charter school.” The full middle school and high school opened in the fall of 2001.

Kindergarten readiness program As the 2008-2009 school year came to a close, P2P was already looking to help incoming kindergartners pre-pare for their foray into the school. The kindergartner readiness program was devised to help children and their parents become familiar with Peak to

Peak and its teachers. Over the course of three days, the incoming students and parents met with faculty and staff, and learned what to expect from Peak to Peak. Students were given a kit that featured a guide for reading, a leader from el-ementary principal Noelle Roni and an ABC book about Kindergarten.

New middle school principal Suzanne Ovelman, a former as-sistant principal at Angevine Mid-dle School, will take the reins of Peak to Peak’s middle school from David Hazen, who retired this past school year. “We’re really proud to have her

come on as our middle school principal,” Jannsen said. “She will bring a lot of experience to Peak to Peak.”Pumas to expand athletic fields With 8.9 acres of land recently purchased by the school, the Peak to Peak baseball and softball teams are hoping to have new fields

before too long. The only thing left to do, Janns-en said, is solicit funding from area merchants. “We’re trying to find business sponsors and donors,” Jannsen said. “But, we haven’t started the process yet.”

“We’re very excited about our 10th anniversary. That’s a big

deal for a charter school.”- Carolyn Jannsen, advancement director at Peak to Peak


This is the stance adopted by Crayons 2 Calculators, a non-profit organization which collaborates with programs such as Impact on Education and the Sister Carmen Com-munity Center to benefit both the Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley School Districts. Each year, the program fills backpacks with school supplies, then donates the back-packs to students in need. And, said program organizer Catherine Bedell, this year the need seems to be greater than ever. “Because of the economy, the need has gone up,” Bedell said. “We have a lot more

families on the edge. There are a lot of fam-ilies that qualify (for free backpacks) who haven’t qualified in the past.” Beginning on July 21, locals can drop off donated school supplies ranging from cray-ons and pencils, to pens and highlighters. Backpacks are then filled with supplies ap-propriate for each grade level, from K-2, 3-5, middle school and high school. If donating supplies isn’t feasible, inter-ested parties can donate money, which goes a long way in the program, Bedell said. In fact, C2C gets supplies at cost from Staples, and $1 donated fetches $2 in supplies for the

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www.crayonstocalculators.org. There, one can find locations for drop-offs and lists of supplies needed for each grade level. Anyone over the age of 12 can vol-unteer for the program to work in the warehouse, though children un-der 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Families who would like to pick up a backpack can contact their child’s school and receive one on either Aug. 14 or 17. No proof of qualification is necessary. For more information, contact Catherine Bedell at 303-524-3865, or e-mail [email protected].

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In the past, when kids came face-to-face with bullies on the playground, the adage “Just walk away,” was parents’ familiar recommendation on how to deal with bullies.

Unfortunately, said Louisville martial arts instructor Ko-rey Stites, walking away is not a good option because the bully is sure to be there waiting the next time. Stites is a master fifth-degree black belt with Louisville’s Success Martial Arts. He and fellow master instructor Kyle Galloway are looking to help local kids stand up for themselves with-out ever throwing a punch. On Sept. 25, Stites and Galloway will offer their free “Defeat the Bully Without Violence” class. The class is open to any school-age chil-dren, but focuses on children in Kindergarten through fifth grade. Stites said bullies may not be a big problem at the be-ginning of the school year, but incidents of bullying can in-creases the school year goes on and he feels it’s important for kids to make sure they do not make themselves targets. “As the year goes on, bullies pick out the easiest targets and pick on them mercilessly,” Stites said.

Being bullied can also lead to problems later in life, as those who were picked on get older. “I saw that myself; certainly, the kids who got picked on most grew up to (engage in) drug abuse, alcohol abuse and

would turn around and do it to people around them,” Stites said.

One of the key things in avoiding bullying and bullies, Stites said, is being confident and pro-jecting that confidence. “If you look like somebody (bullies) shouldn’t mess with, typically they won’t mess with you,” Stites said. “If you’re walk-ing around with slumped shoulders and look-

ing at the ground, typically, people are going to mess with you more.”

Awareness is also a key skill preached by the instructors.

“We always kind of tell students they need to be aware and self-aware of what’s going on around them,” Stites said. “If somebody looks like they’re malicious or have malicious in-tent, they probably do and it’s best to avoid them.” During the class, students will also learn the “Four Laws

Louisville’s

Success Martial

Arts offers bully

avoidance class

for students

Teaching QuietStrength

By

Chalan Harper

Right: Korey Stites, Master instructor with Success Martial

Arts in Louisville, teaches a group of children about giving and getting

respect, as well as ways to avoid bullies and being abducted.

Opposite page: Master instructors with Louisville’s Success Martial

Arts pose with a group of students after they completed a two-day

test to earn their black belts.


of Razor Sharp Focus,” which are de-signed to help kids be aware of what’s happening around them, both in the classroom and on the playground. Another facet of the confidence training will be learning the “Sev-en Magic Words to Give and Get Re-spect.” Those words include please, thank you, yes sir and yes ma’am. “The more respectful you are of oth-er people, typically, the more bullies and people like that leave you alone,” Stites said. Another secret — which Stites said he would only reveal to those whom attend the free class — is the one word

that stops bullies in their tracks. “I’m not going to reveal that one,” Stites said, laughing. The instructors will also teach sim-ple, non-violent maneuvers for self-defense situations, such as a bully at-tempting to grab a wrist. Though many parents feel martial arts is, by definition, violent, Stites said it can have vast benefits for all types of children. “It takes somebody who’s got vi-olent tendencies, and maybe hyper-activity, and it calms them down,” Stites said. “At the same time, it takes kids who might be very shy and very

introverted and brings them out of their shell. “For those kids who are prone to being bullies, (martial arts) teaches how to channel that energy in differ-ent ways, such as into the classroom and not out on the playground,” Stites added. Though the class is geared toward students, Stites said adults can benefit from the lessons taught. Success Martial Arts will also offer a goal-setting class, on Wednesday, Aug. 12, for kids heading back to school. During the class, kids will set goals and learn to break boards, Stites said.

Between the two of them, Stites and Galloway have more than 40 years of experience training and teaching mar-tial arts. Success Martial Arts teaches a style based on Tae Kwon Do, but that takes lessons from several different martial arts styles. The school is located at 305 McCas-lin Boulevard, in Louisville. There are 30 spots available in the “Defeating Bullies Without Violence” class at 6 p.m., Sept. 25. Reservations are requested. For more information or to reserve a spot in the class, call Success Martial Arts at 720-890-3889.

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By Victoria A.F. Camron

Instead of spending their June mornings sleeping in, hanging out or working, they are attending sum-

mer school. With few exceptions, high school stu-

dents are making up a class they failed during the regular school year. About

25 students are taking algebra I at Frederick High; the rest are at-

tending Longmont High, where a variety of classes is offered. Nayeli Cervantes and Fran-cisco Alvarez, both 15-year-olds who attend Skyline High School, are taking English 10 from the same teacher they had at Skyline, Lisa Barna-by. They seemed to appreci-ate the second chance sum-

mer school gives them. “We want to do things

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vantes said. “Having the second chance works.”

Alvarez worked hard in English class, but he just “didn’t get it,” he said. Now,

“I’m here and I’m doing better than I was,” he said. “It helps having it a second time.”

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students attend summer school

School didn’t end in May for

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Barnaby is strict, they said. “It helps in learning and makes you want to do things right,” Cer-vantes said. “It makes you think about things and do them the way she wants them.” Barnaby, who will teach at Ni-wot High in the fall, said students often put forth more effort during summer school. “They realize they’ve made some choices that brought them here,” Barnaby said. Students often end up in sum-mer school because they skipped class or didn’t do the work, prin-cipal Chris Gardner said. Absenteeism landed three stu-dents in Ashley Callender’s phys-ical science class this month. A l e k s e i Sharp, 18, will be a se-nior at Ni-wot High School in fall. He took honors bi-ology in Colorado Springs but got bored with physical science when he moved to Niwot, he said. “I already know this stuff. I was not going to class,” Sharp said. “I just screwed up one class.” Jaime Rodriguez also skipped his science class at Olde Colum-bine High. He will take both se-mesters of physical science this summer to graduate this fall, he said. “You get a lot more help here than at regular high school,” said Rodriguez, 18. Students even help each other, Sharp said, because they know dif-ferent things from already having the class. All summer school classes are core classes needed to graduate, such as algebra, geography, histo-ry, math, science, health and phys-ical education. A few students take physical education in the summer so they have time for honors, Ad-vanced Placement or Internation-al Baccalaureate classes during the school year, Gardner said.

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Though kids might initially dread their an-

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Some students, however, fear the return to school. For students with a learning dis-ability, going back to school is often diffi-cult. Coupled with the typical fears of fit-

ting in socially, students with learning disabilities have the additional fear of handling their course-work and excelling in the classroom in spite of their learning disability. What’s more, in such cases, students might be silently battling an undiagnosed learning disability. According to the Learning Disabilities Association of America (LDAA), many students with learning disabilities are of average or above average intel-ligence. While learning disabilities have no cure, with support and intervention, many people with learning disabilities have gone on to realize their

full potential. Of course, the first step in overcoming a learning disability is recognizing its presence. Certain learn-ing disabilities, such as dyslexia, are widely known to parents and educators alike and can be easier to detect. However, others, such as Central Audito-ry Processing Disorders (CAPD), can prove to be more of a mystery. Often part of another learning disability, CAPD is a physical hearing impairment, one that affects a person’s ability to separate a spoken message from background information. In certain instances, a person with CAPD might be asked one question but answer another. Such confusion can make communication, be it with teachers or fellow students, very difficult,

and negatively influence a student’s education. That places a greater responsibility on the parents and educators to recognize possible symptoms of CAPD. Those symptoms can include: * processing thoughts and ideas slowly and dif-ficulty explaining them * confused by figurative language, such as simi-les and metaphors, or misunderstanding puns and jokes because words are taken too literally * misspelling or mispronouncing similar sound-ing words, or confusing like-sounding words, such as celery/salary, belt/built, etc. * easily and frequently distracted by background noises * difficulty focusing or remembering presenta-tions or lectures

Overcoming


It’s important for parents, teachers and, perhaps most importantly, students to recognize that people with diagnosed learning disabilities often excel in the classroom with a few adjustments. For people with CAPD, parents and educators are integral in ensuring they make the most of their talents and intellect. * Show rather than explain: Because students with a CAPD can ex-perience difficulty processing language, it is often easier for them to grasp a concept if they see it unfold rather than have that concept sim-ply explained to them. * Reduce directions: The longer a spoken direction is, the more likely a student with CAPD is to have those directions drowned out by background noises. Keep directions short, or space them out to lessen the amount the student has to process all at once. In addition, consider rewording directions that could po-tentially prove confusing. * Allow more time for a response: A student with CAPD might take longer to process a question and decipher what was asked. Allow such students more time to give their response. * Use supplementary materials: Educators can use things such as handouts to supplement a lecture that a student with CAPD might have trouble focusing on or remembering. * Vary pitch and tone of voice: Place a greater emphasis on key words in an effort to aid a student’s memory of impor-tant points. Learning dis-abilities are a part of many students’ lives. However, as students across the nation continue to prove each day, with proper support and intervention learn-ing disabilities can be overcome.

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August 20094 — Superintendent hosted

public meeting at Centaurus High School regarding a BVSD/BVEA tentative agreement

6 — Superintendent to host public meeting at Fairview High School regarding a BVSD/BVEA tentative agreement

12-19 — K-5 assessment window

18 — Transition day for sixth grade and ninth grades

19 — First day for seventh, eighth, 10th, 11th and 12th grades

20 — First day for elementary students

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September 20097 — Labor Day14 — 2009 Staff health fair18 — District profession

development day24-30 — October count

October 20091-8 — October count

November 200911 — Veterans’ Day23-24 — Fall conference

exchange days — no school25 — Vacation day

— no school26-27 — Thanksgiving

— no schoolDecember 2009

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February 201011 — 5:30 p.m., Impact on

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15 — Presidents’ Day — no school

26 — Trimester teacher prep or professional day

March 201022-26 — Spring Break29-30 — Spring conference

exchange days — no schoolApril 2010

30 — District professional development day

May 201022 — Graduation for

most high schools27 — Last day for

students (full day)28 — Last day for teachers31 — Memorial Day

St. Vrain Valley School District 2009-2010 Acedemic Calendar

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November23-24 - Non-Student Contact Days25-27- Thanksgiving Break

December21 - 31 - Winter Break

January1 - 5 - Winter Break6 - Non-Student Contact Days18 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

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