Jefferson Area School Profiles: 2018-2019

Edgewater Elementary School 370 Students 86% Free/Reduced Lunch 50% English Language Learners N/A Gifted and Talented 77% Hispanic or Latino 85% Minority Lumberg Elementary School 394 Students 89% Free/Reduced Lunch... Read More

Rising Home Prices and Enrollment in Jefferson Area Schools

  Since our work with schools began in 2013, we have been watching the rental rates and home prices in the 80214 area to see potential impacts on school enrollment.... Read More

Increasing School Funding Locally

Each legislative session fixes for Colorado’s school funding are proposed and these solutions quickly become political and divisive. Meanwhile, our local schools struggle to provide the services and programming needed... Read More

2019: Collective Effort for a Thriving Edgewater

  At the beginning of this year, we didn’t know what the future would look like without paid staff, but we were excited for the possibilities of our work truly... Read More

Holiday Encouragement Drive

With rising housing costs in the Edgewater area, our Jefferson area families are dealing with a lot of stress again this year. You can encourage these families with a meal... Read More

Funding Classroom Ideas

One of the honors of our work is connecting interested community members with exciting projects in our schools. Sometimes this means connecting teachers with community experts to share about their... Read More

Support Our Local Schools While Shopping at King Soopers

King Soopers has created a new way to shop at their grocery stores and give back to the community in the process. Shoppers can choose a nonprofit and a portion... Read More

Looking for Volunteers: Beer Tent at Edgewater Market and Music

Since we launched Edgewater Collective over six years ago, our goal has been to cultivate partnerships and support our schools in the area. Starting this Thursday, June 27 we will... Read More

Edgewater Area Free Summer Lunch Sites

  School is almost out! Jeffco Public Schools and other community partners are providing free breakfast and lunch for area school kids throughout the summer. Here’s a list of summer... Read More

Community Board Meeting This Monday

As a volunteer led organization we want to create more ways for you all to connect to this work and continue the grassroots focus of connecting our community to our... Read More
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