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College and Career Readiness: 2018-2019

College and Career Readiness: Students will graduate high school confident and competent for college or career Our desire is that students graduating from Jefferson Junior/Senior High School are confident of their... Read More

Growth Scores: 2018-2019

Proficiency scores are important because they show where students are scoring academically compared to their peers. It is also important to look at growth and how much students grow academically... Read More

8th Grade Math: 2018-2019

8th Grade Math: Students will demonstrate grade level math skills by the end of 8th grade 8th grade math is an important indicator of which college prep math classes students will... Read More

5th Grade Math: 2018-2019

5th Grade Math: Students will demonstrate grade level math skills by the end of 5th grade 5th grade math is an important foundation for middle and high school math. We are... Read More

3rd Grade Reading: 2018-2019

3rd Grade Reading: Students will read at grade level by the end of 3rd grade Reading at grade level by the end of 3rd grade is an important indicator of a... Read More

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
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