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Let’s Keep the Jefferson Community Center Open This Summer

  Last year we launched the Jefferson Community Center inside Jefferson Junior/Senior High School to connect students and parents with resources to help them overcome the roadblocks of poverty. Throughout... Read More

Jefferson Booster Club Golf Tournament Coming May 21

School funding is all across the news this week as teachers in Arizona and Oklahoma are pushing for livable wages and funding for basic school supplies. In our own county... Read More

Community Project: Renovating Learning Spaces at Molholm

Molholm Elementary School was built in 1954 and the age of the building is really starting to show. The spaces in the school where teachers and staff come together for... Read More

The Opportunity Gap: Equity and Funding

2018 is another election year in Colorado and education funding is once again part of the conversation. I’ll stay out of the political discussion but in our area schools funding... Read More

Moving Forward Together: Supporting Teachers as Professionals

  Last week we released the third annual Jefferson Community Report on cradle to career milestones and student achievement in the Jefferson Area schools in 80214. Based on the data... Read More

Focusing on Student Achievement in the Jefferson Area

As we started the 2017-2018 school year, our collective work with the Jefferson Success Pathway turned to focus on bright spots in the classroom and scaling up those instructional practices... Read More

Edgewater Collective Receives Grant from the Denver Foundation for Education Work

We were excited to find out that we have received another grant from the Denver Foundation for our education work in the Edgewater area schools. This $5,000 grant from the... Read More

School Interest Night on December 5

Trying to decide where to send your child school next year? The best way to learn about schools in your area is to come and experience them yourself. Neighborhood schools... Read More

Supportive Accountability for Schools

There is a lot of finger pointing in education these days and data is used as a weapon to destroy teachers and schools where students aren’t measuring up to expectations.... Read More

Focusing on Academics in the Jefferson Area

Over the last twenty years, Jefferson Area schools (Edgewater Elementary, Lumberg Elementary, Molholm Elementary and Jefferson Junior/Senior High School) have struggled with academic achievement. One of the rising challenges has... Read More
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