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For the second year in a row, the Loveland area Integrated School of the Arts (LISA) program won first place in the 7th-12th grade category of the duck decorating contest for the Loveland Rotary Club Duck Race at the Loveland Corn Roast Festival. Money raised from the duck race and decorated sponsored ducks helps the Loveland Rotary Club fund Chromebooks for 4th and 5th grade classrooms and scholarships for graduating seniors in Thompson School District.
Over $19.8 million in postsecondary scholarships were awarded to Thompson School District’s graduating class of 2018.
During the 2017-2018 school year, 3,654 volunteers donated 76,820 hours to Thompson School District.
Eleven Thompson School District students attended the Colorado FFA Convention in Pueblo. Five seniors who just graduated—Sydney Brien, Kelden Cook, Jacob Hewson, Hailie McCrimmon and Rebecca Pennock—received the State FFA Degree, the highest level of FFA membership at the state level. Receiving the state degree requires an application process that documents the member’s activity in a Supervised Agricultural Experience Program or work experience that generated at least 300 hours or $2,500 by their own efforts, as well as participation in leadership activities at the chapter and state level. The recipients all served as officers in the founding years of the Thompson FFA Chapter.
Thompson Education Foundation (TEF) awarded six grants totaling $7,672 to Thompson School District (TSD) staff for projects to be completed during the 2018-2019 school year:
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Great Idea Grants – Hannah Ellis, Centennial Elementary School, “Technology Renovation;” Deanna Muniz, Laurene Edmondson Elementary School, “It’s Elementary: Bee Bots & Spheros in Action;” Sue Teumer, Lucile Erwin Middle School, “The World Belongs to Those Who Read;” and Gina Vigil, Lincoln Elementary School, “Breakout Box”
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Encore Grant – Rebecca Thorp, Mountain View High School, “Stepping Stones”
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OtterCares Youth Entrepreneurship Grant – Amanda Steele, Conrad Ball Middle School, “Ratio Baking”
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Successful Great Idea Grant applicants demonstrate an out-of-the-ordinary approach that supports student achievement or well-being to enhance the educational experience for TSD students. Encore Grants are awarded to projects that were previously funded by a TEF Great Idea Grant and can demonstrate continued project growth with a second-year grant. TEF partnered with OtterCares Foundation to support a Youth Entrepreneurship Grant to inspire young entrepreneurs.
The Loveland High School girls golf team placed third at the 4A State Golf Tournament. Lauren Lehigh placed second overall.
This year, the first that Thompson School District is offering a Seal of Biliteracy, 55 students achieved the necessary level of proficiency across six different languages to have the seal on their diploma. The seal is earned by reaching national criteria marks for a high level of proficiency in at least two languages. Two students, Jorge Quinones and Juan Acevedo Martinez, achieved the seal for English, Spanish and French for 57 total seals. Of the students who received the Seal of Biliteracy, 18 started with English as their second language and 33 grew up speaking English and learned another language through their schooling. The students are:
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American Sign Language: Ryan Davis
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Chinese: Tianrun Yu
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French: Juan Acevedo Martinez, Kate Stahla, Lina Ware, Jorge Quinones
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German: Shannon Hill, Jacob Alvarado, Trenton McKalko
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Spanish: Juan Acevedo Martinez, Alexis Diaz, Chloe Entner, Tanya Garcia, Lesly Gonzalez Hernandez, Nathan Kampbell, Gabrielle Smith, Armando Vaca Morales, Berenice Vaca Morales, Olivia Veldhuizen, Emma Blundell, Dahlia Byles, Tiana Cisneros, Mattison Kolb, Carole Walker, Brandon Lindsey, Steven Peterson, Zoe Vavrina, Brenna Youmans, Jayden Bishop, Lililana Busse, Sarai Castellanos, Diana Castros, Jennifer Ha, Megan Heesemann, Juan Herrera, Manuel Hinojosa, Makia Hodges, Madison Langman, Martha Lopez, Ixel Macias, Jailyne Mendoza, Wendy Muñoz , Grace Roth, Dominic Sandoval, Semaj Spencer, Rebecca Valdez-Mercado, Megan Valliere, Vivian Sotelo Ornelas, Tyner Mahoney, Laisa Quezada, Jorge Quinones, Johathan Szwaja, Savannah Voight, Greta Stellrecht, Josie McCauley, Iliana Perez
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Vietnamese: Vi Tran
Loveland High School’s Adam Stark took 2nd place in the boys 400-meter dash at the 5A State Track and Field Championships.
Thompson Valley High School’s Dylan Schubert placed 3rd in the boys 3,200-meter run at the 4A State Track and Field Championships.
Berthoud High School had top finishers at the 3A State Track and Field Championships. Jake Rafferty, Ryan Schmad, Trinity Buckley and Connor Siruta took 1st place in the boys 4×100-meter relay. Trinity Buckley, Brock Voth, Jake Rafferty and Ryan Schmad placed 3rd in the boys 4×200-meter relay. Emily Cavey and Kailey Berry finished 2nd and 3rd respectively in the girls discus. Cailey Archer took 2nd place in the girls high jump.