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The ABCs of Safety for End-of-the-Year
As you start to pack up classrooms and schools for summer, make sure you prepare for the break with safety top of mind. Simple choices can make a difference.
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Stress Awareness is Good for Your Health
April is International Stress Awareness Month, which is a great time to recognize what causes you stress and what to do about it. Stress is inevitable and unavoidable; everyone experiences stress.
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Engines Roar to Support Annual Holiday Philanthropy
Santa’s sleigh could almost be heard amidst the sound of rumbling motorcycle engines the weekend of April 3. The D49 Transportation Department welcomed riders and car enthusiasts.
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Springtime Support for Mental Wellness
The birds are chirping and the weather is going from winter gloom to spring blooms. This time of year brings an uplift in mood for many of us. For others battling depression and mental health issues, spring is a difficult time of year.
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Boyd Shines Bright as Conference Award Recipient
During closing ceremonies of the Rocky Mountain Restorative Practices Conference March 12 at Great Wolf Lodge, Dr. Kim Boyd, director of community care, received glowing accolades for her contributions to support restorative practices in District 49.
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Let's Laugh: It's the Healthy Thing to Do
Who doesn’t love a good laugh? The kind of laugh that leaves your stomach aching and your cheeks sore. Yet, when was the last time you REALLY laughed?
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Teacher Nationally Praised for Promoting Personal Learning
Learning is coming alive in the gym at Falcon Elementary School of Technology where students are excited to show off dance moves, ball handling techniques and jumping rope skills.
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Policy Update: Paid Sick Leave Changes
We want to bring you up to speed on some important changes to our Paid Sick Leave (PSL) policy. The Healthy Families and Workplaces Act (HFWA) signed by Governor Jared Polis last July is intended to support workers across Colorado.
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Experiencing Loss During COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has created a great deal of uncertainty and change in our lives. Most of us have experienced some kind of loss during the last year.
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Help D49 Find More Bus Drivers Like Delia
The payback for a role as a bus driver goes well beyond a paycheck. A job as a bus driver keeps you young at heart. "I get to create a bond with all these kids," shared Driver Delia Saucedo.
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Hope for the New Year: 2021
It's been quite the year. A two-week "flatten the curve" turned into months of ups and downs, quarantines, mask wearing, and holds on trips and family get-togethers.
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Help D49 Find More Bus Drivers Like Eric
For some of our families, our bus drivers are heroes. Right now, we know great candidates are out there, and we’re offering a bonus to anyone who can help us find more.
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2020 VoW Annual Survey Complete
D49 has wrapped up another successful year for the VoW (Voice of the Workforce) Annual Survey!
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Gratitude: A Healthy Choice
Now more than ever, it’s important to maintain our health and immune system, and having an attitude of gratitude might be just what you need.
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Refer a New Driver; Earn Up to $500
District 49 needs new bus drivers. Like many school districts, we are facing a shortage, and we need your help finding additional drivers.
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Leadership Update - April 2021
Last summer District 49 created a new department as part of a reorganization: data and performance. The change brought central registration, student information systems (PowerSchool), and academic systems, which oversees tools used for student learning and assessment, into one department.
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Leadership Update - March 2021
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced,” said James Baldwin, American writer and activist. I cited those words when I welcomed the newly installed Equity Leadership Advisory Council’s executive board at our first meeting.
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Leadership Update - Feb. 2021
District 49 is blessed by a long tradition of leadership from teachers and other committed educators. We are not the largest or wealthiest district, so D49 has been a place that attracts and holds employees because they are committed to students and the community.
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Leadership Update - Jan. 2021
As many staff know, finding and keeping reliable and effective guest teachers has remained a top workforce challenge the past few years, and the problem has magnified during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Leadership Update - Dec. 2020
As a district, we are fortunate to have incredibly dedicated staff serving in all areas of D49, including operations. Our transportation, safety and security, information technology, facilities and nutrition services teammates combine their unquestioned expertise with uncommon levels of commitment to enable our core mission of educating students.
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Leadership Update - Nov. 2020
Let me first express a whole lot of appreciation, gratitude and admiration for what you all have done, and are doing, to take care of our students during this unprecedented and unimaginable time of disruption and uncertainty. Thank you!
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Leadership Update - Oct. 2020
If you spend any time on social media, you’ve seen tweets, posts and memes expressing thoughts and feelings about the year 2020. Many of the expressions are humorous and lighthearted, but at the root of the expressions is a real sense that we can’t wait for it to be over.
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Leadership Update - Sept. 2020
The coronavirus pandemic came at everyone like a wrath we had done nothing to deserve. We responded in the best ways we could muster as the infectious waves hit, and we have grown to disdain the phrase, “the new normal” with justified dislike.
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Leadership Update - August 2020
During this period characterized by the significant impacts of a once-in-a-century pandemic, I am reminded of our shared objectives. I know every single one of us shares the goal of getting our students back into classrooms as soon as possible, because we signed up for the mission of supporting student education.
