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COVID-19 Contingency Guidance
As we walk together through this rapidly developing situation, we understand the need to balance our commitment to serve our community, while following guidance from public health agencies.
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Send a #49CARES Message
With lives disrupted from the COVID-19 outbreak, messages from D49 team members, like you, filled with care and hope can make a positive difference to students, parents and our community.
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D49 Update: Coronavirus Resources
We are working closely with our local public health agencies as we monitor the global outbreak of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19).
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Harmonizing Comms Role & Passion for Music
Some singers only dream of sharing the stage with stars like the Beach Boys and JoDee Messina. Not every performer has organizations requesting them by name.
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Refer a New Driver; Earn Up to $500
With our new Bus Driver Referral Program (BDRP), District 49 rewards YOU, members of our current workforce, who help us find new drivers.
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Denim & Diamonds for 2020 FEF Event
Grab your favorite pair of jeans, and glitz up your outfit with some sparkle for the 2020 Falcon Education Foundation Dinner & Auction.
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Bus Drivers Deliver Holiday Hope for 18 Years
Santa’s Express began many years ago with a simple intention. The D49 transportation department wanted to provide coats for students in need.
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D49 Welcomes Sentinel Technologies
Sentinel will serve as our new provider for essential, district-wide, IT customer service in the new year.
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How to Reach Insurance Providers
We've got the phone numbers you need to reach insurance providers starting Jan. 1.
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Inspiration View Employee Instills Passion for Arts
All the world is a stage and has been for Jen Lennon for 40 years. From studying theater to teaching drama, the performing arts ignites a passion.
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D49 Thankful for Shining Stars Across District
The week before Thanksgiving set the stage as the perfect time for the District 49 family to express gratitude for the inaugural Support and Service Stars.
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SSAE Staff Member Champions for Athletes
Some would say it was like David taking on Goliath. Japan is known as a powerhouse in women’s wrestling, and the sport is just beginning to gain traction in the U.S.
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Staff Training: Learning for REAL
On our continued journey to excellence, D49 is introducing a new training course - Learning for REAL. It's training that's relevant, consistent and REAL.
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Board of Education To Welcome New Director
At the conclusion of the 2019 election season, D49 welcomes back familiar faces to the BOE and will greet a new member at the end of November.
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Hunt New Site to Win Free Chick-fil-A® & Dion's®
Three lucky D49 staff members explored the new Team 49 site and are now winners of delicious prizes! Thanks to everyone who entered the contest.
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RES Teacher to Run with Best in Boston
It’s the ultimate race and where all runners strive to compete. Heather Reading, kindergarten teacher at RES, has earned a spot to run the well-known Boston Marathon.
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Equipping Our Paraprofessionals
Thanks to past VoW Annual Survey feedback, new training opportunities for paraprofessionals kicked off last month to showcase their unique roles.
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FMS Team Member Helps Write History
As a teen, Karen Hobson, didn’t realize how she was about to make history. She grew up a tomboy in a non-military family.
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Stetson Teacher Wins with Spartan Racing
When Kendra Spencer, teacher at SES, started Spartan racing, little did she know what an impact it would make.
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Leadership Update - March 2020
I’d like to use this opportunity for two primary purposes. One, the POWER Zone would like to acknowledge the multi-faceted effects COVID-19 is having on our entire community, educationally and otherwise. We understand that now more than ever, we must work together as an educational community.
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Leadership Update - Feb. 2020
We are excited to celebrate student success, and our innovation and growth in the Sand Creek Zone! Most recently with athletics, the Sand Creek girls and boys basketball teams won their district championships, and both will be entering the playoffs this week with our girls team ranked #1 in the state and Pikes Peak Athletic Conference Champions.
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Leadership Update - Jan. 2020
Congratulations are well deserved by two Falcon Zone educators! Firebird Nation Campus Executive Principal Brian Smith and Aaron Lentner, Meridian Ranch Elementary School third-grade teacher, are both finalists for top recognition by the National Council on Digital Convergence.
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Leadership Update - Dec. 2019
It’s an exciting time in the iConnect Zone! We commemorated breaking ground on a facility expansion project at the Springs Studio for Academic Excellence campus Dec. 12. In Fall 2020, students who attend SSAE, PPEC and the FHAP will enjoy additional space at the innovative campus.
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Leadership Update - Nov. 2019
We continue to grow! A few numbers will help me tell that story. How many students we have is a simple question with a complicated answer. This is due to the complexity in our portfolio of schools. In total, reports for D49 will indicate we have approximately 26,700 students this year.
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Leadership Update - Oct. 2019
In the not too distant past when you read these updates, you read them where they lived, nestled in with a few pages of relevant info and other news-you-can-use contained in the "Peak Inside" bulletin. You’d click the link in your email announcement and get redirected to d49.org.
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Leadership Update - Sept. 2019
This may come as a surprise to each of you (or not)... but District 49 is growing! And we are growing fast. This was a main theme in the community briefings that Brett, Peter and I delivered at Inspiration View Elementary, Bennett Ranch Elementary and Sand Creek High School between September 10 and 16.
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Leadership Update - Aug. 2019
Great news! Our district is getting better every year. More students are reading, more schools are performing, more graduates are launching to success, and we are steadily attracting students and staff who deliver peak performance.
