Schools

Nominations welcomed to honor Colorado Teacher of the Year

Submitted by Raquel Villanueva on Saturday, August 21st, 3:38 pm

The Colorado Department of Education announced that nominations are being accepted for the 2011 Colorado Teacher of the Year. Applications are due Friday, Sept. 10, 2010.

The annual Colorado Teacher of the Year Program has long provided the state with its most prestigious educator award, which was established to recognize the contributions of the classroom teacher to the students he or she teaches and beyond that, to the continued growth and well-being of the state.

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Design school prepares to purchase building

Submitted by Raquel Villanueva on Sunday, August 8th, 4:39 pm

Lakewood Sentinel/Laura Hathaway

The New York Building is one of last pieces of the puzzle for the Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design (RMCAD).

It is the only building left for RMCAD to buy in order to occupy every building from the original Jewish Consumptive Relief Society (JCRS) campus, on Pierce Street north of Colfax in Lakewood.

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Jeffco Action Center asks residents to donate school supplies for children in need

Submitted by Alexis Gentry

Tuesday, August 3rd, 2010, 9:47am

Jeffco Action Center is gearing up to help more than 5,000 Jefferson County children with much needed school supplies at the annual School Supply Distribution event held, this year, on August 9 through August 14 at O’Connell Middle School in Lakewood.

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Lakewood High graduates donate money for scholarships

Submitted by Anonymous on Sunday, August 1st, 9:25 pm

Lakewood Sentinel/Laura Hathaway

Ten years ago D'laina Thomas did not speak any English, and now she is an honor student at Red Rocks Community College on her way to becoming a teacher.

The Lakewood High School Class of 1960 wants to help her achieve that goal. As their 50-year reunion approached, class members decided to raise money to create a scholarship for some of the more recent Lakewood High graduates.

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New Colorado booster seat law to take effect August 1

Submitted by Anonymous on Saturday, July 31st, 3:45 pm

A new Colorado law takes effect Sunday effecting thousands of children, but few parents may know about it.

The previous law required that only children between the ages of 4 and 5 be restrained in booster seats while in a motor vehicle. Now, kids who are 6 and 7 years have to be in them too.

Some parents came out to learn about the law at a booster seat fitting in Denver outside St. Anthony Central Hospital Saturday.

"It took me by surprise," said Wendy Macha of Westminster. Her 6-year-old son Emmett has been out of a booster for more than a year. "I don't have a booster seat. I haven't had one since he was 45 pounds," she said.

Under the new law, a child's weight and height are no longer determining factors.