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Articles from the December 14, 2018 edition


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  • Niwot Cheer competes at state

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Dec 14, 2018

    The Niwot High School cheer squad wrapped a successful competition season with a top-20 finish at this year’s Class 4A state spirit championships, held Dec. 7-8 at the Denver Coliseum. The Cougars took 16th overall in the 30-team field, finishing just ahead of Frederick. For the second straight year, Niwot had 0.0 deductions from their final score, a testament to their focus on minimizing even small mistakes. Niwot cheer coach Christina Ayers said after the performance that the team did ...

  • NOTICE: Niwot Rural Community District – Pop-up Community Planning Outreach Booth

    Dec 14, 2018

    Thursday, December 13, 2018 – Friday, December 21, 2018. A pop-up community planning outreach booth is placed at the Niwot Emporium lobby as part of the Boulder County Land Use Code update to the Niwot Rural Community District (NRCD), which includes property along 2nd Avenue from west of Murray Street to Niwot Road. The primary focus of the outreach booth is to gather community feedback and public comment to inform the revisions to the land use regulations for the NRCD, enabling members of the public to provide input at their convenience. T...

  • This year’s Nutcracker gives a surprise gift

    Dani Hemmat, [email protected]|Dec 14, 2018

    This year’s Nutcracker performance by the Centennial State Ballet will be giving a special present to the audience. In addition to the usual professional production quality that the company delivers annually at Niwot High School, there will be an all-new orchestra playing some of Tchaikovsky’s most memorable compositions. The Centennial State Ballet (CSB) chamber orchestra is composed of musicians hand-picked by the CSB’s conductor, Rick Thomas. According to Heidi Lawrence, CSB’s marketi...

  • Student-Athlete of the Week: Savannah Parrot

    Jocelyn Rowley, [email protected]|Dec 14, 2018

    When she was first featured in this space back in July of 2017, it was hard to imagine how Niwot student Savannah Parrot could possibly fit more on to her already overflowing plate. She was just coming off a successful week at the prestigious Hugh O’Brian Youth Leadership Seminar and was looking ahead to her junior year at Niwot, where she would be starting the IB diploma program and assuming leadership roles for several clubs and teams, such as student council, cheer, Interact Club, and the N...

  • SVVSD’s first free full-day kindergarten offered at Twin Peaks Charter Academy

    Vicky Dorvee, [email protected]|Dec 14, 2018

    Beginning in January 2019, Twin Peaks Charter Academy (TPCA) in Longmont will be the first school in St. Vrain Valley School District (SVVSD) to offer full-day kindergarten free of charge. Prior to this opportunity, TPCA offered either free morning or afternoon kindergarten classes. Families wanting their children in a full-day program were charged nearly $2,700 per school year, because Colorado does not provide funding beyond a half-day of instruction. According to TPCA’s director, Joseph M...