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"Pride of Niwot" 2nd annual band banquet

Niwot High School's "Pride of Niwot" Marching Band has been making tremendous strides in recent years, taking on more advanced halftime shows and attending more events and performances than before...

 

Arts Student of the Week Rae Sweeney

Niwot High School student Rae Sweeney has been an outstanding leader of the Niwot High School Color Guard for the last two seasons. The Color Guard performs with the marching band at football...

 

Niwot High art show returning December 4

Niwot High School's art show, hosted by the NHS Booster Music Performance and Art under the umbrella of the parent-run Niwot High School Boosters, Inc., is returning for its sophomore year Dec. 4-6 fr...

 

Niwot High band marches in Longmont Veterans Day parade

All around the country, we honor and thank United States Veterans for their military service on November 11. This originated after World War I to commemorate the armistice reached during the eleventh...

 

Arts Student of the Week: Ian Springsteen

When Niwot High School music students traveled to Europe for two weeks last summer, visiting Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland, one of the highlights of the trip for violinist Ian Springsteen...

 

Niwot High School's upcoming fall production of "Puffs"

"Puffs, or Seven Increasingly Eventful Years at a Certain School of Magic and Magic" is Niwot High School's fall theater production. This show is entertaining, comedic, and witty. It is also rated...

 

NHS band and cheer seniors recognized at final football game

Thursday Nov. 2 was the final football game for the Niwot Cougars' 2023 season. However, it wasn't just the final game for seniors on the football team; senior members of the cheerleading squad and...

 

Niwot Marching Band competes at Greeley Invitational Marching Festival

For the first time since 2018, the "Pride of Niwot" Cougar Marching Band attended the Greeley Invitational Marching Festival on Saturday Oct. 21. High schools from Greeley, Loveland, Longmont, and...

 

Arts Student of the Week: Allison Gundmundson

When Allison Gundmundson was in elementary school, she learned that Candlelight Dinner Playhouse hosted acting classes that included children. Whenever she could find the time, Gundmundson would join...

 

Sunset Middle School band marches with "Pride of Niwot" in Longmont

The Sunset Middle School seventh and eighth-graders in Advanced Band joined the Niwot High School Marching Band in the Longmont Halloween Parade on Oct. 28. The event provides middle school students...

 

Niwot pep band travels to Mead for first ever away game

The "Pride of Niwot" Cougar Marching Band has made monumental strides in recent years as they keep adding new traditions and energy to their program. Most recently, a group of students from the band...

 

Seven SVVSD high schools sing at the annual Fall Choral Festival

Seven schools from the St. Vrain Valley School District participated in the annual SVVSD High School Fall Choral Festival, Thursday Oct. 19, in the Longmont High School auditorium. Two choirs from...

 

Arts Student of the Week - River Osgood

According to his teacher Laura Walters, River Osgood has been one of the most dedicated choir students at Niwot High School during his four-year tenure. Currently he is in three of the NHS choirs,...

 

Niwot High's Key Club haunted house

Niwot High School's Key Club will be hosting a haunted house at the former Niwot Feed Store from 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 28, during Niwot's Great Pumpkin Party. The haunted house is...

 

Band Night draws huge crowd

When you invite nine bands from across the St. Vrain Valley School District and beyond to perform what are traditionally their football game halftime shows, the turnout of parents, students, fans and...

 

Arts Student of the Week Sara Hallock

"When I was a freshman at Niwot High School," Sara Hallock said, "it was all online learning because of Covid. We had to learn everything through books and articles. Once we got to in-person learning,...

 

Record number run Niwot Trot

The 2023 Niwot Trot 5K, which began and ended at Whistle Stop Park Oct. 1, brought a record number of participants, some running, some walking, and some with strollers. Aimee Morin, one of the main...

 

Arts Student of the Week Abby White

“Music,” Abby White says, “is important to so many aspects of life. It uses so many different parts of your brain in different ways than you would get from academics. And that has really helped...

 

St. Vrain Band Night Oct. 4 in Longmont

High school marching bands from all the St. Vrain Valley District high schools will come together Wednesday, Oct. 4, not to compete against each other, but to showcase their 2023 field shows in...

 

Arts Student of the Week: Hayden Baldwin

Niwot High School senior Hayden Baldwin performs in the NHS Marching Band and two of the high school choirs: Tenor/Bass Choir and Evenstar. “Out of the two,” Baldwin said, “by far my favorite...

 

Niwot Trot runs into its 15th year Oct. 1

The Niwot Elementary Parent Teacher Advisory Council (PTAC) is hosting the annual Niwot Trot for the 15th year to raise money for Niwot Elementary School. The Trot will start on Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. in...

 

New teachers at Niwot Elementary School 2023 - Part II

This year, Niwot Elementary School has hired six new teachers due primarily to the recent retirements of previous teachers, all of whom worked at the elementary school for at least well over a decade....

 

Arts Student of the Week Natalie Fitches

This week's Arts Student of the Week, Natalie Fitches, is a percussionist who started out playing mallets and auxiliary instruments in her middle school band. Fitches joined the band in seventh...

 

The Niwot Nifties 4-H entries shine at the county fair

Formed in 1924, the Niwot Nifties is the oldest 4-H club that has been continuously running in Boulder County. The club meets monthly at the Boulder County Fairgrounds and in addition to fair project...

 

New teachers at Niwot High School

There are six new teachers and a new family liaison starting at Niwot High School this year, teaching a wide variety of different studies. According to Principal Eric Rauschkolb, these hirings are...

 

Arts Student of the Week Kalah Jackson

According to Kalah Jackson, the Arts Student of the Week, when she got her first jewelry commission it opened a new world of possibilities for her future. Jackson saw creating jewelry as a potential...

 

New Teachers at Niwot Elementary 2023

Niwot Elementary School has hired a significant number of new teachers this fall due to retirements and student enrollment. In the past year, several teachers retired at Niwot Elementary School,...

 

Arts Student of the Week: Ash Kissinger

Ash Kissinger, a sophomore at Niwot High School, got involved in theater almost by accident. "I never really intended on getting into it seriously, it just kind of happened," Kissinger said. Now, he...

 

Arts Student of the Week: Lily Sykes

According to Lily Sykes, Arts Student of the Week, "Music is a beautiful mix between emotion and mathematics." Sykes believes that is what draws her to it. "Music theory is fundamentally based in...

 

Niwot High Marching Band off to a good start

The Niwot High School Marching Band has been working hard to prepare for the upcoming school year. Members perform at a multitude of events throughout their tenure with the band including the Boulder...

 

Rocky Mountain Christian Church to host Shine prom

Did you ever dream of being the Prom Queen or Prom King? Well, only a few young people have ever been fortunate enough to live the experience. But for nearly 200 special needs students and young...

 

Preschool through Eighth Grade Education: Where childhood thrives and confidence takes root

At Boulder Country Day, a commitment to helping each student discover their unique excellence underlies our entire approach — beginning with our firm belief in the benefits of a preschool-through-eighth grade community. While a student body...

 

Summer construction at Niwot High School

Over the summer, Niwot High School has been temporarily closed while the school’s plumbing system is updated. The school was closed the Tuesday after Memorial Day and will reopen on July 31 after nine weeks of construction. “The school has grown...

 
 By Camryn Bell    Education    July 5, 2023

Niwot High drumline making noise this summer

Niwot High School's band program is full of dedicated musicians, and that includes the drumline. The marching band as a whole is under the instruction of Wade Hendricks, and the drumline is being...

 
 By Scott Barto    Education    June 28, 2023

Niwot High School's Teacher of the Year - Teresa Ewing

What does it take to be a "Teacher of the Year?" According to the St. Vrain Valley School District Education Foundation, this honor requires someone who is innovative, goal-oriented, a motivator, an...

 

Caleb Law receives Sheriffs' scholarship

Caleb Law, a 2023 graduate of Niwot High School, received a $500 scholarship from the County Sheriffs of Colorado, which he plans to apply towards the cost of his continuing education. Boulder County...

 
 By Scott Barto    Education    June 21, 2023

Niwot High's Education Foundation funds educational field trips

Thanks to generous contributions from the community, the Niwot High School Education Foundation (NHSEF) sponsored several student field trips during the 2022-2023 school year. The mission statement of...

 
 By Scott Barto    Education    June 21, 2023

NHS choir sings in NYC

Wouldn't it be an incredible experience, not only to visit New York City with forty-two of your closest friends, but to sing a masterwork at Carnegie Hall? Well, forty-three Niwot High School choir...

 
 By Scott Barto    Education    June 21, 2023

The Breyers' radical retirement shindig

"You know you did something right when your kids throw you a retirement party and all you have to do is show up," said Julie Breyer, recently retired Niwot Elementary School third grade teacher. On...

 

Scouts' fundraising efforts a success

Approximately 35 people attended the Scout Troop 161 Fundraiser Trivia Night at The Wheel House in Niwot on Monday, June 12. The event was a fundraiser for Niwot's Scout Troops 161-B and 161-G. "We...

 

Kindness Counts Award winners announced

Five Niwot High School students have been named the first winners of the Kindness Counts Award, administered by The Peter Fund, a local non-profit. The students, Freddie Ambrose, Haylee Matney, Phoebe...

 

Art Student of the Week: Edward Amsbaugh

One of the first jewelry pieces Edward Amsbaugh had accepted in an art exhibit was the first piece he ever created. "It was a deer head," Amsbaugh said, "that I cut from a 2 x 2 piece of metal. By han...

 

Niwot High School graduation

Niwot High School's graduation ceremony last Saturday was equal parts bright and sentimental. The football field was awash with rows of white chairs and green capped and gowned members of the class...

 

Niwot High math teacher Megan Schlagel wins award

Niwot High School Algebra 1 and AP Calculus teacher Megan Schlagel won the Teacher Leader Impact Award, presented by Edthena. Edthena is a software program to help teachers use classroom video to help...

 

Lise Murphy is Niwot Elementary School Teacher of the Year

Each year the St. Vrain Valley School District requests submissions from families for their annual Teacher of the Year award. Together with each school's input from their respective administrations,...

 

Art Student of the Week Paola Ramirez

Niwot High School trumpet player Paola Ramirez has found inspiration for her music in many places. She is a big fan of Colorado musician Greg Gisbert. "I love seeing him play," Ramirez said. "He...

 
 By Scott Barto    Education    May 24, 2023

Niwot Elementary 2023 retiring teachers

Three beloved teachers are retiring from Niwot Elementary School this year - Julie Nelson-Breyer, Lori Charbonnaeu, and Jessica Easley. Breyer has taught for twenty-five years and Charbonneau for...

 

Crossroads 2023 Niwot High School Band concert

Getting up in the morning is a lot to ask any teenager, and asking students to be ready at 8 a.m. for a dress rehearsal sounds nearly impossible. But not to the Niwot High School band and Wade...

 
 By Scott Barto    Education    May 24, 2023

NHS Symphonic Band debuts Brockmann's original composition

The Niwot High School Symphonic Band had the honor and privilege to perform an original composition by Gus Brockmann at the final "Crossroads" concert of the 2022-2023 school year. The final concerts...

 

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