Category: STEM

Hello Fall River Families! I hope the start of your year has been wonderful! I want to share with you exciting enrichment opportunities that are coming up this fall! We are inviting Little Geniuses to teach a six-week Spanish class! If you want your child to learn from native speakers in an enriching fun way, […]

All four 2nd Grade classrooms are participating in a STEAM challenge using the iPad’s marvelous camera and students’ artistic portrait drawing.  The final product is a bit of a surprise which will be shared on Seesaw.  Mrs. Schluckebier 3rd grade students used the iPad with iCreate to make their nameplates.  Students learned how to use […]

St. Vrain Valley Schools is accelerating into the new academic year with tremendous momentum as we continue to advance high-quality learning for all of our students. With so much to celebrate from the past year, the 2019-2020 school year promises to be an even greater moment in St. Vrain’s history. As our students today are entering […]

STEM at Fall RiverMay News This year has truly flown by for me at Fall River especially since I didn’t arrive untilOctober. Kindergarten, 1 st , and 2 nd grades have finished their unit of programmingBee Bots. Some classes chose to integrate their current unit with the Bee Botprogramming. Kindergarten added seeds to coding while second […]

  April News   STEM Night at Fall River was a huge success.  Parents and students filled the school to see all the projects and speakers.  The Library was filled to capacity with everyone eager to here from Billy Kozma and his amazing radio demonstration, CU Engineering and their 3D printer, NCAR and the cool […]

Across the district, we have been championing a new motivational motto that is uniting our shared vision for excellence in learning and student advancement: We are taking public education by #StVrainStorm!  Every day, I observe countless examples of students, teachers, staff, and community partners exemplifying the highest levels of achievement and drive that represent the very best […]

STEM at Fall River     February This first day of February students made Fall River’s 3D printer come alive.  After working on the 3D TinkerCad program, 3rd grade students were challenged to make a logo design for their team of 3 classmates. Each team then had to choose one design for the entire group.  […]

February Preschool Newsletter February 2019 Wow! It is February already! We have recently completed our formal assessments and the first part of this busy month will be full of parent teacher conferences with lots of fun talking about all the projects the students have been engaged in. To add even more excitement, we will be […]

STEM at Fall River in December   In December, Kindergarten and 1st Grade will continue the STEM unit in Science they started in November.  The initial lessons had students define science.  In small groups students classified objects and activities as being science or not science.  The process and group dynamics added a lot to the […]

Dear Fall River Families, Do you have or know a kiddo ready for kindergarten next year?  Do you have a friend hoping to open enroll a child at Fall River?  Don’t forget—Open Enrollment for grades K-5 for the 2018-2019 school year AND Kindergarten Registration for the 2018-2019 school year are happening right now!  Both application […]