Your Poudre School District newsletter

Thursday, Sept. 5, 2024

An excited teacher leads students in a lesson on the first day of school at Bauder Elementary School. The students are seated at desks while the teacher stands at the front of the room.

Students enjoy the first day of the 2024-25 school year at Bauder, one of several PSD elementary schools to experience above-average growth in CMAS English and math performance this year.

Poudre School District in top 10% for state test performance

Poudre School District has a long history of excellence. This year's CMAS, PSAT, and SAT results - released by the Colorado Department of Education last week - show PSD students continue to grow, learn, and perform at some of the highest levels in the state. While assessments aren't the only measure of success, test data help track student achievement and inform instruction. Learn more about PSD's high-level test performance and growth in this article on the PSD website.>>>

Learn more about school accountability

Attend a School Performance Frameworks informational session at 6:30 p.m. on Sept. 17 or 30 at the Future Ready Center inside Foothills mall to learn more about your school's growth and performance. More information is posted on the PSD website.>>

[What Did You Miss About School?] Click on the image above to watch a video from PSD TV.

"What did you miss about school?"

For some students, the start of school couldn't come soon enough. Learn more about what students missed over the summer in this video.>>

Man talking. Action Items Strategic Plan Update/Unified Improvement Plan

Click above for a video of the Strategic Plan update at the Aug. 27 school board meeting.

Strategic Plan goals target even higher graduation and literacy rates

PSD has already seen success in the Strategic Plan priority areas of Literacy, Mental Health and Belonging, and students Graduating with Options just one year after the plan's launch. Lofty goals have been set for literacy results, graduation rates, and narrowing gaps between historically underserved groups and their peers in Year 2. Visit this link or click on the video above to watch a Strategic Plan update from the Aug. 27 Board of Education meeting, or click here to read more about the results of Year 1 and the work that will be done in Year 2 of the Strategic Plan.>>

Man sitting at a table in board room. Action Items, Ballot Issue for 2024 Coordinated Election.

Click above for a video of the Aug. 27 board presentation and vote on the mill levy question.

Mill levy question to appear on ballot

At their Aug. 27, 2024, meeting, PSD's Board of Education voted unanimously to refer a mill levy question to the Nov. 5 ballot. If approved by voters, the measure would provide $49 million per year to maintain aging school buildings, install air conditioning systems in buildings that do not currently have them, and allow the district to reprioritize funding in our general fund to expand career and technical education spaces; update curriculum, resources and classroom materials; increase teacher and staff pay; and support financing for neighborhood schools. For more information on the mill levy measure, please visit the 2024 Mill Levy web page at this link.>>

**This information is provided as a factual summary for transparency purposes only.

Image: a row of boys in jerseys and sweatshirts cheer in the stands at a football game.

Above: Students cheer on the teams at the 2023 Canvas Community Classic. Below, last year's matchups were between Poudre and Rocky Mountain high schools and Fort Collins and Fossil Ridge high schools. The two-game classic will rotate between PSD high schools each year.

Image: Football players from Poudre and Rocky Mountain high schools give high fives in a row after a game last year at Canvas Stadium.

Image: A football player from Fort Collins High lunges at a football player from Fossil Ridge High who is catching a ball at Canvas Stadium in October 2023.

Canvas Community Classic returns Sept. 27

The third annual Canvas Community Classic returns later this month to Colorado State University's Canvas Stadium! Timnath and Wellington middle-high schools will make their first-ever appearance in the doubleheader, with the Cubs and the Eagles squaring off at 4:30 p.m. Kickoff between Poudre and Rocky Mountain high schools' football teams will be at 7:30 p.m. The lineup will rotate between four of PSD's six comprehensive high schools each year. PSD students and staff get in free; tickets are $15 for non-staff adults. Learn more here.>>