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The 2023-24 school year is in full swing for all our preK-12 students! Check out the video above (link here) to see highlights of the first few days of school.

A male teacher at Timnath Middle-High sits with five students and shows them how to use drum sticks in music class.

A Bacon Elementary School students swings across the monkey bars as two students wait her her at the end of the bars.

Nine boys from Harris stand with their arms around one another while another boy sits on the ground with his leg out on a soccer field.

Check out PSD social media accounts for more photos from the First Day of School!

Image says, "Poudre School District Strategic Plan" over an image of a graduation ceremony. Video shows images of students and staff in PSD playing sports, learning in classrooms, graduating, and more. The end title card says Poudre School District Strategic Plan, learn more at strategicplan.psdschools.org.

Follow this link to watch a video about what the PSD Strategic Plan means for kids.

PSD has a new Strategic Plan: What that means

Poudre School District exists for our students. We're all about helping kids and young people achieve at their highest levels and pursue their dreams.

It take our entire community, through a focused effort, to make sure that happens. The PSD Strategic Plan is that focused effort. It's the roadmap that will improve outcomes for all students.

Our district priorities are Literacy, Mental Health and Belonging, and Graduate with Options.

You can learn more by going to strategicplan.psdschools.org, a new website with information about what work is happening and when. This plan is a living, breathing representation of how we show up for kids. It's our promise to students, and our commitment to public education.

Image shows a screengrab of the Strategic Plan website with an image of a girl at Cache La Poudre Elementary School at the top, a tab bar of options, some text, and an image of the video about the Strategic Plan.

Students in a classroom raise their hands to answer a question.

PSD students again excel on CMAS, PSAT, SAT tests

This spring, PSD students continued to perform well above state averages and their peers in the region on state assessments. Visit the PSD website to learn more about PSD's test results, released recently by the state.>>

Learn more about ratings for school accountability

PSD staff and community members are invited to attend a School Performance Framework Session to learn more about state ratings for schools and districts based on student assessment growth and performance. Sessions will take place from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Sept. 14 in the Johannsen Support Services Center, 2407 Laporte Ave., and Sept. 26 at the Future Ready Center in Foothills Mall (across from H&M, next to Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory). Visit the PSD website to learn more.>>

Health insurance information for CHP+ families

Health First Colorado and Child Health Plan Plus (CHP+) are restarting eligibility reviews, which were paused during the COVID-19 pandemic. If your student is covered by CHP+ insurance, get ready to renew coverage and find out if your family still qualifies by making sure the state has correct contact information for you, checking your mail for a letter, and completing your renewal form if you get one. To learn more, call 970-498-6300 or visit medicaid.gov/renewals or healthfirstcolorado.com.>>