Awards and Achievements
Scott Burke was named Regional Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year.
Scott is a Geometry in Construction teacher at Loveland High School. Earlier this school
year, he was named state Career and Technical Education Teacher of the Year. He is one
of five regional winners to be considered for the national title.
Ferguson High School teacher Cathy Beach received a $500 Spring 2011 Outreach
Award to support her effort of making science more fun and engaging for students. The
award was given by the Biological Sciences Initiative Staff at the University of Colorado
at Boulder.
Martha Gustafson, principal at Walt Clark Middle School, was named Colorado Middle
School Principal of the Year by the Colorado Association of School Executives in April.
Truscott Elementary School's Odyssey of the Mind team, coached by Marty Janssen,
placed first in Division I, Problem #2 ("As Good as Gold...Berg") in the state
competition. The team placed first in all three portions of the competition (long-term
problem, style, and spontaneous). The team is eligible to compete in the World Finals in
May at the University of Maryland in College Park, Md.
Staff members Toni Theisen, Marcy Cochran and Dawn Fertitta were selected by the
Colorado Department of Education to participate in a statewide discussion regarding the
conceptual connections within the new Colorado Academic Standards in the content
areas of world languages, music, physical education and comprehensive health
education.
The Loveland High School Ocean Bowl team placed third in the regional Ocean Bowl
competition in February. The students received backpacks full of prizes and a plaque.
Members of the LHS Ocean Bowl team were Kahleah Walker, Dalton Meyer, Gavin
Stewart, and Tim Buckley. Their sponsor was Darlene Halvorsen. The National Ocean
Sciences Bowl is an academic competition that tests high school students' knowledge of
the marine sciences, including biology, chemistry, physics and geology.
Diane Lauer, director of Curriculum and Instruction, was selected as the 2011 College of
Education and Behavioral Science Graduate Scholar by the faculty of the Education
Leadership Policy Studies at the University of Northern Colorado. She was honored for
her scholarly efforts and contributions to the field in April.
The Loveland High School Color Guard took first place at the Rocky Mountain Color
Guard State Championships in March. The Color Guard scored an 85.4 in the Scholastic
A classification. They won every caption as well.
The Colorado Department of Education recognized Ivy Stockwell Elementary as one of
the 8 percent of public schools that demonstrate the highest rates of student
longitudinal growth, as measured by the Colorado Growth Model. The school earned the
Colorado Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award.
Fifteen Thompson teams scored in the top four places in their division for their problem
at the regional Odyssey of the Mind competition at Berthoud High School and were
invited to advance to the state tournament in April.