Dr. Barb DeSpain, Lenski Principal, has been selected to participate in the Distinguished Principal Program, which is sponsored by the National Association of Elementary School Principals in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Education.
Mimi Leonard, Career and Technology Education Coordinator, was recently named the Outstanding Administrator for 2010 by the Colorado Association of Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences.
Congratulations to the following LPS 2010 National Merit Scholarship Finalists:
Arapahoe Heritage Littleton
Meghan Callahan Kyle Hanson Jenna Adams
Lane Childers Rachel Krohn Grant Jossi
Kristen Flannery
Ben Horblit
Tom Roberts
Kyle Stachowiak
2010 National Merit Scholarship Hispanic Scholars from Littleton High School: Adolfredo Alvarez, Jessica Rivas, Konard Moss, and Chris Acuna.
2010 Boettcher Scholars: Kyle Hanson, Heritage, and Ben Horblit, Arapahoe.
2010 Presidential Scholar Candidate: Tom Roberts, Arapahoe
Several LPS students participated in the Colorado State Spelling Bee:
District winner: Ellie Streifer – Powell
Runners-up: Kai Hueske-Van Ceylon – Field
Jack Sanders – Lenski
Elizabeth Wharry – alternate – Lenski
Jake Keohane – Euclid
Caroline Montgomery – Euclid
Rachel Krohn, Heritage senior, received the Daughters of the American Revolution Good Citizenship Award and Scholarship for her awarding-winning essay.
Kyle Hanson, Heritage senior, has been selected as a member of the 22nd Class of Coca-Cola Scholars. Kyle is one of 253 high school seniors selected nationwide to compete for cash scholarships from the Coca-Cola Scholars Foundation.
Arapahoe sophomore, Ashley Schuett was crowned Miss Junior Teen Colorado. She will hold the title until August 2010.
Twenty-five Littleton students recently competed at the FBLA District 5 Leadership Conference with over 900 competitors. State qualifiers are Quincey Kippley, Michael Cuje, Matt Sattler, Jia Chu, and Katie Woodward. (See complete list of results.)
The Euclid Jazz Ensemble, under the direction of Rimas Vaitaitis, scored unanimous “Superior Ratings” at the Mile High Jazz Festival. Six students were awarded “Outstanding Musicianship Certificates” – Dominic Martinez, Alex Lieberman, Davis Connors, William Banfield, Katie Nelson and Mina Awtrey.
Drama students from Littleton recently performed on KEZW (1430 AM) radio. They sang a few songs from their upcoming musical production, “Curtains”.
The Arapahoe boys basketball team is the Centennial League Champion.
Beth Ambrozic, Arapahoe senior, placed 2nd in the diving competition at the girl’s state swim meet.
Wilder’s School Age Childcare Program received a $1,500 grant from Arapahoe Early Childhood Council, which helped to purchase a shade structure for their playground.
Students from LPS high schools competed with over 1800 students from throughout the state at the Colorado State DECA Leadership Conference. Seven students from Littleton and one from Arapahoe qualified for the International Competition to be held in Louisville, Kentucky in April.
At the recent Technology Student Association competition, Goddard and Euclid were named the Middle School Chapters of the Year. Littleton and Arapahoe were recognized as High School Chapters of the Year.
Arapahoe was the only Colorado school participating in the North Atlantic Computational Linguistics Olympiad (NACLO). Only 104 out of 1,117 participating students nationwide earned a high enough score to compete in the final round on March 10th. Jasmine Griffin, junior, ranked 63rd and Tom Roberts, senior, rated 84th. They will be competing with other high scoring students to become part of an international team to compete in Sweden this summer.
Global Hearts United, a newly formed club at Heritage, recently hosted a volleyball tournament where 22 teams participated to raise money and awareness about the devastation in Haiti.
The Goddard and Centennial communities raised more than $1,400 for The Road to Hope, a local organization that has been supporting orphanages in Haiti.
Franklin’s student council and Mrs. Anderson’s first grade class have collected and donated $619 to the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.
Preschooler Sophia Sitter of Hiking Tikes Preschool at Ralph Moody and her preschool classmates raised $272.19 in pennies for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.
The Runyon school community recently raised $1,206.52 for the American Red Cross Haiti Relief Fund.
Franklin students participated in Denver Mayor Hickenlooper’s Annual Pajama Day fundraiser by donating either $1 or a canned food item and wore their PJ’s to support Denver’s Road Home through the Mile High United Way. Students raised $280 and donated nearly 400 pounds of food to a local food bank.