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There are some stories that stay on the page.

And then there are stories that come to life, put on costumes, dance under stage lights, and make an elementary student whisper, “Whoa… that’s mine.”

That was the magic behind Stories That Soar! at Garfield Re-2 School District this spring, as students from Wamsley Elementary School partnered with drama students from Rifle High School to transform children’s writing into live theater.

Spring is blowing in, and with that, spring sports are underway! I’ve enjoyed watching the Rifle and Coal Ridge girls' golf teams; they are representing Re-2 well. Good luck to all of our spring athletes this season!

At Wednesday night’s school board meeting, our Nutrition Services team highlighted the incredible work they are doing. Not only are they providing free breakfast and lunch to our students, but they are also securing additional funding so our kids can enjoy Colorado-grown foods. A big thank you to all 32 members of our Nutrition Services team for everything they do to support our students and families.

In a Rifle High School classroom, English Language Development instructor Jeremy Harrison saw how honoring all students’ strengths can help them shine. Earlier this year, he asked one of his newcomer students to teach her classmates a few words in her home language - Quechua,  an indigenous language from mostly Bolivia.

It was a small, but powerful moment.

“This student has this knowledge that none of the rest of us have. And to be honest, she missed a lot of school growing up, so the rest of school is super hard because she doesn’t have the background knowledge her peers have, but she has this one thing: she is an expert, and not even the teacher knows, and she can be the smart one. You should have seen her light up and share her knowledge with us,” he enthused.

“Being bilingual is a very clear strength,” Mr. Harrison added. “I am hoping that we can give students the opportunity to develop an asset they already have.”