Education

The lesson for King-Murphy Elementary’s sixth-graders was simple: It’s important to help others in the community.

The students learned that lesson through a school-wide food drive. The school donated 750 items to Evergreen Christian Outreach for families in need.

While the students learned organizational skills, more importantly they learned how good it feels to help others.

Last Tuesday, the students loaded boxes of canned goods, juices, boxed macaroni and cheese, detergent and other items into a vehicle sent to the school by EChO.

Evergreen High School students learned about the world around them as they experienced diversity in its broadest terms during the third annual Diversity Day recently.

Jefferson County PTA president Michele Patterson has been appointed to the vacant seat on the Jeffco school board.

Board president Lesley Dahlkemper made the appointment after the school board deadlocked in trying to name a replacement for Robin Johnson, who resigned from the District 1 seat in August after moving out of the county.

Patterson's stay on the board will be short — the District 1 seat is up for election next month, along with two other seats on the five-member board. 

Rocky Mountain Academy of Evergreen has asked its parents to donate more money to the school to help meets its budget shortfall, which comes as a result of the way charter schools are funded by the state and Jeffco Public Schools.

At a meeting Sept. 17, the K-8 school’s board of directors asked parents to donate $600 per child, which equates to $75 per month for the eight months kids are in school, to the school’s foundation.