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Coming Up

High Peaks Governor's Distinguished Improvement Award & John Irwin Award

The Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award. This award celebrates schools that demonstrate exceptional student growth. On the school performance framework that is used by the state to evaluate schools, these schools "exceed" expectations on the indicator related to longitudinal academic growth and "meet or exceed" expectations on the indicator related to academic growth gaps.

2023 BVSD Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award     2024 BVSD Governor’s Distinguished Improvement Award

The John Irwin Award .This award is given to schools that demonstrate exceptional academic achievement over time. High Peaks received an Exceeds Expectations rating on the Academic Achievement indicator of the School Performance Framework reflecting exceptional performance in Math, English Language Arts, and Science.

2023 BVSD John Irwin Award      2024 BVSD John Irwin Award

District News

A time to rest, reflect and prepare for what comes next

From the beginning of our community engagement effort, our commitment was to listen before taking action. The values, priorities and perspectives shared by our community will help guide the difficult decisions ahead, as we consider how best to position BVSD for the future.

One message was clear: our community understands that declining enrollment presents real challenges and that maintaining high-quality educational experiences for students may require change. We also heard a strong desire to preserve what makes BVSD special—excellent teaching and learning, strong school communities, and opportunities for every student to thrive.

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