Points of Pride
- Nederland Elementary is a small, mountain school that offers an outstanding educational experience.
- Our staff works collaboratively to develop positive relationships and personal connections with students, parents and community members.
- We are a Green Star School that works with our community to focus on reducing, recycling and reusing our natural resources.
- Our school has Response to Intervention and Positive Behavior Support models that meet the needs of students and frequently recognize student performance.
Academic Goals
Nederland’s Equity Goal is to narrow the reading achievement gap for special education students. Our Achievement Goal is to improve overall math achievement for all students. We will work collaboratively to attain these goals by providing quality classroom instruction and interventions that meet the needs of individual students. Assessment and other forms of data will be used to monitor progress and drive our instruction. Nederland’s Climate Goal is to improve attitudes about safety in our school. We expect all staff and students to feel safe at school and to have the skills necessary to insure their safety.
School Profile
Nederland Elementary School provides strong academic programs that support and enrich education for the variety of learners we serve. We fully implement the Boulder Valley School District curriculum, believing that this provides a solid foundation for all our students. We offer a strong balanced literacy program, phonemic awareness for K-1st students, Guided Reading Plus and SOAR for 2nd-4th grade students, and additional math, reading and enrichment support for TAG students. In response to parent feedback and our belief in meeting the needs of all students, we've added single grade strands to our multiage programming in grades 1-4. NES students have benefited from the Amendment 23 funds to lower class size in K-1. Our student-teacher ratio is around 1:20.
Our special education program support students with a wide range of abilities and needs. Mental Health provides NES with therapeutic support for students and families. We also offer Colorado Preschool Project and Kindergarten Enrichment.
Special Curricular events for all students include:
- Writers in the Schools
- Poets’ Day
- Reading is Fundamental
- Publishing Center
- Literacy Lab
- Mini-Society
- Spelling Bee
- Geography Bee
- Science Fair
- Lego Technology Lab
- Choral and Instrumental Music
- Biography Tea