In September, the National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC) announced more than 16,000 semifinalists in its 72nd annual National Merit Scholarship Program. Forty Boulder Valley School District students made the cut. 

This evening the Boulder Valley School District Board of Education voted to approve the Resilient Schools proposal.

It’s always amazing to see hard work and tenacity pay off. That’s exactly what happened on a snowy May morning in 2026 when Centaurus High School physics teacher Kimberly Becker and her physics team got on a virtual call with CERN’s Beamline for Schools program. The team had been chosen for a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity: to test their experiment in an actual particle accelerator in Germany.

The Boulder Valley School District is one of just two Metro Denver school districts to earn Accredited with Distinction, the Colorado Department of Education’s highest honor — and the only district to earn the designation three years in a row.

Effective August 10, BVSD will disable access to social media websites and applications on all high school student accounts and district-managed devices, bringing them in line with the same restrictions currently in place for PK-8 students. 

This is in addition to the restrictions placed on ChatGPT last year and our policy on cellphones, which restricts their usage for all students from bell-to-bell.

We are thrilled to announce that BVSD has a new messaging system! BVSD is using Apptegy, an app-based messaging tool that all families can download to communicate with schools, their teachers, and the district.

All schools, all in one place for BVSD families. The app features a live feed of news and updates, the ability to receive push notifications, and 2-way communication between teachers, coaches and parents.