GR-E 6 School District

McAuliffe named national STEM Certified School

McAuliffe STEM Academy K-8 School has been named a National STEM Certified School by the National Institute for STEM Education, becoming only the third school in Colorado and the 40th in the nation to reach this milestone.

Ten McAuliffe teachers have also become Nationally STEM Certified, completing approximately 80 hours of work to meet 38 indicators. Those teachers are Wendy Niccoli, Madi Alison, Denise Brink, Chrissy Menard, Sarah Omoto, Michele McNair, Kelly Wimler, Dana Clark, Julia Rivera and Jared Omoto. Sixteen additional teachers and administrators are now working on their certification.

STEM stands for science, technology, engineering and math. It is the focus of McAuliffe at all grade levels. The school was presented with a banner and plaque to indicate its status as a National STEM Certified School.

MCCARTY NAMED SCHOOL NURSE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE YEAR

Lori McCarty, the Health Services Coordinator for Greeley Evans School District 6, has been named the School Nurse Administrator of the Year by the Colorado Association of School Nurses.

McCarty began working as a school nurse in District 6 in 2014, and this year was promoted to Health Services Coordinator. She has lead the medical response and contact tracing during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as coordinated other health services for students in District 6. She has a nursing degree from the University of Northern Colorado and a Masters degree in Pediatric Nurse Leadership from the University of Colorado. McCarty has worked in pediatric and school nursing for 30 years.

Superintendent Dr. Deirdre Pilch and Director of Special Education and Health Services Tom Gribble jointly submitted a letter of recommendation in support of McCarty’s nomination.

“Lori is providing unparalleled support for our health services staff and works tirelessly to ensure they have what they need to support students,” the recommendation letter says. “Lori is so deserving of this award. Lori’s leadership has had a long-term impact on our system, prior to this pandemic, resulting in a high functioning, highly responsive and extremely effective health services team that meets the day-to-day needs of students, families and staff.”

McCarty was nominated for this honor by District 6 school nurse consultants Lynette Decker, Elizabeth Eberhard, Rachel Thomas, Lori Kingsley, Caryn Ishmael, Beth Lee and Jennifer Berg-Ramsey. In their nomination letter, the nurses cite McCarty’s ability to analyze and prioritize, and her deep commitment to children and their families as some of the reasons she deserves this honor.

“Lori is widely known as a caring and pragmatic nurse who is dedicated to her role and those she oversees,” the nomination letter says. “Lori excels at building trusted relationships with internal and external teams to meet the health needs of students in the educational setting.”

DISTRICT 6 OPEN ENROLLMENT

Greeley-Evans School District 6 is now taking applications for students who want to attend a school that is outside their boundary area.

Any parent or guardian interested in enrolling their child in a school outside their home boundary for the 2021-22 school year must apply during the open enrollment period, which is November 1, 2020, thorough December 17, 2020. While District 6 is able to accommodate most open enrollment requests, it may not be able to approve requests for enrollment into schools, specific grade levels or special programs that are at or above capacity or cannot fulfill the specific needs of the student.

Parents will be notified via email of their student(s) open enrollment status prior to February 1, 2021. Parents have until February 28, 2021 to accept or deny an offer.

Also, students approved for open enrollment to a school outside their home boundary, regardless of programming needs, will not be provided District 6 transportation services.

All open enrollment applications are online. More information can be found at www.greeleyschools.org/ openenrollment.