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O Jim Sundberg Mead High School Principal

n behalf of the St. Vrain Valley School District and the new Mead High School, we welcome the community and students to a great new opportunity for learning. Many long hours of planning and collaboration have gone into planning a building that will house academic excellence and student achievement. A partnership between parents, community, students and the school staff will certainly go a long way toward developing excellence. Our motto is: Ignite, Inspire and Challenge! And, as we prepare our young people for their lives after high school, we will focus on the goal. Mead High will open with approximately 300 students in grades nine and 10, and will add grades in succeeding years to a full high school capacity of 750. Academically, Mead will be a comprehensive high school with a full array of core area honors classes in language arts, science and social studies. Advanced placement courses will be offered to students in the 2010-2011 school year, with the goal of several advanced placement courses available as we grow to capacity. Mead High will also begin traditions and expectations surrounding co-curricular and extracurricular activities. We believe we have hired an excellent group of teachers and coaches to

lead and inspire young people. Band and music classes will begin immediately to establish a disciplined and creative program. Athletically, Mead will initially compete in a junior varsity schedule and will advance the following year to varsity competition in the Patriot League. The Mead High staff anxiously looks forward to the opening of the school year. The Mead community has been very supportive and often view Mead High as a focal point. As many in Mead are quick to point out, this is not an inaugural opening, but rather a rebirth of Mead High School which closed in the 1960s. In fact, plans for a homecoming are underway. Truly, I believe Mead will be a source of pride and accomplishment for both the school district and the communities that provide students to our new high school. Traditions and responsibilities can and will be developed with an exciting opportunity to open a new and impressive building. Mead will be filled with technology and shiny newness, but the priority is, and will be on the people that fill it, work in it and support it. We will not lose sight of the goal to Ignite, Inspire and Challenge! Jim Sundberg Mead High School Principal

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Contributing Writers Kate Frasure Lauren Seaton Brian Smith Cover Design by Trish Allin Photo by Paul Litman

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Feeding the first class of Mavericks By Brian Smith Longmont Times-Call

Mead High School seems to be at the right place at the right time. Skyline and Frederick High Schools are bursting at the seams to contain the influx of new students as the surrounding area expands and prospers. The newly founded high school will provide relief for both Skyline and Frederick High Schools, as well as a shorter drive to school and a boost to the community spirit of a small, but not forgotten town. Most of all, it would revive the Mead High School traditions that were lost in 1961 when the original school was forced to close. The boundary lines that determine which students will feed into Mead go from Weld County Road 17 to North 107th Street and stretch nearly to Colo. Highway 52, placing Mead High right in the middle of previous boundaries that fed Skyline and Frederick. Although the new high school and its boundaries made sense to the district, some families felt cut off from the high school they thought their middle schooler would attend. Within those boundaries, the district decided to break the Frederick High feeder system already in place and divert Coal Ridge Middle School along with Mead Middle School students to the new high school. For more than a year, the school district researched the area and its current and future needs. According to district planning director Scott Toillion, factors such as school crowding, transportation, long term growth projections

and other socioeconomic factors went into the school board’s decision to draw the lines where they lay. “When we sat down and looked at the long range plans in the area, we determined that there was a strong need for a high school in this area,” Toillion says. “The areas of Frederick and Firestone have grown into the Mead-Skyline feed.” And while the boundary lines seem well founded, some families still fell they didn’t want their high schooler leaving their current school or their middle schooler diverting from there predestined high school of Frederick or Skyline. District planning secretary Judy Rusk explains that almost any time a new school is built their will be controversy. “Parents are going to ask ‘why do my kids have to go?’” Rusk says. “I think that when the district takes a chunk of a small, tight-knit community like Frederick, it is going to irritate some people.” Last February, former St. Vrain Valley School District superintendent Randy Zila addressed the controversy in a letter to parents and guardians explaining the Board of Education had voted to let students “opt back” to their current high school or open-enroll to Skyline or Frederick. As for the first freshman and sophomore classes of Mead High School, they will find themselves mixed among Coal Ridge and Mead Middle school graduates and transplants from Skyline and Frederick High Schools. Courtesy St. Vrain Valley School District

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Building the Future New high school embraces latest technologies, while offering ‘green’ building practices By Lauren Seaton Longmont Times-Call

On May 7, 2007, construction began on farm land east of Longmont. Twenty-three months later, the district’s newest high school was finished. The $30 million facility includes a synthetic turf football field, running track, field house, softball, baseball, and soccer fields and six tennis courts developed on 68 acres in Mead. The school building is 162,000 square feet and incorporates academics, athletics and administrative offices. The performing arts wing offers music and drama classrooms and an auditorium complete with an orchestra pit. A two-story rotunda in the building’s center houses administrative offices and the library media center

equipped with computers and a view of the mountains. There is a main gymnasium, weight room, wrestling gym and locker rooms in addition to classrooms occupying both the first and second floors. Throughout the building, large windows provide natural light. While more than 67 major subcontractors were involved in the building process, several local companies oversaw the project. H+L Architecture of Denver designed the structure and Longmont’s FCI Constructors Inc. was the general contractor. According to Rob Price, project manager with FCI Constructors, the entire process took approximately 371,000 man-hours to finish and was completed

on-time, within budget and without any injuries. Regional materials were used when possible to support the local economy and reduce transportation costs and environmental impacts, Price adds. The area is designed with water efficient landscaping and there is an onsite irrigation pond and irrigation pump station that will be used to water the area. “Due to the location of the school, the district can use irrigation ditches to fill the pond which eliminates the use of potable water,” Price says. The building was also constructed using low emitting paint, stain, linoleum, adhesives and sealants – materials that include low levels of volatile organic compounds, or VOCs.

Construction on Mead High School started in May 2007. This fall the school will open to students. (Photos at left courtesy Rob Price)


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Education excellence through technology, staff By Kate Frasure Longmont Times-Call

“Our mission is to ignite, inspire and challenge,” says Jim Sundberg, the principal of the new Mead High School. Driving down the dirt road of Country Road 7 and seeing this colossal building sitting in the middle of nowhere, one would question if this new school could provide the resources needed to create leaders for the 21st century. This is not the case. Longmont area high schools will have a huge challenge to keep up when the new high school opens its doors to incoming freshmen and sophomores this fall. Most of the academic classrooms that occupy this building will have what are known as SMART boards. “Teachers can write on it, print what they wrote, pull up Web sites in class and have students interact with the screen,” says Sundberg. SMART boards are the new interactive whiteboard that is connected to a computer or digital projector to display what is on the screen. By simply using a finger, a teacher or student

can control computer applications, write notes, pull up charts and images, search the Internet, play videos and save the work. This exciting new technology will have the flexibility to engage all learning styles. Students who are visual learners will be able to see colorful, movable images and diagrams displayed even from the back of a classroom. For those who are more hands-on learners, students will be able to interact and explore by moving letters, numbers, words and pictures. This is certainly a step above the days when the only interaction was with a piece of chalk and a chalkboard. According to Sundberg, classrooms are also expected to have document cameras – a technology that for the past couple of years has only been found in college lecture halls. The camera shares the look of an overhead projector, but instead of having to make transparencies to view text, teachers can simply put a piece of paper or a book under the document camera and have it projected onto

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“The staff coming from all different areas will have a very positive effect on the school. They are coming to the school because they want to and they have a vision of what achievement they want to have with students.” not this year since those courses are designed for juniors and seniors. Sundberg notes that Mead is not offering any courses extraordinarily different from other high schools but that the school is simply trying to “do it better.” He says, “Teachers are going to try and duck-tail subjects together,” which means teachers will plan lessons together to correspond with each other. For example, if a social studies teacher is doing a lesson on the Civil War, then the English teacher will have a writing assignment on the Civil War. “The goal of the school is to integrate as much subject material as appropriate,” says Sundberg. Even with all the technology and classes that Mead has to offer, the staff is what makes this high school exceptional. “There is a nice mixture of people,” says Sundberg. The teaching experience ranges from two to 15 years. Sundberg says the staff was selected based on the goals of the school and the teachers abili-

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Opportunities abound for MHS students Strong athletics program leaves room for growth By Summer Stair Longmont Times-Call

Mead High School is opening at the perfect time as far as Frank Buck, athletic director and assistant principal, is concerned, especially when it comes to the athletic department. By opening its doors in 2009, the high school will be playing at a lower level, with no varsity requirements. This, according to Buck, is optimal for a new school with new programs and especially one that will only have freshman and sophomore students. For the first year, Mead athletes will participate at a 3A level. Individual sports, such as cross country, track and wrestling, will have the opportunity to place regionally. Buck says,

depending on enrollment it is possible that within a year athletes will participate at a 4A level. Mead hopes to add varsity next year, and has already petitioned the Colorado High School Activities Association to go into the Patriot League in 2010. Initially, Mead will offer athletes 12 sports to choose from. Boys can opt for fall football or cross country, winter basketball or wrestling, and spring baseball or track. Girls can choose from fall volleyball, softball or cross country, spring track or soccer, winter basketball, and cheer or dance. Buck hopes that more sports can be added in the near future depending on interest among students.

Top right: Alex Parker, 14, runs drills June 5 as Mead High School’s first football coach Martin Clark directs his new team, the Mavericks, during camp at Mead Middle School. Mead High School’s first football team practices under the direction of head coach Martin Clark. (Joshua Buck/Times-Call)

Fine arts offers variety during, after school By Summer Stair Longmont Times-Call

Students who hope to bring their artistic and music talents to the forefront will discover plenty of opportunities awaiting them at Mead High School. Jim Sundberg, principal of Mead High School, says the curriculum offers students a range of fine arts that could spill over into extracurricular activities. For musically-inclined students, the high school will offer a chance for hands-on experience through a string orchestra, jazz band and concert band, as well as a guitar class. If playing an instrument doesn’t excite you, but music does, classes on the history of rock ‘n roll and a music technology class will offer students a chance to learn more about music and create their own music through computers. Vocal opportunities will also be present through a boys and girls choir.

Students who are looking to put their artistic talents to use will find classes in beginning digital photography, drawing, painting, ceramics, computer graphics and jewelry. Drama classes will also allow students to express themselves through acting, while others may find more interest in student council, yearbook or the school’s online newspaper. A percussion ensemble has been planned as an after school activity, but other clubs and services are on hold until teachers and staff know more about what students would like to see organized. Sundberg explained that with only 300 students enrolled, the clubs and activities will be limited to those with high participation. “We have an eager staff who is looking forward to exploring what kids want and see what kind of after school activities kids want to do,” Sundberg says, adding that an after-school art club or Spanish club are likely in the near future.

Left from top to bottom: Mead High School Auditorium will give students a place to perform. The Mead High School Multi-Media Art room. (Paul Litman/Times-Call)


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s a former Skyline Falcon, an instinctively uneasy feeling overcame me as I heard Tom Stumpf’s voice in the distance. Considering all the times I had been in his office, I was nothing less than shocked when he didn’t recognize me, but not surprised when he asked me where I went to school. But that is Stumpf completely; a man who has been the archetypal principal at Skyline High School for 20 years: not really concerned with the weather, or a cup of coffee at 7:30 a.m., but where I went to high school. “A-ha! I knew you were a Falcon,” exclaimed Stumpf at my confession. “I thought I recognized you.” I guess there must have been more memorable Skyline alumni than I. Although, my mother might disagree. When the school district asked Stumpf to serve as the principal on special assignment for the new Mead High School, he was “simply delighted.” After leaving his office at Skyline High in June 2008, he served to shepherd

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Mead High School into its existence. Among a body of work essential to the founding and re-establishment of the high school, Stumpf organized and assembled a leadership team, developed a curriculum with the help of the staff and worked extensively with the contractors on a weekly basis. “Every high school principal really wants to build a new high school and birth it into being,” Stumpf says. “I have never had that opportunity and I saw it as an exciting and fascinating capstone to my 40-year career.” But he couldn’t do it alone. According to Stumpf there was an “amazing outpour of interest, attendance and support” from the Mead community. “Just yesterday, I was out at the building and a parent came up to me and asked where she could volunteer,” Stumpf says. “(She) wanted to be a part of this amazing enterprise.” It seems to Stumpf the community of Mead will help the high school blossom immensely. And from what he has already seen with the involvement of the town, he has no doubt that Mead High School will be tremendously supported. Stumpf wasn’t the only one in the shaping of Mead High School. Town of Mead Trustee John Heard served a pivotal role in the early planning stages of the high school, in addition to serving on the committee that named the school.

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He also helped find a mascot and school colors with feedback from the surrounding community. “I was just representing the community’s wishes,” says a humble Heard. “We aren’t getting a new high school as much as we are getting the old one back.” Heard attested to the importance of having the community involved in the academics and the athletics and agrees with Stumpf that the small town of Mead will have a mutually benefiting relationship with the high school. Department Chair for Social Studies and Mead High School Head Football Coach Martin Clark was also instrumental in the founding of the new high school. Clark, whose father, uncles and grandfather all attended the original Mead High School, started helping with the founding of the school more than two years ago. He sat in on community meetings and committees even though he did not work for the St. Vrain Valley School District at the time. Clark feels honored by the community’s outreach with their endeavors. “It goes so much deeper than just moral

support,” explains Clark. “I am constantly being asked what more we can use and how (the community) can assist.” Although the community has been positive and helpful so far, the school is still in desperate need of volunteers to fill a variety of positions throughout the high school. According to secretary Pam Long, volunteers are still needed in the main office to help with receptionist and clerical work, as well as in the library, tutoring, computer labs and counseling among others. Mead High School is also looking for members to launch a booster club for the athletics and performing arts departments. “Mead is a small enough community that the high school is going to play a pivotal role in the culture of that town,” says Stumpf. And while the school may be cardinal to the community, Mead High School still needs community volunteers to see the hard work of so many like Stumpf to fruition.


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School will benefit from being a part of SVVSD By Lauren Seaton Longmont Times-Call

Mead High School isn’t open yet, but it’s already lucky about one thing – being part of the St. Vrain Valley School District. The district is the 10th largest of 178 state districts, and size is one of its benefits. “Because we’re a growing school district, we have growing resources,” says John Poynton, SVVSD’s director of communications. Because of its diversity, the district offers a variety of specialty programs, including migrant education, gifted and talented classes and 18 district-wide focus programs. “We’re one district but we have a variety of communities with a variety of needs – with those focus schools, we meet those needs,” says Regina Renaldi, director of SVVSD’s Title I Schools. The focus schools target areas such as leadership, mathematics and engineering, visual and performing arts. Centennial Elementary’s Math, Engineering, Science, Achievement program (MESA) – designed to get non-traditional students into math and science – is one of the largest in Colorado. The success of the focus programs district has worked with organizations such as the Western Digital Foundation and the University of Colorado. This is not a fluke opportunity. “The relationships that we have with the corporate community – that’s a very powerful resource,” Poynton adds. SVVSD doesn’t stop there. It attracts well-qualified teachers, dedicates resources to even its smallest schools and emphasizes academic pathways to higher education. And the majority of the district’s students stay in school. During the 2007-2008 school year, SVVSD had a 2.7 percent total drop-out rate (among grades seven to 12) compared with a statewide total drop-out rate of 3.8 percent for the same academic year. As of 2006, more than half of SVVSD

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While the district focuses on early intervention – targeting elementary school students who may be further behind than their peers – it makes sure high achievers are making progress, too. teachers had advanced degrees and nearly half have spent at least five years with the district. The Mill Levy override in 2008 provided the district with more than $16 million for facilities, teachers and other resources. “We’ve reduced average class sizes across the district. That’s a direct result of the Mill Levy override,” Poynton says. While the district focuses on early intervention – targeting elementary school students who may be further behind than their peers – it makes sure high achievers are making progress, too. “We’re about raising everyone’s level,” Poynton says. The district’s ultimate goal is to provide opportunities for all students – from elementary school to high school. “With Mead, it gives parents another option,” adds Renaldi.

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