News and Announcements

Are you interested in playing an important role in the special education community? The Steamboat Special Education Advisory Committee (SEAC) is seeking motivated parents of students with an Individualized Education Plan (IEP) on the SEAC board. Members commit to one-year of membership with 6-7 meetings beginning the 2024-25 school year.  

Parenting in the age of social media is challenging, but at SSSD we are working to educate and support our students and their parents. We believe that building awareness and having important conversations with young people is essential to raising digitally responsible and resilient kids.

The Steamboat Springs School District (SSSD) has just completed a major renovation of its offices, which was funded by Measure 4C. This was a 20-year bond measure passed in November 2019 that provided $79.5 million in funding for capital improvements to SSSD facilities. The renovation of the district office was the last project to be completed with capital funding from the bond, and it marks the end of five years' worth of construction and improvements to facilities within the SSSD. 

The Steamboat Springs Education Fund (SSEF) Board is accepting applications for two open positions.

Click here to read the February 2024 newsletter from the Steamboat Springs School District 

The peer mentor program is in its third year at SSMS. It was started to help support a group of students with significant needs at the middle school, and as an opportunity to positively influence the whole school.

Draft school year calendars for the 2024-25 and 2025-26 school years are available for review.

The new strength and conditioning center at Steamboat Springs High School provides sport-specific training to student-athletes and accessible weight training for the SSHS school community. 

Since the 2022-2023 school year, teachers from the Steamboat Springs School District have been conducting home visits with their students. A home visit consists of teachers pairing up, traveling to students' homes, and introducing themselves to parents. The visit focuses on building relationships, extending support, and actively listening to parents' concerns and insights. 

Hall and Muhme’s resumes may look different, but both paraprofessionals provide exceptional support to students needing individualized support to reach their full potential. 

“It takes a village.” It’s a common phrase to describe what is needed to help kids thrive. Parents of special education students would say the same thing, and then some. Leaning on one another within the community gives our special education students the best chance of success.

That’s why Steamboat Adaptive Recreational Sports (STARS) is such an important asset to the Steamboat Springs School District and the special education community in the Yampa Valley. 

Please refer to the information below for Steamboat Springs School District families and community members who have questions about the rollout of Universal Preschool in the District.

View the September 2023 Newsletter from Dr. Celine Wicks

The Steamboat Springs School District (SSSD) announced today the launch of new district and school websites designed to streamline communication among the district, students, staff, parents, and the community.

Five Steamboat Springs High School seniors were named today as Semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program by the  National Merit Scholarship Corporation (NMSC®). The students are Grey Barbier, Connor Frithsen, Bryson Lee, Alena Rossi, Charlotte Teuscher. 

The Steamboat Springs School District (SSSD), in coordination with the Colorado Safety Resource Center (CSRC) and the Colorado Department of Public Safety (CDPS), delivered a full Threat Assessment (TA) training on August 3 and 4 to 40 individuals who make up our multidisciplinary School Threat Assessment Teams. 

Steamboat School District is looking for a few more paraprofessionals to support our schools.

The Steamboat Springs School District has recently been awarded several grants to enhance educational opportunities and student services across the district. We are excited to share with you the details of a few of the grant awards that will be utilized this school year:

Numbers have a unique way of telling stories, and the summer of 2023 in Steamboat Springs was no exception. From the innovative curriculum, vibrant excursions, and community partnerships, let's look at how 65 Emerging Bilingual students from three schools spent the summer learning and exploring.

Just like in previous years, families should continue to provide their household income information by completing the free and reduced lunch forms. While meals will be provided for free to all SSSD students through Healthy School Meals for All, it's important for us to continue gathering this information in order to receive full access to available federal funding.

Norfranc Duarte Montenegro has come a long way, and not just in terms of his journey to Steamboat Springs. Norfranc moved to the area from Nicaragua just shortly before the start of the 2021-22 school year. Prior to his arrival in Steamboat, he had never been to school before.

The Steamboat Springs School District has hired Kristyl Boies as principal of Yampa Valley High School (YVHS). She is slated to take the helm at YVHS for the 2023-2024 school year. Boies is stepping into the position as Karla Setter, the former YVHS principal, has accepted an assistant principal position at Steamboat Springs High School. 

The Steamboat Springs School District has recently been awarded several grants and donations to enhance educational opportunities across the district. We are excited to share with the details of a few of the grant awards and donations that will be utilized next school year:

Within the halls of Strawberry Park Elementary School are three full-time paraprofessionals with individual passion for their jobs and collective compassion to do their best each day for all their students.

Nearly 25 years later, 8th grade ski day lives on and has occurred yearly except during the pandemic. This year, the 8th grade ski day took place on April 7, and 165-170 kids from SSMS participated. 

On Monday afternoons around 3:15, students and volunteers gather in the media center of Soda Creek Elementary for Homework Club. Homework Club is where students receive extra skills-based learning in math and reading if they need the practice, get help with their homework, or even participate in activities in the community. Homework Club at SCE is just one example of the after-school programming available at Steamboat Springs School District schools. 

Alejandro (Alex) Jaquez Hernandez, a deaf fifth grader at Soda Creek Elementary, and his family moved to Steamboat Springs from Mexico. With English spoken at school and Spanish spoken at home and few resources to help him learn either, Alex had limited language and means of communication for most of his life. He had difficulty relating to others how he felt or what he needed. Understandably, this caused Alex to sometimes act out due to his frustration with his limited means of communication.

Ben Wood is not a typical junior at Steamboat Springs High School. He is an artist and aspiring designer who has begun to make his mark on the Steamboat Springs School District and the local art community. Ben is also unique because he has autism and bipolar disorder.