Douglas County News Press 1204

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December 4, 2014 VOLU M E 1 1 3 | I S S UE 5 | 7 5 ¢

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A publication of

WHAT’S INSIDE

It’s a lock: New museum a draw for lovers of vintage vehicles. See Page 4

WARMING UP TO THE

HOLIDAYS

Need a lift?: Town keeps alive taxi voucher program, but with some changes. See Page 6

Valor falls short: Cherry Creek denies Valor Christian a sixth straight state title. See Page 23

POSTAL ADDRESS

NEWS-PRESS

(ISSN 1067-425X) (USPS 567-060) OFFICE: 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 PHONE: 303-566-4100 A legal newspaper of general circulation in Englewood, Colorado, and the towns of Castle Rock, Parker and Larkspur, the NewsPress is published weekly on Thursday by Colorado Community Media and additional mailing offices. PERIODICALS POSTAGE PAID AT ENGLEWOOD, COLORADO and additional mailing offices. POSTMASTER: Send address change to: 9137 S. Ridgeline Blvd., Suite 210 Highlands Ranch, CO 80129 DEADLINES: Display: Fri. 11 a.m. Legal: Fri. 11 a.m. | Classified: Mon. 5 p.m. G ET SOCIAL WITH US

P L EA SE R ECYC L E T H I S C OPY

Cozying up by the fire pit, Caleb Miller defrosts his hands at the Nov. 22 Starlighting in Castle Rock. Kistina Miller, mother to Caleb, explains how the Starlighting is something they enjoy doing every year. “We have been here in Castle Rock since 2001 and have been going out to the Starlighting for four or five years,” she said. “In the past they didn’t have fire pit, so we usually would be by the Siena restaurant and then go to the fire department to get chili and pie,” said Miller. Find more photos from Starlighting on page 16. Photo by Caleigh Gearheart

Teachers share excitement with board Castle Rock educators say new style paying off By Jane Reuter

jreuter@coloradocommunitymedia.com Teachers at a Castle Rock elementary school told the school board they are seeing the results of a new style of teaching. “We’re not the sage on stage anymore,” said Nancy Mann, a third-grade teacher at Sage Canyon Elementary. “We’re guides on the side.” Sage Canyon’s curriculum focuses on project-based learning, in which students learn by doing. The style of teaching makes a project the central teaching tool, which ideally prompts students to question and investigate, and work collaboratively. It dovetails with the Douglas County School District’s focus on education that is more student- than teacher-led. Five-year-old Sage Canyon adopted project-based learning a year after it opened in 2010. Its staff also has been working with district leaders to implement DCSD curriculum and instructional changes, with teachers using backward lesson planning Teachers continues on Page 12

A train rolls past the new “No Train Horn” sign in Sedalia Nov. 24. A quiet zone stretch from Castle Pines to Sedalia went into effect Nov. 25. Photo by Mike DiFerdinando

Silent nights finally come to rail corridor Quiet zone stretches from Sedalia to Castle Pines By Mike DiFerdinando

mdiferdinando@coloradocommunitymedia.com Residents from the Castle Pines area to Sedalia are hoping a new railroad quiet zone will mean less noise and silent nights for those who live and work

near the tracks. Douglas County has completed work to establish a railroad quiet zone along the Union Pacific Railroad and BNSF Railway tracks parallel to Highway 85 from Atrium Drive in Castle Rock to Highway 67/ Manhardt Street in Sedalia. The new quiet zone went into effect Nov. 25. “About 10 trains a night pass through the area Trains continues on Page 12


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