WPS News Now Issue 15

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WPS NEWS NOW Preparing future leaders, learners, and thinkers for a global community Para ver en español visite: mywps.org/wpsnewsnow15sp

ISSUE 15 - SUMMER 2022

MISSION COMPLETE FOR CLASS OF 2022 Known as a “generation of learners”, Westminster and Hidden Lake High School graduates from the class of 2022 received their diplomas in May, becoming the first class to begin education careers in the district’s WPS Competency Based System (CBS). Students who began their education in WPS as kindergarten students wore green cords to mark the occasion. Superintendent Pam Swanson spoke of the value CBS brought to their education, reminding students that during their time in Westminster Public Schools they learned that education is about more than just memorization and test taking. “You learned that understanding content and mastering subject matter counts not only in the classroom but in life,” Swanson told the graduates. For the first time since the COVID-19, the graduates were able to celebrate the occasion in familiar surroundings with WHS students graduating at the First Bank Center in Broomfield and Hidden Lake holding their ceremony at Ranum Middle School.

CONGRATULATIONS! WE ARE EXTREMELY PROUD OF ALL YOU HAVE

TOP TEN GRADUATES

ACCOMPLISHED AND WISH YOU THE VERY BEST IN ALL YOUR FUTURE ENDEAVORS! This year saw the start of a new tradition at WHS. The top ten graduates joined administration for brunch and Voodoo Doughnuts where students shared their education journey and talked about what it takes to come out on top. Hear their stories in their own words: Mywps.org/whstopten

#WHEREEDUCATIONISPERSONAL All students are unique individuals with different talents and different educational and life journeys. CBS prepares students for the day AFTER graduation. On May 26, 2022, the last class of 8th-grade students at Ranum Middle School celebrated their continuation ceremony. Principal Shannon Willy was also honored as she retired at the end of the school year.


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