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Gov. Ritter Announces
New Green Jobs Initiatives
Colorado Community College System First System in Nation to Offer Green Certification to Building Trades Students

Green Advantage representative Claudine Schneider (left) and Colorado Community College System President Dr. Nancy McCallin (right) discuss renewable energy with Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter Jr. just prior to a press conference at Red Rocks Community College to unveil a new green building trades certification students can pursue at CCCS colleges. Read more. .

Boulder Valley School District
Opens "New High School of Business"
Program is First of Its Kind in Colorado


Above, Boulder Valley School District teachers Dana Anderson and Rudy Sumpter train last June for their new roles as faculty at the High School of Business.

The first High School of Business™ program in Colorado is up and running in Boulder Valley School District’s Monarch High School this fall. The school is delivering the High School of Business (HSB) curriculum to three “Business Foundations” classes, which include 26 ninth graders and 28 10th graders who have the potential of completing the HSB program by 2011. Read more..



FBLA Teaches Members to Lead
District Members Attend Fall Conference

Dr. Roger B. Christensen talks to FBLA students about good communication during one of the workshops that was part of a FBLA Fall Leadership Conference in Sterling

High school students from all over northeastern Colorado were in Sterling on October 29. They were there to attend the Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) Fall Leadership Conference, which took place at Northeastern Junior College. The conference was designed to: show new members the possibilities that come with being part of the organization; and, enhance returning members' skills.  Read more..