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Welcome to Columbine Elementary

Columbine's Vision

To provide a bilingual learning community that nurtures academic excellence, encouraging each student to achieve their full potential as an emerging responsible citizen with the strength of character to take on the challenges of the 21st century.

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Things happening @ Columbine

Big truck bringing dirty for our garden.
Kindergartens looking at quail eggs.
Our beds for the garden
Ms. Counter class taking care of quail eggs.
Ms. Manzs playing UNO with a first grader
Girls getting our garden ready.
Ms. Manzs playing UNO with a first grader
Kindergarten looking at quail eggs
Ms. Counter and team building our beds for the garden
Quail eggs.

Fifth graders trip to Calwood

Students playing cards in Calwood
Learning time in Calwood
Students learning during their trip to Calwood
Students ready to enjoy lunch in Calwood
Students enjoying nature during their trip to Calwood
Students being silly during their exploration in Calwood
Students enjoying nature during their trip to Calwood
Fifth graders during their trip to Calwood
Fifth graders during their trip to Calwood
Students enjoying nature during their trip to Calwood
Fifth graders during their trip to Calwood

Second grade field trip

Segundo grado de paseo
Niña observando la galería.
Niños listos para disfrutar su paseo
Niñas observando en la galería
Girls enjoying their field trip
Second graders ready to enjoy the New Local place
Flowers around the new place
Employee explaining to students about their new place
Students enjoying lunch outside.
Second graders on their field trip
Lady explaining her job
Second graders enjoying their lunch during their field trip
Lady explaining their job to second graders
Second graders enjoying their field trip
Second graders exploring during their field trip
Second graders exploring during their field trip
Second graders exploring during their field trip
Second graders' art display
Second graders listening to a presenter

Pen Pal activity with Spain

These are the wonderful results of the cultural exchange we conducted with CEU San Pablo Sanchinarro in Madrid (Spain) where our second grader teacher, Ruth Roman, used to work. 

Mrs. Ruth organized a pen pal activity between the two schools, where 25 students from each school wrote letters to each other. In these letters, they shared details about their lives, schools, hobbies, interests, and much more. It was a wonderful opportunity for the students to connect on a personal level, learn about each other’s cultures, and build friendships through written communication.  

Mailman delivered Spain letters
Students reading their letters
Students excited to receive their letters
Everyone waiting for the mailman
The mailman delivers students letters from Spain
Second graders showing their letters
Second graders showing their letters
Students showing their letters
First graders working together
First grader presenting to her class
First graders listening to their teacher
First graders on a field trip
First graders working together
First grader showing his work
Enjoying recess
First graders listening to a presentation
First graders enjoying recess
First grader presented to parents
First graders learning together
First graders learning together
First graders working together
First graders helping each other
First graders learning
First graders learning together
Students listening to story time
Students enjoying reading time
Kindergarten class
Kindergarten class
Students enjoying a performance
Kindergarten enjoying a performance
Kindergarten class
Girls enjoying recess in the snow
Recess in the snow
Student enjoying recess with the snow
Enjoying the snow during recess
Students enjoying recess in the snow
Kindergartens in class
Celebrating Thanksgiving in kindergarten
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving celebration in Kinder
Celebrating Thanksgiving
Kindergarten learning about shapes
Thanksgiving celebration in Kinder
Counting in kindergarten
Students drawing in kindergarten
Kindergartens buying book at Book Fair
Kindergarten enjoying Book Fair
Friends enjoying time together
Kindergartens enjoying a performance
Girlfriends enjoying time together
Teacher and student enjoying recess
Friends in kindergarten
Kindergarten student
Making a snow angel
Kinder class
Students enjoying recess
Counting during 100th days in kinder
Celebrating 100th days in kinder
Kindergartens listening to a story.
Valentines' day in kinder
Students celebrating Valentines' day
Students working together
Kinder celebrating Valentines' day
Kindergarten student during Valentines' party
Teacher and student in kinder's classroom
Kinder student showing his timeline.
Teacher and student in kinder's classroom
Kindergarten learning about instruments
Kindergarten learning about instruments
Students working together in kindergarten
Kindergarten dressing up
Mom and son in kindergarten classroom
Kindergartens listening to a story.
Kindergarten dressing up

School Calendar

Nacho night @ Columbine

Families enjoying the Nacho night
Noche de nachos
Noche de Nachos
Familias disfrutando de la noche de nachos.

District News

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New Vista

Earlier this year, the New Vista school community and BVSD celebrated a much-anticipated milestone as students and staff started the second semester of the school year in their brand new building. The new school is remarkable not only because it was designed specifically to support New Vista’s innovative program but also because it joins the ranks of BVSD’s most sustainable schools. 

people at a confernece table

Students in BVSD are concerned but energized about the climate crisis and have made BVSD’s new Green Youth Council a space to take collective action and focus on hope. The Green Youth Council is a student-led group of passionate middle and high school students in the district. Their goal is to incorporate youth voices into the climate initiatives of BVSD and tackle climate issues with hope and action rather than fear.