Colorado ESSER Report: Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief Fund

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Mancos starts summer camp with ESSER III funds

Posted 05/29/2024 - 2:45pm

A devastating tragedy rallied the small rural community of Mancos to offer a summer camp that gave students a needed outlet and teachers additional employment – thanks to $197,400 from ESSER III.

When two teenagers... Read More

Tags: ESSER III, Summer and Afterschool Programs, Use of Funds

St. Vrain Valley School District expands its P-Teach program to four rural districts

Posted 05/15/2024 - 9:39am

Thanks to a $2 million ESSER grant, St. Vrain Valley School District is expanding its P-Teach program that helps high schoolers get started on teaching careers in four rural school districts.

St. Vrain’s program... Read More

Tags: ESSER Expanded Learning Opportunities, Use of Funds

Stedman afterschool program focuses on social-emotional skills

Posted 05/14/2024 - 1:31pm

Stedman Elementary School in Denver’s North Park Hill neighborhood used $50,000 from an ESSER grant to offer an afterschool program specifically for boys of color.

The funding... Read More

Tags: ESSER III, Summer and Afterschool Programs

Alamosa library creates summer learning program with ESSER funds

Posted 05/14/2024 - 1:00pm

Alamosa Public Library created a lively summer learning program in a city park thanks to a $78,000 ESSER grant that got students enthusiastic about reading.

The Expanding Learning Opportunity grant from ESSER III... Read More

Tags: ESSER Expanded Learning Opportunities, Summer and Afterschool Programs

Fremont school district uses ESSER funds to fix a sick building

Posted 03/08/2024 - 3:57pm

The Fremont School District Re-2 had a sick building. A transfusion of ESSER funds cured it.

Working to keep the schools open during the pandemic, it became increasingly clear... Read More

Tags: Air quality, ESSER II, Health and Safety, Use of Funds

Districts communicate about their ESSER funds with help from two nonprofits

Posted 02/14/2024 - 12:55pm

Adam Hartman, superintendent of the Cañon City School District, wanted to provide financial transparency so everyone in his small community could find out how the district was spending the $331,335 it received in federal pandemic... Read More

Tags: Allocations, ESSER III, Learning and Transparency Technical Assistance Program, Local Priorities, Use of Funds

ESSER III funding helps Center open child care for staff

Posted 02/06/2024 - 2:53pm

Child care was already a problem for the teachers and staff in Center Consolidated School District that was made worse when the pandemic hit, but fortunately, the school district found a... Read More

Tags: ESSER III, Use of Funds

Money from the ESSER Rural Program Development helps West Grand CTE program

Posted 02/01/2024 - 4:39pm

A professional-grade espresso machine and an ice cream maker may not seem like educational tools, but with a $3,000 ESSER Rural Program Development grant, the West Grand School District has turned them into teaching machines.
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Tags: Local Priorities, Rural Program Development, Use of Funds

Mapleton uses ESSER funds for transformative leadership program

Posted 01/30/2024 - 9:17am

One goal for ESSER was to help students get up to speed and improve learning once schools reopened. The partnership with UVA, Crawford said, gave teachers strategies to help students catch up.

“It's figuring out which... Read More

Tags: Local Priorities, Use of Funds

Districts use ESSER funds for reading contest

Posted 12/18/2023 - 3:57pm

Reading isn’t usually considered a competitive sport, but elementary school students in three southeast Colorado school districts waged a pitched Battle of the Books with the help of an ESSER Rural Program Development Grant.