NMSHS Panther Post

Nederland Middle-Senior HS Community,

The last few mornings there was snow on the ground at my home in Coal Creek Canyon. My wife tells me that we have a possible foot of snow coming next week. As usual, we typically get a good dump just before graduation. Things are really picking up here at school. There are so many end of year events and activities happening (I have listed them below).

Nederland Senior High School is recognized by the College Board as a Silver Award winner. The designation goes to schools that have high levels of participation and performance on the end-of-year AP tests. Over the next two weeks Nederland High School students are taking assessments in the following subjects: AP US History, AP Literature, AP Physics, AP Environmental Science and AP Calculus.

The number of students at Ned taking AP exams increased this year to 55 (36 last year) and the total number of AP tests taken by students increased from 65 to 96. The vast majority of students at Ned are taking advanced academic courses and course work. We truly believe that our students will benefit beyond high school if they are challenged in high school with college level curriculum and courses. We have fantastic teachers, who know the content, attend professional development for the content and teach the college board standards to prepare students for the end-of-year assessments. Last year 90% of our students who took an AP test, received a “3 or higher” (which allows students to earn college credit at most universities).

The annual Art at Altitude school art show is today (Friday, May 2). It starts at 5:00 p.m. and is open to the public.

Have a great weekend,

Gavan

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Thank you to everyone who came out to Senior Night this week.

High School Girls’ Soccer emerged victorious over Aurora West 1-0 thanks to a goal from Naima Bullings. Currently, they are just a few spots off of qualifying for playoffs. Tomorrow, they will try to become Foothills League Champions, starting at 9 am at Twin Peaks Charter Academy.

High School Track & Field is competing this very moment for the Foothills League Championships at Mead High School. The meet continues tomorrow morning beginning at 8:30 am. Good luck, Panthers!

We hope you can come on out to one of these events to cheer on our high school teams.

Have a good weekend!

FRCC/Concurrent Enrollment: High School Concurrent College Courses build your college transcript while in high school. The credits are guaranteed to transfer to public universities in Colorado and BVSD covers the tuition costs! Click here for all the details. FALL offerings are listed below. You must be prepared to accept a college level workload. Acquire an FRCC account (if you already have one, do not make a new account). And you must apply with the BVSD District Select request form. These are taught by BVSD online teachers, and typically consist of BVSD high school students: SIGN UP BY MAY 10 for Fall.

Fall 2025:

• ENG 1021 English Comp I - 3 College English Credits Asynchronous (5 cr BVSD English)

• LIT 1015 Intro to Literature - 3 College Humanities Credits Asynchronous (Meets 5 cr BVSD English)

• PSY 1002 General Psychology II - 3 College Social Science Credits Asynchronous (5 cr BVSD Electives)

• GEO 1060 Global Climate Change (GT-SC1) - 3 College Science Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)

• BUS 1016 Personal Finance - 3 College Credits Asynchronous (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Practical Experience & the Money Management graduation reqs)
  Spring 2026:

• ENG 1022 English Composition II (GT-CO2) - 3 College English Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD ELA Electives)

• PSY 2440 Human Growth & Development (GT-SS3) - 3 College Social Science Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)

• MAT 2410 Calculus I (GT-MA1) - 5 College Math Credits (Meets 10 credits of BVSD Math requirement)

• PHI 2018 Environmental Ethics (GT-AH2) - 3 College Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives)

• BUS 1016 Personal Finance - 3 College Credits (Meets 5 credits of BVSD Electives OR Practical Experience AND the Money Management graduation requirement)

State testing wrapped up, now on to AP exams.

Because the College Board AP program sets the dates and times for all exams nationwide, these times are not flexible. Students who are taking AP exams should please arrange to be at school by 8:00am sharp, for morning exams. Buses are not available for early transport.

Here is the AP exam schedule:

• Wednesday 5/7 @ 8:00am AP English Literature & Composition

• Friday 5/9 @ 8:00am AP US History

• Monday 5/12 @ 8:00am AP Calculus AB

• Tuesday 5/13 @ 12:00pm AP Environmental Science

• Friday 5/17 @ 8:00am AP Physics 1

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Our local scholarship list contains opportunities that are advertised to Nederland High students. The list is updated as we receive them. See the list here. These are also shared with eligible grade levels, through the Nederland High google classroom.

Seniors: BVSD hosts drop in FAFSA help, see BVSD FAFSA help page, or connect with Ms. Jill for assistance.

May 3rd: The Loquation’s Recording Session 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. at Nederland Calvary Church 275 Highway 72 Nederland, CO

May 3rd ML Band and Orchestra and HS Orchestra trip to Elitches: Bus leaves the school at 9:15 am and the Bus will leave Elitches at 9:15 p.m.

May 6th: 6th-12th Grade Band and Orchestra Concert 7:00 p.m.

Wear Band or Orchestra shirts, black pants or skirt and black shoes. Be here at 6:30 p.m. to tune

May 7th: 6th-12th Grade and Alumni Choir Concert:

All Alumni Singers need to be in the auditorium at 5:00 p.m..

All 6th-12th Grade singers will need to be in the auditorium dressed and ready to teach the Alumni Choir at 5:30 p.m. Make sure you have had dinner.

The Choir Concert starts at 7:00 p.m.

Loquations will wear dresses, gloves, black shoes and music scarves or black tuxes, black tux shirts, white vests and bow ties and black dress shoes and black socks. The Festival Choir will wear red dresses, and black dress shoes, or black tux shirts and black dress pants and dress black shoes with black socks. 6th Grade Choir will wear their choir t-shirt, and black pants or skirts with black shoes. The 7th and 8th Grade will wear their choir t-shirt, black skirts or pants and black shoes.

The Alumni Choir can dress as they choose.

May 8th: 6th-12th Grade Music and Theater Awards at 6:30 p.m. in the Auditorium.

We will take time to honor the Music and Theater students starting with all the bands, choirs and orchestras at 6:30 p.m. Seniors will also be recognized. After the music awards we will take a short break and then honor the Fall Plays and Musical students. Please come and acknowledge all the hard work our music and theater students have put in to music classes and theater events.

I am retiring in May. I have loved teaching at NMSHS and it is very difficult to leave, but it is time to explore new chapters in my life. The job posting is at: https://jobs.bvsd.org/teacher-music/job/29043437. It is open until Tuesday April 29th. If you know of anyone who has a music degree, please inform them of the job vacancy. I also sponsor the Thespians, Fall Plays and the Musical. Next year there will be available contracts for Fall Play Director, Thespian Sponsor, Musical Director, Asst. Musical Director, Choreographer and Technical Director. I know Nederland has an abundance of talented performing artists. If you have any interest in these positions please contact me at liz.evans@bvsd.org