Greetings, Thompson Community:
Please see the important notes below from around the district.
Thank you for your support,
Dr. Marc Schaffer
Superintendent
Thompson School District
Riverview PK-8 School Update
Construction is moving steadily for the new Riverview PK-8 School in the Thompson River Ranch subdivision. The campus is on-track for completion for the beginning of the 2021-2022 school year and will have a capacity of approximately 1,000 students. A webcam has been posted at the construction site, which is a great way to get a visual update on the progress.
Graduation Ceremonies
Last week, the district completed a survey process of high school seniors and their families to receive their feedback on 2020 graduation ceremony preferences. The results indicated that the in-person graduation ceremony was overwhelmingly the first choice with 85.2% support. The other two options that were available in the survey (virtual or “other”) split the remaining 14.8% almost equally. In anticipation of the possibility that the survey would come back with a strong desire to hold an in-person ceremony at a later date, Thompson School District staff contacted The Ranch to see if there were any dates available to hold the ceremony in the summer. We have secured the Budweiser Events Center for Saturday, July 18 to hold four graduation ceremonies, one each for Berthoud, Loveland, Mountain View and Thompson Valley high schools. Ferguson High School will host their in-person ceremony on Friday, July 17 at the Mountain View High School campus. In the event the Budweiser Events Center is used for emergency medical use or is otherwise unavailable, the contingency plan will be to hold the ceremonies at one of the district stadiums. It is important to note that both of these options are conditional on the status of social gathering requirements from the county and the State of Colorado. We thank you for your continued support as we work to celebrate the amazing accomplishments of the Class of 2020.
Coming Soon – Summer School Information – Link2Learning
Summer school opportunities will be made available for students in English language arts and mathematics for grades K-12 as well as credit recovery in other content areas for high school students. Link2Learning will be an online format running four days a week (M-Th) from June 1 – 25. It will be free of charge to students. Details about the program and registration links will be sent to all families in the near future.
Emergency Food Distribution Service
This week, Thompson School District launched an extension of its emergency food distribution program that utilizes school buses to deliver much-needed food and academic support to families who are otherwise unable to access other locations for the service. If you have any questions or would like additional information, please send an e-mail to info@thompsonschools.org.
TSD Learning@Home Web Page
Information about expectations for learning at home and tips for supporting students in online learning are available on the TSD Learning At Home page.