Upper Blue Elementary News Today

As the cold and flu season approaches, Summit County’s public health director is recommending residents receive fresh COVID-19 and flu vaccines.  Cases for both are likely to rise heading into the fall and winter, said...

Another school year is ending and summer is just around the corner. For Summit County students like Leo Gilbert, a fourth grader at Breckenridge Elementary School, that means it’s time to grab the bike from...

Three Summit School District elementary principals are asking the district’s Board of Education to consider pausing Spanish teaching for next school year while they work out a plan to overhaul their classes.  The pause would...

Summit County Sheriff said he worries about people becoming complacent after so many hoax threats – 20 different Colorado schools received similar "swatting" calls.

Upper Blue Elementary in Breckenridge initiated lockdown protocols Wednesday morning, March 1, after receiving a phone call related to the safety of the school that law enforcement later determined to be unfounded, according to the...

Students with Upper Blue Elementary School wrote letters to local representatives Tuesday, Sept 20, after hearing from filmmaker Ashley Avis. Avis wrote, edited and directed “Black Beauty,” which launched on Disney+ in 2020 and recently...

A small group of Upper Blue Elementary School kindergarteners fidget while seated in an oval on the rug of school classroom. Their multicolored mesh and rubber sneakers smush under their knees as they settle into...

Get ready to head to the runway for Family & Intercultural Resource Center’s annual fashion show.  The fundraiser returns to Breckenridge in person this month for the first time since 2019 after two summers of...

Summit School District students, teachers and staff members will not be required to wear masks starting Thursday, Feb. 24. The district announced in a news release Wednesday, Feb. 23, that it is lifting its mask...

I am originally a native of Brazil. I became a naturalized American citizen in 2008, and English is a second language for me. I attended the Universidade Federal do Espirito Santo in Vitoria and graduated...