Education

    Their streak on top hasn’t ended yet. For the third year in a row, Brighton School District 27 administrators and teachers are celebrating their lead in graduation rates among high schools in Adams County.
    The district’s graduation rate stayed at 72.9 percent for the class of 2011, which was also the four-year-on-time graduation rate for the class of 2010, according to data released by the Colorado Department of Education.

    BRIGHTON — When money is tight, people tend to get a little more creative. That is just what is going on in many Brighton 27J School District PTO groups that introduced families to new rewards programs through local grocery stores that make it possible for schools to receive some extra cash.
    The Kroger Co. instigated a gift card fundraising program that has helped schools, churches and organizations raise money to go towards their operating costs.

    How does it work?

    In the spirit of giving during the biggest season of giving, representatives from the local steel service center Metalwest (now O’Neal Flat Rolled Metals) donated $7,500 to the Shopneck Boys & Girls Club in Brighton Dec. 22.

    Talking to a computer might not be everyone’s ideal way to learn English, but it works.