Buena Vista native Meghan Rodriguez was selected to receive the prestigious Daniels Fund scholarship this year.

Red and white caps flew into the air over the Buena Vista High School football field as the stands erupted with jubilant applause, shouts and whistles.

The new graduates celebrated many years of hard work with confetti, streamers, colored smoke and even bubbles as they marched away together, clutching their diplomas. Phones and cameras came out for congratulatory photos and choir and band students danced the Macarena.

Last week, two cases of COVID-19 were recorded impacting the Buena Vista school district, according to superintendent Lisa Yates’s last Monday morning update of the school year.

The Central Colorado Humanists awarded $1,000 scholarship to six 2021 high school seniors.

“All are high-achieving students with grade point averages exceeding 3.9,” CCH said in a press release. “They exemplify the values of the Central Colorado Humanists: Informed by science; guided by reason; inspired by art and nature; motivated by compassion. “All of them wrote compelling essays about the integrity of science. Not all have confirmed the college of their choice – they had multiple acceptances.”

After the COVID-19 pandemic interruption in 2020, Buena Vista High School was relieved to be able to hold its traditional Creative Arts Fair this year. At last, students were able to present their hard work from the school year, and the public was able to come and admire their talent.

This fall, a new program not only will teach students how to “fly,” it also will help them realize opportunities in the emerging and expanding field of small Unmanned Aerial Systems (sUAS), commonly called drones.

Graduation will begin May 29 at 1 p.m. on the football field.

There were three new cases of the COVID-19 virus related to Buena Vista schools – one each in the middle and high schools and Chaffee County High School – according to district superintendent Lisa Yates.

Beginning this weekend, Buena Vista High School’s Trident Theatre Company debuts their first musical on the stage of the new flex commons: The mythical, tropical “Once on this Island.”

For the third week in a row, Buena Vista schools reported no cases in superintendent Lisa Yates’s Monday update.

Elena Dunn, a junior at Buena Vista High School, was selected for the Colorado All-State Concert Band for the second year in a row in 2021, as well as the Colorado All-State Choir and the University of Colorado Honor Band.

Dunn, who plays clarinet in the BVHS Concert band, was the only student to audition for the All State Concert Band or choir.

Last year, the first year that she was eligible, Dunn also qualified for the Colorado All-State Concert Band, along with Molly McMurry.

Dunn’s band teacher, Marti Bott, said that “only a very small percentage of the students accepted into this band were from small schools.”

Like last year, the bands weren’t actually able to perform together due to COVID-19, but Dunn was able to reap the rewards of master classes at University of Northern Colorado and the University of Colorado.

Dunn expected that the bands would not meet in person, but that didn’t discourage her from auditioning. She said she would like to pursue a career in music after “music production, or music therapy,” Dunn said.

The Central Colorado Humanists reminds graduating students and parents that the deadline for several $1,000 scholarship applications is March 31.

The Central Colorado Humanists reminds graduating students and parents that the deadline for several $1,000 scholarship applications is March 31.

Buena Vista district schools are on spring break and, for the first week this year, district superintendent Lisa Yates decided to take a break as well from releasing her weekly updates on the COVID-19 situation in the district.

Elena Dunn, a junior at Buena Vista High School, received fifth place in the Colorado Veterans of Foreign Wars annual Voice of Democracy speech contest.

The Buena Vista school district posted straight zeroes on this week’s report card monitoring COVID-19 cases impacting the district.

The Heart of the Rockies Regional Medical Center Foundation is now accepting applications for the Dr. William G. Mehos scholarship.

In her weekly morning update Monday, Buena Vista school district superintendent Lisa Yates said that the district had one case of COVID-19 associated with its schools.

Mayor Duff Lacy proclaimed Feb. 1-5 as Youth Appreciation Week.

The Walden Chamber Music Society is offering two scholarships of $1,000 each to Chaffee County students who wish to pursue an education in the field of music.  

In her weekly update Monday, Buena Vista school district superintendent Lisa Yates said that the district had a single confirmed case of COVID-19.

Buena Vista school district superintendent Lisa Yates reported five cases of coronavirus impacting the district Monday.

Buena Vista school district staff will begin to receive the COVID-19 vaccine Friday, superintendent Lisa Yates told the district board of directors Monday, with the goal that the staff will go into spring break fully vaccinated.

Beginning on Thursday, Jan. 28 and extending through Monday, Feb. 1, Buena Vista middle and high schools will shift to remote learning school-wide due to the percentage of students that have been identified as having close contacts to positive COVID-19 cases.

Buena Vista school district superintendent Lisa Yates said Monday in her weekly update that the district had four confirmed positive cases of COVID-19.

The Buena Vista school district returned from winter break last week and resumed the school year with “very few confirmed cases,” said superintendent Lisa Yates said in her Monday morning release.

Have you earned college credits but have no degree? A new scholarship at Colorado Mountain College can help you finish what you started.

During winter break, the Buena Vista school district reported three known confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 connected with the schools.

Six kids at the Boys & Girls Club who lacked a space to do their homework took home desks crafted by a longtime volunteer with the Club.

Two new cases were reported at Chaffee County High School, district superintendent Lisa Yates said Monday morning.

The Buena Vista school district reported 8 new cases of COVID-19 within the district Monday, however, none of these cases resulted in school-related close contacts, superintendent Lisa Yates said.

When students at the Buena Vista school district return from Thanksgiving break, they’ll return to in-person learning, said superintendent Lisa Yates in a letter to families Friday.

A classroom at Avery-Parsons Elementary School, as well as a "targeted group of about 20 students" at Buena Vista Middle School were moved into quarantine Friday, according to a text alert to Buena Vista School District families Friday afternoon.