The Impact Awards honor individuals in the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) making an extraordinary impact on student learning.
THANK YOU TO OUR 2022 PRESENTING SPONSOR
Every year our 56 schools in BVSD choose each choose an impactful person in their school community to honor with an Impact Award.
A school community does not only include those who work in the building! Schools may nominate anyone creating a positive impact on the work and people inside their building, including classroom teachers, specialists, administrators, classified employees, or volunteers.
Impactful individuals show an ongoing commitment to professional and personal growth and have powerful, often life-changing, effects on students and/or the rest of the education community through unfaltering and purposeful effort.
We encourage each school to plan a school-based celebration for their honoree. Whether it’s an assembly, a staff meeting, or a unique school surprise, we’ll provide an Impact Awards celebration kit to help make it fun. (Kits delivered in late February 2023.)
We are here to help with resources and ideas, should you need any, and encourage you to collaborate with your school PTO/PTA organization if you have one.
We are planning to honor all 2022-23 Impact Award honorees at a community-wide celebration in May 2023.
Established in 2017, the Lifetime Achievement Award honors the legacy of one of our most fervent supporters, Blake Peterson. This award recognizes and celebrates an individual who, consistently over the course of decades, catalyzes positive change within Boulder Valley School District, and whose own passion for education and learning mirrors that of the award’s namesake.
The son of two educators, one a teacher at Whittier Elementary and the other a university professor, Blake deeply valued public education. He devoted his life to community service and supporting quality public education for all students.
The Blake Peterson Lifetime Achievement Award winners are viewed as leaders, mentors, problem solvers, and motivators of their peers and students, as demonstrated within the parameters of their role.
The nominee must:
The Imogene “Jean” Maxon Early Educator Award is awarded to a BVSD teacher with up to three years of classroom experience who demonstrates the drive, stamina, and vision of a career educator. Given the attrition of beginning educators, this award is inspired and supported by Jean Maxon, a lifetime teacher whose own legacy extends beyond the BVSD classroom. Imogene believed in inspiring and supporting teachers and teacher education. This award is designed to provide encouragement and added motivation for classroom teaching and to remind all educators that they are valued and appreciated in our community.
Eligible educators must:
Impactful individuals show an ongoing commitment to professional and personal growth. They have powerful, often life-changing effects on students and/or the rest of the education community through unfaltering and purposeful effort.
On May 3, 2023 we held our 30th Annual Impact Awards celebration! Since 1993, the Impact Awards has recognized hundreds of educators – teachers, custodians, office managers, food service employees, crossing guards, and more – from each school across BVSD. The energy of our dedicated educators was incredible and the event was a great success – thank you to everyone who joined us!
Prior to joining Boulder Valley School District, Einrem worked as a structural engineer. Before that, he spent 18 years in the restaurant industry, doing everything from washing dishes to managing a regional team. That time working in restaurants is the most valuable when it comes to his work as one of Monarch High School’s special education paraprofessionals.
This year’s winner, Anahi Quintana, is a a 6th grade ELA teacher at Broomfield Heights Middle who has an “all together now” approach to student success.
Lisa’s time at BVSD has been marked by her commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion; leadership in creating a welcoming environment; and fierce advocacy for her students and peers.
Meet 58 impactful educators nominated by their school community for demonstrating exceptional collaboration, innovation, and dedication to our students.
We’re recognizing every single person involved in education—educators, parents, and students—for demonstrating their commitment to education this year.
Congratulations to Emily Trujillo, the inaugural winner of the Imogene Maxon Early Career Teacher award. Emily is a kindergarten teacher at Emerald Elementary and a BVSD graduate.
Sue is a Special Education Multi-Intensive Learning Center Teacher at Southern Hills Middle School and has changed the lives of countless individuals in our district and throughout the state.
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