The ribbon was cut on the new Jefferson High School and District 6 Career and Technical Education Center in August. While construction was mostly complete when school began, a few finishing touches are being completed through the Fall. 

Jefferson High School occupies the two-story new building to the west. This space also houses classrooms for three of the Career and Technical Education programs on the north side, including the Teacher Cadet, Cyber Security and Cosmetology programs. The renovated building to the west houses spaces for the Cosmetology salon, the Welding program and the Construction Trades and Electrical program. 

This beautiful, new space includes the latest technology, a cafeteria and commons space, flexible classrooms, and outdoor learning spaces. 

The new Jefferson High School and adjacent Career and Technical Education Center will open for students in August. Three Career and Technical education programs will be housed in the brick building adjacent to Jefferson High School, as well as two that will be located inside the Jefferson building. The five Career and Technical Education programs are: Construction Trades with an emphasis on electrical, Cosmetology, Information Technology with an emphasis on cybersecurity, Teacher Cadet and Early Childhood Education and Welding.  The Jefferson High School wing is all new construction; the CTE Center is a partial renovation of an existing building. Between the two buildings is a courtyard that includes a playground for the in-house daycare center, a seating area for outdoor dining and a patio for the art room. The spring rains have delayed the construction of the parking lot at the building, but crews are working as quickly as possible to complete the asphalt lot.

The construction of the new Jefferson High School is moving along quickly at the corner of 14th Avenue and 2nd Street, at the site of the former Colorado Department of Transportation Building. The office building was torn down for the construction of the new high school. A brick garage in the back is being renovated to house the new Career and Technical Education Center. The center will house five CTE programs: Information Technology, with an emphasis on cybersecurity, cosmetology, welding, construction trades with an emphasis on electrical and early childhood education program. Both buildings are scheduled to open in August 2023. 

Greeley-Evans School District 6 is seeking public input on the naming of this new Career and Technical Education Center currently under construction. 

Funded through the 2019 Bond Issue, the Center is under construction at 1420 2nd Street, north of Billie Martinez Elementary School. District 6 is seeking recommendations from the community for the name of the CTE Center. The Center will have five unique career pathways: Early Childhood Education, Cosmetology, IT-Cybersecurity, Welding and Construction-Electrical. 

According to District 6 Board of Education policy and regulation, the following guidelines shall be used when considering facility names:

• The street on which the school is located, or
• The community or area of the city in which the school is located, or
• In memory of a famous American (surname only), or 
• In recognition of the contribution to education by a resident or family associated with the local community, or an outstanding citizen who is deceased for at least five years (surname only), and
• No two schools in the district shall be given the same name.

Recommendations may be submitted by residents of the Greeley-Evans School District 6 by November 30 at 4:00 p.m. The Naming Committee - composed of community members, district staff and students - will make recommendation(s) for naming the new school to the Superintendent, who will make a recommendation(s) to the Board of Education, which has final approval.

Submit your recommendation for naming the new center. 

Roche Constructors is the contractor for this project. In June, permits were secured to begin demolition of some of the metal buildings on site, as well as the old Colorado Department of Transportation offices. After demolition is complete, construction will begin on the new Jefferson High School. The remaining brick garage will be renovated to house three CTE programs: Cosmetology, Welding and Information Technology (cybersecurity). Programs in Early Child Care and Business will be located in the Jefferson High School wing.

Demolition will begin this summer on the former Colorado Department of Transportation building at the corner of 14th Avenue and 2nd Street to make way for the new Jefferson High School and Career and Technical Education Center. The garage located on the site will be preserved and remodeled to house three CTE programs. 

The Citizen's Bond Oversight Committee approved using proceeds from the first sale of the 2019 bonds to fund the new school and center. The 52,500-square-foot building will cost an estimated $22 million to construct. 

Five Career and Technical Education programs will be included in the new CTE Center, which includes part of the Jefferson High School wing of the building. The programs are: Early Childhood Education, Construction, including and electrical pathway, Welding, Information Technology with an emphasis on cybersecurity and Cosmetology. Jefferson will also continue CTE programs in Business/Marketing and Alternative Cooperative Education. 

This project is slated to be completed in August of 2023. 

The former Jefferson High School will convert to Jefferson Junior High School, and will also house the Transitions, SWAP, Audiology and Child Find programs. 

The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools is conducting a campaign to raise funds for equipment for the new CTE Center. To donate to this project, visit: www.d6successfoundation.org

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A Design Advisory Group has started meeting with the architects from HCM on the new design of Jefferson High School at the former Colorado Department of Transportation site at the intersection of 2nd Street and 14th Avenue. In addition. plans will include a new Career and Technical Education Center that will house the current Jefferson construction trades, business and early childhood education career pathways, and will add programs for cosmetology and welding. District 6 is seeking grants and donations to launch the two new CTE programs that will be housed at this site. 

In 2018, Greeley-Evans School District 6 purchased the former Colorado Department of Transportation property located at the corner of 14th Avenue and 2nd Street in Greeley. This property is adjacent to Billie Martinez Elementary School and other storage property owned by District 6. The Citizen's Bond Oversight Committee approved the use of proceeds form the bond sale to renovate and rebuild this site to accommodate a new Jefferson High School. Jefferson is currently located in a former elementary school. The renovated building will allow for the expansion of Career and Technical Education programs at Jefferson, especially the Construction Trades Program. This site is in the design phase and asbestos is being abated in the existing building. The new Jefferson High School is slated to open in August of 2023.