Green Mountain High School Team Wins $15K Ed. Innovation Prize

LAKEWOOD, CO – A team of teachers at Green Mountain High School were honored with a $15,000 grant at the Sept. 18 Succeeds Prize for Excellence in Education Innovation awards.

The Green Mountain team of Principal Colleen Owens, teachers Scott Burke, and Tracy Csavina and Administrator Lora Bong beat out five other high school finalists for a proposal called "Innovative Thinking: Geometry in Construction."

The prize was awarded by a judging panel "business leaders, entrepreneurs, and education innovators," according to the organization. The prize is presented by 9NEWS, Colorado Succeeds, and mindSpark Learning. The prize winnings will, in part, be used to expand the project to curriculum at other Jefferson County schools, according to a press release.

The Succeeds prize awarded $150,000 in cash prizes to public school teacher teams who provide and example of "what's working in Colorado's public schools to deepen impact and support ongoing innovation," according to the organization's website.

Image: [l-r] The Green Mountain Team at the awards dinner Sept. 18. Jane Wiater, Teacher; Adam Reiter, Teacher; Colleen Owens, Principal; Lora Bong, Area Academy Coordinator; Tracy Csavina, Teacher; Scott Burke, Teacher; Alex Adkisson, Teacher; Susan Harmon, Jeffco Board of Education.