Business Newsletter - February 2022

Valor Christian's Model United Nations represented Malta at a global conference.

Congrats to Valor DECA for competing at State and having 22 students move on to Internationals!

Congrats to Valor Speech and Debate for competing at CHSAA 4A State Tournament.

Valor TSA Club headed to state last weekend and did really well.

The Ecuador and Galapagos Discovery trip this past summer is an excellent example of how Discovery experiences extend our students' learning into the real world. When talking about Ecology in Biology class, students learn how ecologists study ecosystems and the challenges they face in preserving our natural world. Are certain species endangered? Do they need particular conservation action? How are we impacting them? However, none of these questions can be answered until we know the types and population levels of species that exist there. This is a challenging but essential job that our students were able to participate in! 

The 2024 Discovery Mexico Medical team consisted of 26 Valor students and 15 medical professionals/leaders, including a nurse, a plastic surgeon, an orthopedic surgeon, a dermatologist, a pediatrician, an internalist, a psychiatrist, two dentists, and two dental assistants.

Valor's Model United Nations team finishes the year-long season with exceptional victories!

Valor's Model UN team did great at the Poudre Model UN Conference.

Valor Christian High School's DECA team members set major milestones at the 2024 DECA State Championship.

Valor's Speech and Debate team had a great showing at the 2024 CHSAA 4A State Tournament!

Valor Christian's TSA Team had multiple medal winners and lots of fun at the 2024 State tournament!

Valor Christian sent multiple Mock Trial teams to regionals at the Douglas County Courthouse. The teams placed well and four students received individual awards.

Valor students in Biblical Leadership heard from guest speakers about their career paths and how God plays a role in their everyday lives.

For engineering students who have some artistic talent or artists who
love technology, Architecture Club may be for you. 

Anatomy and Physiology classes had a guest lecture from a member of the American Lung Association. The lecture was full of fascinating facts about cigarettes and the impact of pollutants on the lungs. Did you know that cigarettes are known to contain over 7,000 different toxic chemicals?

Introduction to Business classes did mock interviews to gain speaking and critical thinking skills. 

Sophomores in Biblical Leadership endorsement dug deep into the Word and gave scholarly speeches.

Mrs. Herscovici's Entrepreneurship class finished their unit on "Exploring Opportunities" by researching famous entrepreneurs. In small groups, students researched an entrepreneur of their choice and were made aware of how many times these entrepreneurs had to fail before their ideas became successful. In the midst of this research, we have been discussing the importance of being able to explain our learning. Essentially, “If you can't explain it to a six-year-old, you don't understand it well enough yourself.” ― Albert Einstein.

If you travel 40 miles per 60 minutes, what’s your average speed per hour, or what’s your average rate of change (the change in distance over the change in time)? Are they different? Students in AP Calculus played cops and speeders last week in class. Students had the opportunity to use real radar guns and math to try and see if they could catch their classmates speeding along Fairview.

Congratulations to Pierce Bell for being selected as a delegate to attend the 2023 Global Youth Institute (GYI). The GYI is hosted by the Tuskegee University College of Agriculture, Environment, and Nutrition and the College of Engineering. 

Marine Biology students and Mr. Worthington ventured down to Cozumel for the bi-annual Marine Biology dive and service trip. To prepare for the trip, students completed certification to SCUBA dive in early Summer and did eight total dives in Cozumel! 

The Humanities program honored its first class of graduating students this past May 2023 during Valor’s commencement ceremony. We want to regularly include comments from graduates to help give a sense of how the Humanities program prepared them for the next phase of their lives. For our first alumni check-in, we asked Ben Leikam to reflect on how his time in the Humanities program prepared him for college. Here are his thoughts...

In June a group including 21 students and nine healthcare providers served alongside Mission Ministries in Juarez, Mexico. The experience was one week long and in that short period of time, God worked in and through the team in some amazing ways.

In March our students had the opportunity to use their STEM skills to serve a local Denver school. Valor students built a shed, removed a playground, and prepared a garden.

STEM Night was a great success, as students showcased their work through capstone projects, clubs, and competitions. Over 30 projects and interactive demos were highlighted during the evening. In addition, select students received awards for their innovation, creativity, and service through STEM. 

Vertical mattress, simple interrupted, and continuous are all terms that have been thrown around in the Anatomy and Physiology classes recently.

Valor Biology and Honors Biology students have been hard at work observing the visible indications of Photosynthesis and Cellular Respiration in algal beads. Students had to use their newly learned lab skills to set up algal beads in a carbon dioxide indicator and observe a color change.

Are you adventurous? Like bungee jumping? Do you think the length of the cord and the size of the person matters when bungee jumping? Would it be smart to lie about your height or weight? Recently, as students learned about linear regression, in AP Stats, they explored this idea through a Barbie Bungee Activity.

It might be remembered by the veterans of this program that the original name for the Humanities endorsement program was the Rhetoric endorsement program.

Students in AP Calculus had a chance to play cops and speeders.

There are a few different paths through the Humanities program.

Thanks to generous donors, the main business classroom at Valor looks more like a university business classroom these days.

A huge congratulations to our Valor TSA team! 

A huge congratulations to our Valor TSA team! View the accomplishments our students achieved.

Welcome to our winter edition of the Business Endorsement newsletter. We have many fine news pieces that highlight our Valor students, both current and alumni.

A huge congratulations to our Valor TSA team! View the accomplishments our students achieved.

See how students get help from a master in the Bioengineering club and learn about the Bioechatronic development lab tour.

In this issue, you will find a student reflection on blending a passion for the humanities with a love for STEM-related fields, an invitation to a reading project for 2022, and my Christmas reflection to close the year.

Meet your student business leaders, view DECA pre-season results, parent involvement information, and more from our bi-monthly business endorsement newsletter!