Christensen Honored with National Award

SCSD#3 Superintendent Chase Christensen was recently honored with the National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP) Advocacy Champion of the Year Award.

On Monday, April 20, Christensen was honored at Arvada-Clearmont (A/C) School for the award. The entire school, students, staff and board members, filled the board room during the assembly.

SCSD#3 Board Chairman Kelly Little said a few words about Christensen and the award.

She added about what Christensen has done for the school.

Christensen thanked everyone who came. “I appreciated everyone being here. I haven’t asked for this award. The work that I do every single day, is not for me, I do it for you. I have attempted to make sure you have every opportunity or more opportunities than other students around the state.”

“I think we’ve got a better work-based program here than anywhere in the nation,” Christensen added. He said other schools have reached out to him asking for the model for the work-based learning program and how A/C School makes it happen.

He talked about what the award was.

Christensen felt that the community, staff, students and board members deserved credit as well.

He said that when there are questions on education that the legislators need answered, it is his hope that they will reach out to him and other superintendents in the state so they can be best informed on the bills they are drafting and are voting on. He said that this past session, with the recalibration and literary bill, it was an important year for education.

In talking about recalibration, he said that the most important thing going forward was that there is some work that they have to continue doing.

He feels there are challenges in the recalibration, he said that at A/C School they can keep the teaching staff in place and pay them a wage that is honoring the experts that they are.

The school chef also provided a cake to celebrate at the event.