The Littleton Public Schools Board of Education and Superintendent Brian Ewert took a moment at the first board meeting of the 2015-2016 school year to honor a group of dedicated Warriors. Ian Barber, Meredith Corder, Jacquie Schultz, Nancy Seavall, Jim Stephens and Anne Waugh had a significant impact on the LPS community through fundraising for the Arapahoe High School Moving Forward Fund.

After the events of December 13, 2013, it became a priority of Littleton Public Schools and the LPS community to not only repair the damaged library at Arapahoe High School, but also to create a space different than one before and a place where the AHS community could gather to connect, learn, laugh, comfort and unite. Beginning in January 2014, the Arapahoe High School administration brought together a group of students, staff and community members to help design this space.

To ensure that the library would be ready for the 2014-2015 school year, Littleton Public Schools committed capital resources beyond what insurance would cover and the LPS operations staff, under the leadership of Terry Davis, worked tirelessly to remodel the space. Generous donations of time and materials from local construction, engineering and architectural firms, as well as furniture and fixture companies, were also pivotal in offsetting some of the costs.

In an effort to offset the large sum that still remained, a group of dedicated parents, alumni and staff came together to create the Arapahoe High School Moving Forward Fund. With the help of the Littleton Public Schools Foundation, Barber, Corder, Schultz, Seavall, Stephens and Waugh spearheaded the fundraising campaign and received donations both locally and nationally. It was a Herculean effort and their contributions made a lasting difference. To date, the Arapahoe High School Moving Forward Fund has raised more than $259,000 to support the new AHS library.

On behalf of the LPS community, the LPS Board of Education and Superintendent Ewert expressed their gratitude to these dedicated Warriors for the incredible ways in which they have supported, and continue to support, Arapahoe High School and the entire community.

The library opened for student use a year ago and is a place that the Arapahoe community will call home for years to come. The AHS library was built for the 21st century—including study rooms and technology for student collaboration, lounge-style seating, a courtyard that brings the outdoors inside and a café area. 

Pictured from left: Jim Stephens, Natalie Pramenko (AHS Principal), Nancy Seavall, Kelly Perez (BOE), Carrie Warren-Gully (BOE), Mary Nichols (BOE), Ian Barber, Lucie Stanish (BOE), Jack Reutzel (BOE) and Superintendent Ewert.