BCSIS/High Peaks Elementary and Aurora7 Park Landscape Updates
2025-2026
How can we make our schoolyards and park landscapes resilient to climate change,
while creating opportunities to engage students in outdoor learning,
and meet community needs?
Project Overview
BCSIS/High Peaks Elementary School faces challenges, like many other schools in our area, with low levels of tree canopy, limited landscape irrigation infrastructure, and constrained maintenance budgets.
Through key partnerships and grants, the schoolyard and Aurora7 park area will undergo a landscape redesign and update to address these challenges. This pilot project will generate critical learning and guidance that can be applied across the school district.
Who is involved?
The City of Boulder and Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) have partnered to organize this pilot project, and we can’t do it without you!
Our hope is that this project will be shaped by the students, parents, community members, and neighbors surrounding BCSIS/High Peaks Elementary and Aurora 7 Park.
What is the timeline?
The collaborative community design process will kick-off at the end of September at an in-person workshop open to all community members, plus a later virtual option! You can add your name to our email list to be notified about upcoming events by clicking here.
Full implementation will begin in Spring 2026.
What will it look like?
For the most part, the exact improvements and features will be chosen by you - the community!
It’s important to understand, however, that this is a landscape-only design project and can not include improvements to hardscape or other built infrastructure such as playgrounds, walkways, or structures that require foundations to be installed.
Image: Courtesy of Garden to Table.
Image: Courtesy of BeeChicas.
Image: Aerial view of BCSIS/High Peaks Elementary and Aurora7 Park, courtesy of Google Earth.