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Student Life & Activities | La Vida y Las Actividades de los Estudiantes

At Annunciation, we believe that there is more to education than just classroom learning; we hope to form well-rounded young people with a zeal for learning and a love for others. Children need opportunities for profound experiences beyond the classroom that push them to their limits, uncover their passions, allow them to make a difference, and challenge their perspectives of our world. There are many clubs, sports, outdoor excursions, and volunteer opportunities in which students of all ages at Annunciation can participate to grow their brains and their hearts, and better their community. A few of the non-sport opportunities are described below:
Enrichment Electives | “Enrichment Electives” give our middle school students opportunities to engage with a wide range of activities outside the classroom. Partnering with organizations such as 4-H, the First Tee Golf of Denver, YouthBiz, and Junior Achievement, we offer hour-long courses once a week during school hours that range from photography to survival cooking to financial literacy. Often, students choose to extend their involvement with EE activities to after school hours, forming strong relationships with these community organizations. Since students choose new electives every trimester, they sample a variety of activities they typically would never get to try.
Quetzal Books by Annunciation Young Authors |  Quetzal Books is a multi-cultural, student led community of Annunciation students & staff dedicated to creating children’s books that focus on culture and tradition through the art of storytelling and meaningful illustration. Over the past two years, the Quetzal Books Young Authors in 3rd - 8th grade have written, illustrated, and published two books, "The Shoemaker, a Tale from South Sudan" & "We Are: A Story in Pictures," with a third book on the way, "La Caja de Secretos: Una Historia de Puebla, Mexico."  Click Here to check out their work and order a copy. Click here to support them by donating - your donation will help them print & publish their next book.
Riverwatch | Colorado Riverwatch is an organization of citizen-scientists committed to testing the quality of stream and river water around the state, and the Annunciation Middle School Riverwatch club is in charge of an official Riverwatch water-quality testing site on the S. Platte River at Globeville Landing Park. Each week, we head down to the S. Platte River to collect water samples, and then bring them back to the lab for testing. We can analyze our test results to determine the health of our river, and enter all of the data we gather into a state-wide database that is used by government legislators and regulators when they are making new laws regarding water quality.
Journey Through Our Heritage | Journey Through Our Heritage is one of the nation’s most innovative and unique multi-cultural educational programs. Sponsored by Metropolitan State University of Denver (MSU Denver) Department of Chicano/Chicana Studies and Department of Africana Studies, JTOH partners college peer mentors with local high school students to learn more about their culture and history. Annunciation is the only middle school that participates in this program, and despite our young age, we have who the final grand prize each of the past 2 years. The goal of JTOH is to engage students in a yearlong program that enhances the student understanding of their unique heritage.
Speech Team | Annunciation is a member of the Archdiocese of Denver Speech Association - a league for speech competitions for 7th and 8th grade students. We meet once a week after school and work on building confidence, public speaking skills, and leadership qualities. The 7th and 8th grade teams each compete in one Open Meet and one Trophy Meet every year, in which parents are encouraged to serve as critic volunteers.
Outdoor Excursions | Across the grades, we work in partnership with organization like CityWILD to offer opportunities for all students to challenge themselves, build community, and explore nature through adventures and excursions into the beautiful outdoors of Colorado. We believe that it is very important to students of all ages to have authentic opportunities to explore the great outdoors and fall in love with the beauty and splendor of God’s creation.
Young Performers Club | For the past several years, we’ve made use of our full-size stage with a vibrant performing arts program. In partnership with Ken Grimes & Robert Franklin from the 4-H and Ms. Valerie Mares, students in grade 6-8 have put together performances of Br'er Rabbit, West Side Story & Sister Act II the last two years. Students can be involved in acting, singing, stage crew, set-building, light & sound tech, and much more.
Choir | At Annunciation, students in grades 2nd through 8th can participate in the school choir. In choir, students learn to refine their voices, how to read music, and how to lead sacred music. Each week, the choir leads the community in music and song at mass, and they are sometimes asked to do special performances around the holidays for gala events.
Annunciation offers many more student activities not described here, including...
  • ​Art Club
  • St. Francis Soup Kitchen Volunteering
  • Community Gardening & Urban Farming
  • Altar Serving Club
  • Peace Day Festivities
  • Culture Celebrations like las Posadas & Cinco de Mayo
  • And much more...