Community Corner
🌱 Could Highlands Ranch wildfire risk push your home insurance into five figures?
Be sure to catch Columbine Poms Paint Recycle Event on the Highlands Ranch Patch calendar
Hi Highlands Ranch! We have the latest buzz right here. Let's keep you in the loop and get this morning started right! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Could Highlands Ranch wildfire risk push your home insurance into five figures?
- See how Highlands Ranch golf fared in Continental League play.
- How are Highlands Ranch students stacking up on Colorado's latest tests?
Also on today's calendar: Columbine Poms Paint Recycle Event and 7 more events.
Today's riddle: Why do fish live in salt water? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Partly sunny and very warm, with a high of 91 and low of 65 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
- Friday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-shower, temps: high: 96, low: 66.
- Saturday: Hot; a stray p.m. t-shower, with a high of 92 and low of 64 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Prettiest Denver suburbs see home insurance premiums soar with wildfire risk (denvergazette.com) — Homeowners in Highlands Ranch's Back Country neighborhood are seeing eye-popping insurance quotes, with one larger home estimated at about $13,000 per month in premiums due to wildfire risk. A new study shows Colorado among the most vulnerable states, and local officials in Douglas County are investing in alerts, helicopters, and mitigation efforts while the state rolls out programs to keep coverage available. 
• Aurora prep sports scoreboard, 8.18.26 (sentinelcolorado.com) — Highlands Ranch High School's boys golf team placed 10th in a Continental League tournament at Heritage Eagle Bend, with golfer Nash Wilmeth tying for fourth individually with a 73. The broader Aurora-area prep scoreboard also features softball, girls flag football, boys tennis, and more golf results from nearby schools your kids may play against.
• Colorado's youngest readers are accelerating while older peers struggle, CMAS results show (coloradosun.com) — Colorado's latest CMAS results show elementary reading and statewide math performance improving, with a photo highlighting Saddle Ranch Elementary's library in Highlands Ranch. Younger students are gaining ground in literacy while many middle schoolers still struggle, and math scores are rebounding after steep pandemic declines. Officials say persistent achievement gaps remain, especially for students with disabilities and those in poverty.
📸 Around Highlands Ranch
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Highlands Ranch
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★ Featured events ★
- Columbine Poms Paint Recycle Event →
Columbine High School Parking Lot, 6201 S Pierce St, Littleton
9:00 am
Saturday August 29
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Other local events
- Back to School Carnival
Northridge Elementary School Littleton, CO 80124
5:00 pm - Back to School Night!
Copper Mesa Elementary School Littleton, CO 80124
5:00 pm - Family Movie Night
Eagle Ridge Elementary School ERE Field
7:30 pm - After Teaching Through 61 U.S. Colleges, Mr. EWS Returns with Affordable Online Fashion Class →
, Highlands Ranch
9:00 am - Vinyl Nation: Live GenX Rock & Roll @ MaxTaps Highlands Ranch →
Max Taps Co., 2680 E County Line Rd A, Highlands Ranch
6:00 pm - Summer Sunset Concert and America 250/Colorado 150 Drone Show →
Civic Green Park, 9370 Ridgeline Blvd, Highlands Ranch
7:00 pm - CPR Training - Nurse Amber
Bear Canyon Elementary School Littleton, CO 80124
4:00 pm - HS Volleyball HOME Game vs Platte Canyon
SkyView Academy High School Big Gym
5:30 pm - 3rd-5th Flag Football
Sand Creek Elementary School Littleton, CO 80124
7:30 am
Friday August 21
Saturday August 22
Monday August 24
Tuesday August 25
Wednesday August 26
📣 Highlands Ranch Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- Early Birds Book Club and Social
Southglenn Library 6972 South Vine Street, Centennial, CO 80122
9:00 am - Career Club - August
ATD Rocky Mountain Chapter Virtual - Zoom information to be sent with registration
9:00 am - Toddler Storytime (Ages 2-3)
Southglenn Library 6972 South Vine Street, Centennial, CO 80122
9:30 am - Family Storytime (All Ages)
Southglenn Library 6972 South Vine Street, Centennial, CO 80122
10:30 am
Thursday August 20
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Looking to fix up our front yard with more xeriscaping.
Wondering if someone would be able to give us a quote to have a project that looks something like this? (Current yard in last pic) (Nextdoor Coventry Ridge and South)
🗞 Nearby News
Littleton
- Customer Experience & Strategy Specialist jobs hiring near Littleton, CO at EchoStar (echostar.com)
- NASA Rethinks Outreach (nasawatch.com)
- 2273 W Parkhill, Littleton, CO 80120 Property for sale (corcoran.com)
Lone Tree
- 7705 Lebrun Court, Lone Tree, CO 80124 Property for sale (corcoran.com)
Ok Highlands Ranch! So now you're in the loop about what's happening today. Thanks for reading, and see you in your inbox next time! Oh -- and if you like what you're reading, invite a friend to Patch AM!
-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: Pepper makes them sneeze (Thank you Karla H. for sending it in!)
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