Monarch High

June 2026

Welcome to the June Construction Update for Monarch High School!  With school officially over for the year and students and staff off for a well-earned summer break, the second summer of construction at Monarch HS is well underway. To allow the contractor to make the most of the summer “down time” the school building, along with select spots around the campus, are off limits to anyone besides construction personnel. This will be the case for the duration of the summer. Note: Campus Drive will be officially closed east of the Monarch K-8 entrance around mid June, with no public access for the duration of the summer. Students/staff needing to go to the Monarch HS campus will need to park at Monarch K-8 and walk over to the high school campus. With the exception of summer sports activities which are taking place on the campus as usual, we ask that you and your students avoid coming to the Monarch HS site unless specifically authorized to do so. 

Below is an overview of the construction activities that will be taking place throughout the Monarch HS campus during the month of June:

• Begin demo at C-wing restrooms and begin remodel by end of June
• Begin demo at Student Center
• Fire/sprinkler improvements in select areas of the school
• Begin work on C-wing airflow issues, demo of existing system
• Begin installation of concrete stairs from the press box to the track/field

We are very excited about the changes in store for Monarch HS and sincerely appreciate your patience and support as we work our way through this final summer of construction. We hope you are having a wonderful and relaxing start to your summer break…Go Coyotes!

May 2026

We hope the school year finished well for you and your student(s)! The BVSD Bond team is excited to let you know construction will resume this summer for the second construction season in our $15.3M renovation project provided through the Building for Student Success program. These improvements are coming to Monarch High School thanks to support from the entire BVSD community through passage of the 2022 Bond measure.  

Highlights of the improvements coming this summer include:

• Renovations to support the expansion of Career and Technical Education opportunities
• HVAC improvements in C-wing
• Upper C-wing restroom conversion to single user all-gender stalls
• Replacement of PA/intercom system
• Renovation of Student Center
• Auditorium audio/video improvements
• Fire sprinkler system updates
• Additional bicycle parking
• Adding stairs from press box down to the track & field

The full scope of work can be found on the BVSD Building for Student Success website at bond.bvsd.org/school-projects/monarch-high-school. 

Construction will begin after the students leave in May and will be complete when school resumes in August. 

Student and staff safety is our top priority at Monarch High School and in the Boulder Valley School District. During the summer months, there will be very limited access to the building and school grounds. School administration and affected coaches and teachers have been notified of protocols to be followed for the limited access. For any questions regarding access, please reach out to the staff member in charge of the activity. For everyone’s safety, please comply with all posted signage and temporary barriers. 

All workers who are authorized to be on-site will have numbered project stickers on their hard hats and will have background checks. Generally, there should be no reason for workers to interact with school staff or community members during this project.

We want to keep you informed as the project progresses. We will meet weekly with the architect(s) and construction company and will update you regularly about construction progress. Project information, including monthly construction updates can be found on the Monarch High School project website. Specific questions should be directed to me, Charles Zachemsky, at 720-561-5954 or charles.zachemsky@bvsd.org.

As always, we are extremely grateful to BVSD taxpayers for this project and to you for your continued support of Monarch High School. We hope you share our excitement for the great changes happening here.  

Sincerely,
Charles Zachemsky
BVSD Project Manager

January 2026

The project team is gearing up for spring break work to get ahead of the summer schedule.  A full summer of building updates and renovations are planned for 2026. Construction for the final phase on this project will commence after students leave at the end of May!

September 2025

Welcome to the September Construction Update for Monarch High School! Construction is substantially complete for the first year of the 2-year project. Students and staff are enjoying their new and renovated spaces and updates to our facilities outlined in the Critical Needs Plan!  Final task-list items are being addressed and completed throughout the school but there should be no disruptions to the normal operations of the school. The track has been recently completed and all activities on this and the turf field have resumed. We appreciate everyone’s patience and flexibility while these were wrapped up. 

Note that while some minor items will be completed throughout the school year, we will have another full summer of renovations in 2026 to complete this project. We hope you have a wonderful 2025-26 school year and look for more Bond Construction communication from BVSD beginning in May of 2026. Go Coyotes!

Read more about the September project update here

August 2025

Welcome to the August Construction Update for Monarch High School!  We are extremely excited to report that the summer 2025 Bond construction project is now substantially complete. Though we are just completing the first of a two year project, we are so appreciative of the staff, students and Monarch community for their patience and flexibility during this disruptive time on the MHS campus. As a reminder, here are some of the major items that were completed over the summer here at Monarch High School:

• New fire alarm system installed
• New athletic training room between the athletic locker rooms in the lower level 
• New restrooms for students on the first floor classroom wing
• New turf field with customized endzone logos and rebuilt track*
• Resurfaced and repainted tennis courts
• Repaved and striped parking lot
• Remodeled career and technical education spaces

*Work on the surface of the track is ongoing due to unforeseen subgrade issues discovered in the course of construction. To allow the contractor to expedite the completion of this work, soccer and football practices and games have been relocated to other locations on the Monarch campus or other schools temporarily. Coaches will communicate details directly to athletes. In addition, the grass on the flag football field needs some additional time to fill in before it can be used. In the meantime, practices and games will be played on the Monarch PK-8 field. We are grateful for the flexibility and understanding of Monarch leadership, coaches, and athletes while we wrap up this part of the project. 

Read more about the August project update here

July 2025

Welcome to the July Construction Update for Monarch High School!  We have passed the halfway point for the summer construction project. Plenty of work has been completed, with more to come. Construction crews are well on their way to being ready for students to return in August. Work to be completed this month is outlined below:

• Complete resurfacing/lining of the tennis courts and installation of new turf at the football field
• Complete installation of curb at the track, layout and installation of asphalt on the track
• Complete paving of visitor parking lot and new stairway entrance to gym area
• Ongoing roof work in select areas
• Complete all work in the new locker rooms, lower level, begin pre-punch in this area
• Ongoing fire alarm installation throughout the school
• Install new bleachers in the gym area
• Complete all electrical and overhead door work at the Coyote Cafe 
• Complete installation of new restrooms on the first floor, begin addressing final tasks
• Complete paint and flooring in the administrative suite area
• Complete all work, including ceilings and casework, in CTE areas

 Read more about the July project update here

June 2025

Welcome to the June Construction Update for Monarch High School! With school officially over for the year and students and staff off for a well-earned summer break, construction at Monarch HS has ramped up immediately. As a reminder, the MHS Bond project is a complex and logistically challenging two-summer undertaking. We ask that you or your student(s) not come to the MHS campus unless specifically requested by a coach/sponsor or administrator. Note that the Monarch PK-8 small gym has now temporarily been converted into the MHS weight room with the MHS equipment now fully relocated there. All students who are instructed to meet for workouts with their coach/sponsor will go to the exit/entry door on the east side of the PK-8 to access this gym.   

Below is an overview of the construction activities that will be taking place throughout the MHS campus during the month of June:

• Demo and complete resurfacing at the tennis courts
• Demo turf and begin to layout of the new turf at the football field
• Demo the track, complete prep work (subgrade) and begin to resurface the track by the end of June
• Demo stairway at gym, dock area, front entrance and visitor parking lot and begin pour-back and finishing of these areas
• Remove membrane from the roof and begin its replacement by the end of the month
• Begin and complete remodel of Coyote Cafe space (including overhead doors)
• Remove old generator and replace with new unit
• Demo lighting, ceiling grid and flooring and begin replacement in select classroom/commons areas
• Begin build-back of boys locker room area
• Begin school-wide fire alarm upgrades - ongoing 
• Begin, and in some locations complete, build back of select classrooms and administrative area including lighting upgrades, ceiling, flooring and painting in select areas

 Read more about the June project update here

March 2025

Our $15.3 million renovation project will kick off this month. The improvements coming to our school are the result of the support from the entire BVSD community through passage of the 2022 BVSD Bond Referendum.  

In addition to much needed repairs and upgrades to building systems and finishes, the project will include improvements to athletic facilities, auditorium upgrades, new flooring in most areas and significant renovations to our career and technical education spaces. Check out the highlights below for more details: 

• Replace overhead doors in each academic wing with double swinging doors
• Replace synthetic turf and resurface track and tennis courts
• Auditorium improvements, including: 
  • New carpet
  • Seating repairs
  • New rigging and stage lighting
  • Sound system upgrades
• Renovations to support Career & Technical education: 
  • Expanding the Training room and providing new equipment to support a new Exercise Science program; 
  • Opening up the Applied Tech room to create more space and flexibility; new flooring and paint; 
  • Expanding the lab and demonstration area in the Culinary classroom; 
  • Expanding the recording and broadcasting area and enhancing the space with new flooring, lighting, paint;
  • Reconfiguring the Computer Science and Digital Arts spaces to increase flexibility 

Read more about the project update here

February 2025

Monarch High School project postcards were sent to neighbors this month.

January 2025

The Board approved the GMP Contract in November. Construction is scheduled to commence on May 27, 2025 with a substantial completion date of August 1, 2026.

November 2024

• Construction documents were issued in October.
• The contractor's guaranteed maximum price (GMP) will go to the Board in November.
• Construction is planned for summer 2025.

September 2024

• The project team has been meeting with school staff to understand the school's needs and develop the design.
• The design is proceeding on schedule and bidding will occur in November/December. 
• Construction for Phase 2 projects will begin in the spring/summer of 2025.

April 2024

The design team will continue to develop plans through the summer, with construction bidding planned for late fall.

February 2024

The project team will meet with the Design Advisory Team.  Project announcements will be sent to neighbors this month.

January 2024

The project team of RTA Architects and GH Phipps Construction have been selected for the project. The project team will begin meeting with the Design Advisory Team this month. 

November 2023

The Bond project management team is working with our Procurement staff to contract with architects for Phase 2 projects.  Design work is anticipated to begin in January 2024.

September 2023

The Bond project management team will be working with our Procurement staff this month and next to contract with architects for Phase 2 projects.  

January 2023

This is a Phase 2 project.