Rick Bowels
Work-Based Learning Specialist Thompson School DistrictRick Bowles currently works as a work-based learning specialist following his retirement in 2025. Rick has worked in the Thompson School District for 28 years serving as principal for 17 years and teacher for 12.
A Colorado Native, Rick has lived in Northern Colorado his entire life. He attended the University of Northern Colorado where he obtained both his bachelor and Masters. He taught at Ivy Stockwell Elementary for nine years before taking his first principal job at Namaqua Elementary. He then served as principal at Ivy Stockwell Elementary for nearly a decade prior to being hired to open the district's new PK8 school that opened in the fall of 2021. After five and a half years as principal of Riverview PK8 (including design/construction/etc), he retired and now works part time assisting students with internships, apprenticeships, and general career support.
New K-8: A Vehicle for Growth, Equity, and School Community
Confronted with uneven enrollment, aging schools, limited capital, and equity concerns, Thompson School District studied multiple possibilities and la
…Confronted with uneven enrollment, aging schools, limited capital, and equity concerns, Thompson School District studied multiple possibilities and landed on the K–8 model as an effective vehicle for district transformation. This session explores how
…Confronted with uneven enrollment, aging schools, limited capital, and equity concerns, Thompson School District studied multiple possibilities and landed on the K–8 model as an effective vehicle for district transformation. This session explores how the district applied K–8 in both a new school and a repurposed campus to align pedagogy and physical space, reshape learner experience, support evolving instructional models, and direct scarce resour
…Confronted with uneven enrollment, aging schools, limited capital, and equity concerns, Thompson School District studied multiple possibilities and landed on the K–8 model as an effective vehicle for district transformation. This session explores how the district applied K–8 in both a new school and a repurposed campus to align pedagogy and physical space, reshape learner experience, support evolving instructional models, and direct scarce resources where they could have the greatest educational impact.
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