District 6 Kicks Off the 2026-2027 School Year

On August 1, we welcomed the 2026-2027 school year at the 13th Annual School Kickoff Community Celebration! 

This beautiful event is made possible thanks to YOU, the Greeley-Evans community. Thanks to your generous sponsorships and donations, we were able to raise enough money to purchase 4,000 elementary, middle, and high school backpacks filled with brand-new school supplies. You provided students with the necessary tools they will need to succeed this school year. 

More than 55 community organizations and businesses offered resources, activities, and fun for our students and their families. Greeley West High School cheerleaders cheered for students and families as they waited in line. Students visited a petting zoo hosted by Greeley West High School FFA students, played carnival games, and enjoyed a variety of giveaways. Northridge High School football players assisted sponsors with set-up and cleaned up the event center following the event.

2026 School Kickoff Stats: 

• 1,572 Elementary Backpacks were handed out
• 1,282 Secondary Backpacks were handed out
• 200 Sports Physicals
• 34 Immunization Vaccines
• 100 Volunteers (including the school security teams)
• 2,500 Nutrition Services Sack Lunches handed out
• 100+ Haircuts were given to D6 students by Beso Studios
• 11 Golden Ticket Prizes
• Approximately 4,000-5,000 attended this year
• First family was in line at 4:30 a.m.

Leftover backpacks will be given to our school sites and Family Center for students needing supplies on the first day of school, Monday, August 10th.

Please join us in thanking our incredible sponsors!

Banner Health/North Colorado Medical Center proudly returned as the Title Sponsor for this year’s event.

Middle School Sponsors include Adolfson & Peterson Construction, Chevron, Greeley Redeye Rotary, Calvary Chapel Greeley, the Greeley Stampede Foundation and the High Plains Library District.

Elementary School sponsors include the Weld Community Foundation, Aims Community College, Sunrise Community Health, ABC Child Development Centers, Leprino Foods, North Range Behavioral Health, Our Saviors Lutheran Church, GH Phipps, Wells Fargo, OtterCares Foundation, The Success Foundation Serving Greeley-Evans Schools, and Flood and Peterson.

Preschool sponsors include Veregy Energy, Roche Constructors, Allo Communications, Volunteers Enriching Weld, Comcast, Mountain Valley Bank, Taft Hill Orthodontics, Sampson Construction, Weld Community Credit Union, Northeast Health Partners, Mountain High Disposal, First FarmBank, Tasman, Inc, and Weld Family Clinic of Chiropractic.

Other sponsors provided funding for school supplies and in-kind services include KGRE Tigre Radio, City of Greeley Recreation Department, Les Schwab Tires, Lokation Real Estate – Shawn Nicely Agency, Greeley Kids Dental, Eyemart Express Greeley, Raices Bilingual Speech Therapy, LLC, Ellie Mental Health, The Final Brush, LLC, Cricket Wireless, Greeley PFLAG, Karen Baumgartner, and Daughters of the American Revolution.