Water Bottle Filling Stations Installed at Lumberg and Jefferson

Lumberg students cut the ribbon on their water bottle filling station (Photo credit: Pilar Castro-Reino)

Student and teachers at Lumberg Elementary School and Jefferson Junior/Senior High School in Edgewater returned from Spring Break to new water bottle filling stations in their schools. Funding from Kaiser Permanente Workforce Wellness and the Jeffco Healthy Schools initiative covered the costs of the water bottle filling stations.

HireDADS Construction and Edgewater Collective provided funding for water bottles for all students at Lumberg Elementary School. Lessons on the importance of healthy beverages were taught by Lumberg teachers to their peers and students also learned about healthy beverages in their classrooms.

Lumberg 2nd/3rd grade teacher Jen McCabe explained the importance of the water bottle filling stations for students, “This installation will change our school’s culture and climate. Hydrated students are often more alert and can focus on achieving educational outcomes and as a result perform higher on standardized tests.”

Drinking water has been shown to improve student performance. 

These water bottle filling stations are a small taste of larger school renovations coming soon. Lumberg Elementary School and Jefferson Junior/Senior High School, as well as Edgewater Elementary School, will see building renovations over the next three to four years starting with Jefferson later this winter.

CBS Denver also did a story on the new water bottle filling station at Lumberg.

Lumberg students with Kelle Ballard of HireDADS Construction who helped fund the water bottles for all students (Photo credit: Pilar Castro-Reino)

Joel Newton

Joel has been a resident of Edgewater, Colorado with his family since 2012. He is the Executive Director of local education nonprofit Edgewater Collective and Editor of the Edgewater Echo.