Back-to-School Resources for Boulder Students and Families

Before you head outdoors on our 155 miles of open space trails, remember our 10 essential tips for enjoying and protecting Boulder's Open Space and Mountain Parks system. Read our Open Space tips.

• 10 Essential Trail Tips

Travel around Boulder and the Metro Denver area for free! Boulder's local HOP busand all local and regional RTD services run free fare for youth ages 19 and under.

• Free Boulder Bus Routes for Youth

Get your recreation on by exploring the fun off-campus. Golf at Flatirons Golf Course, play disc golf and bike on a 42-acre terrain park at Valmont Park, and swim or paddle at Boulder Reservoir.

For our younger community members, there are also "day off" camps for when school is not in session. These day camps include games, arts and crafts, swimming, and lots of fun activities for youth!

• Fall 2025 Recreation Guide
• Day Off Camp Sign-Up

Made by kids, for kids. View the child-friendly map onlineor pick up a print copy outside the Growing Boulder office at the north side of the Boulder Main Library.

• Boulder's Child-Friendly Map

The Family Resource Schoolsprogram, a partnership between the City of Boulder and the Boulder Valley SchoolDistrict, is dedicated tosupporting families' capacity toraise healthy, well-functioning, and successful children through a broad array of prevention and early intervention services.

• Learn how FRS can support you and your family.

Whether you've lived in Boulder your whole life or are new to town, we welcome students as part of our community! A great way to get started is to attend upcoming community events:

• Fall 2025: Voicing Boulder, a new art project where participants are encouraged to submit videos or photographs of meaningful places, objects or scenes around Boulder, paired with short written or audio reflections that describe their desires for the city's future as part of an ongoing planning process.
• Aug. 11 to Sept. 2| Answer a few questions online to help shape potential policies on the future of housing choice and opportunity, an inclusive local economy, natural hazard resilience and more. We've taken what we've heard from the community about the vision for the future of the Boulder Valley - help us develop strategies and policies to get us there. 
• Sept. 7: What's Up Boulder, a community event with free dessert on Sunday, Sept. 7, to learn about any and all city resources and help shape the place you live!
• Sept. 9 | From Vision to Action: Plotting the Course for Boulder's Future, a hands-on workshop where you will explore different potential land use strategies for the comprehensive plan - and help decide which ideas best move us toward the community's shared goals.

Find ways to participate in local government, volunteeror apply for jobs, and sign up to stay in the loopabout local news.

• Volunteer Opportunities for All Ages

• Participate in Local Government

• Sign Up for City E-News