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Animas High Escape Room creators learn there’s no escaping fire safety
Durango Fire requires changes to keep room safe
Education
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Uranium-caused cancer inspires graduate of Fort Lewis College
Red Valley, Arizona, native headed to Johns Hopkins
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Graduation: What should Durango High students be able to do?
Draft standards to be presented to parents Wednesday
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Durango High School hires a new principal
Jonathan Hoerl is an assistant principal at Overland High in Denver
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Durango High School students shine at journalism conference
Members of Durango High School’s El Diablo staff, from left, Seth Marvin-Vanderryn, Harry Steinberg, Blake McClain and Connor Henry, are geared up for a Quiz Bowl at the National High…
Education
Animas High School to feature student projects Thursday
Year-end exhibit will highlight student projects at all grade levels
Durango School News
Durango School District to overhaul graduation requirements
When most of us went to school, our graduation was based on taking a certain number of classes and getting passing grades. This system had nothing to do with what…
Education
Education Briefs
Southwest Colorado Community College, 701 Camino del Rio, has opened the East Campus Panther Student Pantry. Any current SCCC student enrolled with a minimum of one credit hour can receive…
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Powerhouse Science Center revving up a year after closure
Durango science center closed suddenly one year ago
Nation & World
Can ‘The Donald’ make summer school great again?
Brash billionaire and now the presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump will be the subject of The Trump Factor in American Politics, a three-credit hour class at Savannah State University.Mary…
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Internships provide lessons for the real world
Mountain Middle School students participate across Durango area
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Eighth-graders learn Keys to Success in high school
Students learn advocacy, positive self-image and relationship skills
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Animas High School enrollment on target for next year
Need to repair relationships in community may take years
Local News
Durango High School students shine in Nashville
Paxton Scott, a member of the Durango High School DECA Club, presents his report about increasing employee engagement to Kristin Polens, clinical director of early interventions at Pediatric Partners of…
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Teens need money skills before paychecks arrive
Financial literacy + summer part-time job = responsible teenagers
Education
Gap years can help students thrive in college
President Barack Obama jokes with his daughter Malia Obama as they walk to board Air Force One. Malia will take a year off after high school and attend Harvard University…
Education
Education Briefs
The Early Childhood Council of La Plata County is accepting applications from licensed child care providers (centers and homes) who will or have recently expanded their capacity of infant and…
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Durango High School introduces final candidate for activities director
Bright has taken unusual route to position
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Durango High Student Council is golden
Dale Garland, who advises the Durango High School Student Council, has helped the council win its seventh National Gold Council of Excellence Award for 2016, one of 230 student councils…
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Fort Lewis College student teachers share lessons learned
Experience gained in leadership, personal strengths
Education
Fort Lewis College honored with three Fulbright Scholars
Fulbrights open doors to advance academic passions
Education
Education Briefs
Animas High School announces these events: AHS juniors will present their LINK Exhibitions from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. today at the Animas City Theatre (STEM internships) and Thursday (arts internships).…
Education
Failure Fair asks students to take risks, learn from mistakes
Fritz Boyle didn’t compose a perfect novel the first time she sat down to write. It took the Evangelical Christian Academy senior three years to complete and self-publish Shadows, a…
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Durango High School introduces candidates for activities director
Community questions experience, attitudes about discipline, fundraising
Local News
Colorado pediatricians prescribe books to promote wellness
A prescription to read leads to increased literacy
Education
Education Briefs
Miller Middle School sent eight seventh-grade students to the final round of competition at the Colorado Science and Engineering Fair with two second place finishes, three honorable mentions and two…
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Durango sixth-graders win award by illuminating food waste problems
Jason Cloudt, garden manager and volunteer coordinator at Manna Soup Kitchen, speaks to Miller Middle School students Mia Baguskas, right, and Angela McManus as part of their production of a…
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Boettcher program trains teachers to be successful
Six teachers begin program in La Plata County this year
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Charter schools’ equal-funding fight clears Senate Education Committee
Durango school district supportive of legislative effort