Matt Ralph of Servpro vacuums one of the rooms inside the building that houses Durango Big Picture High School and The Liberty School on Wednesday. Water on the roof made…
We have been implementing a consistent strategy to ensure all students have an opportunity for academic and social success in our school district. As with all Colorado districts, legislation at…
Schools collect more from students than governments
Durango School District 9-R is seeking feedback about options for the 2015-16 academic calendar. While the district can’t accommodate every request, it will listen to comments and take them into…
graduation, students making less than $37,000 receive help
Mountain Middle School announces enrollment registration for incoming sixth-, seventh- and eighth-graders will be open from Jan. 5 to Feb. 28. The enrollment lottery will be held March 4. To…
Columbine Christian School announces that these students exemplified responsibility in December: Cedar Turner, Hudson Gray, Sean Geraghty, Jesse Powers, PJ Wilkinson, Makenna Coleman, Dylan McCaw, Hunter Gray, Caleb Tenold, Rachel…
Bates student Ellen Southworth of Durango, spent the fall 2014 semester studying abroad in France at the Paris College of Art. Southworth, a 2012 graduate of Durango High School, is…
Title VII Native American Education at Durango School District 9-R will host its Holiday Potluck Feast from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the La Plata County Fairgrounds Extension Building,…
Even the government now measures whether students graduate on time if they do it within six years, rather than four. Taking longer to graduate isn’t cheap. It costs $15,933 more…
Pueblo Community College’s solution for meeting skilled manufacturing workforce needs in its service areas has earned its selection of finalists for a national innovation award. The college’s development of a…
Going back to at least 2006, the Rotary Club of Durango, High Noon Rotary and Durango Daybreak Rotary clubs have brought an early Christmas to 373 students, primarily third-graders, by…
Animas High School will host these events: Hannah Starbuck’s discrete math and precalculus students will share their research about mathematicians and branches of math not typically included in high school…
11 ‘Les Miserables’ participants earn spots at national competition
These Durango High School Girls Cross Country, Student Council, Volleyball, Boys Soccer and Boys Cross Country teams and CHSAA activity groups were submitted for nomination to the CHSAA/Les Schwab Academic…
World Heritage Student Exchange Program, a public benefit organization, is seeking host families for high school students from more than 30 countries. Couples, single parents and families with and without…
We’ve been fortunate to attract some of the best and brightest educators in the state. We are also fortunate to have great support staff members who provide critical services for…
“Rote memorization is very useful, and it was a mistake to discard it,” he said. In a way, he’s right. Reformers frequently denounce memorization. They see it as drudgery. But…
FILE – This May 21, 2013 file photo shows an iPhone in Washington with Twitter, Facebook, and other apps. Tired of that friend or relative who won't stop posting or…
Durango Arts Center, 802 East Second Ave., will host the School’s Out Camp Art: Around the World from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Dec. 22, 23, 29 and 30. The…
St. Columba School congratulates these November Super Star Students, who went above and beyond classroom expectations: Rocco Enea, Bradin Gurule, Nolan Pace, Hazel Cleaves, Sunny Webster, Chase Robertson, Havens Webster,…
