{"id":22006,"date":"2025-06-02T17:29:44","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T17:29:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-open-school-offers-educational-opportunities-during-the-summer\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:10:22","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:10:22","slug":"southwest-open-school-offers-educational-opportunities-during-the-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-open-school-offers-educational-opportunities-during-the-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Open School offers educational opportunities during the summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=50a6b463-ec30-41e6-afef-40d52a789019&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"1980\" height=\"1352\" alt=\"Southwest Open School closed and canceled classes on Thursday.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">Southwest Open School closed and canceled classes on Thursday.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">The Journal<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>Southwest Open School will offer summer programs in June and July, giving students a chance to earn credits, build skills, and prepare for the upcoming school year.<\/p>\n<p>In June, two teachers will lead a Mountains and Lake Trip, combining outdoor exploration in Western Colorado with English Language Arts credit. SWOS is also partnering with the Southwest Colorado Education Collaborative to expand learning options.<\/p>\n<p>Another teacher, in collaboration with Fundamental Needs, will run an entrepreneurship program focused on career-ready business skills. Online courses will remain available for students needing flexible schedules.<\/p>\n<p>In July, the school will host \u201cNew Kids on the Block,\u201d a weeklong orientation for incoming students ahead of the 2025\u201326 school year.<\/p>\n<p>SWOS is also hiring a STEM and humanities teacher. Interested candidates can contact the school for details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Various programs planned in June and July<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16872,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,155,28,60,29,2084],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-22006","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-education","tag-headlines","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter","tag-southwest-open-school"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22006"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22006\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":77542,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22006\/revisions\/77542"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16872"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22006"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=22006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}