{"id":72325,"date":"2017-05-26T10:34:34","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:34:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/swos-grants-will-support-technology-agriculture-in-cortez\/"},"modified":"2017-05-26T16:34:34","modified_gmt":"2017-05-26T16:34:34","slug":"swos-grants-will-support-technology-agriculture-in-cortez","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/swos-grants-will-support-technology-agriculture-in-cortez\/","title":{"rendered":"SWOS grants will support technology, agriculture in Cortez"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><figure class=\"wp-block-image naviga-inline-image naviga-align-left alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/imengine.public.prod.dur.navigacloud.com\/?uuid=1d904eac-5bd0-4695-ad4c-fea6e3e95a7b&amp;function=cover&amp;type=preview&amp;source=false&amp;width=2000\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2047\" alt=\"The outdoor classroom and school garden at Southwest Open School in Cortez will get several upgrades later this year thanks to several grants awarded to the school.\" class=\"naviga-image\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption><span class=\"caption\">The outdoor classroom and school garden at Southwest Open School in Cortez will get several upgrades later this year thanks to several grants awarded to the school.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">Courtesy of Southwest Open School<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><p>Southwest Open School has been awarded three competitive grants that will expand curriculum at the school, according to a press release.<\/p>\n<p>A $4,965 grant from the Kinder Morgan Foundation will allow students to work with photo and design computer software. Starting in fall 2017, the SWOS art room will have new computers with wide-screen monitors and Adobe software including PhotoShop, Illustrator, and InDesign.<\/p>\n<p>The enhancements to the school\u2019s digital art capabilities will have a positive impact on students\u2019 post-secondary workforce readiness, SWOS director Dr. Charlotte Wolf said in the release.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cProficiency with widely-used software like the Adobe applications will give students an advantage with many employers,\u201d Wolf said.<\/p>\n<p>A $2,500 grant from the Ballantine Family Foundation is funding the completion of the shade house constructed by staff and students last May, as well as other hardscape projects.<\/p>\n<p>The SWOS service class, led by teachers Ed Whritner and Scott Spear, has laid new flagstone on the \u201cfloor\u201d of the outdoor classroom, and is building a roof over the cobb oven constructed in the garden last year. When the outdoor kitchen is complete, it will be used by classes across a number of subjects.<\/p>\n<p>The school garden will also see a significant change in the fall thanks to a grant from Lowes\u2019s Toolbox for Education, which supports public schools with small grants. A $3,310 grant will be used to purchase materials for a high tunnel or greenhouse.<\/p>\n<p>During the fall 2017 semester students will build the structure and the raised beds within it.<\/p>\n<p>The structure will allow the school to grow crops throughout the winter months.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have wanted to have a lunchtime salad bar for many years. This project will be the first step in getting us to that goal,\u201d said SWOS teacher Casey Simpson.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the long-term vision for promoting the value of service and developing post-secondary workforce readiness skills, Simpson believes the school garden program will continue to grow with the support of students, staff, and community members.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on programs and partnerships at SWOS contact Wolf at 565-1150 ext. 6015.<\/p>\n<p><em class=\"mwc_shirttail\"><a href=\"mailto:news@the-journal.com\">news@the-journal.com<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>support technology, agriculture<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72326,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[21,155,60,29],"naviga_topic":[],"class_list":["post-72325","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-cortez","tag-education","tag-montezuma-county","tag-newsletter"],"acf":[],"author_name":"dh_admin","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72325","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=72325"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72325\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/72326"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=72325"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=72325"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=72325"},{"taxonomy":"naviga_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/naviga_topic?post=72325"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}