PPOS is excited to contract with the Forge for the 2024-25 school year!
Our Mission
Developing brave and experienced lifelong learners who contribute to our evolving world.
Our Vision
Pagosa Peak Open School provides a project-based learning environment designed to foster a joy of learning, confidence, and academic excellence through multi-age collaborations, and original and meaningful work.
What is a Charter School?
- A tuition-free public school, open to all families in the community.
- Has its own Board of Directors and operates independently from the School District.
- Accredited by the State of Colorado.
- Accepts students with IEP and 504 Plans.
- Participates like any public school in standardized state testing.
- May be exempt from certain Colorado Laws, including the requirement to hire “certified teachers”.
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of PPOS Middle School students said "classroom activities are interesting to them."
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of PPOS students said "Their teacher is happy to have them in class"
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of PPOS students said they were emotionally engaged at school
Latest from the Blog
PPOS students take learning into the community
Seven weeks. 13 trips. 110 students. 3 community service projects. Not even two months into the school year, every Pagosa Peak Open School student has climbed aboard their bus and left campus in search of answers to questions like “How does my school compare to...
Multi-age collaborations build culture, add depth to projects
Heads hang over hands, voices mingle and cookies break. A fifth-grade boy giggles while listening to Piper, a first-grader instructing him on how to build moon phases out of cookies. Jonah smiles and follows her directions. His class and hers are both covering outer...
PPOS students study world religions, visit Denver
The Pagosa Peak Open School went to Denver for their “Can’t We All Just Get Along” project, teaching them about world religion and government.