Pagosa Peak Open School

Innovative Public School of Choice

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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.

Latest from the Blog

PPOS students reach semi-finals in Battle of the Books

by Emily Murphy | Mar 21, 2025

Students in grades 3-5 from across Southwest Colorado traveled to Durango to compete, after reading 12 pre-determined books.

PPOS playground design complete, scheduled to open in August

by Emily Murphy | Feb 16, 2025

Pagosa Springs is only six months away from having a brand new, uptown community playground.

PPOS wins leadership award

by PPOS Staff | Jan 30, 2025

Pagosa Peak Open School is proud to announce that our school received a Leadership Award during this year’s National School Choice Week from NSCW President Andrew Campanella.

I love PPOS. My teachers are caring and funny, and wake up in the morning excited to go to school. Doing projects during Core time is my favorite part. We create, we work in groups, we go on field work and we study interesting things.

-Quinn, 4th Grade PPOS Student

I love the collaborative nature that extends from the director to the admin, to the advisers, to the students. I feel like the overall enviroment promotes learning how to learn, as well as social and emotional growth, which will serve our kids well.

-Parent Survey Comment

Years ago I chose PPOS for my daughter because of it’s year round schedule, small class sizes, and family feel of the school community. Those things have remained strong and my daughter has grown in her own sense of community and has been academically challenged here at PPOS

– Jeanelle Wychesit, Parent of 3rd Grader

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

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