PPOS playground construction underway
After receiving a nearly $700,000 grant from the Colorado Health Foundation, the Playground for the People is underway.
Pagosa Peak Open School teacher wins National Lifelong Learning Award
Last week, Graham was awarded the John Larmer Lifelong Learning Award from PBL Works, the organization that sets the standard for project-based learning across the nation. The award recognizes up to three educators nationwide who have shown to majorly impact students with their high quality project work.
PPOS students reach semi-finals in Battle of the Books
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
Pagosa Springs is only six months away from having a brand new, uptown community playground.
PPOS wins leadership award
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.
PPOS engages community in Restorative Practices
On January 16, students at PPOS celebrated Restorative Practices with a Showcase Night, during which the community was invited to learn more about how RP shows up in the school, and what it looks like.
Restorative Works! Podcast features Emily Murphy
Our school director, Emily Murphy, was recently a guest on Restorative Works!
Kindergartners visit new radar system, study weather
This group of five- and six-year-olds are wrapping up their most recent project: a study of weather.
History comes alive for PPOS students through ‘Hamilton”
“Does a person’s perspective influence their opinion?” Fifth- and sixth-graders at Pagosa Peak Open School grapple with this question during their current American Revolution project. How do perspectives on history shape a story? Why is it important to view history through multiple lenses?
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.
PPOS middle-schoolers join community conversations, study Native American boarding houses
Pagosa Peak Open School middle-schoolers joined approximately 70 community members at the Durango Library on April 18, to hear Fabian Martinez with the Southern Ute Cultural Center present the “Unveiling Histories: Boarding Schools and the Southern Ute Indian Tribe.”
A Tribute to The Beatles
Nineteen Pagosa Springs musicians will be combining their talents on Saturday, April 27, to pay tribute to the most popular rock-n-roll band of the 20th century: The Beatles.