by PPOS Staff | Mar 19, 2020
Remote Learning Until April 30, 2020 UPDATE: On April 1, 2020 Gov. Jared Polis extended statewide school closures to April 30, 2020. On March 18, Gov. Jared Polis issued an executive order that suspends in-person instruction at all public and private schools from...
by PPOS Staff | Feb 27, 2020
Project Based Learning took flight last Wednesday evening at Pagosa Peak Open School. Kelle Bruno’s 1st and 2nd grade class has been studying different parts of bird bodies and their functions to answer the question, “What makes a bird a bird?” Students began their...
by PPOS Staff | Feb 10, 2020
On Saturday, January 25th the Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) Food Security Task Force (FSTF) left Archuleta county to explore how people in SW Colorado are tackling the huge problem of food security. The task force is comprised of nine 4th-6th graders who are trying...
by PPOS Staff | Dec 3, 2019
I’ve performed for a lot of different audiences over the years, but this crowd had me nervous. From Carnegie Hall to stand-up poetry slams, I thought I could handle any group of onlookers, but I had a feeling this audience would give me some real, raw feedback, for...
by PPOS Staff | Oct 25, 2019
On Wednesday, October 23rd, 13 6th graders from Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS), set out on a 1-mile uphill climb through early winter snow along the Continental Divide Trail with their teacher, Kelsey Wright, and Rockies’ Community Naturalist, Keith Bruno, to...
