School News
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.
PPOS students investigate San Juans
Through a San Juan Mountain Range project, students researched the human uses, recreational opportunities, hazards, species, and geological histories of this range. On Friday, March 1 they shared this newfound knowledge with a group of 40 adults and their peers. The space filled with mountain models, maps, papers, experiments, artwork, skits and oral presentations. Every student was represented and presented.
Restorative Practices: the key to a healthy community
Hello, Nyx Rohrer is a student at Goal Academy and is a mentor high school student for our middle school Restorative Practices Student Board at Pagosa Peak Open School. She is an alumni of PPOS and one of the PPOS founding members to the Restorative Practices Student...