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PPOS students investigate San Juans

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...

PPOS takes the stage at PCA

PPOS takes the stage at PCA

The Pagosa Center for the Arts was flooded with more than 200 people, ready to be entertained by Pagosa Peak Open School students who worked all semester on creating a seasonal variety show for the community. PPOS Creatives Advisor Rain March organized, facilitated,...

PPOS students mediate conflicts, build community

PPOS students mediate conflicts, build community

After months of training on the procedures and expectations for facilitating conflict, this year’s Restorative Practices Student Board at Pagosa Peak Open School has begun repairing relationships between students when issues arise.

Pagosa Peak Open School celebrates project work

Pagosa Peak Open School celebrates project work

Families, students and community members flooded the Pagosa Peak Open School lobby last week; ready to celebrate the first student projects of the year, eat delicious bites from Mee Hmong Cuisine, carve pumpkins and socialize with the school's intimate community....

PPOS students study Ute history

PPOS students study Ute history

"Ute was not the original name of this tribe," fourth-grader Juniper said. "They were first called Núuchi, and it was changed when the Europeans came." Juniper is one of 21 fourth-graders at Pagosa Peak Open School who is diving into a project anchored in the history...

PPOS students get outside

PPOS students get outside

Did you know they use the whole animal?" fourth-grader Tenzin asked, referring to what he learned about the Southern Ute tribe during his class trip to the Southern Ute Cultural Center and Museum in Ignacio. Tenzin's class trip was one of many Pagosa Peak Open School...