As Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) celebrates a significant milestone: earning a Performance Plan rating from the Colorado Department of Education (CDE) on its official 2026 3-year framework report.

One of Shakespeare’s most beloved and popular comedies, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, is coming to Pagosa this week via a cleverly adapted script and a young cast of local thespians in elementary and middle school.

PPOS has announced a significant expansion of their “specials” program, designed to give students more agency, more variety, and more opportunities to discover their passions.

While most second graders spend their days learning about the present, the students at Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) are currently living 3.2 million years in the past. As part of an immersive project on fossils and human origins, the class received a visit last week...

Turning pages turned into an over-time finish this week as the Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) middle school team claimed first place at the regional Battle of the Books competition in Durango

Education at Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) often extends beyond the four walls of the classroom; and this winter, the sixth-grade class is taking that mission to our community.

The Pagosa Springs community rallied to support local arts education on December 7th, as Pagosa Peak Open School’s Strings Orchestra Club hosted its debut concert at the Pagosa Center for the Arts. The evening was a resounding success, drawing a full house of 120...

A new school year begins at Pagosa Peak Open School, as the district’s only tuition-free charter school begins the school year. Learn what is new this year.