School News
6th Grade Quarantine Kits
Yesterday Ms. Kelsey, our 6th grade advisor, took a little field trip. She made quarantine survival kits and delivered them individually to each of her students. Ms. Kelsey relished the joy of seeing their smiles as they accepted their gifts. Each kit contained a...
Planting at Home!
Planting at Home! At PPOS, we believe there is no better way to learn about healthy food choices than by growing our own food! While embracing distance learning, we have tried to incorporate as much experiential learning into the new structure as possible by sending...
Virtual Nature Walk Week
Virtual Nature Walk Week! April 20th - April 24th We live in a beautiful place, so let's get outside! Earth Day is next week and to celebrate, we would like our students (and families) to enjoy nature while practicing safe social distancing. Monday: Find a Unique Rock...
PPOS Teaches through the COVID-19 School Closure
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...
Bird Festival
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...
Food Security Task Force: 4th thru 6th Grade Students Explore Food Security in SW Colorado
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...
The Best Audience
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...
Pika Monitoring
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 initiate...
PPOS 2nd Grade Student Amelie Heinecke’s Play Selected for Youth Playwright Festival
Pagosa Peak Open School is proud to announce that our very own Amelie Heinicke's play "The Adventure of Samantha" has been selected for the 2019 Youth Playwrights Festival! Amelie is a 2nd Grade student of Ms. Robyn's 2nd/3rd grade class at PPOS, and her play will be...