School News
The Colorado Health Foundation Awards PPOS After-School Grant
Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) is pleased to announce that the school has been awarded a 2 year grant from the Colorado Health Foundation in the amount of $59,000. The funds from this grant will be used towards the purchase of the proven SPARK PE curriculum...
A Close Look at Life
A tiny redwood, a group of worms, a guinea pig, a flutter of butterflies, a patch of strawberries. Life springs around PPOS students as rainy days give way to a sunny summer. These interactions, small and large, provide students with opportunities to walk through Life...
Real Life Math: How 2nd and 3rd Grade Students Learned the Beauty of Giving Back
On May 9th, after weeks of hard work managing money collected from their class store, Ms. Robyn’s 2nd and 3rd grade class took their earnings to the cats and dogs. During the school’s Spring Student Showcase in April, this class managed a store in the lobby, selling...
FACE Visits Pagosa Peak Open School
In the fall of 2018 the Foundation for Archuleta County Education helped to supply Ms. Kelle’s 1st and 2nd grade class with Singapore math manipulatives. Singapore math refers to the teaching method and curriculum used in the small island country of Singapore for...
Gardening at High Altitude
In downtown Pagosa Springs, situated near the San Juan River and world-famous hot springs, three impressive and large dome structures sit next to the quaint river walk. One dome in particular supports education. Inside of this dome, a wide array of plants grow...
A Store Ties Philanthropy to Academics
It started and ended with money. What is it, how do we use it, why do we have it, and how can we get it? The second and third-graders in Ms. Robyn's class began setting up shop - literally. Desks were pushed into corners and signs announced merchandise and pricing....
Simmons Family Charitable Foundation Generously Donates to PPOS
Pagosa Peak Open School (PPOS) is happy to announce that the school has received a generous and unrestricted donation from the Simmons Family Charitable Foundation. The funds from this grant will be used towards the principal of the school’s capital campaign to...
Food Matters
Spring at PPOS is an exciting time. Snowy banks melt into muddy puddles, indoor planting turns to plans for outdoor planting, and memories of ski days become anticipation for farm days. Last Monday Mrs. Bruno's first and second-graders headed to the downtown grow dome...
PPOS Announces New School Director
Pagosa Peak Open School is proud to announce that Angela Reali Crossland has been offered and accepted our new School Director Position. Angela comes to PPOS from Durango, and education reform and charter schools of choice have been at the heart of her educational...