School News
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...
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...