PPOS engages community in Restorative Practices
On January 16, students at PPOS celebrated Restorative Practices with a Showcase Night, during which the community was invited to learn more about how RP shows up in the school, and what it looks like.
Restorative Works! Podcast features Emily Murphy
Our school director, Emily Murphy, was recently a guest on Restorative Works!
Kindergartners visit new radar system, study weather
This group of five- and six-year-olds are wrapping up their most recent project: a study of weather.
History comes alive for PPOS students through ‘Hamilton”
“Does a person’s perspective influence their opinion?” Fifth- and sixth-graders at Pagosa Peak Open School grapple with this question during their current American Revolution project. How do perspectives on history shape a story? Why is it important to view history through multiple lenses?
PPOS students take learning into the community
Seven weeks. 13 trips. 110 students. 3 community service projects. Not even two months into the school year, every Pagosa Peak Open School student has climbed aboard their bus and left campus in search of answers to questions like “How does my school compare to...