Fort Lewis receives grants worth more than $3.5 million
Money for low-income Native American and first-generation student support
DATE: Sep 23, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
American schools have a chronic absentee problem
WASHINGTON – If showing up is half the battle, a lot of American schoolchildren are in trouble.
A new analysis of data collected by the Education Department’s Office of Civil Righ...
DATE: Sep 22, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
District 9-R’s departure could kill 14 to 16 San Juan BOCES jobs
Durango school district may hire some who lose their spots
DATE: Sep 21, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News
Once-bullied teen creates app to ease cafeteria jitters
‘Sit With Us’ app gives students a place to sit with others in the cafeteria
DATE: Sep 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Durango student graduates from Bates College
Ellen Southworth, daughter of Scott Southworth and Robin Lucie of Durango, recently graduated from Bates College in Lewiston, Maine.
Southworth, a 2012 graduate of Durango High S...
DATE: Sep 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary to hold open house, potluck
Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School will host an open house and potluck from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Thursday at 11274 Highway 140, Hesperus.
Families are asked to bring a potluck or desser...
DATE: Sep 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Park Elementary School to host book fair
Park Elementary School will open its semi-annual Scholastic Book Fair on Monday.
The fair will be open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. on school days through Oct. 3. For parents, this is an...
DATE: Sep 20, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Students encouraged to enter Bookmark Contest
The Friends of the Durango Public Library and Maria’s Bookshop, co-sponsors of the annual Bookmark Contest, are seeking entries from elementary, middle and high school students by the Oct. 1...
DATE: Sep 19, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Literary reading suffers steady decline
The percentage of American adults who read literature – any novels, short stories, poetry or plays – fell to at least a three-decade low last year, according to a new report from the Nationa...
DATE: Sep 15, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Tubman, Madison portrayals coming to AHS
Animas High School will feature Colorado Arts and Humanities Council Chautauqua Program speaker Bill Worley as fourth president and Federalist Papers author James Madison at 10:10 a.m. Tuesd...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
Durango adult education receives grant
The Durango Adult Education Center has received a $75,000 Daniels Fund grant to support its BOOST Self-Sufficiency program.
BOOST helps students transition from poverty to econom...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education
School security practices designed to ensure student safety
Last month, The Durango Herald reported on upgrades to the safety and security practices within the district.
It can be disconcerting to recognize that the challenges of society a...
DATE: Sep 13, 2016 | CATEGORY: Durango School News
