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Community college welders inspire donation

Southwest Colorado Community College welding instructors Robert Reed and Cody Hager and student Leah Starr received a donation of $3,500 from Air Products & Chemicals, which owns and operate...

Riverview students to perform ‘The Hare and the Hedgehog’

Riverview Elementary School’s fifth-grade students will perform the traditional German folktale “The Hare and the Hedgehog” at 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the Riverview Eagle Theater. ...

Big Picture student to host polo cross clinic Nov. 20

Durango Big Picture High School student Erin Ballard will offer a free polo cross lesson as part of a school project. The clinic will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at ...

Pathways to Independence to host sign language group

Pathways to Independence is starting an American Sign Language group. Anyone can drop in and meet people who can sign or want to learn how to sign. The group will meet from 1 to ...

Miller Middle to host basketball games

Miller Middle School’s home boys’ basketball games are Nov. 28 and Dec. 6. Games start at 4 p.m. Miller will also host the boys’ basketball San Juan Basin League tournament at 9 ...

Florida Mesa Elementary parents, teachers to meet

Florida Mesa Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization will meet from 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday. ...

Durango Education Foundation opens scholarship applications

The Durango Education Foundation offers college scholarships for seniors graduating from Durango School District 9-R high schools. Award amounts range from $1,000 to $10,000. The ...

Schools collect cellphones for soldiers

Riverview Elementary School and Miller Middle School will be collecting used cellphones for soldiers through the month of November. Donating to the “Cellphones for Soldiers” prog...

The Liberty School prepares to build its own facility

After holding classes in a church basement, an airport hangar and now, in rented space in a 1950s-era building belonging to The private school uses specialized curriculum, teachers and tut...

Animas High School to hold game-show-style fundraiser Wednesday

Animas High School’s largest fundraising event of the year, the second annual Osprey Games, will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Wednesday at the Henry Strater Theatre, 699 Main Ave. ...

Animas High School to begin accepting students mid-year

Students will be accepted on ‘first come, first served’ basis

Building a foundation of success with character

As a public school district, we hold a great deal of responsibility for ensuring that we adequately prepare our students for success after they leave our pre-K-12 system. While ...