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District 9-R schools will be closed Oct. 31

Durango School District 9-R schools will be closed Oct. 31 for a professional development day for teachers. School will resume Nov. 1. ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Report ranks region’s education, child care

Education & Early Childhood Care of the Southwest Colorado Index provides an update on the statues region’s education and early childhood care. The index takes a comprehensive lo...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Adult Education Center offers Spanish class

The Durango Adult Education Center will offer a Beginning Conversation II Spanish class from 5:30 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays from Oct. 26 to Dec. 7. This class, designed to jump-start ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango High School students can meet Fort Lewis College engineering professor on Nov. 3

Ryan Haaland, department chairman of the engineering/physics program at Fort Lewis College, will visit Durango High School from 10 to 11 a.m. Nov. 3 to talk to students about the program as ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Florida Mesa Elementary announces events

Florida Mesa Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization will meet from 8 to 9 a.m. Thursday. Florida Mesa’s annual Harvest Carnival will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 22. If you ...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Park Elementary School announces festival, Veterans Day event

Park Elementary School families and the Durango community are invited to attend the annual Park Pumpkin Patch Festival from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday. There will be games, face painting, a ph...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Sunnyside Elementary School to host carnival, silent auction

Sunnyside Elementary School will host its 33rd annual Halloween Carnival and silent auction from 5 to 8 p.m. Oct. 29. There will be carnival games for kids and families to enjoy....

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Animas High School announces student conferences, board meeting

Animas High Schoolâ€™s student-led conferences will take place from 3:30 to 6 p.m. Wednesday. All ninth-, 10th- and 11th-grade families are required to attend, with students in professio...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango High School winter sports registration deadline is Nov. 11

The deadline for registering for winter sports at Durango High School is Nov. 11. Winter sports include girls and boys basketball, girls swimming and diving, wrestling, and cheer...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango High School to present ‘Beauty and the Beast’

Durango High School Theatre Troupe 1096 will open its production of “Beauty and the Beast” on Nov. 4. Tickets are available online. Thespian Troupe Season Patrons can go online n...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Durango High School to hold parent-teacher conferences

Durango High School parent-teacher conferences will be held from 3:30 to 7 p.m. Oct. 26-27. Parents or guardians can schedule appointments with teachers at If parents or guardians need a l...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Fort Lewis Mesa hosts carnival and fall fundraiser

Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary School will host its Halloween Carnival from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 29. For more information, visit Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary will also be selling pumpkins to rais...

DATE: Oct 18, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education