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Durango High School Counseling announces events and services

Early graduation paperwork is available in the Durango High School Counseling office. Forms must be completed and returned by Nov. 1. The PSAT will be held from 8 a.m. to noon Oct. 19...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary host Halloween Carnival on Oct. 29

Fort Lewis Mesa Elementary will host its Halloween Carnival from 5:30 to 8 p.m. Oct. 29. For more information, visit fortlewismesa.durangoschools.org. ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Florida Mesa Elementary announces events

Florida Mesa Elementary School’s Student Accountability Committee will hold its monthly meeting from 8 to 9 a.m. Wednesday. Florida Mesa’s Parent Teacher Organization will meet from 8...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Sunnyside to host carnival and silent auction Oct. 29

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 and fun activities for families...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Park Elementary School to hold Veterans Day program Nov. 11

Park Elementary School will host a Veterans Day program Nov. 11. All community veterans are invited to attend. The fourth-grade students will host a musical performance, second-g...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Celebrate walking and biking to school Oct. 12 at Needham

The public is invited to join the city of Durango and Needham Elementary School students, parents and staff for an official Needham Connect ribbon-cutting ceremony and parade at 8 a.m. Oct. ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

AHS announces peace activist talk, college workshop

Three-time Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly will speak about her work as a peace activist in international “hot spots” such as Afghanistan, Iraq, Israel, Bosnia and Haiti at the Ani...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

‘Transforming Public Schools’ is the subject of Thursday’s lecture at Fort Lewis College

The Local educators including Animas High School Head of School Sean Woytek will explore issues such as curriculum, testing, teacher morale, individualized instruction and class size, all ...

DATE: Oct 4, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Stressed at school? Professor says humor can help

New book outlines strategies to cope

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Fort Lewis College joins prestigious group in grant

$1 million-plus will help students prosper in sciences

DATE: Sep 29, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Durango schools seek support for school finance rewrite

Board members encourage other districts to join fight

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

Fort Lewis College professor published in Time

Fort Lewis College visiting assistant professor Paige Gray wrote an essay for Called “Kids Don’t Need to Understand Grit,” she evaluates a current hot topic in education circles. Some prop...

DATE: Sep 28, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News