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Animas High School to hold Junior College Night

All Animas High School juniors and their families are encouraged to attend Junior College Night from 5 to 7 p.m. Wednesday in the AHS Commons. College Counselor Jess Adams will ...

DATE: Sep 27, 2016 | CATEGORY: Education

Fort Lewis College enrollment down 3.3 percent

School raised admission standards in preparation for 2019 mandatory increase

DATE: Sep 25, 2016 | CATEGORY: Local News

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