Middle school students filled bottles and buckets with colored cornstarch, as the school filled with students dressed in all white…
Author: Emily Murphy
Emily Murphy is School Director at Pagosa Peak Open School, the first District-authorized charter school in Archuleta County. Prior to her appointment as School Director, Emily filled various roles at PPOS including Project-Based Learning advisor, instructional coach, and assistant director.
Pagosa Charter School Partners with Arts Initiative, Forge Martial Arts
Beginning this month, Pagosa Springs youth has increased options for after school programming, with a new space for The Pagosa Arts Initiative and The Forge…
Charter School Students Create American Revolution Podcasts
After reading about and researching the American Revolution, students learned to create a podcast and were assigned jobs in small groups…
Charter School Seeks Feedback on Uptown Community Playground
“We have hopes of making a beautiful community space for the whole family. While this space supports PPOS; it also supports the Forge, the Arts Initiative, and all our neighbors uptown…”
PPOS Kindergarten Families Celebrate ‘Life Cycle Learning’
Parents quietly filtered into the room and waited for the festivities to begin. Minutes later the group broke into song…
PPOS School Board Approves Student-Created Dress Code
“Our founding vision was for the students to get involved in the governance and operations of the school to directly immerse them into a democratic community…”
Pagosa Peak Open School Students Show Their Stuff
Upstairs, middle school science teacher Kelsey Scott was preparing her students for the group’s science night…
PHOTO ESSAY: Pagosa Peak Open School Explores the Hershey Ranch
“We went on a bug hunt and found a huge black and orange butterfly,” Quinn, 9, said about her small group work…
Pagosa Peak Open School Presents ‘Pollinators’ to Garden Club
“Bats?” murmured one audience member while listening to Pagosa Peak Open School’s presentation about pollination given to the Mountain High Garden Club…
PPOS Students Explore ‘The Secret Life of Pollinators’
“Dragonflies are pollinators,” said Tenzin. “They move from flower to flower pollinating along the way…”
Pagosa Peak Middle Schoolers in the Land of the Pika
Students had hiked the Continental Divide trail earlier in the trip, continuing their work with Keith Bruno from the Audubon Society on a state-wide project referred to as PikaNet…
Pagosa Peak Open School Starts the New Year with Nine Grade Levels
PPOS’s Project-Based Learning curriculum continues in all the classes, and students across PPOS are looking forward to applying their learning…