Dear Families and Students,
Please note that we have moved up the pick up time by 10 minutes for all stops, all locations for the morning routes for both AV2 and AV3, effective tomorrow, Friday, September 7, 2018.
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Durango 9-R Shared School is now accepting registrations for the 2018-19 school year. Shared School is a fabulous program for home schooled students in Kindergarten - 8th grade. Elementary programs are two days (Tuesday and Thursday) or one day (Wednesday) and the Middle School program is one day on Wednesday. We offer academic enrichment as well as socialization and field trips. Included specials are Spanish, PE, Drama and Art as well as Music in the elementary program and a Yearbook club for middle school. For more information see www.durangoschools.org/apps/pages/Shared_School
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Durango School District 9-R is one of the biggest employers in the La Plata County region. Continuing to strive to support and attract quality staff to the school district, during the 2017-18 academic year the district formed a compensation committee to review the current salary schedules for educational support professionals (ESPs). That team worked to identify a fair and sustainable salary scale based to give employees a living and competitive wage for our region.
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Our very first Bravo! Jr. Award of the 2018-2019 school year was presented to Kody Walton, a new student to Durango High School. He was nominated for showing respect and kindness in his willingness to go above and beyond to help others.
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Each week, Durango 9-R recognizes an employee that has gone above and beyond expectations to serve a child, a family, their school/department or their peers. Check out who we recognized in August, our first month of the 18/19 school year.
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Durango School District 9-R Board of Education is accepting letters of interest through Friday, September 14, 2018, and conducting interviews on Friday, September 21, 2018 to fill one two-year term vacancy on the Finance Advisory Committee.
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Can you imagine sitting by a waterhole in the Savannah watching giraffes and elephants, but without leaving your classroom? What about teaching students about dinosaurs as a Tyrannosaurus walks around in your gym? How about exploring the Great Barrier Reef without leaving Durango? With new technology from Google, this will all possible for students at Sunnyside Elementary.
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Durango 9-R Superintendent Dan Snowberger invites the public to join him for a conversation on Personal Competency Based Learning on Thursday, August 30 at 6:00 pm at the Administration Building located at 201 E. 12th Street. This will be an opportunity for a dialogue on how our work will lead to transformation within our educational system over the next few years.
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Student Performance Reports for the 2018 Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) English Language Arts and Math tests for grades 3-8 and CMAS Science for grades 5, 8, and 11, as well as CMAS Social Studies for 4th graders at selected schools will be available during the Open House event at each school site.
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Students will be issued IDs again this year. New 2018/19 IDs will be distributed following your school’s Fall picture day. IDs issued last year should be used in lieu of the new IDs until the new photos and IDs are produced. These IDs are important for safety and security, allow access to bus transportation services, can be used with City Transit and are required for school library use.
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