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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Durango 9-R is updating our Friday Folder communications to save paper, staff time, and support our community partners. Starting this year, all Friday Folders (or Thursday Folders at some schools) will be reserved for school and district communications.
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There will be no early release on the first day of school. Please plan for a for a full school day.
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We are working hard all summer to prepare our schools and grounds for students, staff and parents and we need your help! We are hoping to beautify the grounds at the schools prior to the start of the year by laying down new cedar as well as raking and tilling existing cedar.
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The new Durango 9-R Food Pantry is up at running at the Durango High School School-Based Health Center. We are open Mondays and Wednesdays from 11-2 and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-6!
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