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Southwest Open School launches makerspace for entrepreneurial students
Students are going to be able to utilize the space this summer By Bailey Duran Special to The Journal Friday, Jun 14, 2024 4:56 PM Updated Friday, Jun. 14, 2024 4:56 PM Southwest Open School students soon will be taking their entrepreneurial endeavors to various locations in Cortez with the help of the school’s […]
20 students graduate from Southwest Open School
Students were encouraged to let the small moments count By Bailey Duran Special to The Journal Friday, May 24, 2024 9:30 AM Updated Friday, May. 24, 2024 9:30 AM Southwest Open School on Wednesday honored graduates who walked across the stage and accepted their diplomas, taking the next step into their future. After students […]
SWOS raises funds to send students on learning trip to California
Students will learn about trees and ecosystems while camping and exploring By Bailey Duran Special to The Journal Thursday, Jan 11, 2024 2:00 PM Updated Thursday, Jan. 11, 2024 2:00 PM During January’s intensive class period at Southwest Open School, students in teacher Catilin Munroe’s tree class are taking a tour of the West from […]
Southwest Open School shows strong academic improvement, emphasizes student culture
Director Casey Simpson said they are now a school of choice rather than a last-chance school By Bailey Duran Special to The Journal Friday, Sep 22, 2023 9:35 AM Updated Friday, Sep. 22, 2023 9:36 AM Southwest Open School showed strong academic improvement in school improvement scores from the state as the school emphasizes a […]
A New Bike Tech Training Program Comes to Cortez
All that Cortez’s Southwest Open School needed to launch its new bike mechanic program was a shop. That’s where LOR came in. It’s hard to spend time in Cortez, Colorado, without noticing bikes are everywhere. Road bikes, mountain bikes, commuter bikes. The city has developed a reputation—and an economy—around the sport. Just to the east, […]
Southwest Open School offers new bike mechanic class
Southwest Open School will offer students a bicycle mechanic class beginning this fall, and donated bikes are needed. The elective course is in partnership with Project Bike Tech, an education organization that helps to build bike shop classrooms in high schools. SWOS was chosen to receive $90,000 for a student bike mechanic program with grant […]
Student Highlight: Marissa Moore
Marissa Moore is a local from Dolores Colorado. She joined SWOS after a few years of attending other high schools in the area. She experienced a life-changing event that permitted her from attending high school for two years. Soon after she enrolled at SWOS and found an incredible opportunity that has transformed into an internship […]
SWOS Awarded New Gardening Grant!
Our teachers really go above and beyond to enhance the curriculum here at SWOS! One of our teachers, Casey Simpson, wrote a grant to improve our garden infrastructure.? The Colorado Garden Foundation (Colorado Gardener) awarded us so that we can do just that! Both Casey and fellow teacher, Scott Spear will work with the spring garden class […]
Fozzie’s Farm Field Days
SWOS students take advantage of great experiential education opportunities. During the last Spring semester a group of students partnered with Fozzie’s Farm a six week long field program where they learned about all things water. From high-desert water sources and irrigation best practices to soil pH and water retention, Fozzie’s Farm helped students explore the […]
Puebloan Inspiration
A group of SWOS students recently had a wonderful opportunity to showcase their artwork at the Canyons of the Ancients Museum. Students were tasked to create a series of art pieces inspired by local archaeological sites. The pieces were collected into a show that ran from May 29 through June 12. Alongside creating their art […]