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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

Go to our Staff page and learn more about one of our dearest SWOSians, Brad Higinbotham, aka “Higgi…