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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…