Pagosa Springs Elementary School recently reviewed and 'test drove' six different curriculums. As a staff, they reviewed the data and made a collaborative decision to use Open Court Curriculum for K-2 grades and Benchmark Curriculum 3-5 grades.

The curriculum materials are available in the District office for review and can also be reviewed online.

Rapid testing is now available at all ASD schools. Staff & students (with parental consent) can now receive rapid testing. Tests will show results in 15 minutes and will be a great tool to help the District keep students and staff safe, healthy and in school. Thank you Nurse Morgan for all of your hard work to get these tests for our District.

This is a friendly reminder that there will not be school tomorrow Friday, March 5th for all of the Archuleta School District schools. Enjoy your 3-day weekend.

Schools today are on a 2-hour delay due to varied poor visibility throughout the district. Busses will run 2 hours later than usual and students and staff will report 2 hours later than usual. High school is still remote.

As Spring approaches, please help us do our part to maintain a healthy community and healthy schools as we continue to fight COVID together. While vaccines are being distributed to staff in our schools, there currently is not a vaccine for students. Reminders: Keep students home if they have any symptoms, wear a mask indoors, practice social distancing, avoid large gatherings, wash your hands often, bring a personal water bottle and do not share personal items. Thank you for helping to keep students and the community safe and healthy.

Colorado has a process for highly advanced children that are not yet 5 years old to have access to Kindergarten in the public schools, or to 1st grade if they are not yet 6.
Please contact Carrie Steadman (Gifted Coordinator) at csteadman@pagosa.k12.co.us
or 970-264-2794 ext 7427 with questions, or Deb Nielsen (San Juan BOCES Gifted Ed Coordinator) at dnielsen@sjboces.org or 970-946-3448 for application
Applications for the 2021-22 school year are DUE by April 1st, 2021

HUGE thank you to Pagosa Springs Medical Center and ASD's own Nurse Morgan for your partnership with the school district to give our staff the opportunity to get their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine--what an amazing job done by PSMC and Nurse Morgan to get everyone vaccinated with their first dose in one day. The District is beyond grateful for all you have done to keep our community and our schools healthy and safe. Thank you.

The School Board authorizes local organization, Build Pagosa, to begin the fundraising process with the goal to raise funds to build a new CTE/vocational facility for Pagosa Springs High School’s CTE (Career and Technical Education) Program.

Eric Hittle, owner of Echo IT Consulting, has been working with the Town of Pagosa on their fiber connections. Hittle attended Tuesday nights School Board meeting to request that in the spirit of continuing inter-governmental cooperation and cost savings, that the Archuleta School District Board of Education allow the Town of Pagosa (via IGA or other mechanism) one strand to connect from the A-Wing fiber wall box, all the way through to the MaT building, and make an interconnect at the MaT building with new buried fiber to the Pump Station 1 building.
ASD is thankful for the continued partnerships within our community. #weareASDproud

Gov. Polis announced that as of Monday, February 8th, educators, childcare facilities and other classroom workers in Colorado will be eligible to receive the COVID - 19 vaccine. Thank you to our school nurse 'Nurse Morgan', local health agencies San Juan Basin Public Health Department and Pagosa Springs Medical Center for their tireless efforts to coordinate and facilitate the COVID - 19 vaccination process to ensure that each educator and staff in our District (that wishes to receive a vaccination) will have the opportunity to do so starting this week.