Park Elementary will host a Bike Rodeo on National Bike to School Day, Wednesday, May 8, 2019. All students will have the opportunity to participate. Students will be encouraged to ride or bring their bikes and helmets to school the morning of the event. Bikes will be stored in assigned grade-level areas on the field and will be labeled with students’ names. If your child does not have a bike, bikes and helmets will be available to use during the morning activities.
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3rd & 4th Grade Nature Night is a 2-hour festival style event where 3rd & 4th Graders and their families may roam around freely to visit the various activity stations. Colorado Parks and Wildlife provides a variety of activities, pizza and beverages, and a raffle for outdoor prizes. Tables will be setup throughout the school for sponsored partners. Free raffle @ 6:00pm.
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Elementary Choir Festival featuring our After School Choir students on May 2nd (Thurs.) from 6:00pm-7:30pm at Miller Middle School. Choir students will dress nice clothes – black on the bottom and white on the top and arrive at 5:45pm. Ms. Owens will be taking choir students to Miller Middle School during the day for their rehearsal. No choir after school on May 2nd. The last day for choir is May 9th. We will celebrate our end of season with a party after school in the music room.
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Did you know that underneath a polar bear's white fluffy fur its skin is completely black? At today's Ready, Set, Grow Museum kindergartner and resident polar bear expert Oscar P. shared this and variety of other facts from his research on polar bears. Zebra expert Mariah H. explained that a zebra's stripes help protect them from predators, and Alex M. shocked visitors with his knowledge of black widow spiders.
The event was hosted by Ms. Cash's kindergarten class at Park Elementary, for students to show they knew all about their research animal with self-published books and dioramas of the animals in their natural habitat.
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Forest to Faucets learned about the Animas River and the effects of the current burn-area run-off on macroinvertebrates.
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Our Readathon is back and the theme this year is Cinco de Mayo. It begins on April 29th (Mon.) and goes until May 3rd (Fri.). Join Park’s reading Panthers, Parker and Ella, as they read their way across Mexico! Every minute Park students read during the read-a-thon will help Parker and Ella travel around the country starting in Durango, Mexico. They will finish their reading journey in Puebla to celebrate Cinco de Mayo.
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Please see more details for all the upcoming events for 5th Graders
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The School Security Disbursement program enacted by SB18-269 provides funding to improve security in public school facilities and vehicles and to support training for school personnel. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security made $29M in funds available to school districts across the state and Durango was awarded $1.1M in the grant to support its ongoing school safety measures.
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It is a pleasure to honor the “Arts” as we celebrate Youth Art Month in March. One student from each school will be selected to present their art to the Board of Education on March 19th, 2019 and the artwork will be displayed in the 9-R Board room for one year. Congratulations to Aldo Torralba whose art was selected this year! His artwork is titled "Balance of Peace and Life".
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The Grief Center of Southwest Colorado is offering a weekend program for bereaved children ages 8-12:
"Moving Through Grief" - Sunday March 17, 1-4pm - The Durango Arts Center
802 E. 2nd Ave, Durango ----- $25 per child (needs based scholarships available)

For more information and to register contact Judy Austin @ 970-764-7142, OR griefcenterswco@gmail.com ----- Space is limited
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