Durango High School is delighted to announce the support of the Bank of Colorado, Morehart Murphy Regional Auto Center, and Coca-Cola of Durango-Farmington as the first local, corporate sponsors for the DHS Stadium, athletic and activities programs. Their sponsorship dollars will go towards the repayment of the costs of the new stadium construction and new turf, which features the latest technology in synthetic playing fields, creating a safer field on which athletes can train and compete.

PARCC testing will cover Language Arts, Math and Science. Please see the attached schedule for dates and times and look for your student's teacher on the schedule.

MUMPS ALERT

The school administration would like to inform you about an increase in mumps cases in Colorado. As of February 8th, there have been 27 cases of mumps in Colorado, and this number is expected to grow. In order to minimize the spread of mumps in schools, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment has asked us to provide the following information. (see attached letter)

Are you ready to "Dive Deep" into reading and swim to the depths of the ocean?

The Readathon is back and the theme this year is the five layers of the ocean.  It begins on Feb. 27th (Mon.) and goes until Mar. 3rd (Fri.).

March 7th (Tuesday) - Miller Middle School - 5:30pm-7:00pm March 9th (Thursday) - Escalante Middle School - 5:30pm-6:30pm (see more details below)

Durango School District 9-R announces the formal opening of a request for proposal for the needs of a Micro-Bus and a Service Truck.

Jonah Gottlieb, a fifth grade student at Park Elementary, won the school competition of the National Geographic Bee on Jan.25th, 2017! He has a chance to earn a $50,000 college scholarship.

Come to our Winter Book Fair - Buy One - Get one FREE. ---- Feb. 17th (Fri.) thru Feb. 24th (Fri.) at the School Library

When: Feb. 7th (Tues.)-Feb. 14th (Tues.) ----- Will be sold: in the cafeteria -----Cost: $0.25 per Candy Gram -----Before School: 7:30am-7:55am (Feb.8th-Feb.14th) ----- After School: 3:00pm-3:15pm (Feb. 7th-Feb.13th)

School districts in the southwest are working together to source more locally grown foods into our school breakfast and lunch programs.