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Douglas County School District (DCSD), like all major school districts and most small/rural districts in Colorado, will offer free breakfasts and lunches to all students beginning this school year through…
The DCS Montessori activities van stayed busy during the summer Parks Adventures camp. Campers loaded up in the van to visit and play at nearby parks that included Coyote Ridge,…
Summertime and road trips go hand in hand. Remember all those miles logged and hours passed playing games or dozing off? Summer seems somehow fuller when you hit the…
In 2015, President Barack Obama announced the Every Kid in a Park (EKP) program which provides all fourth-grade students with a free National Park pass for one year. The program…
American Academy Performing Arts (AAPA) is a program of extracurricular instruction, activities and experiences to supplement and challenge students to excel in the performing arts. As part of the…
DCS Montessori (DCSM) lower elementary summer campers enjoyed slime, goop and glob during a four-day Mad Science camp. Using real world science techniques, campers were able to touch, see, hear…
Every year since 1988, CORE Electric Cooperative has selected 35 high school graduates (five teens from each of its seven districts) to each receive $2,000 for higher education. The 2023…
Timber Trail Elementary Before and After School Enterprise (BASE) sent nine staff members and 58 kids, grades kindergarten through sixth grade, to the Rockies vs. Giants home baseball game in…
It was at a Navy summer program for rising high school seniors that Nikki Flocco said she “absolutely fell in love with the military.” Despite returning from the program in…
Bugs such as flies, bees, wasps and the dreaded mosquito serve a purpose – they are a food source for birds and other animals, and they pollinate flowers. However, they…
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