After working with a self-organized community group, hosting several community meetings and receiving expert review and recommendation, the school district is implementing a new visitor check-in system at all schools. Visitors will be requested to provide a government issued ID; this will be used to create an account for you in our system.

If you are looking for an active, authentic, and diverse learning environment for your elementary-aged student?

The Juniper School will keep the Open Enrollment for student applications open until September 30. Please visit juniper.durangoschools.org/enrollment to access the application for enrollment into TJS K-5,public, elementary school. Call 970-764-4185 for more information or to schedule a school tour.

Earth Farm at James Ranch (and family at TJS) has about a dozen jack o' lantern pumpkins left just in time for Halloween! Heather will have them available for a Juniper family discount after school on the front lawn after school today. Their farm endured a lot of challenges this summer between fires, flash flooding with mud slides and then drought conditions. It was amazing that any pumpkins survived and these are the last of those beauties! Thank you for supporting one of our fellow families.

Dear Families and Students,
Please note that we have moved up the pick up time by 10 minutes for all stops, all locations for the morning routes for both AV2 and AV3, effective tomorrow, Friday, September 7, 2018.

The Durango Herald wrote a wonderful article about Juniper's Mixed Age Model.

Dear 9-R Families,

Initial student photos have been completed at all schools, allowing schools to fully implement the use of student IDs for other purposes such as:

School Bus Transportation Services
School Library Use
City Transit Use
Safety and Security

Starting Monday, October 22, IDs are required for all district bus services, including regular bus route services and field trips. Your student should ensure that they have their ID, or that the lost ID is reported to the school office ASAP for replacement.

Students will be issued IDs again this year. New 2018/19 IDs will be distributed following your school’s Fall picture day. IDs issued last year should be used in lieu of the new IDs until the new photos and IDs are produced. These IDs are important for safety and security, allow access to bus transportation services, can be used with City Transit and are required for school library use.

In March, the Durango Airport was celebrating its 30-year anniversary of its terminal! To celebrate, the Airport reached out to area schools to host an art contest and they received some great art pieces! Displayed currently in the Airport, five winners from 9-R schools were celebrated.

The new Durango 9-R Food Pantry is up at running at the Durango High School School-Based Health Center. We are open Mondays and Wednesdays from 11-2 and Tuesdays and Thursdays from 4-6!

In an attempt to help out kids in Durango, Durango 9-R, EXIT Home and Realty and American General Media are teaming up to hold a summer food drive Sunday, June 3rd. From 10am-2pm come find us outside the Durango Albertsons and the Town Plaza City Market collecting food for the newly established Durango School District Food Pantry.