Education https://www.the-journal.com/feeds/education/ 2026-05-26 02:40:04 -0700 en-us https://www.the-journal.com/articles/montezuma-cortez-school-board-tables-salary-decision-requests-audit-of-pay-structure/ The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 school board voted to table the 2026-27 salary schedule until an audit of step placements for all director-level and above employees is completed, citing concerns about impro... 2026-05-25 04:10:49 -0700 27759a86-1c15-4e53-b601-7aa3bec72e86 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mchs-graduates-urged-to-embrace-their-journey-at-commencement/ The sun began to set Thursday as nearly 100 graduates from Montezuma-Cortez High School received their diplomas and confetti rained down in celebration of the special milestone. Principal Jennifer Bon... 2026-05-24 04:00:00 -0700 9eec3616-2f4a-4313-ad50-bbaefd360eac https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-high-school-graduates-contemplate-whats-next-after-ceremony-friday/ When the Dolores High School Class of 2026 marched into the school’s main gym on Friday, excited anticipation filled the air as the graduates took their seats. The class was welcomed and congratulate... 2026-05-23 12:26:21 -0700 d59f25e9-c527-4b1c-9fe0-c7ea27bb3ae4 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/three-montezuma-county-graduates-receive-rodney-ems-memorial-golf-scholarships/ The Rodney Ems Memorial Golf Scholarship has awarded $14,000 to seven high school graduates from the Four Corners region for 2026. Three of those graduates are from Montezuma County schools. The Monte... 2026-05-23 11:30:00 -0700 af77f253-9b9f-4104-a110-775e863fd239 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/montezuma-county-4-h-members-sweep-district-officer-positions-for-second-year-in-a-row/ Members of the Montezuma County 4-H Program have once again claimed all three district officer positions, continuing a streak that now spans two years. Montezuma County 4-H’s Zane Herrmann was elected... 2026-05-23 07:45:00 -0700 0428a24f-e559-4d58-81f4-1ae417289f28 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-ffa-chapter-earns-bronze-in-agricultural-mechanics/ The Dolores High School Future Farmers of America Chapter achieved a bronze team ranking in agricultural mechanics at the Colorado FFA State Career Development Events held in Fort Collins at the end o... 2026-05-22 08:15:00 -0700 0d434549-84a4-4561-b844-1f39755a34d1 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-school-board-celebrates-graduates-at-end-of-year-meeting/ The Mancos RE-6 school board celebrated graduates, received a report from a student board member about student sentiment regarding the district’s cellphone policy, said goodbye to retirees and more at... 2026-05-21 11:00:00 -0700 39ec656e-8b7b-42fb-a927-454f6e987445 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-graduates-encouraged-to-be-resilient-as-they-embark-on-their-new-journey/ The Mancos School District’s Performing Arts Center was packed and cheers echoed throughout the space as the 35 seniors from the district’s Class of 2026 were introduced to the family, friends and tea... 2026-05-20 12:02:58 -0700 42ec04f7-2dc7-4c78-9654-b427e1151821 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/pueblo-community-college-southwest-graduates-367-students/ Pueblo Community College celebrated its graduates on Saturday, May 16, with students ranging in age from high school and up graduating with bachelor’s, associates degrees and certificates. The two cer... 2026-05-19 02:49:49 -0700 aee82a9c-e5be-4cde-a202-1a35c2fb2b9f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/colorado-house-passes-bill-to-send-k-12-funding-initiative-to-november-ballot/ Bailey, it looks like the state Senate reapproved this bill after the House’ approval on Tuesday. Can you update the article to reflect that the bill was last approved by the Senate and is headed ... 2026-05-18 01:54:19 -0700 65f205cf-d9ab-460e-8b69-0cf58e67ac01 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-school-district-wraps-up-school-year-with-celebrations-student-successes/ As the 2025-26 school year draws to a close, the Dolores RE-4A School District’s students, staff members and families are celebrating student achievements, staff commitment and more while preparing fo... 2026-05-18 04:00:00 -0700 b70c7133-a797-4409-9244-46e5d1fdd187 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-school-district-bands-earn-top-honors-at-denver-music-in-the-parks-festival/ The Dolores RE-4A high school jazz band and choir earned first-place at the Music in the Parks Festival in Denver in April, with the groups also taking home the prestigious Esprit de Corps award for t... 2026-05-16 01:55:01 -0700 6203749c-0a68-4273-b8c0-9689be11c014 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mchs-seniors-celebrate-final-week-with-graduation-walks-ceremonies/ Montezuma-Cortez High School seniors are wrapping up their final school year with a series of end-of-year events that will lead up to commencement on May 21 at Panther Stadium. The celebrations begin ... 2026-05-13 04:00:00 -0700 249c02ba-041e-4ba6-a4a2-3c82e2748e90 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-school-district-wrapping-up-year-with-pbl-expo-performances-and-graduation/ The Mancos School District is celebrating the end of the 2025-2026 school year with events that celebrate student success, creativity and volunteers who support students. The Project Based Learning Ex... 2026-05-13 09:54:43 -0700 5ac2009a-ec61-4380-a356-aeb058fd7afc https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-school-board-hears-updates-to-new-high-school-building-and-stormwater-mitigation-project/ At a Monday meeting, the Dolores RE-4A school board was provided updates on the BEST grant building project and stormwater mitigation project, celebrated athletic success, discussed teacher base pay a... 2026-05-12 01:00:00 -0700 661daf69-6b3b-473c-805a-6d5715ac0a0f https://www.the-journal.com/articles/lewis-arriola-elementary-accepts-john-irwin-school-of-excellence-award/ Lewis-Arriola Elementary School Principal Angela Sauk and Montezuma-Cortez School District Superintendent Eddie Ramirez traveled to Denver to accept the elementary school’s John Irwin School of Excell... 2026-05-08 09:34:19 -0700 6fa04967-5b74-4cd8-a696-ce70816ec033 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-theater-troupe-to-stage-alice-in-wonderland-this-week/ The Dolores Theater Troupe is presenting the stage version of “Alice in Wonderland” at the end of this week, featuring a cast of students ranging from elementary school to high school. The production,... 2026-05-07 07:15:00 -0700 4110b624-7d09-43bf-a672-f6797afe066c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-high-school-inducts-14-students-into-national-honor-society/ Mancos High School’s Cyril Conway Chapter of the National Honor Society held its annual induction ceremony on Monday, honoring seniors preparing to graduate and inducting 14 new members into the chapt... 2026-05-06 10:38:19 -0700 bcfd65b0-0f30-4a36-974d-0c3c6766c515 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-teen-earns-girl-scout-gold-award-with-formal-dress-lending-program/ Olivia Jukes, a Mancos High School senior, earned the Girl Scout Gold Award for creating a dress-lending closet that provides affordable formal wear to fellow students. This year, 36 Colorado Girl Sco... 2026-04-28 11:29:38 -0700 36875f5b-c83c-4fa2-a92e-e2aa3416ffdf https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-pta-launches-membership-drive-to-boost-community-support/ The Mancos PTA is encouraging parents, teachers and community members to join the organization and help support students and families. The PTA supports teacher appreciation efforts, family movie night... 2026-04-28 11:06:14 -0700 90340fe0-4dfa-4880-b907-b3bc3fda5c1c https://www.the-journal.com/articles/cortez-middle-school-career-fair-teaches-students-about-array-of-careers/ Cortez Middle School hosted its annual eighth-grade career fair in early April, drawing 107 students to learn from roughly 30 community members about a wide range of professions. The three-day event, ... 2026-04-27 10:45:46 -0700 17572b3e-582b-4e35-8042-20702e714caa https://www.the-journal.com/articles/montezuma-cortez-school-board-accepts-legal-counsel-proposal-from-lyons-gaddis/ The Montezuma-Cortez RE-1 School District board on April 21 approved a proposal to hire new legal counsel from Lyons Gaddis and adopted the 2026-27 salary schedule. The meeting opened with a presentat... 2026-04-24 02:36:55 -0700 45f71458-b99b-440f-929c-5824903ffa47 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/cortez-middle-school-band-earns-best-community-for-music-education-award/ The Cortez Middle School band program has been named a “Best Community for Music Education – Individual School” by the NAMM Foundation, marking the sixth time in the past seven years the program has r... 2026-04-22 11:43:50 -0700 b1ce26fb-20b4-4ede-a3ef-a918eaa24bd5 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-school-board-approves-salary-schedules-for-teachers-staff/ The Mancos RE-6 school board unanimously approved new salary schedules for teachers and staff during its Monday night meeting, using funds from the mill levy override approved by voters in November. T... 2026-04-21 02:25:19 -0700 67d97e13-b475-4226-9797-ce41cbed777e https://www.the-journal.com/articles/southwest-memorial-summer-internship-applications-open-through-friday/ Southwest Health System is accepting applications for one more day for its Summer Intern Program at Southwest Memorial Hospital. The opportunity provides local high school students with hands-on exper... 2026-04-16 05:31:10 -0700 d66bb8e0-b9cc-4411-aebb-0585a7e982ef https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-school-district-to-host-art-supply-garage-sale-to-benefit-art-programs/ The Mancos School District is set to hold an art supply garage sale to support its art programs with donated materials available on a “pay-what-you-can” or “best-offer” basis. The sale is scheduled f... 2026-04-15 03:57:29 -0700 77f1e752-64ce-4a34-910c-2c1a626e3323 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/montezuma-cortez-school-district-launches-full-time-online-option/ The Montezuma-Cortez School District will introduce a full-time online learning program for students starting in sixth grade through the senior year of high school beginning in fall 2026. The option w... 2026-04-14 11:23:14 -0700 61132a15-c4c2-4db1-a80f-e1e849a437b2 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/registration-for-2026-mancos-summer-hub-closes-on-wednesday/ Registration is open for the 2026 Mancos Summer Hub, a summer camp program that offers structured daytime programming for children in Mancos from incoming kindergarten through incoming eighth grade. T... 2026-04-14 10:33:10 -0700 b76b27dd-3ab1-4bc4-be84-8fe6528a8685 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/dolores-school-board-discusses-student-retention-school-projects/ The Dolores RE-4A school board on Monday heard about a recent high school language arts project, received a building update and discussed student retention. During the presentation period, high school... 2026-04-14 10:12:46 -0700 d7f5d9cc-11c1-4d55-a951-d2cd3f8ca0b5 https://www.the-journal.com/articles/mancos-schools-to-hold-band-concert-virtual-talent-show-to-benefit-homeless-shelters/ Mancos Middle and High School will present a spring band concert and virtual talent show Wednesday, April 15, at 6:30 p.m., with proceeds supporting regional homeless shelters. The event is free, thou... 2026-04-13 10:21:29 -0700 1327f9c9-da41-4c76-83c6-761a6c1f5f1e