Education

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — Military families move a lot. For children in those families, being the “new kid” can be really tough. But one local district is making sure no student walks in alone. Widefield School District 3 is building something pretty special near Fort Carson. It’s called Student 2 Student — or

4th and 5th-graders from a Pueblo charter school are making sure adoptable pets go home to loving families through a little effort and artistic vision. The students from the Villa Bella Expeditionary School held a Valentine’s Day project to support PAWS For Life, an animal shelter in Pueblo. The goal? Collect donations to help support

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Coltin Bridgmon is a senior at The Colorado Springs School with a million reasons he knows he’s going to a top university. Bridgmon has so many scholarship offers (from 13 different schools and counting) that the cumulative amount exceeds $1 million. And the reason schools want him is more than

MONUMENT, Colo. (KRDO) – Lewis-Palmer High School put on a very special day for another child during their annual “Wish Week” last week. The student council pulled out all the stops this year for Alex Thrower, who’s spent much of his childhood in the hospital. As part of their “Wish Week,” their goal was to raise

A Harrison D2 assistant principal is being honored with a national award for her leadership in turning around the academic program. Renee Dahl just won the 2026 National Outstanding Assistant Principal Award for her work at Monterey Elementary School. According to the Colorado Association of School Executives, Dahl has done a tremendous job improving the

CASCADE, Colo. (KRDO) – The Ute Pass Elementary School principal made a promise to her students, and she kept it — even if that meant being taped to the gym wall! Principal Jackie Powell challenged her students to raise 600 boxes of food for the school’s food drive — part of their Thanksgiving Literacy Luncheon

Ute Pass Elementary School is celebrating Thanksgiving early for the third consecutive year, and they’re doing it with a fun lesson as well. The Cascade school refers to it as the “Literary Luncheon.” Students plan their own Thanksgiving meals for lunch today (the Thursday before Thanksgiving), based on a book, and they make enough food

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A special education teacher in D11 now has a special book that’s gone to number one on Amazon’s best sellers’ list. Shannon Pinar is a para-educator at Martinez Elementary School. She’s also the proud author of “Treasured Tales From Under The Rainbow,” which is a collection of short stories inspired

Griffith Centers is using funds from Colorado Gives Day to support a special Food-To-Table curriculum for its students at its Colorado Springs campus. Colorado Gives Day is an annual movement that encourages donations to non-profits across Colorado; It runs for roughly a month until December 9; Griffith Centers is just one non-profit where people can

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A teacher at Atlas High School made sure that a remarkable number of seniors are registered to vote for the second straight year.  The charter school is receiving the Eliza Pickrell Routt Award yet again. It’s an award given to schools that register at least 85 percent or more eligible senior students.

Academy D-20 is home to one of the best STEM teachers in the country, according to the Department of Defense. Amanda Trimillos, an English and Language Arts teacher at Eagleview Middle School, was recently honored as a DoD STEM Ambassador, one of just 30 teachers in the country to receive the honor. Trimillos also coaches

EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — With disinformation spreading online and now aided by artificial intelligence, it’s as important as ever for people, especially students, to develop media literacy. KRDO13’s Josh Helmuth spoke to students at Chinook Trail Middle School about the topic for the fourth straight year. Helmuth, a 15-year veteran of the TV