COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Colorado College, the highly-regarded liberal arts college just north of downtown, announced this week that it has pulled out of participating in U.S. News & World Report’s yearly list of best colleges and universities. Colorado College CC explained its decision in a release issued Tuesday; the college was tied for
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — With makeshift signs in hand and megaphone chants blasting most of the day, students from Colorado Springs School District 11 protested a proposed policy preventing teachers from asking students their preferred pronouns. River Merrell, an eighth grader in District 11, was one of the more than 20 students outside the
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) – Students at a Harrison Schools District 2 elementary school are getting the opportunity to spend the day learning the ins and outs of basketball thanks to USA Basketball. On Wednesday, March 8, USA Basketball is hosting youth basketball clinics at Otero Elementary School. The on-court clinics will focus on fundamental
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Over the weekend, Junior Reserve Officers’ Training Corps (JROTC) cadets from around the country took part in the 20th Annual Front Range Invitational Drill Competition. Saturday, cadets from multiple branches – including Army, Navy, Air Force, and Space Force, gathered at Air Academy High School to compete in a range
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Saturday, Academy School District 20 held a job hiring fair at Liberty High School to bring interested candidates into the education field as it continues to be in high demand. Over 400 people came to the job fair to fill approximately 100 open positions. Ranging from special needs educators to
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A competition Saturday is drawing teams of high school robotics students from around the Rocky Mountain region. A team of high school students at Coronado High School in Colorado Springs call themselves the ‘Cougars Gone Wired’ and hosted the competition. Student-built robots are designed to accomplish different tasks and race
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EL PASO COUNTY, Colo. (KRDO) — A parent at Widefield School District 3 hails an elementary school teacher as a hero after saving her daughter’s life. Friday, Jasmine Luna said her daughter’s teacher saved her eight-year-old’s life after performing the Heimlich maneuver. “She was like, mom, I’m fine. I’m fine, mom,” Luna recalls after reuniting with her
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — A student at a Colorado Springs high school was arrested Friday for reportedly having a firearm on campus. According to the Colorado Springs Police Department, officials at Sand Creek High School were notified at 10:13 a.m. that a student might have a gun. Campus officials investigated the allegation and contacted
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It’s a simple gesture that’s really music to everyone’s ears at Timberview Middle School. Isaac Ortiz is an 8th grader at Timberview Middle School. He plays the piano, nearly every day, at lunch. And he’s incredible. The most amazing thing about Isaac, and his talent, is that he taught himself how to play piano. He watches
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday night, community members shuffled into the Colorado Springs District 11 Administration Building to debate a school policy change surrounding preferred pronouns. Though the discussion was not slated on the school board’s agenda notes, the talk dominated public comment. The discussion stemmed from a Feb. 8 school board meeting, when
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CASCADE, Colo. (KRDO) — A fourth-grade student in Cascade is making a big difference and helping save the planet by reducing the school’s plastic trash. According to Manitou Springs School District, ten-year-old Claire at Ute Pass Elementary School wrote a letter to the company Stasher – a reusable silicone bag production company – about making
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Starting now, multiple Colorado Springs School District 11 (D11) high schools will provide students with free access to courses from top-named universities. Students who complete these courses will receive high school and college credit. In a partnership between D11 and the National Educational Equity Lab (Ed Equity Lab), a non-profit
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PUEBLO WEST, Colo. (KRDO) — Wednesday, District 70 said it received an anonymous tip that a student with a weapon was at Pueblo West High School. The district told KRDO at this time, officials believe the threat is unwarranted, similar to other false reports about numerous Colorado schools received earlier in the morning. Still, the
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COLORADO (KRDO) — Wednesday morning, several schools throughout Colorado were placed on lockdown or told to shelter in place due to reports of possible threats or an active shooter. The Colorado Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Management told 9News it’s also monitoring the incidents. The Federal Bureau of Investigation provided KRDO with the following
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Board members in Colorado Springs School District 11 are advocating for a new policy that would prevent teachers and staff from asking students for their preferred pronoun identities On Feb. 8 at a regular board meeting, D11 Board Vice President Jason Jorgenson recommended that the district amend its policies. “I
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Eagleview Middle School is making history. Two of its robotics teams placed top in the state in December and are now heading to international competition. The Electric Eagles took first place and the Microbots took second place. The teams start working in September to build their robots for competition.
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A sixth grader from Colorado Springs is already a published author. Makenna Trahan is a sixth grader at Jenkins Middle School. And she’s already a published poet! Below is her poem, which was posted on TeenInk.com recently. It’s titled My Butterflies. Fluttering all around My stress flies away with my butterfly It reminds me to continue to
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WOODLAND PARK, Colo. (KRDO) — According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the need for welders is expected to grow by 8% by 2030. In response to this, the welding program at Woodland Park High School is booming. To help with the interest in the trade, the school just received a generous $6,000 donation
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DENVER, Colo. (KRDO) — Thursday, the State House voted to pass a bill that’ll hopefully address the teacher shortage in Colorado. HB23-1064, known as the Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact, is meant to help bring teachers licensed in other states to work in Colorado. The bill summary states: The bill enacts the “Interstate Teacher Mobility Compact”
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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (KRDO) — Police are investigating a staff member at a Colorado Springs high school for an alleged “inappropriate and aggressive” interaction. District 11 sent parents and guardians at Mitchell High School a message stating: We are investigating a recent situation at our school that involved an alleged inappropriate and aggressive interaction with
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