School Buzz

Students at Manitou Springs High School continue to build a home while, at the same time, possibly building their future careers. Students started a home build in the high school parking lot in October of last year. The build is a partnership between Manitou Springs Schools and Careers in Construction Colorado, a nonprofit in the

Each year, 3rd-grade students at Antelope Trails Elementary School are invited to give back to their community. This year they gave back to local firefighters. The students came up with their own idea to give Westcott firefighters handmade clay helmets, all to simply say “thank you” for their service. “Giving back” is something students in

Students and staff at The Colorado Springs School may have a new, annual, Halloween smash hit on their hands. With the help of Colorado Springs Fire, the college prep school’s elementary students held a science experiment called The Great Pumpkin Drop. The goal? Find out how to safely land a pumpkin, after dropping it from

Did you have a scary assignment in high school? How about one that purposely scared others? First-year engineering students at Mesa Ridge High School are building robots so fun they’re scary. They’re building motion-activated skeletons for the school’s Fright Night on Saturday. It’s the first time Mesa Ridge students have tackled a project like this.

The day following Halloween is a very important holiday for many people of Mexican heritage. November 1, and into November 2, is known as Dia de los Muertos, or “Day of the Dead.” Will Rogers Elementary, which has a dual language immersion program, already celebrated the holiday by allowing some of its students to teach

Fifth graders out of the Manitou School District went to science camp earlier this month. It was the first time in several years fifth graders from Manitou Springs Elementary and Ute Pass Elementary participated in the camp together. 88 students went up to the YMCA’s Camp Shady Brook in Deckers. There was archery, canoeing, climbing,

Some college students study abroad. But one local high schooler is going overseas. And his ambitions are big. Nawras Al Lami is a junior at Widefield High. He wants to be a doctor. And next summer he’s going to Vietnam for two weeks to shadow doctors through the FutureDocs Abroad program. Nawras has big dreams

Ute Pass Elementary School students are truly in harmony to start the school year. First graders at the Cascade school were recently posted online singing with music teacher Ian Ferguson. But the sing-along during the morning announcements is nothing atypical. It’s a daily tradition that Mr. Ferguson has been doing with all students at the