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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