Education Accolades

Students and staff at Jenkins Middle School were surprised at their Friday graduation ceremony when Challenger Learning Center of Colorado presented them with the 2011-2012 School of the Year award.Jay Stutz, Lead Flight Director with Challenger...... Full story

A Chipeta Elementary School student won first place in the 2012 Colorado Tar Wars poster contest. Colorado Springs School District 11 announced the accomplishment Tuesday.Fifth-grader Wade Rahaman's poster, "Be Bright, Don’t Light," earned...... Full story

Doherty team wins state auto skills competitionDoherty High School students recently defeated older students to win first place at the state-wide, 2012 Ford AAA Student Auto Skills Competition.The Doherty team will represent Colorado June 10-14 at...... Full story

Russell Middle School recently won the National School of Character Award from Character Education Partnership (CEP).It's the second consecutive honor for Russell, in Colorado Springs School District 11. Russell is the only school in the state to...... Full story

Winning submissions in the Space Foundation's annual Student Art Contest have taken flight traveling an additional 277,000 miles, including that of a Colorado Springs student.Two of the winning pieces of artwork, both in the 6th through 8th grade...... Full story

Falcon High School junior Hannah Petrie, 17, was one of ten students worldwide to recently attend the Frances Hesselbein Student Leadership Training program at the Air Force Academy.Petrie  is a member of Falcon High School’s Student 2...... Full story

Colorado Springs Christian High School 's band was selected as the Overall High School Concert Band Winner of the Disneyland Music in the Park Awards Program. There were high school students representing seven states, and each division had the top...... Full story

Four teachers in Colorado Springs School District 11 were honored Tuesday as Crystal Apple Awards recipients.The award, by the El Paso Council PTA and the district, recognizes excellence in teaching with applications including information from other...... Full story

Manitou Springs Elementary School was recognized as a 2012 Healthy School Champion earlier this month April and awarded $5,000 at the Colorado Legacy Foundation’s 2012 Healthy Schools Summit.Manitou Springs Elementary School received an award...... Full story

Colorado Springs School District 11 has again won national recognition for technology use in classrooms.District 11 has been recognized as sixth in the country for technology use in the eighth annual Digital School Districts Survey. D-11 was the...... Full story

Woodland Park High School teacher Michele Burke will be spending at least some time this summer in class.Burke, a math teacher, is one of only 50 middle and high school educators from across the country to take part in the exclusive Siemens STEM...... Full story

Anne F. Hyde, the William J. Hochman Professor of History at Colorado College, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize in history.The honor was for her book on Western history: “Empires, Nations and Families: A History of the North American...... Full story

Colorado Springs School District 11 teacher Lori McManigal was named Colorado’s Educator Excellence Award Winner for 2012 by National Restaurant Association Educational Foundation for her outstanding work with students and dedication to the...... Full story

Eight local school libraries have won the 2012 Highly Effective School Library designation from Colorado Department of Education. There were 47 chosen statewide.  Librarians in these schools meet or exceed criteria established by the State...... Full story

A local student's artwork will represent Colorado at the national level at the end of the month.Vista Ridge High School senior Kal Athannassov's painting won Best of Show in Colorado at the 2012 Junior Duck Stamp Contest. His rendition of a...... Full story