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Local high school students constructing house as part of new class
The class gives them training to enter a career straight out of school
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One local high school is giving students a new opportunity, not only to give back to their community, but to start a career before they even graduate.
and last updated 2021-04-28 20:34:23-04
COLORADO SPRINGS â One local high school is giving students a new opportunity, not only to give back to their community, but to start a career before they even graduate.
Out of all the subjects in school, Liberty High School junior Jovan Baker has a clear-cut favorite.
D20 expanding in-person learning options for middle and high school students
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and last updated 2021-02-18 23:57:20-05
COLORADO SPRINGS â Academy District 20 has announced that it will expand in-person learning opportunities for middle and high school students starting on March 15.
At that time the district will begin offering a four-day per week schedule to students.
For the past 11 months, these students have followed a hybrid schedule of two days per week in person.
Students can still choose to attend school remotely full-time as well.
The district said all COVID-19 safety protocols will remain in place to include, wearing face coverings, washing hands regularly, and providing good ventilation within buildings.
Monycka Snowbird, left, argues against keeping the Cheyenne Mountain Indians mascot with a supporter, who declined to give her name, outside the Cheyenne Mountain School District 12 board work session in the fall of 2020. Snowbird and the other indigenous people who attended the protest felt the mascot is racists against their heritage. Supporters of the mascot said the Indians mascot was an honor and full of school tradition. About 50 people lined the street outside the school district’s administration building. (Gazette file photo)
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