The Summer Meals Program is funded by U.S. Department of Agriculture and administered by the Colorado Department of Education to ensure that children and teens maintain access to healthy meals during the summer. In the Pikes Peak region, Ellicott D-22, Hanover D-28, Fountain-Fort Carson D-8, Widefield D-3, Colorado Springs D-11, Harrison D-2 and D-49 are all providing meals to children at no charge across 44 locations.
District 11′s Chipeta Elementary School was awarded the governor’s ‘Bright Spot Math Award.’ This is one of two local schools that continued to keep up their math scores, despite the pandemic.