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Makeup Day for Snow Closures Dear Dolores Schools Community: Per Colorado Department of Education requirements, students and staff are required to make up seat time lost due to snow-related district closures that took place this winter. This time will be made up on Friday, May 12th. All students will be released from campuses at 12:40, following lunch service. […]

Parents and Community Youth Workers are invited to attend Jeff Veley’s Laugh and Learn Lunch Thursday April 6, 2023 12:00-1:00pm in the Secondary Library Desserts will be provided Jeff Veley is an award-winning youth treatment specialist who specializes in resilience education for bullying prevention. Over 1 million people have been impacted by Jeff’s peace-making strategies. He’s officially recognized as […]

Dear Parents, Public schools in Colorado administer common assessments known as the Colorado Measures of Academic Success (CMAS) and PSAT/SAT. These common assessments measure real-world skills like problem-solving and critical thinking. While state assessments are only one measure of student learning, having all Colorado students take this set of assessments provides parents and schools with […]

Dolores Elementary Parents and Staff, Please see the PDF “Happenings at Dolores Elementary” vol. 7 3/14/2023! DES Happenings Thank you The Dolores Elementary School

Due to continued snowfall and poor road conditions, the Dolores School District has moved to a full school closure today, Wednesday Mar 1, 2023. No school today, snow day! Thank you The Dolores School District

Due to the weather, the Dolores School District will start school on a two hour delay, Wednesday March 1, 2023. The Preschool will start school at 9:30am. The Middle and High School will start school at 9:45am. The Elementary School will start school at 10:00am. The district will continue to monitor the storm and will […]

There will be no Master Plan Community event today (Thursday 2/23/2023) Due to the forecast that the weather will become more extreme tonight, we are postponing the Community meeting to discuss our building project. We will reconvene once the weather improves. Thank you, The Dolores School District

Due to the weather, the Dolores School District will start school on a two hour delay, Thursday February 23, 2023. The Preschool will start school at 9:30am. The Middle and High School will start school at 9:45am. The Elementary School will start school at 10:00am. The district will continue to monitor the storm and will […]

Due to inclement weather, the Dolores School District has called an early release.  We highly encourage parents to pick up their children between 11:00 am and 1:00 pm; weather shows that this is the best window of opportunity for travel.  Please coordinate with the school to ensure a smooth pickup. We plan on running bus routes […]

Good Morning Parents and Guardians – As you are well aware, just before school started today the snow began falling and accumulating very quickly. The school district administration is monitoring the situation carefully and we are in the process of making decisions on when and if to close school. There are many things to consider when closing […]

Parents of DHS students- Our high school leadership team, in collaboration with the rest of the staff, has been working over the past few months to plan and organize programming to increase school spirit at Dolores High School. We have created six “Survivor Groups” that have divided as equally as possible and are each led by […]

Superintendent’s Blog January 26, 2023 How are Snow days determined? Please remember January 16,17, and 18, now those were snow days! We essentially had 3 feet of snow in 3 days (give or take, depending on your location). During those days the state/county/city couldn’t keep up clearing the roads with how fast it was coming […]

The Pinon Project will be offering a free “The Incredible Years” parent group. For caregivers of children 2-8 years old. Beginning Thursday January 26, 5:30-8pm at the Teddy Bear Preschool in Dolores. For more information contact Amanda Tulio Call/text: 970-739-5196 Email: atulio@pinonproject.org

Due to overnight snow accumulation the Dolores School District has upgraded to a full snow day for Wednesday January 18, 2023. No school Wednesday January 18, 2023. Thank you, The Dolores School District