On the last official day of summer, fifth graders and teachers from O’Dea Elementary School left behind the city and made the trek to the Colorado State University Mountain Campus for Eco Week, where golden leaves spread across the mountain terrain, and everyone could feel fall rolling in with the clouds.

As part of Poudre School District's commitment to serving the community, the all-weather tracks at Kinard Middle School and Fossil Ridge, Fort Collins and Poudre high schools are now open for public use. 

PSD believes this is a step toward making more of our taxpayer-funded facilities -- our community's assets -- more accessible to members of our public. With this change, PSD joins neighboring school districts and others on the Front Range whose outdoor school tracks are publicly available.

Dear Larimer County families and community members:

Each school day, staff members at Larimer County’s three school districts welcome students into buildings  to help them learn and grow. The teams at Estes Park School District, Poudre School District, and Thompson School District are dedicated to supporting not only the academic, but also the mental health needs of students and families residing in our communities.

Congratulations to Poudre School District students who earned Advanced Placement scholar awards! 
 
A total of 378 PSD students received awards at four levels based on their national AP test results at the end of the 2021-22 school year. The highest possible score on exams for these college-level courses is a five. 
 

Earlier this week, I met Miss Morgan Barker, a teacher at Laurel Elementary School in Fort Collins. 

As I got to know her during my school visit, I learned something that touched my heart and reminded me that our experiences with public education are many and, at times, quite beautiful.  

Schools have long been the cornerstones of communities where students, staff and families gather. From a log cabin with two students in 1866 to Colorado’s ninth largest school district in 2022, Poudre School District continues to grow and add to its long history.  

Congratulations, to the 2022 graduating Poudre High School International Baccalaureate program graduates for earning full IB diplomas. These outstanding students exceeded the national and international averages for diploma completion, according to results released July 6, 2022 by the International Baccalaureate organization. 

We invite our community to guide the development of Poudre School District’s Strategic Plan at a series of upcoming engagement sessions.