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See our special section for Widefield School District 3 high school graduations inside this issue. Best wishes to all graduates from Discovery, Mesa Ridge and Widefield high... — Updated 6/10/2020 Full story

Shine a Light for the Class of 2020 Click on PDF to view full keepsake edition A campaign to honor seniors encourages everyone to turn on lights for one hour at 8:20 p.m. on May 20... — Updated 5/27/2020 Full story

On Aug. 3 the El Paso County Sheriff's Office partnered with Servicios de La Raza to provide backpacks to community members in need at the southeast YMCA. There was free COVID-19... — Updated 8/5/2020

Question: What school district gets all of the property tax revenue for the new Amazon building on Powers? Just curious. That is a lot of money. Answer: The short answer is that... — Updated 7/29/2020

Widefield School District 3 formally announced its plans to return to school on Aug. 17 as "close to normal" as possible. Masks and social distancing are part of the modified... — Updated 7/23/2020 Full story

Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 has announced it will return to in-person learning the week of Aug. 17 – a week later than scheduled in order to give staff and teachers... — Updated 7/22/2020 Full story

Fountain Middle School's principal, Dr. William Dallas, got a great honor recently. He has been named 2020 Colorado Middle Level Principal of the Year. The Colorado Association of... — Updated 7/1/2020

Ms. Kassie Crandall has been teaching English for two years and student-taught at FFCHS before teaching eighth grade in Grand Junction for a year. This year, she taught freshmen and... — Updated 6/17/2020 Full story

On May 29 the Fountain Walmart on Hwy. 85/87 held a special ceremony for 25 of the store's employees who are graduating high school seniors. The store set up a stage near the front... — Updated 6/3/2020

By G. Connor Salter When Tom Shepard started Youth Documentary Academy in 2013, he was hoping to get young people making documentaries showing their views on difficult issues. To... — Updated 6/3/2020

Valley Christian Academy and Rainbow of Friends Preschool held their annual promotion and graduation ceremony drive-through style on Saturday. All students at the school, which... — Updated 5/27/2020 Full story

Spring break escapes, prom and endless backyard barbecue celebrations are what most seniors envision in the final few months of their high school careers. COVID-19 has changed... — Updated 5/27/2020

A number of area schools have come up with creative ways to celebrate their students' graduations and transition from one campus to another. At Aragon Elementary in Fountain, for... — Updated 5/27/2020

By Kristina Anthony Editor's Note: Kristina Anthony, an 11th-grader at Fountain-Fort Carson High School, reports on activities at her school. This is part two in a series where she... — Updated 5/6/2020

By Christy McGee, APR, FFC8 Director of Communications After months of construction activity, students, families, and neighbors near Mesa Elementary School (located at 400 Camino... — Updated 4/29/2020

Genuine, passionate, excellent, fun. Those are just some of the words people are using to describe Jimmy Garcia, a beloved teacher at Fountain Middle School who died of cancer last... — Updated 4/23/2020 Full story

Both Fountain-Fort Carson and Widefield school districts announced Monday that their schools would continue distance learning through the end of the 2019-20 school year in light of... — Updated 4/22/2020 Full story

This is a personal narrative by Jessica L. James, Director of Communications and Advancement, The Colorado Springs School. She is working from home, along with her husband, and... — Updated 4/1/2020

Students from all over Fountain-Fort Carson School District 8 recently participated in a STEM competition at Fountain Fort Carson High School. Students from elementary through high... — Updated 3/25/2020