Ross Montessori

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Nov. 23, 2021

  COVID outbreaks at schools teach hard lessons

  Instances of infection are higher now than they were at this time last year. Graph courtesy of Garfield County Public Health

  When Ross Montessori School (RMS) closed on Nov. 15 due to a coronavirus outbreak among staff and students, the school tallied 56 infections since Oct. 11, with 12 active cases. In the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment (CDPHE) weekly Outbreak Report, the RMS count stood at 61. Even… read more →

• Locations: News By Dyana Furmansky Published Oct. 27, 2021

  Servers and students share nourishment

  

  On Wednesdays, 36-year old Jenny Elmore serves lunch to a noisy stream of Ross Montessori School (RMS) students. For two hectic hours, she places a slice of pizza and a cupful of iceberg lettuce on paper plates, and hands them across the counter to the hungry kids. At… read more →

• Locations: News By Raleigh Burleigh Published Mar. 10, 2021

  A look inside: local schools one year into pandemic

  Students at Waldorf School on the Roaring Fork took advantage of fair weather with school starting two weeks early this past spring. Photo courtesy of Liesl Bellack.

  Few will forget the tumultuous week of March 9, 2020. Americans had witnessed cases of COVID-19 rapidly proliferate across the country and around the world. On March 10, Governor Polis declared a state of emergency after the presence of COVID was confirmed in Colorado. The outbreak was designated a global… read more →

• Locations: Español By Raleigh Burleigh Published Mar. 10, 2021

  Una mirada íntima: escuelas locales en año de pandemia

  Un pariente mentor guía a un estudiante de Carbondale Community School. Foto por Raleigh Burleigh.

  Traducción por Jacquelinne Castro

  Poca gente se olvidará de la impactante semana del 9 de marzo del 2020. Americanos presenciaron los casos de COVID-19 proliferando rápidamente a través del país y alrededor del mundo. El 10 de marzo, el gobernador Polis declaró un estado de emergencia después de que la… read more →