Originating in the counseling department at DHS, the new Demon Cares Closet, run and managed by counseling secretary Melinda Wood, offers students a new opportunity to stock their closet, bathroom and school supplies, when they otherwise may not have the means to do so.

Deadline for registering for Winter sports at DHS is Friday, November 11, 2016. Winter sports includes Girls & Boys Basketball, Girls Swim and Diving, Wrestling, while Cheer and Dance teams continue from the Fall season. All red card information and forms are available from the DHS website under the Athletics tab, or in the Athletics/Activities office and includes proof of current physical, proof of insurance, medical consent form, Athletics/Activities Code of Conduct signatures and registration fee. Those students who have registered for a Fall Sport may use paperwork already on file in the Athletics Office for their Winter sport participation. Please see DHS Athletics/Activities Office for more information or call 259-1630 x 2302.

Today our schools celebrate the service of the men and women who have served our country. Happy Veterans' Day!

Two Durango High School DECA members won second place in Creative Marketing Project at the International Career Development Conference (ICDC) DECA conference held in Nashville, Tennessee April 23 to 26, 2016 for their project about a new healthy grab-and-go lunch option at Durango High School, the Demon Deli. Mason Stetler and Jared Webster, the winning duo, wrote a 30-page marketing plan on the Demon Deli and presented their plan to Nashville business leaders.

Durango School District 9-R would like to remind families that Daylight Savings Time will end at 2am on Sunday, November 6th. Clocks will turn backward one hour at that time.

The DHS Counseling Department would like to remind students and their families about some important upcoming dates and information sessions. For more information on early graduation paperwork, PSATs, community service opportunities, the FAFSA, and much more, click on the "read more" link.

Today, the Colorado Department of Education released the state’s Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC. This marks the second year that the PARCC assessment has been administered in the Durango 9-R school system and parents will soon receive score reports that detail how students performed on last spring’s assessments in English language arts, math and science.

The Fire Station located at 1235 Camino Del Rio is hosting an open house on Saturday, October 15th from 10am - 2pm. Come meet your local firefighters and medics, tour the station and trucks, watch live demonstrations and meet the board of directors.

We are migrating to all new websites, as this migration occurs you may have trouble accessing some of our sites and/or pages, or experience broken links. If you need immediate assistance, please contact the District Office at (970) 247-5411 or contact your school directly.