Tag: widefield school district 3
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Widefield superintendent wraps up over 30-year career in district
At the conclusion of the 2025-26 school year, Widefield District 3’s superintendent will call it a career. Aaron Hoffman has spent three decades as a teacher, coach, principal and top administrator in D-3, where he also was a student, graduating from Widefield High School in 1988. After helping the district pass a transformative bond last…
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2 minors in custody after guns found at Mesa Ridge High School
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two juveniles are in custody after two guns were found Friday at Mesa Ridge High School, according to the El Paso County Sheriff’s Office. No students or staff were harmed, according to a message that went out to parents and guardians of Mesa Ridge students…
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Widefield School District announces Housing for Educators program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A new housing program will provide affordable homes for selected Widefield School District 3 staff members while allowing Colorado Springs-area construction students to put their skills to good use, the district announced last week. The initiative, called Housing for Educators, is a collaborative effort between…
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Pikes Peak region schools: Start dates for the 2025-26 school year
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save School District 49, based in Falcon and the east side of Colorado Springs, was the first district in the Pikes Peak region to begin the classes for the 2025-26 school year. Kindergarten along with sixth- and ninth-grade students started classes Friday with the rest of…
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Hybrid school grown out of pandemic graduates first class as The Haven
The Haven School’s bell may not ring, but it has been serving students graded K-12 one way or another for nearly 20 years. The recently formed school originated as “D3 My Way” back in 2006, an online program that provided educational alternatives for Widefield School District 3 students. During the 2019-2020 school year amid the COVID-19…
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Colorado Springs teacher honored as Red Cross Hero for resuscitating stricken athlete
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Laura Smith, a science teacher and athletic trainer at Widefield High School, is being honored for saving the life of a teen athlete who collapsed during a soccer game. But Smith is uncomfortable with being referred to as a hero. She has trouble even saying…
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Colorado Springs teacher honored as Red Cross Hero for resuscitating stricken athlete
Laura Smith, a science teacher and athletic trainer at Widefield High School, is being honored for saving the life of a teen athlete who collapsed during a soccer game. But Smith is uncomfortable with being referred to as a hero. She has trouble even saying it. “I don’t think of myself as…that,” she said. “I…
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Widefield School District 3 interviews superintendent finalists
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Two finalists were interviewed by the Widefield School District 3 Board of Education to become its next superintendent during a special meeting Wednesday evening. The district’s current assistant superintendent, Kirk Vsetecka, and current executive director of secondary student learning Aaron Hoffman were each given 30…
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Widefield School District 3 interviews superintendent finalists
Two finalists were interviewed by the Widefield School District 3 Board of Education to become its next superintendent during a special meeting Wednesday evening. The district’s current assistant superintendent, Kirk Vsetecka, and current executive director of secondary student learning Aaron Hoffman were each given 30 minutes to answer a set of questions prepared and asked…
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Widefield students build, program robots as part of new summer program
Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save An 11-year-old student watched anxiously as a small four-wheeled robot, grasping a wooden block, rolled toward a milk crate. The robot had been programmed to place the block inside the crate, but stopped just short and dropped it on the floor. “No,” groaned Michael Lebo.…