Miller Middle School

08/10/2026

🎬 What does the Sundance Film Festival, Disney, Warner Bros. Discovery, Adobe and Sony Pictures have to do with students in Durango? Potentially, quite a lot.

💰 A new $250,000 state grant will help connect Durango School District’s creative Career & Technical Education (CTE) programs with professionals and organizations shaping some of the nation’s biggest creative industries. This can open doors that can be harder to access when you’re growing up hundreds of miles from a major industry hub.

Through Creative Educators Network, DSD teachers will tap into relationships with organizations including Adobe, Warner Bros. Discovery, The Walt Disney Company, Sony Pictures, Dolby and Avid. This will bring current industry knowledge, connections and opportunities back to students in Southwest Colorado.

And with the Sundance Film Festival moving to Boulder in 2027, the timing couldn’t be better. 🎥✨

For students interested in fashion, digital media, graphic design, filmmaking, business, multimedia production, set design and more, this is about turning creative talent into real career pathways. Our geography won't limit what they can imagine or who they can learn from.

🗞️ Click the link for the full story.






Huge thanks to our partners for opening doors for our students in Durango:
💙 The Colorado Education Initiative
💙 Creative Educators Network

A $250,000 state grant will strengthen career-connected learning in digital media, graphic design, fashion design, business and construction trades.

07/29/2026

🎉 Save the date: Aug. 5! 🎉 Come celebrate the ribbon-cutting of Ignite Mobile Learning Lab, a new mobile STEAM classroom! Ignite is a partnership between Durango School District (DSD) and Durango Education Foundation (DEF).

Bring the family and be among the first to step aboard this one-of-a-kind learning space, explore hands-on activities in STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Mathematics). You'll meet the Ignite team and see how this innovative classroom on wheels is bringing exciting learning experiences directly to students across our district.

🗓️ Wednesday, Aug. 5
🕔 5:45 p.m. Ribbon-Cutting; 6:15-7:15 p.m. Tours & Activities
📍 Impact Career Innovation Center (Durango High School campus)

Enjoy:
✨ Tours of the mobile learning lab
🧪 Interactive STEAM activities
🎶 Live music by Stillwater Music
🍪 Light refreshments
🫧 Fun for the whole family

Thanks to the generosity of local businesses, foundations, grant partners, and community donors, DEF raised $363,000 to bring this innovative classroom to life.

🚌 Learn more about Ignite: https://ow.ly/3Rft50Zutlz

07/28/2026

🤖 Durango High School students recently led a hands-on robotics summer camp to introduce 6th- through 9th-grade students to engineering and to inspire future STEM leaders.

The main objective of the camp was for small student teams to design and build a FIRST Tech Challenge "starter bot." The completed robots were designed to launch large wiffle balls into a scoring chamber, similar to playing a game of robotic basketball. 🖥️ 🛠️

Read the full story here: https://ow.ly/wCNb50ZsXo0

07/25/2026

Is your child interested in fall sports at Durango High School, Escalante or Miller? Register by July 27 for football and golf, and by Aug. 3 for all other sports.

Learn more about Fall Sports & Activities Registration here: https://ow.ly/BXlC50ZsXn6

07/13/2026

👋 It’s Meet Us Monday! 👋

This week, we are excited to introduce Mark Arnold, an IT Tech for Durango School District! Mark stays busy supporting the technology needs of our staff and students across three different campuses: Animas Valley Elementary, Park Elementary, and Miller Middle School. 💻✨

🚴‍♂️ When he's off the clock, Mark loves to get outside and enjoy the best of Durango! Like many in our community, he is an avid mountain biker. Recently, he has also picked up disc golf — a fun nod to his childhood days of playing Frisbee — and has been super enjoying his time out on the course. 🥏

Thank you, Mark, for keeping our schools connected and running smoothly every day! 💙



Join our team! https://ow.ly/hN7Y50ZcO2X

07/09/2026

Every child attending a DSD school or childcare facility must have a complete immunization record or exemption submitted to their school, or the child will be unable to attend school until they are compliant with this state law. The immunization record must be from the child's healthcare provider or other immunization provider, and must show that the child is up-to-date on all school-required vaccines, according to their age.

If you plan to have a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption for your child, please note that the date of the exemption must be on or after July 1, 2026, for the 2026-27 school year.

Note: Starting in the 2026-27 school year, Colorado law will require students to have one dose of Tdap vaccine before their first day of seventh grade.

🧑‍⚕️Learn more about immunizations: https://www.durangoschools.org/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=512021&type=d&pREC_ID=1033567

🍎 Visit our Back to School Hub: https://www.durangoschools.org/apps/pages/backtoschool

06/24/2026

🏈 Start your season strong with a free sports physical, courtesy of Mercy Sports Medicine. Open to middle and high school athletes, this annual event helps students prepare for the upcoming sports season with a professional, convenient check-up.

Physicals will be held at the Impact Career Innovation Center (2410 Main Ave., on the Durango High School campus) on the following dates:

✅ Monday, July 27, 2-6 p.m.
✅ Tuesday, July 28, 2-6 p.m.
✅ Wednesday, July 29, 2-6 p.m.

Appointments are required, and spots are limited. A parent/guardian must attend with athletes under the age of 18. Schedule through Mercy here: https://www.vagaro.com/cl/35n1bZyhKJl1M-yQ2Uyo3917E0u~nB02XON5h9ix-Qs=

If you are unable to participate in Mercy's sports physicals on July 27-29, please note that Pediatric Partners of the Southwest's Durango High School location has set aside time specifically for athletics physicals on Wednesday, July 22, and Friday, July 24. Standard patient fees apply. Please call (970) 375-0100 to schedule an appointment.

06/09/2026

The DSD Board of Education will meet for a Work Session tonight, Tuesday, June 9, 5:30 p.m. at Miller Middle School, 2608 Junction St. ** Please note the alternate location due to HVAC work at Impact.**

The public is welcome at this meeting. Public Participation is not included at Work Sessions, and the event will not be livestreamed.

View the meeting agenda and presentations here: https://ow.ly/VLF250Z7Jri

Meeting topics wil include:

✅ Special Education Update
✅ Discussion of Initiative 195 - Graduated Income Tax
✅ School Consolidation Timeline Discussion

05/21/2026

🎓🦋 Eighth graders at Miller Middle School shared their Portrait of a Graduate capstones today, reflecting on how much they’ve grown during their middle school years before heading off to high school.

One powerful presentation came from Maddie Martin, who used the metaphor of a butterfly to describe her own transformation through the Portrait of a Graduate competencies. From recovering after a skiing accident as a Resilient Risk-Taker, to learning patience on a joint school project as an Empathetic Collaborator, to guiding younger students as a Confident Communicator and WEB Leader (We All Belong), her reflections showed real growth and self-awareness.

One of her quotes especially stayed with us:
“Change doesn’t always come at the right time, and growth doesn’t happen when I’m comfortable.”

Moments like these are a reminder that Portrait of a Graduate is more than a framework — it’s becoming part of how our students see themselves, face challenges, and prepare for what’s next.

05/06/2026

🍎 This week, we celebrate the heart of Durango School District — our incredible teachers and staff.

Thank you for the early mornings, late nights, steady encouragement, creativity, patience, and care you pour into students every single day. Whether you work in classrooms, cafeterias, buses, offices, libraries, maintenance, technology, counseling, or behind the scenes, you make a difference for kids and families across our community.

Public education is powered by people who show up with heart, even during challenging times. We are grateful for each and every one of you. 💙