Expanded Learning comes to Peak to Peak

  • [photo by Patric Hedlund, The Mountain Enterprise]

    [photo by Patric Hedlund, The Mountain Enterprise]

Last week the students, administrators and all teachers of rustic Peak to Peak Mountain Charter (P2P) helped to provide drive-thru rapid antigen tests to students. The school had to return to remote learning for five days when it was alerted that 10 students had been exposed to covid-19. Teachers put on full personal protective gear Monday and Tuesday to assist with tests.

On Wednesday, Jan. 12, 64% of the students were able to return to in-person classes. Then, on Monday, Jan.17, more exposures closed two classrooms, so then another round of testing was set for January 20 so students could qualify to return to class on Jan. 21.
Over the summer, the charming school put up a new portable classroom, built a new playground and shade pavilion and is now introducing an expanded learning program for
after-school enrichment.

—Patric Hedlund, TME

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By Jeffrey S. Fenske, Peak to Peak Mountain Charter Principal

The new Bear Academy After School Program at Peak to Peak Mountain Charter (P2P) will begin Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022. This new grant-funded program is designed to meet students’ social-emotional and academic needs identified during the covid-19 crisis, that were seen in detail during the return to in-person instruction.

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Photo captions:

Students, parents and staff were all cheerful last week for drive-thru rapid antigen covid-19 testing. Top left: Seventh-eighth grade teacher Eric Blakeley helped Cody Keenum, 10; Top right: Aizlynn Liebel, 9, was helped by Heather Chowdhury (teacher of TK and kindergarten); Above: Bear Academy mural by Jessica Hales.

Above: Nico (7th grade) and Luca (1st grade) waited 20 minutes with dad Pancho Tomaselli for test results; Right: Office Manager Karin Wilsson and teachers Heather Chowdhury and Chelsea Greenfield (grades 1-2-3) were well-organized; Below: New slides, swings and shade pavilions were built over the summer; at right, Principal Fenske is admiring the bear mural by Jessica Hales (look closely, to see the forest and snow-capped mountains within the bear image ). Also helping, but not shown: 4th, 5th and 6th grade teacher Ann Coyle, with 7th and 8th grade aide J.C. Moore.

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