News
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Bond Update & Community Open House
Read about the latest school remodels and celebrate our accomplishments by visiting one of the listed participating schools during this open house!
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Reserve Your Child's Space Now in the District 2 FREE Before & After School Program
For the 2022-2023 school year, D2 is offering FREE Before & After School Care for Kindergarten through 5th grade students.
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First Solo Takeoff for HHS Student
Nathan Walberer is attending Air Force Jr ROTC Flight Academy this summer and had his first solo flight.
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Gazette Preps: Sierra's Marcus Mills wins 110 hurdles, breaks out a celebration long in the making
Many factors led to the arms-raised, emotional celebration at the finish line for Sierra’s Marcus Mills as he won the 110-meter hurdles
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Southeast Express: Otero Elementary students learn finances through JA in a Day
Students at Otero Elementary School learned the importance of money and entrepreneurship on May 13 during Junior Achievement in a Day financial literacy training.
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Fox21News: Harrison High School awarded prestigious recognition
Harrison High School has been awarded the status of AVID National Demonstration School.
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KRDO The School Buzz: Harrison D2 surprise and honor teacher, ESP of the year
Two surprises, several tears of joy. Harrison D-2 announced their teacher and educational support professional of the year last week and the response was incredible.
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Southeast Express: Briggs’ brain, athleticism pave the way for future endeavors
Kahar Briggs has big plans for his future — immediate and down the road. The Harrison High School senior was a three-sport athlete most of his four-year tenure competing in football, basketball and track.
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D2 selected for innovative pilot program
D2 has been selected by the Colorado Commission on Higher Education as one of only 5 school districts in Colorado to provide our high school students with the opportunity to graduate early and have funds for college or job training.
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KRDO: ‘Juntos 2 College’ non-profit helping undocumented families in southern Colorado
Read about Harrison HS CLDE teacher Audriana Alvarado and former Harrison HS CLDE English teacher Luis Antazana.
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Colorado Springs Business Journal: 2022 Rising Stars: Daniel Loa
Congratulations to Daniel Loa, the Family Liaison for Centennial Elementary School, for being honored as a 2022 Rising Star!
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Southeast Express: GameLike Her Basketball Clinic teaches basketball, life skills
Hillside Connection's GameLike Her Basketball Clinic didn’t just offer girls an opportunity to improve as hoopers. The clinic at Carmel Community School provided campers the chance to see women who excelled in various areas of basketball – collegiately and as pros.
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Gazette: El Paso County school districts nurture STEM programs
Robotics has become a core piece of STEAM offerings within District 2.
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Southeast Express: Carmel Community School, Solid Rock Youth Center open in Southeast
Harrison School District 2 welcomed students to the newly rebuilt Carmel Community School.
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CSU Pueblo: Colorado Promise Offers Free Tuition to Students in Colorado with Family Income of $50,000 or Less
Colorado State University Pueblo announced a new enrollment initiative called Colorado Promise, which offers free tuition to new first-time Colorado residents with a gross family income of $50,000 or less. This tuition guarantee requires full-time enrollment and is guaranteed for one year, but can be continued for up to four years if students maintain eligibility.
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Southeast Express: 22 to Watch in '22
The Southeast is blessed with an abundance of these unique and passionate champions, working in their own ways and using their own talents to improve 80916 and 80910 and creating positive change for all of Colorado Springs. We profiled 22 of them here.
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Gazette: Space Foundation helping Pikes Peak region high school students learn how to start space businesses
With the help of a $1.5 million Department of Defense grant, the Space Foundation is teaching 60 students each from District 11, District 20, District 2 and District 3 lessons about aerospace and engineering with a curriculum built around what would be needed for a trip to Mars.
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Southeast Express: Pikes Peak Elementary School to become Family Success Center
The Family Success Center will house a variety of programs and services for students, parents and family members.
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Harrison strives to meet students, parents, community needs
As a district, we support students and their families to ensure all students can fully engage in their educational experience. You will find school supplies, laptops, hotspots, transportation, tutoring, clubs, sports, breakfast, lunch, snacks and preschool are provided at no cost to our families.
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Choice Enrollment Now Open
If you would like to request that your student attend a school other than the attendance area of your address, now is the time to fill out the Choice form.
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Southeast Express: leaders honored at Mayor's Young Leader Award ceremony
Corey Williams, president of the Harrison School District 2 Board of Education, won the Education Award, for which Sierra High School Assistant Principal Connor Beaudoin was also a finalist.
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KKTV: Free before- and after-school child care for Harrison School District 2 families already has over 1,000 students enrolled
D-2 kindergarten to fifth graders can show up to 14 locations in the district five days a week. The program began in August and already has about 1,012 students enrolled.
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KKTV: Free adult education classes in Colorado Springs help with workforce readiness and learning English
Classes are in the morning and afternoon for two hours at a time. Parents can also utilize District 2′s new, and free, before- and after-school program for their kids while they learn.
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Fox21News: Harrison School District Two awarded $760,495 grant
The Colorado Department of Education awarded Harrison School District Two a competitive grant called the Comprehensive Literacy State Development Grant.
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KRDO: Venetucci Farm host kindergartners for free pumpkin tradition
Stratmoor Hills kindergarten students not only got to pick out their own pumpkin but spent the day also learning about the process of what a plant needs to grow.
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KOAA: Thousands of volunteers come together for CityServe Day
Volunteers worked at Sierra High School to help beautify the campus.
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Register Now for Adult Education Classes
Beginning in August 2021, D2 will offer FREE Adult Education and English Classes. Continue reading for details and registration sign-up.
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Southeast Express: Harrison’s peer mediation class shows results
At Harrison, peer groups meet for discussion, to resolve conflicts and to find solutions that don’t equal suspension or expulsion.
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Gazette: New multi-district online school to open under Colorado Springs school district
Aspire Online Academy will be available for students across the state.
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KOAA: Harrison D2 students volunteer time to help Care and Share Food Bank
About a dozen students from the district spent the past year volunteering their time and driving their personal cars to give food to local families in need, while Care and Share is the organization helping to provide all of the food.
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Video: HSD2 Addressing Equity in Education
From daily dose 719: COVID has created challenges for schools and families across the US but in many ways it brought us together. HSD2 has been working to address inequities long before COVID, which put them ahead of the game for providing resources for families in the district.
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Southeast Express: Sierra High School’s Melia Palaroan earns CHSAA StuCo spot
Sierra High School's Melia Palaroan joined Colorado High School Activities Association's State Student Council and Leadership team on April 15, 2021, and will assist with various projects.
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Colorado Education Initiative: Up-Close with Harrison School District Leaders
Q & A with Superintendent Wendy Birhanzel and Assistant Superintendent and Chief Financial Officer Shelley Becker
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No-Cost College for HSD2 Graduates
The Dakota Promise provides free college tuition and academic support to every qualifying high school graduate in the school district.
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Standard Response Protocol (SRP) Lockout/Lockdown Parent Handout
Standard Response Protocol (SRP) has changed terminology this year. View the English and Spanish flyer.
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Hey parents, have you heard of AVID?
AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination) is a system that helps all scholars become organized with their academics and beyond.
Upcoming Events
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Tomorrow
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July 30, 2022
10:00 AM - 1:00 PM Backpack Bash at Sierra High School
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August 4, 2022
6:00 PM Board Work Session
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August 9, 2022
District Announcements
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Harrison School District is participating in the Summer Food Service Program from June 6 - June 23 and July 5 - July 21, Monday through Thursday. Meals will be provided to all children under the age of 18 without charge. Meals must be eaten on site, please click here for locations & times.
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Come get a free backpack and, if needed, back-to-school vaccines at the upcoming Backpack Bash on Saturday, July 30, 2022, 10 am - 1 pm, at Sierra High School. This is a great one-stop opportunity for back-to-school vaccines offered by El Paso County Public Health. The student must have their vaccine record and a parent with their ID present for the vaccines. See our flyer for all of the details in English & Spanish.
Choose Us
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District 2 has many options to fit your child's learning style. You will be joining an education family that believes your child can and will succeed. We honor an open enrollment policy where students can enroll in one of our twelve elementary schools, two K-8 schools, a brand new K-8 online school, three middle schools, two high schools, one career readiness academy, International Baccalaureate programs, a home school program, or three charter school systems.
We also offer free full-day kindergarten, free preschool education to those who qualify, and free transportation and extracurricular activities. Each student is provided with a laptop and internet assistance when needed. Our students thrive with gifted education programs at each campus, special education programs at each campus, and award-winning culturally- and linguistically diverse education. Advanced Placement (AP) and Concurrent Enrollment programs are offered to our high school students at no cost, while our Advancement Via Individual Determination (AVID) program is available beginning in middle school. We now offer a complete IB program from the early years through the Diploma program.
Another reason to choose us is this unprecedented opportunity for students attending one of our District 2 high schools. In partnership with Pikes Peak Community College, the Dakota Foundation, and the Legacy Institute, the Dakota Promise Program, which began in fall 2020 - provides free college tuition and academic support coaches to every qualifying high school graduate in our school district. To be eligible for the program, students must complete high school with a 2.5 or better GPA for their combined junior and senior years, enroll at PPCC within 12 months of graduation, enroll and complete a minimum of 24 credit hours per academic year and apply for financial aid.