Pathways Program
Ensuring all students are successful.
The Pathways Program in the Gunnison Watershed School District enables students to pursue classes in nontraditional settings. Courses taken through the Pathways Program help students gain credit and pursue career interests as they work to meet all necessary graduation requirements. Courses and programs offered through Pathways are open to all students enrolled in the district.
The Gunnison Watershed School District believes that all students fit under the Pathways umbrella. We believe that the unique needs of students can be met by providing a menu of options that will allow students to graduate from the district with the appropriate skills and experiences to be college and career ready. Options include:
- Career and Technical Education Programs
- Online Classes
- Concurrent Enrollment
- Outdoor Education
- Summer School
- Work Study
- Internships
- GED Programming
- Credit Recovery
The Pathways Program is a philosophical look at how students enrolled in the school district can work to acquire credits for graduation. Each student's path may look different.
Pathways course options include:
We offer a variety of Outdoor Education opportunities. Students earn high school credit through participation in these outdoor education experiences.
Courses vary in length and PE credit is awarded based upon total hours spent for each course or trip.
With a wide variety of online courses to high school students across the district, we partner with Apex Learning for the online curriculum and all courses are facilitated by a GWSD teacher.
Students are expected to meet and communicate with their teacher each week, complete quality work, and meet course due dates for assignments. Online courses are also offered for summer school and GED preparation.
Internships and work study allow students to earn high school credit while gaining experience outside of the classroom.
Work study enables students to earn high school credit through part time jobs that are worked during the school year.
Internships place students in an industry of potential career interest where students are immersed in a professional job-related experience.
These programs are offered in conjunction with several different regional Institutes of Higher Education including Technical College of the Rockies, Western Colorado University, and CMU Tech.
Students who complete CTE programs can earn both high school credit and industry certification.