AHS Snow CommunicationsUpcoming Student Exhibitions
LINK Update
PAC Update
Winter ACT Prep Course at AHS
Charter School Legislative Road Show
Amazing Teachers Doing Amazing Things!
AHS Snow Communications
Tis’ the season for snowy weather!
* BY 6 AM, AHS will have cancelation/delay information recorded on the school’s main number- 970-AHS-AHS4 (247-2474)
* BY 6 AM, AHS will have cancelation/delay information posted on the HOS Blog: www.animashighschool.blogspot.com
& the school’s Facebook page:
www.facebook.com/pages/Animas-High-School/129694133734262
* BY 6 AM, AHS will have notified local media outlets of cancelation/delay information
* If 9-R Schools do not have school or are delayed, AHS will also be canceled/delayed. If 9-R schools do not delay or cancel, AHS still may have a closure or delay. Our students travel from towns throughout the region and safety is our top priority! Please make sure you check AHS communication outlets for correct closure/cancelation information.
Upcoming Student Exhibitions
Sophomore Spanish
The sophomores are gearing up for their first Spanish exposición - "Born NOT in the USA" on Wednesday and Thursday of next week. They have delved into another culture and worked diligently to master grammar and vocabulary to write side-by-side children's books. The first details a day in their lives in Durango, the second, a day in their hypothetical lives in Chile/Guatemala/Bolivia. The exhibition will take the form of a reading partnership with Del Alma, agroup of minority students in an after school group at local elementary schools. Check out http://www.delalma.net/alma.aspx if you want to learn more about Del Alma.
While this exhibition is not an opportunity for you to see the Spanish students' work first-hand (we'll be sure to get pictures!), if you are the parent/sibling/friend of a sophomore, please help him/her be successful by having him/her practice reading to you EN ESPAÑOL! By the end of next week, you should also be able to listen to a sound file of each student reading his/her stories on his/her DP.
Junior Humanities
Jessica McCallum’s 11th grade Humanities classes will be exhibiting their Narrative History projects at the Durango Discovery Museum on December 7 from 5:30-7pm. The students have researched a specific moment, person, or event from American History and recreated that history in a narrative form of their choosing. Come experience their creative retelling of America’s stories.
Junior Math Analysis Exhibition
Cathy Eagen's Math Analysis students have created two and three-dimensional fractals and analyzed their properties using sequences and series. Their 3-D models will boggle your mind. Come visit with these juniors for an excursion in recursion at the Durango Discovery Museum on December 7from 5:30-7pm.
LINK Update
Next LINK Power Lunch will be held on Thursday, Dec. 1st at 11:30 in the PhysicsRoom with Nancy Cummings from United Blood Services. This Power Lunchwill demonstrate how blood is drawn and will prepare students to serve as volunteers for the AHS Blood Drive scheduled for Dec. 8th. Thanks for encouraging students to attend.
PAC Update
There will be a PAC meeting next Monday, December 5th at 12:30
The annual PAC Parent Survey will be distributed the end of this week via email. Help us reach our goal of 100% participation by all AHS families!
PAC will sponsor the Annual Teacher Appreciation Luncheon next Friday, December 9th. Any parents interested in helping who haven't already volunteered can contact pac@animashighschool.com
"Maureen's Closet"- We are trying to amass donations for professional dress clothing. Have a nice shirt, tie, dress or pair of slacks? Donations can bedirected to PAC at pac@animashighschool.com
Winter ACT Prep Course at AHS
Tuesdays and Thursdays 3:30 to 5:30
Start date: January 3rd, 2012
End date: February 9th, 2012 (the official ACT is offered February 11th)
Space is limited! For more information, please contact Kristi@animasacademics.com or find her on campus everyday in the math department!
Charter School Legislative Road Show
Join Vinny Badolato, VP of PublicAffairs at the Colorado League of Charter Schools for a Legislative Road Show in Durango.
Durango: Tuesday, December 6
9:00-10:30am
Animas Museum
3065 West 2nd Avenue, Durango
The road show will inform Colorado charter school leaders, board members and other stakeholders about legislation being proposed at the State Capitol in 2012.
This road show is open to charter school leaders and administrators, board members, teachers, parents, students, and anyone elseinterested in Colorado charter school policy.
Space is limited so please be sure to register using the link above.
Refreshments will be provided. For questions, please contact Jason Callegari at jcallegari@coloradoleague.org or 303-989-5356, ext. 119.
Amazing Teachers Doing Amazing Things!
AHS Teachers are not only amazing on campus! Check out some recent news highlighting AHS professionals in action:
- Steve Smith, AHS Chemistry Faculty, discusses the efforts of Friends of Indian Creek in a recent Durango Telegraph article. Read it here:
- Lori Fisher, AHS Humanities Faculty, outlines her presentation for the National Council for Social Studies 2011 national conference: http://www.lorifisher.blogspot.com/p/teacher-resources.html
- And although he’s not a teacher, Owen Snead, who is the husband of AHS Math Faculty member Jennifer Snead, saves the day!
