Welcome back to AHS! I hope this email finds you and your family re-charged and renewed after the Thanksgiving break. Please take a moment to review the following updates:

Rube Goldberg Inspired Physics Exhibition
Spring Sports Swap
Sex Ed.
Student Representatives Head to Denver

Rube Goldberg Inspired Physics Exhibition

Animas High is excited to announce a 9th Grade Physics Exhibition on Monday, December 6 from 6:00-7:30 p.m. at the La Plata County Fairground’s Exhibition Building. Freshmen have been building Rube Goldberg Contraptions as they explore simple machines and energy. A Rube Goldberg Contraption is a device that completes a series of complex steps to complete a simple task. The challenge for this exhibition was for students, in groups of two or three, to choose a task that they could complete in at least 6 steps, including 3 simple machines. Help us spread the word about this fabulous event. We’ll see you Monday night!

Spring Sports Swap

Animas High School will be hosting our first ever SPORTS SWAP this spring! As the holiday season pushes us all to take a look at all the “things” we collect in life, we ask you to keep AHS and our spring sports swap in mind. The swap will provide residents of Southwestern Colorado an opportunity to consign their old athletic gear and sporting equipment. So as you clean out the garage and inventory the closets full of shin guards, baseball mitts and boogie boards, please put those items aside for the swap!

Sex Ed.

Sex Ed. for 9th and 10th graders has been postponed until semester two due to scheduling conflicts. We look forward to offering this essential training this spring for our students. Stand by for future info.

Student Representatives Head to Denver

Our local student representatives head to Denver this week for the National League of Cities Youth Delegates Congress. We are honored and excited to participate in this national gathering of student leaders from all over the US. The AHS Head of School along with Sheri Dugdale and Michael Rendon from the City of Durango will lead the 7 member delegation of students from AHS, DHS and Grace Prep to events in Denver starting this Wednesday. Representing Durango as part of the Mayor’s Youth Council will be AHS sophomore, Nathan Youssef and AHS freshman Sam Kuenzel. Also joining the team is Southwestern Colorado’s Youth advisor to the state senate, AHS sophomore Daniel Fallon-Cyr. We look forward to hearing a complete report from the Capitol when these students return!