A reminder to AHS students and their families that there is no school today, February 20th (President’s Day) and Tuesday, February 21st (Faculty Professional Development Day) Campus will reopen for normal programming on Wednesday, February 22nd at 7 am. Please take a moment to review the following updates:
Upcoming Student Events
PAC Updates
AHS Enrollment Continues
Support CO Charter Schools
Upcoming Student Events
Model United Nations
Come join us for the 3rd Annual Animas High School Model United Nations Conference. We welcome students, their families and the greater Durango community to AHS to observe 9th graders tackling the world's problems from the perspective of a country they are representing. For this conference, students will be representing countries from around the world as the United Nations Security Council. They will be debating how the Security Council should respond to Iran's nuclear program. Come see project based learning in action!
The conference will be held Monday, February 27 from 4:30 - 7:30 at Ft. Lewis College, Noble Hall, rooms115, 130, and 140.
Student Led Conferences
SLCs will take place on Wednesday, February 29 from 4:00-6:00 p.m. at AHS. Parents, please sign up on the night of SLCs if you’d like to schedule time for individual meetings with your student’s teachers.
Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission’s Youth Expo
The City of Durango’s Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission, in partnershipwith the Durango Discovery Museum, are proud to offer the first- ever Youth Expo on March 6th from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Discovery Museum. The Youth Expo is an all-in-one forum that allows teenagers to learn about all of the local options for high school, activities, clubs, volunteer opportunities, jobs, internships, and resources available to local
teens.
“The Mayor’s Youth Advisory Commission conducted a survey last year and found that Durango teens feel like there is a lack of resources for them,” commented Aiyana Anderson, Chair of the Youth Expo Committee. “We decided to create an opportunity for teens to learn what is
already available to them, and the idea for the Youth Expo was born! The response from the community has been tremendous – we already have almost 20 exhibitors and are still accepting applications.”
Admission to the event is free. For more information about the event, or to find out how to be an exhibitor, please visit the website at www.durangogov.org, or contact us at 375-5005 or by email at Uth@durangogov.org.
PAC Updates
There will be an All School Cleaning Day on Friday, March 16 from 3:30p.m.-6:00 p.m. Volunteers would be greatly appreciated. Please RSVP to pac@animashighschool.com
Animas High’s Second Annual Sports Sale-Saturday, April 21st from 10:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. at the Boys and Girls Club Donations of sporting equipment are currently being accepted at the school’s Main Office during school hours.
AHS Enrollment Continues
Enrollment for the 2012-13 school year continues at Animas High School. Students and families looking to enroll at AHS should visit www.animashighschool.com and complete an online intent to enroll form. Animas High will hold an enrollment lottery on March 1st, 2012 . Enrollment will remain open until next fall. AHS is also accepting enrollments for a limited number of openings in our 10th and 11th grade classes.
AHS continues to host numerous opportunities for students and their families to learn more about Animas High School.
Thursday Info Night Sessions continue on March 15th from 5 to 6:30 at campus.
Student Shadow Experiences are available for prospective students on Fridays throughout the month. Shadow space is limited-SIGN UP NOW! Please contact the AHS Main Office at 247-2474 to schedule or with questions.
Support CO Charter Schools
WE NEED YOUR HELP. Charter schools are being singled out and targeted again this legislative session. This time legislators are going after at-risk funding. After the past few years of budget cuts we understand that legislators are looking everywhere to find money for public schools, but targeting charter schools at risk dollars should be off the table. Please take the time to send a letter to some of the legislators on the Senate Education Committee letting them know that this is unacceptable. Senate Bill 12-103 mandates that at risk funding to districts directly follows students to a charter school and on its face this doesn't sound like something controversial. But, until this same mandate applies to all school district schools and to all streams of revenue flowing into district coffers, we won't stand for it. If this bill is to pass CHARTER SCHOOLS WILL LOSE UP TO 7 MILLION DOLLARS ANNUALLY. 7 million dollars.
Tell the bill sponsor, Senator Bacon, and key members of the Senate Education Committee that until legislators get serious about distributing at-risk dollars - and, for that matter, all education funding -equitably to ALL schools, then we will not be singled out. If this bill is to be taken seriously, then legislators need to also mandate that all education dollars be distributed equitably to all students in a district. Until that happens this bill is off the table. PLEASE TAKE 5 MINUTES TO PERSONALIZE THIS MESSAGE by: a:) Telling the legislators your role within the charter school community, b) Reminding them of the impact that your school has on your child's education, c) Including a personal story of your district not sharing revenues equitably.
Click the link below to log in and send your message:
http://www.votervoice.net/link/target/colcs/Bzz9i26c.aspx
Animas High School Values:
Rigorous academics, where all students are prepared for college success
Culture of excellence, where students are held to high expectations
Strong faculty-student relationships, where students are well known
Engaging learning, where students see the relevance of their education
