Black Friday, Small Business Saturday, CyberMonday and WEEKLY UPDATE TUESDAY! We hope you and your family had an amazingThanksgiving recess. There’s less than a month to go in semester one and the action at AHS remains robust. Please take a moment to review the following updates:
November Grade Checks
Beautiful Work
Friendraising Success
Upcoming Events
November Grade Checks
ThisWednesday, AHS students will be participating in their monthly grade check ritual with their advisors. Are you following all of your student’s progress online? Parents are expected to frequently check-in with the school’s online grade book program, PowerSchool. Parents and families who need assistance with PowerSchool are encouraged to contact the AHS Main Office at 970-247-2474 or via email mainoffice@animashighschool.com The staff appreciate your help supporting and monitoring your student’s scholastic growth.
Beautiful Work
AHS students continuously amaze us with their initiatives, exploits and success. Recently, a number of pieces of student work made the Durango Telegraph. Please check out the following links:
A series of op-ed pieces written by Animas High School students that are running over the next few weeks in the Durango Telegraph:
Elijah Gutt
GeoyFischer
Nathan Youssef, Class of 2013, recently published his first book. You can read about Nathan’s efforts here: http://www.durangotelegraph.com/index.cfm/archives/2012/october-25-2012/news/the-pole/ and download his book online at: www.101waystocontribute.com
Friendraising Success
On November 14th, students, staff, families, friends and community members assembled at the Henry Strater Theatre for Animas High School’s Annual Fall Friendraiser. The evening was a huge success. Read about the event in this fantastic column by Ann Butler of the Durango Herald:
Upcoming Events
The next Parent Advisory Committee meeting will be on Monday, December 10 at noon at Durango Doughworks, 2653 Main Avenue.
Corridos: Historia por Música: Within just one musical form, the "corrido", one can hear tales of heroes and bandits, natural disasters, love, war, drug smuggling, betrayal, horse chases, oppression, workers rights, immigration and much more. Junior Spanish students will be reading their own original corridos (*En Español) and displaying their research on an important event/person in Mexican-American relations. Please join us on Monday, December 10th from 6:30-8pm in the Durango Recreation Center for this evening of history, music, and Spanish!
There will be a Mock Trial on Supreme Court Case Korematsu v. U.S. (1944) on Thursday, December 13th from 8:15-12:45 at the La Plata County Courthouse 1060 E. Second Avenue
Exhibition Description: The juniors will be bringing to life a Supreme Court case that pertained to Japanese Internment camps during WWII. The essential question we have been studying throughout this project is "How should the U.S. government balance individual liberties with national security during wartime?" For the trial, students will assume the roles of judges, lawyers and witnesses as they seek to determine whether or not Fred Korematsu is guilty of violating the Civilian Exclusion Order, which removed 120,000 Japanese Americans from thewest coast and into internment camps. Our student judges will also decide whether or not Executive Order 9066 was constitutional.
There will be a Staff and Teacher Appreciation Luncheon on Friday, December 21st from 11:30-1:00 at Animas High School. Volunteers who are interested in bringing food or helping with the event should contact pac@animashighschool.com.
Animas High School
AHS main #- 970-AHS-AHS4
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
