At Animas High, we’ve got so much to be thankful for this year! Amazing students, committed and inspirational staff and supportive and engaged parents are just some of the blessings we’re celebrating this week. On behalf of the entire AHS community, we wish you a safe and joyous start to the holiday season.
Please take a moment to review the following updates:
AHS Mock Elections
Test Prep at AHS
Power Lunches Continue
The Animas Quill
FLC Concurrent Enrollment
Upcoming Events
AHS Facebook Page
AHS Mock Elections
The voting was spirited last Tuesday as AnimasHigh School students went to the polls in the school’s mock election. Below are the results. Regardless of the outcome, our school’s results have given our calculus classes a large amount of data to examine, explore and analyse. Great job AHS and thanks to Sara Price’s Global Issues classes for facilitating an incredible mock election!
2012 All-School Election Results:
Presidential:
Barack Obama
Congressional:
Sal Pace
County Commissioner:
District 2 - Gwen Lachelt
District 3 - Julie Westendorff
Amendments:
S - No
64 - Yes
65 - Yes
Test Prep at AHS
AHS is pleased to provide SAT and ACT test prep courses for our students. These courses are provided on a limited basis and are enrolled on a first come/first served basis. Currently, we have a few additional spots in the fall ACT prep course that started this week. If your student is planning on taking a prep course, DO NOT WAIT for the spring. Courses fill extremely fast and there may not be room for your student in future prep classes. Take advantage of this valuable opportunity today. Questions can be forwarded to AHS’s Coordinator of Testing and Assessment at Kristi.good@animashighschool.com. Additional information about admissions testing and prep classes can be found here: http://testinganimashigh.blogspot.com/p/prep-courses-for-act-sat.html
Power Lunches Continue
RIVER SAFETY & SLALOM BOATING
Club. Marci has logged over 20 years on her kayak. Member of the US National Wildwater team, she has competed across the US and in Guatemala. Lisa is a lifelong canoeist-- open canoeing since she was 5 years old, solo canoeing from age 13, and kayaking from age 16. Her ten-year racing career has taken her to across the US as well as internationally in Germany, Czech Republic, Austria, Italy, and Mexico. She has been a member of the US National Slalom team for 2 years.
Where: 12:35- 1:10 in Matt’s Humanities Room
When: Wednesday, November14th
What: Come and learn about the sport of slalom racing and river safety. Join us for food and conversation!
Questions: Contact Rachael Sands at 259-3013.
The Animas Quill
The Animas Quill, Animas High School’s student newspaper has published the second issue of the 2012-13 school year. Be sure to pick up a print copy of the Quill at AHS or download the recent issue here: http://www.theanimasquill.com/issue-archive.html
FLC Concurrent Enrollment
A representative from Fort Lewis’sConcurrent Enrollment Department will be visiting Animas High School on November 14th. FLC will be reviewing options and opportunities for concurrent enrollment with students in our Junior Humanities classes. You can learn more about concurrent enrollment at Fort Lewis College here: http://www.fortlewis.edu/concurrent/Home.aspx
Upcoming Events
The 4th Annual Fall Fundraiser is Wednesday, November 14 at the Henry Strater Theatre in Downtown Durango. The event starts at 5:30 PM and includes Student Displays and Presentations, Hors oeuvres and Cash Bar. Please RSVP to pac@animashighschool.com. We’ll see you at the Strater!
Advanced Physics Exhibition, November 15th, 4:00-6:00 pm at AHS Come learn about the safety of our local traffic patterns! Animas High School Advanced Physics Students will present their evaluation of intersections around La Plata County.
AHS will be closed from November 19h through November 26th for the Thanksgiving recess. Campus will re-open at 7AM on Tuesday November 27th. There is no school on Monday, November 26th as staff are participating in professional development experiences.
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!
AHS Facebook Page
Congratulations to us! We have hit 300 “likes” on the Animas High School Facebook fan page! Remember, we update the school’s Facebook page daily and this page is where you can keep up with all the action in real-time, Additionally, donors and philanthropic foundations are visiting non-profit’s FB pages to gauge community interest and stakeholder support. Let’s see if we can increase our social media and online presence. Please visit http://www.facebook.com/AnimasHighSchool and “Like Us” Better yet, share our page with your social network and help us hit four hundred likes!
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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
