Please take a moment to review the following updates:
Testing & Assessment Update
AHS Student Ambassadors
Shred for AHS
POWER LUNCHES CONTINUE
Upcoming Events
AHS STAC wants you to know that it’s too hot to be chill!
The first Animas High School dance of this school year is happening in two weeks! The event theme is WINTER so wear whatever connects you to/reminds you of winter!
Tickets are $10.00 and AHS students and Guests will purchase tickets at the door! AHS students are allowed to bring one guest per person, the guests have to be High Schoolers and have a current school ID!
Drinks and food will be provided. Event will take place from 7 pm to 10 pm.
CONTACT US ON OUR FACEBOOK PAGE WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/STAC2012 OR ON OUR WEBSITE UNDERWWW.AHSSTAC.WEEBLY.COM
Testing & Assessment Update
Results of Fall NWEA MAP testing: For a breakdown of how AHS students scored compared to US Norms, go to: http://testinganimashigh.blogspot.com/
Also, if you would like to see your student's NWEA MAP scores, please email your request to kristi.good@animashighschool.com and an individual student score report can be emailed to you.
AHS Student Ambassadors
Student Ambassadors are the face of our school during second semester at Animas High. In addition to their responsibilities at SLCs, POLs and Exhibitions, AHS Student Ambassadors are selected to represent our school at all outreach, service and public information events. Ambassadors are chosen by the AHS faculty and include students who embody Animas High’s commitment to academic, cultural and community excellence.
In 2013 AHS Student Ambassadors will participate in campus centered outreach efforts as well as community based presentations, serviceopportunities and youth events. Serving as an Animas High Student Ambassador is an honor bestowed to a limited number of students. Students must re-apply each year and faculty select appointment to the program based upon a student’s application and prior performance in semester one of the 2012-13 school year.
Applications for this year’s Student Ambassador program are available now in the AHS Main Office or online at: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0Bx3AAN9dCF3DOGNCRW1RRm5nWHM
Shred for AHS
Durango Mountain Resort received 32 applications for this year’s 4 Local Ski Benefit Days and we’re excited to announce that Animas High School has been selected as one of this year’s winners! This is an amazing opportunity for our community to hit the slopes in support of AHS! Save thedate and look for more details to come in future weekly updates.
Date: February 10, 2013 (Sunday)
Tickets: $40 Adults, $32 Students/Seniors, $25 Child
* Must present a Locals Day coupon to get discounted tickets
Coupons available: AHS website, AHS Quill, coupon with Constant Contact, Durango Telegraph, Durango Herald
DMR has also decided to include both Animas High School and Mountain Middle School in their Ski For Schools Day. What’s better than one day on the slopes for your school? TWO!
2013 SKI FOR SCHOOLS DAY- Benefits DRO Schools
Date: January 21st, 2012
Tickets: available through 1/18 at 5 p.m. $35, available at City Market, Albertsons, and Nature’s Oasis; not available at Durango Mountain Resort!
POWER LUNCHES CONTINUE
DR. BILL PLESTED:
“WHAT IN THE WORLD SHALL I DO?”
Who: Dr. Bill Plested spent 3 years as a surgery section chief at the Wadsworth VA Hospital in LA before he entered the private practice of cardiovascular surgery in Santa Monica, CA.Elected to the presidency of the Los Angeles Medical Association, the California Medical Association, and the American Medical Association, he has been a staunch advocate for both patients and physicians. Throughout his career, he has argued that medical decisions should be made by patients andtheir physicians without interference from government policy.
When: Wednesday, December 5th
Where: 12:35- 1:10 in Matt’s Humanities Room
What: Dr. Bill Plested will discuss how to approach making thechoice of a career in our changing world including personal consideration, marketplace considerations, costs, and commitment to preparation. Join us for food and conversation!
Questions: Contact Rachael Sands at 259-3013.
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!
Spanish 1 Exhibition- Cuentos Infantiles:
Nacido NO en los Estados Unidos – Born NOT in the USA
Have you ever wondered what your life would be like if you were born or raised somewhere else? In another country? If you had different parents? If you grew up speaking a different language? Living in a different socio-economic class?
The sophomore class will be presenting their cuentos infantiles-children’s stories in which they wrote from the perspective of a teenager growing up in a Spanish speaking country about what life would be like if they had been born in another country.
The Spanish 1 sophomore class will be reading their stories to children at Needham Elementary from 4:00pm – 5:00pm on Tuesday, December 11th and at Park Elementary from 4:00pm to 5:00pm on Wednesday, December 12th. This will be a split exhibition in which half the sophomores will present on Tuesday and the other half will present on Wednesday.
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 the west coast and into internment camps. Our student judges will also decide whether or not Executive Order 9066 was constitutional.
12th Grade Economics and Government Students will conduct a Mock Senate Simulation on December 13th, 2012 from 5 pm to 8:30 pm. The simulation will take place downstairs in Noble Hall at Fort Lewis College. Please join 12th grade students as they participate in an experience that requires them to have mastered the complex working of the US Senate.
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
