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Osprey Block
Osprey Block is a new innovative AHS program that gives students the opportunity to take a three week immersion into classes that feature new content and exciting excursions.
Wilderness Exploration
The students of the Wilderness Exploration and Landscape Studies Osprey Block, led by Cameron Elder, Britt Blasdell, and Dave Farkas,...
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Aquaponics
The Aquaponics Osprey Block, led by Chemistry teacher Madi Neukirch, Math teacher Lauren Lucky, and student teacher Antonio Acuna, dove...
Sep 29, 20231 min read
Theater Class is a Breath of Joy
Desmond Tsosie Confidence, it takes a long and difficult journey to discover. Through the weaves of rejection and humiliation life offers...
May 18, 20233 min read
Dear Homegurl
Dear homegurl, I've been having these bizarre dreams lately about the entire population turning into me, everyone with my face, my voice,...
Feb 24, 20231 min read
Op-Ed: We Must Get Louder Than Corporate Money
Toby Philipp On January 17, Greta Thunberg – who was just 15 years old when she began her climate activism – was apprehended by German...
Feb 24, 20233 min read
You Can’t Build a Nest Without TWIGS: AHS Parents Transcend Typical PTA
By Cadance Schmidt and Avery Stephenson As most of us remember all too well, the COVID years left groups and communities feeling...
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Skyhawk Teacher Education Students Learn the Way of the Ospreys
Za Barrett Many of us have recently noticed the Fort Lewis College students wandering our halls and helping out in our classes. Rest...
Feb 24, 20233 min read
Welcome to the Nest! Animas High is Finally Home on Permanent Campus
Animas High School takes flight into a new era, a new chapter, a new home!
Feb 21, 202310 min read
Farewell To Steve Smith
At long last, Steve Smith has "graduated" from Animas. He is passing the role of junior chemistry teacher to Madi Neukirch, and leaving...
Feb 21, 20234 min read
The Wind Beneath Our Wings: New Head of School Leads AHS Culture of Change
By Za Barrett and Cyrus Holt From traveling the world with the Peace Corps to building her own charter school, new Head of School Rebecca...
Feb 14, 20234 min read
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