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AHS welcomed new and returning Osprey families into the NEST last night for our annual Back-to-School Open House, where ...
29/08/2025

AHS welcomed new and returning Osprey families into the NEST last night for our annual Back-to-School Open House, where they got to learn more about their students’ upcoming year.

Director of Enrollment and Community Outreach Libby Cowles spoke to the purpose of the Open House: “It’s really important for families to be involved in their kids’ education. And when we have good partnerships with parents and caregivers, that supports [our students]. And I want families to know that this is a school where they are welcome.”

Ultimately, gathering for the open house serves the Animas values of authentic relationships and a holistic approach to supporting student success and well-being. Libby shared that the goal is “to help families feel welcome and engaged in their kids’ school. We really encourage lots of different ways for parents to come to school to sort of demystify it.”

Families that did not attend last night can learn more about AHS through a variety of channels. Parents and caregivers can access information about classes through teacher digital portfolios, Infinite Campus, through the weekly newsletter, and by going to other school events such as exhibitions, student-led conferences, and POL’s. Libby elaborated on other opportunities to get involved with Animas and TWIGS: “We do monthly coffees, that’s a great way to show up and kind of hear what’s happening at school. There’s a parent volunteer interest survey that goes out in the beginning of the year, so we’re gathering information from parents and caregivers. We depend on parent volunteers in a lot of ways and we don’t want to just ask of them. We want them to feel like this is their place as well.”

By Quill Staff

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Come support student filmmakers at the AHS Annual Film Festival this Tuesday, May 13th at the Durango Arts Center. Doors...
09/05/2025

Come support student filmmakers at the AHS Annual Film Festival this Tuesday, May 13th at the Durango Arts Center. Doors open at 6:30 and films roll from 7:00-9:00.

The festival is a collaboration between Drew’s Film Production class, Jessica’s Quill Media electives, Oliver and Drew’s Advanced Digital Arts class, and a handful of independent filmmakers. There will be short narrative films, video news reels, short documentaries, and some other fun surprises. Several seniors made films for their senior projects that will be featured, as well as a professional documentary made by an AHS alumnus who has gone on to work in the film industry.

This will be a red carpet style film premiere, so audience members are encouraged to have some fun picking out a fancy ‘fit!

Drew excitedly exclaimed, “It’s gonna be fun! There’s gonna be lots of easter eggs, so hold on to your hat!”

Story by Mark A.F. McGinnis

On April 24th Hayden Bicknell completed her senior project by hosting Voices Unbound: An Evening Of Feminist Poetry. Hay...
09/05/2025

On April 24th Hayden Bicknell completed her senior project by hosting Voices Unbound: An Evening Of Feminist Poetry.
Hayden’s senior research question was “How has the representation of the female body in feminist poetry changed from the second through the fourth wave of feminism” and she brought that to life with her open-mic feminist poetry night. As students, teachers, and members of the community read out either their own poetry or someone else’s, feminist poetry was changing before their very eyes.

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The Quill originally started in the Spring of 2011 and was published monthly for five years until the Spring of 2016. That next school year, Jessica turned her attention from teaching journalism to Spanish part-time, at which time the Quill went on hiatus. When asked what inspired her to revive the Quill, she said, “Quite simply, I wanted to bring it back because it was missing. At a project-based high school rooted in adult world connections and engaged learning, the lack of a student media organization left a hole in our programming.” Thanks to the benevolent collaboration of Missy Votel and the Durango Telegraph, the Quill will be featured as a periodic insert in everyone’s favorite local indie paper. When we asked Votel why she agreed to collaborate with the Quill, she said “I think it’s important to give budding young writers a taste of the exciting world of journalism! Even though the means of delivering news is changing, newsgathering, uncovering the truth and telling the oft-neglected side of the story are more important now than ever. And who better to give a voice to than teens, who will (hopefully) grow up to be the vanguards of the so-called Fifth Estate.” The student news organization has rebranded itself Quill Media in an effort to branch out to various platforms. The reboot of the Quill will not be simply focused on print journalism because as Jessica explained, “the media landscape in the world has changed, and so must we.” In addition to the insert in the Telegraph, Quill Media will deliver multimedia content via social media platforms and its website: animasquill.org.