Animas High School (AHS) Juniors have been presenting their LINK internship experiences to the public. The AHS LINK program – Leading Internships for New Knowledge – is a required part of junior year. It provides insight into the reality of a potential career and can have a lasting and positive impact on a high-schooler. It’s one important way AHS combines adult-world relevance with a college prep curriculum.

While the internships can cover a vast array of career choices, our son is interested in music production. His three-week-long internship was made possible with the help of his LINK coordinator, who worked hard to give him an opportunity he could be excited about. He worked in Denver with a music-production business, Decibel Garden, run and owned by former Durangoan Silas Mera.

He spent his time learning the basics and more about music recording and production, including working directly with bands, the use, set up and take down of complex equipment and, of course, how to make coffee and sweep a studio floor!

The pinnacle of his experience was producing his own song, a young adult’s ode to Durango. He wrote and performed it, and the producer walked him through the entire production process to finish it. You can hear it for yourself at https://soundcloud.com/outzider_official/got-it-right!

So proud of our kids!

Jessie Kileen

Durango