Florida Mesa Madness slated for Saturday
The Florida Mesa Madness yard sale will be held from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the Florida Mesa Elementary School parking lot, 216 Colorado Highway 172.
For more information or to reserve a space, call 247-4250.
Group seeks to help minority students
The Minority Student Achievement Task Force is looking for parents to provide feedback to the district to identify what helps or hinders minority students’ academic success.
Three different sessions will be offered, and parents are invited to attend one.
For more information, visit www.durangoschools.org, email info@durango.k12.co.us or call 247-5411.
Riverview orchestra, choir to host concert
Riverview Elementary School’s choir and orchestra will perform its annual Spring Concert at 6:30 p.m. May 22 in the Riverview gymnasium.
Students will perform choral pieces, percussion works and selections from the Suzuki String School.
Admission is free, and the public is invited.
For more information, call Shannon Fontenot at 247-3862.
DHS volleyball program to host camp in June
The Durango High School volleyball program will host the 34th annual volleyball camp at the high school.
The camp is for students entering grades six to nine and will be held from June 5 to 6.
For more information, call 247-4791, ext. 3608.
Florida Mesa to host fundraiser for refugees
During Mesa Madness, an annual yard-sale event hosted by Florida Mesa Elementary School’s Parent Teacher Organization, the schools’ fourth-graders will hold a fundraiser for Syrian refugees from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday in the school’s parking lot.
Money raised will help fourth-graders purchase a “Shelter Box” to serve one extended refugee family in Lebanon. The students need to raise $1,000 to buy the box.
This activity supports the school’s International Baccalaureate program in which students take action about what they are learning. The fundraiser is tied to a unit about the affects of migration.
Health clinic holding brick campaign
The School Based Health Clinic is holding a brick campaign through May 31.
The campaign allows community members to purchase bricks priced at $50 and $100.
Profits collected will go to cover operation costs, such as salaries for health-care providers and supplies. All bricks purchased will be engraved with a message of the patron’s choice and will then be permanently displayed at the new front entry of the health center at Durango High School.
For more information, visit www.durangoschools.org.
Discovery museum announces programs
The Durango Discovery Museum, 1333 Camino del Rio, will host these programs:
Free Community Cinema will show “The Revolutionary Optimists” from 5:30 to 8 p.m. today. The film will be followed by a discussion led by Durango inspirational speaker Gail Harris.
Pub Science will feature “Riding in the Iron Horse for Geeks” from 6 to 8 p.m. Friday. Pub Science is held the first and third Fridays of every month.
DaddyFest will be held June 15 and volunteers are needed. To sign-up for a three-hour shift, call Sarah Gleason at 259-9234 or email daddy@durangodiscovery.org.
For more information, visit www.durangodiscovery.org or call 259-9234.
FLC graduate to climb for cancer fund
Kelsy Woodson, a Fort Lewis College graduate, will climb California’s Mount Shasta as part of the Breast Cancer Fund’s “Climb Against the Odds” in June.
Woodson is the event and social-media coordinator for Osprey Packs. Osprey has been a sponsor of “Climb Against the Odds,” donating backpacks to participants. The company also helped Woodson with fundraising and the costs of the climb.
To donate, visit http://prevention.breastcancerfund.org/site/TR?px=1120185&fr_id=1260&pg=personal.
GED graduation ceremony to be held
Durango Adult Education Center will hold the GED summer graduation ceremony at 6 p.m. May 30 in the Peaks Room at Durango Community Recreation Center, 2700 Main Ave.
The commencement speaker will be Michael Rendon, Southwest Conservation Corp environmental steward director. The graduation ceremony is sponsored by First National Bank. This will be the last graduation ceremony for the center this year. Graduates, family, friends and the public are invited.
For more information, call 385-4354.
Exchange program seeks host families
ASSE International Student Exchange Programs is seeking local host families for international high school boys and girls.
These students are 15 to 18 years old and are coming to the Durango area for the upcoming high school year or semester.
The students arrive from their home country shortly before school begins and return at the end of the school year or semester.
Each student is fully insured, brings his or her own personal spending money and expects to contribute to his or her share of household responsibilities. Families can choose students from a wide variety of backgrounds, nationalities and personal interests.
For more information, call (800) 733-2773.
Host families sought for exchange students
Academic Year in America is looking for Durango area families to play host to high school students from China.
Students will be ages 15 to 18 and arrive with full medical insurance and spending money. The students stay with their host for five or 10 months.
For more information, call (800) 322-4678, ext. 5164, email aya.info@aifs.org or visit www.academicyear.org.
STEM internships are available
The nonprofit STEM Internship Program of Southwest Colorado is accepting applications for businesses and for students in STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
These are paid internships. Businesses are reimbursed for the student’s salary. Students must be at least 16 years old.
For an application or more information, visit www.stemsw.org or email stemsw@gmail.com.
Dyslexia, giftedness testing available
The Liberty School and Durango Rotary will sponsor testing for signs of dyslexia and giftedness May 15, 16, 21, 22 and 23 at a reduced fee of $50.
Testing will be held at the school, which is on the second floor of 215 E. 12th St.
The school also will have a Visitors Day from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Thursday.
For more information and to schedule an evaluation, call 385-4834 or email thelibertyschool@live.com.
Medical-coding program announces classes
Pueblo Community College is enrolling students in this summer’s prerequisite classes that are needed to become part of the medical-coding program’s new rotation class in the 2013 fall semester.
The prerequisite classes offered this summer are medical terminology, anatomy and physiology, and basic computer skills. They are worth 10 credits, after which the remaining 32 credits in the certificate program can be taken, capped by an internship.
All of the courses in the certificate program are now available online with the exception of an internship.
The summer semester will begin May 28. The college has the only nationally accredited medical-coding program in Colorado.
The program can be completed in one year for people who attend full time.
For more information, call (719) 549-3317 or email Virginia.Sullivan@pueblocc.edu.
Herald Staff
