Julianne Marqua, a former Animas High School student, and Jesse Ogle, with iAM MUSIC, entertain the crowd Wednesday as part of a celebration for AHS’s new campus that is under construction on the Fort Lewis College campus. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Golden shovels are laid out Wednesday for the ground breaking ceremony during the Animas High School celebration of its new campus on the Fort Lewis College campus. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Sean Woytek, head of school at Animas High School, welcomes people Wednesday at a celebration for AHS’s new campus that is under construction on the Fort Lewis College campus. Construction on the 3.2-acre parcel will house the new $20 million Animas High School, south of the Bader-Snyder Residence Halls at FLC. The 40,500-square-foot building will feature two levels, with the common area extending through the central spine of the building and culminating in an atrium. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Animas High School student Lana Bodewes, 16, hugs the school mascot, an osprey hawk, with student Maddie Tharp, 15, inside the costume on Wednesday. AHS is celebrating its new campus that is under construction at Fort Lewis College. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Construction continues Wednesday during the Animas High School celebration of its new campus located on the Fort Lewis College campus. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
People gather Wednesday a celebration of the new Animas High School campus that is under construction at Fort Lewis College. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Animas High School students interview Jenni Trujillo, dean of education at Fort Lewis College, and Cheryl Nixon, provost and vice president for academic affairs at Fort Lewis College, on Wednesday during a celebration of AHS’s campus. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Members of the Sky Hawk Nation drum group sing Wednesday during a celebration of the new Animas High School campus at Fort Lewis College. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
Animas High School color guard wait to perform Wednesday during a celebration of Animas High School’s new located at Fort Lewis College. Photo by Jerry McBride/Durango Herald
