AHS students invited to raft trip
The second annual Animas on the Animas Raft Trip and barbecue will be held Thursday.
Animas High School students, parents, faculty members, staff members and alumni will meet at Mild to Wild at 3:30 p.m., float the river from 32nd Street and then gather in Pioneer Park for a barbecue.
Mild to Wild is offering a reduced rate of $20 per person for the trip. To register, visit http://bit.ly/1GAaVCv. The barbecue will begin at 6:30 p.m. There are no bathrooms at Pioneer Park.
Main dishes and drinks will be provided by AHS; participants should bring a side dish or dessert to share.
For more information or to help with barbecue setup, email ashley.hein@animashighschool.com.
There are a handful of spaces left for the 2015-16 school year at AHS.
For more information, visit animashighschool.com or call 247-2474.
Kids can explore their creativity at camps
The Durango Arts Center will offer these visual and performing art camps this summer through August:
The summer visual arts camp, “Magic with Fabric, Color and Beads” for children ages 6 to 9 will take place from 9 a.m. to noon and from noon to 3 p.m. for children ages 9 to 12 from Aug. 4 to Aug. 7. This class will introduce students to the joy of creating jewelry and sewing projects. Focus will be on combining colors, textures and patterns using beads, fleece, wire and more. Children will make bracelets, necklaces, a soft pillow and a surprise object. Guest artist Cynthia Robbins is a color and print specialist for the fashion industry in New York City. The cost is $120 for center members and $150 for nonmembers.
Boys Art Camp for middle-schoolers will take place from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. from Aug. 10 to Aug. 14. This is an intensive arts camp for fifth- to ninth-grade boys. Classes will be held in the Durango Arts Center’s education studio. The boys’ program is based on the center’s GOAL program (Girls’ Opportunities for Art and Leadership). The camp uses the visual arts curriculum as a framework for adolescents to address issues of building relationships, goal setting, problem solving and independent thinking. Local male teaching artists will bring their experience and inspiration to the sessions. The cost is $150 for center members and $165 for nonmembers. Registration is by nomination only. For more information, email sandra@durangoarts.org.
Community college adds new classes
The Southwest Colorado Community College West Campus will add classes in fire science technology and emergency medical services.
An informational meeting will take place at 6 p.m. Monday in the Health Science Building at the Mancos campus, 33057 U.S. Highway 160. The college will provide details about both programs as well as explain the registration process.
The associate’s degree programs will be offered at the West Campus starting this fall with classes beginning Aug. 24. Enrollment is open and priority registration will end Aug. 7. The Basic Life Support EMS programs will continue to be offered at the college’s East Campus in Durango.
The fire science technology and EMS classes will provide students real-world skills and knowledge using the latest industry principles, theory and best practices.
The EMS program includes paramedic training and the fire science program includes many certifications – Firefighter I, Firefighter II, Wildland Firefighting and others – as a part of the training.
For more information, call 247-2929, ext. 7206; email troy.salazar@pueblocc.edu; or call 247-2929 or 564-6200.
Emily Scates earns arts degree
Emily Scates of Cortez earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts with a concentration in ceramics from the State University of New York at New Paltz.
FLC announces scholarship program
The Fort Lewis College Foundation announces The Gene and Sally Bradley Scholarship. The award will be available in fall 2015 with preference given to accounting and music majors.
Gene Bradley, who serves as chairman of the FLC Foundation Board of Directors, worked as a certified public accountant and would like to help students who want to pursue a similar career path.
The new scholarship also is open to music majors. This is because of Sally Bradley’s lifelong love of music, both as a performer and a patron. Sally works with the FLC Music Department’s Artist in Residence program.
Herald Staff
