News Education Local News Nation & World New Mexico

Photo: Wish Week

Durango High School students raise money for Wish Kids
Durango High School student Alyxx Ford, 17, donated the most money to throw a whipped cream pie into the face of DHS teacher Eric Skaggs on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the school’s Wish Week assembly. Students gathered to wrap up a week of Kids for Wish Kids fundraising for Make-A-Wish Colorado. Schools around the state feature a Wish kid and center their fundraising activities around that child and their wish. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)
Durango High School student Creek Braumsteim, 17, touches up DHS teacher Sarah Sanchez’s head shave on Friday, Feb. 16, 2024, during the schools Wish Week assembly. Students gathered to wrap up a week of Kids for Wish Kids fundraising for Make-A-Wish Colorado. Schools around the state feature a Wish kid and center their fundraising activities around that child and their wish. Top fundraisers had heads and beards shaved during the event. (Jerry McBride/Durango Herald)