We require all families to complete the AHS Health Information Form annually to keep us updated on students’ health and wellbeing needs. In addition, please be sure to share updated information using the following forms that apply.

  • If your student has asthma, complete Asthma Care Plan here
  • If your student has allergies, complete Allergy & Anaphylaxis Care Plan here
  • If your student has seizures, complete Seizure Emergency Care Plan here
  • If your student has migraine headaches, complete Headache/Migraine Care Plan here
  • If your student has diabetes, complete Diabetes Emergency Action Care Plan here
  • If your student will need to carry medication on campus, complete Contract to Self Carry Form here. This must be filled out by both parent/guardian and physician.
  • If your student will need AHS staff to administer medication, complete Authorization to Administer Medication at School Form here. This must be filled out by both parent/guardian and physician. This form gives staff legal permission to administer medications that are controlled substances while at school or on a field trip. 

Review the AHS Medication Administration Policy to clarify which medications students can self-carry, which medications school staff must administer and how individual Care Plans work.

View the Colorado Department of Education Letter for Immunization Compliance and have a discussion with your student’s physician to make sure that all vaccines are up to date and in compliance per Colorado Department of Education requirements. If your child has no vaccination record, or is missing vaccinations for any reason, we must have a Certificate of Medical Exemption or a Certificate of Nonmedical Exemption on file at the school, filled out by your child’s primary care provider. Without this, your child will not be able to come to school. 

An Animas education includes frequent off-campus learning opportunities. We ask all AHS families to complete the following form annually, and send information home about field trips as they occur throughout the year.

AHS Universal Field Trip Form

Students who do not own a laptop can borrow one for the year from AHS through our laptop loaner program. Once the Laptop Agreement is completed by a parent/guardian, students may pick up their yearly loaners from Heather Prekup’s office, room 257. Each classroom also has two laptops available for times when students’ computers are out of service.Students who do not own a laptop can borrow one for the year from AHS through our laptop loaner program. Once the Laptop Agreement is completed by a parent/guardian, students may pick up their yearly loaners from Heather Prekup’s office, room 257. Each classroom also has laptops available for times when students’ computers are out of service.

AHS Laptop Agreement

AHS Laptop Charger Replacement Request

Students may use the following forms to request schedule changes during times at the start of a term when the window for requests are open.

Elective Add/Drop Form

Osprey Block Request Form

Osprey Block Add/Drop Request Form

XBlock Add/Drop Request Form

Club Add/Drop Form

All AHS families should complete the AHS Meal Benefit Application even if they believe they will not qualify. We anticipate this form will be available to share in mid-July.

At AHS, we support families who qualify for Free/Reduced Lunch in a variety of ways:

Food Assistance

  • We provide free breakfast and lunches.

Fee Waivers

  • Your family will not be responsible for paying the annual Technology Fee  or course fees associated with any academic class.
  • The fee for Summer School online courses is reduced for students who receive free or reduced lunch.

College Application Assistance

  • Our college counselor will help  students who qualify receive fee waivers for both the ACT and SAT exams, college application fees and college deposit fees
  • The college counselor will recommend specific scholarship and summer programs to students who qualify.

Transportation

  • Qualifying students can receive a transit sticker from our Registrar and affix it to their school ID. This allows them to ride Durango Public Transit for free for a calendar year.

We are committed to connecting families with resources beyond what we can provide at school as well. Families can always reach out to our school counselor at erin.skyles@animashighschool.com if they are seeking information about access to food, housing, etc.

Thanks to our ongoing collaboration with the 9R School District, AHS students are able to ride all routes of the 9R buses to Durango High School in the morning, where they can then transfer to the Hub Bus that delivers them to AHS. The Hub Bus leaves DHS and arrives at AHS so that our students are on time for their 1st period classes. Students may also board the Hub Bus at DHS without taking a route bus beforehand. In the afternoons, the Hub Bus will leave AHS after school to transport students to DHS; students may then board another 9R bus to return home.

The Hub Bus is not available Monday afternoons since 9R schools have early release while AHS does not. Please be aware that on the days when 9R is not in session, neither the 9R route buses or the Hub Bus will be available.

Please note that we pay a fee to Durango 9R School District for every student who uses the Hub Bus. While we want families who need access to this service to use it, we ask you to be thoughtful in registering for it so we are not paying fees unnecessarily.

AHS Bus Rider Registration Form

Students wishing to park on the AHS campus are required to fill out an AHS Parking Registration Form and display a parking sticker on their windshield. We anticipate this form will become available in mid-July.

We encourage students to consider sustainable transportation options including carpooling, biking and using the trolley. The Durango Transit fixed route system operates 7 days a week from 7am to 8:30pm, year round. The Fort Lewis College route (purple on the Durango Transit map) travels from the Transit Center at 8am to FLC at 8:08, dropping passengers off within walking distance of AHS in time to get to 1st period classes. The Fort Lewis Express route (blue on the map) leaves North City Market at 7:30am and arrives at FLC at 7:45. See full route and schedule info for more details. An annual Student Pass is $30 and those who qualify for free/reduced lunch can receive a free transit pass through the AHS main office.

ID Replacement Request

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