See more photos from the event on the LINK Facebook page and join us for the second LINK Exhibition this Friday, April 4th, 2:15 to 3:15 (also here on campus) when the students who were unable to attend the first one due to travel and scheduling conflicts will present!
What fun to welcome many of our juniors back to the nest on the Friday before Spring Break for the first of two LINK Exhibitions!
See more photos from the event on the LINK Facebook page and join us for the second LINK Exhibition this Friday, April 4th, 2:15 to 3:15 (also here on campus) when the students who were unable to attend the first one due to travel and scheduling conflicts will present!
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The class of 2015 has taken flight! Students are interning in a huge range of businesses and organizations in and around Durango, across the United Stated, and even abroad, in Costa Rica and Milawi.
To follow their adventures, please "Like" the AHS LINK Facebook Page! Check out where juniors are headed for LINK! Internship placements are falling into place for our juniors, with new ones being confirmed every day. We're so appreciative of all the amazing mentors who are planning to work with our students in March!
Kyle—Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory Marketing Department Sarah A.—photographer Kerry Mansfield, San Francisco CA Araaa—Adaptive Sports Association Justin—ConocoPhillips Lana—Turtle Lake Refuge Ashton—Durango Electrical Services Tatum—WhompTruck mobile sound system in Denver, CO Marisa—Weaselskin Equestrian Center Marley—Know Your Dough and Kennebec Wealth Management Gordon—Trails2000 Sean—Apex Engineering, San Diego, CA Tessa—East Baton Rouge Coroner’s Office, Baton Rouge, LA Josiaph—Concrete Sk8 Shop Bryn—Colorado Legal Aid Izzy—RubiStarr Designs Sarah L.—Sierra Nevada Corporation, Denver, CO Ande L.—Inside Durango TV Breeze—Mercy Family Medicine Dalton—Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory IT Department Dakota—B-TEC plant and pipeline technology, Pueblo, CO Andie P.—Fort Lewis College Environmental Center Chase—RAAM Development architecture firm, San Diego, CA Harrison—Alpha TRAC crisis solutions, Denver, CO Allie—African Bible College medical clinic, Lilongwe, Milawi Eric—Pipeline Controls & Services Will—Smock Material Handling, Indianapolis, IN Rex—Sandcastle Builders, Nantucket, MA Emily—WolfWood Refuge Heidi—Nature & Oceans of the Americas, Costa Rica Tony—Dazzle Jazz music club and Mighty Fine Productions, Denver, CO Natalie—Studio & It's an exciting time of the year for LINK at AHS! Every day, another junior lands a cool internship that will help him or her explore a passion, interest or career direction in an adult-world setting. We have students planning to travel to Malawi and Costa Rica, students working with professionals in fields including photography, medicine, engineering, graphic design, marketing, IT, architecture, music, law, equestrian science, conservation and more. Students will be heading out in March to lend their skills and talents to many local businesses and organizations, including Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory, Los Campaneros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center, Colorado Legal Aid and Trails2000, just to name a few.
We're so proud of our juniors for the way in which they are reaching out to professionals in our community and beyond, as they discover LINK internships that they'l Several juniors are hoping to travel for their LINK internships next March to places ranging from Washington DC to Cambodia, California to Nantucket, Malawi to Denver, Costa Rica to New Orleans. Students who plan to complete their internships in a community other than ours need to complete the Out-of-Town Application and turn it in no later than Friday, November 1st. The application can be found on the LINK Student Materials page.
Juniors should be working to refine their professional resumes so they are ready to turn in to Libby (electronic or hard copy) by Monday, October 21st. You'll be using your resume as you communicate with mentors, as a way to share information with them about your relevant experiences, interests and skills. Remember to include an objective statement that articulates your goal in obtaining a LINK internship! There is a sample student resume and a checklist that will help you edit and refine right here.
I've had the opportunity to meet with so many fantastic potential LINK mentors in the past week or two, and I'm excited to try to find just the right AHS student to pair with each one. Check out the Internship Placement Ideas page to find out more about recently confirmed internship opportunities with the Women's Resource Center, Studio &, Cabbage Creative, Spine Colorado, Dance in the Rockies, Los Companeros: Four Corners Immigrant Resource Center and Fusion Interiors.
So pleased to announce that Mary Monroe at Trails2000 is happy to take an AHS intern once again this year! This is a great placement for any of our juniors who love using our local trails, and some of the work might include getting out there on them with a GPS to update Trails2000's database...though, of course, March is pretty muddy, so this piece will be weather dependent. Still--a great internship possibility for a fantastic local nonprofit that does so much in our community!
What a beautiful morning to head up Farmington Hill for a visit with Jennifer Thurston, director of Weaselskin Equestrian Center and the nonprofit organization she's in the process of creating, Weaselskin Institute. Jennifer had an intern from AHS two years ago, and would love to welcome one back this coming March. She has 35 horses on 80 acres of gorgeous land, and has been working with students of all ages for nearly 40 years, using riding and horsemanship as a way to teach important life skills. She has reduced her teaching load, training students in English riding (jumping, dressage, eventing, etc.), and is now focusing on a broader mission: to preserve her family land through conservancy so that it can be used as an educational facility to share the history, culture and natural resources therein with the next generation. Jennifer knows so much about the area and about horses, and would be a fantastic mentor for any student interested in horses, nonprofit/business management (including grant writing, marketing, communication and all other facets) and/or land conservation.
I would love to help one of our juniors connect to La Plata County Family Centers Coalition for his or her internship! I met with their executive director, Roaseann McDermott this morning to discuss the possibility and she was excited about partnering with AHS for the LINK program. They sponsor so many programs and projects that support families in our community, including helping families in need obtain basics like food, clothing and school supplies. They also run an after school program in Bayfield, work with local preschools to teach about healthy eating choices, help underinsured families find health care and provide parenting education. The perfect intern would be a self-directed student who is interested in giving back to our community in meaningful ways. Day-to-day work for the internship would include a wide variety of tasks, depending on the interests of the intern, but might include anything from working with preschoolers or elementary students in Durango and/or Bayfiled, attending a board meeting, creating lesson plans and/or preparing food for the Exploring Food classes, running of food/clothing drive and more. Roseann would be an excellent mentor, and the other staff members would also play a key role in supervising and working with the intern. Please let me know if you want to connect with Roseann--she'd lov
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Zoë NelsenZoë Nelsen is the LINK Program Coordinator at Animas High School. Contact her directly at [email protected]. Archives
March 2014
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