27. Academic DecathlonAerospace/ DesignAnime/Japanese Pop Culture ClubBook Club Chess ClubColorado Mock Trial Creative Writing Club DHS Culinary Arts/ProStart ClubDurango Teen CourtEl Diablo School NewspaperFBLA FFAGay-Straight Alliance High School Leadership LaPlata Philosophy Club “Jnana”Prejudice Elimination Action TeamRenaissanceScience Research ClubSki ClubSkills USASpeech/DebateStudent CouncilStudents for a Free TibetTheatre Vocal MusicYearbook Clubs Instrumental Music InteractKey ClubKnowledge BowlModel United Nations Mountain Bike ClubNational Art Honor SocietyNational Honor SocietyNative American ClubPeer Helpers & Activities
28. Football Track & Cross Country Softball Golf Soccer Basketball Swimming Lacrosse Sports Volleyball Tennis Wrestling Dance
29. “Durango High School Decathletes take Gold” DHS Academic Decathlon Team brought home a well-deserved state championship.
30. DHS graduates attend the best of America’s colleges ! Dartmouth NYU Stanford MIT Colorado “Mines” CSU
31. DHS has a nationally recognized drama department.
33. How does 9R’s quality directly affect you? “[Measures of] K-12 student achievement …almost always find that higher scores are positively correlated with [higher] house prices.” (Brasington & Haurin, 2007) “Many researchers have found that property values are higher where school spending is higher.” (Hayes and Taylor, 1996).
Through collaborative research with postsecondary institutions nationwide, ACT has established the following as college readiness benchmark scores for designated college courses:English Composition: 18 on ACT English TestAlgebra: 22 on ACT Mathematics TestSocial Science: 21 on ACT Reading TestBiology: 24 on ACT Science Test