Well, Thursday started and ended in snow!
There was about an inch-and-a-half of new snow at dawn, with sputters of snow off and on through the day. The first view at the right is of Webber Mountain, at the south end of the Mancos Valley, shrouded in clouds.
The second picture is of SWOS students doing Sixties songs during the student art exhibit reception at the Cortez Cultural Center last night. I had meetings in the afternoon, so Sandy joined me for the reception. When we walked out of the Center, we walked into a blizzard! We drove in tandem back to Mancos ... the 24-mile trip took about 45 minutes! In places, we could hardly see the road, traveling at 15-20 miles an hour. We probably got another four inches of snow, total, which may translate into a lot more up on the Mush course.
SWOS (Southwest Open School) is an alternative high school that's publicly chartered; it's part of the Montezuma-Cortez School District, though it accepts students from Mancos, Dolores and Dove Creek as well as Cortez. I've been on the governing board for less than a year, and it's quite an experience. In the songs presented last night, the kids were doing tunes that they'd had two days to practice ... the music they had been working with was stolen. They got into it like troupers and gave a very good performance.
You can see the variety of flatwork on the walls behind them ... there must have been at least a hundred pieces from the students, along with a few from staff and board members and some student poetry. Some of the poetry was read to the audience by the authors. It was gratifying to see at least a dozen "sold" stickers go up before we left.
It was also gratifying to talk to a person I know whose child transfered to SWOS this year. She was enthusiastic about the changes in her student ... wanting to go to school, not being bullied, interested in her subjects - and not having to choose between art and music! tv
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