Durango High School’s class of 2023 is a group of students not quite like any other. Thrust into a time of uncertainty by the COVID-19 pandemic, classmates were split into cohorts, attended courses on.
For those feeling unseen and unheard by the larger Durango community, Linda Illsley, her sister, Sara, and Sara’s daughter, Gyana, are working hard to give those residents visibility and voices throug.
A children’s art exhibit was held Saturday in the Durango Public Library. The exhibit was called “Aquí Estamos” (Here We Are), and displayed the pottery and paint work of Hispanic children from ages o.
MERIDEN Anna Illsley distinctly remembers the first time she put on cross country skis.Illsley, now a senior at Lebanon High, was in first grade at the time. Her mother, Sara, did not allow her to carry poles because, in Anna’s words, “she wanted me.