Durango schools to host Thanksgiving meals

Animas Valley will host its annual Turkey Trot and Thanksgiving lunch Wednesday. Kindergarteners through fifth-graders and their families will begin warming up for the Turkey Trot at 10:20 a.m. Kindergarteners through second-graders will run around the soccer field; third- to fifth-graders will run the length of the nature trail. Escalante Middle School will host its Thanksgiving meal Thursday. The lunch schedule will be sixth grade from 11:20 to 11:50 a.m., seventh grade from 11:50 a.m. to 12:20 p.m. and eighth grade from 12:20 to 12:50 p.m.Florida Mesa’s annual Thanksgiving lunch will be Thursday. Students will bring a flier home with information about purchasing tickets. Adult tickets are $5, grandparent tickets are $4 and non-student child tickets (3 years and older) are $3.Fort Lewis Mesa will hold its annual Turkey Trot and Thanksgiving meal with musical performances and food Thursday. Parents and students will meet in the gym at 10:15 a.m. for a musical performance, followed by the Turkey Trot and then dinner. Volunteers for the kitchen are needed to help serve, if you can help call Denise Herrera at 588-3331. Miller Middle School invites families to the Thanksgiving lunch Thursday. Sixth grade is at 10:55 a.m., seventh grade at noon, eighth grade at 12:30 p.m. The cost is $5 for adults, $3 for non-student children and $2.90 for students.Park Elementary will host its Thanksgiving meal Friday. Riverview Elementary will hosts its Thanksgiving meal Thursday.Sunnyside Elementary will host its Thanksgiving meal Thursday.