Las Animas School District

Las Animas High School 2025 "Adopt A Senior"

Good day, all - According to state rankings and predictions, our LAHS Trojan Baseball team will be state qualifiers again this year! Booster Club is sponsoring shirts for the team and accepting orders from fans. We will take orders for fans -$20 per t-shirt through size XL; $25 per t-shirts 2XL and up; and $35 per hoodie. Email Acelynn.japhet@la-schools.net by Sunday, May 4th to get in on the 1st order.

Art Show - Thursday @ LAES! 🎨

JH/HS Students & Families - see you on Thursday!!

Congratulations Espi & Caleb 💙

Congratulations to the JH SFTD Art Winners: 1st place: Josias Flores and Lucien Ruiz 2nd place: Dallus Purcell (not pictured) 3rd place: Amadeus Adame (not pictured) and Mitchell Comstock HS Art Winners: 1st place & Judges Choice: Zeke Melendez 2nd place: Kinley Reyher 3rd place: David Steward

JH baseball will travel to Eads on Friday May 2nd for a 1 pm game start, (2 games). Originally scheduled for Saturday May 3rd.

HECTOR of the Week JH - Esias Barrios. Esias has been improving in all facets of school and sports. He has been getting faster in track and represents his school at track meets. He has matured into a respectful and coachable individual." HS - Matthew Dowell comes in to class with a positive attitude each day. He is easy going, good natured, good hearted. His demeanor leads to an optimistic view on any task he puts before him. All year Matthew has been coachable in athletics and in the classroom and his embodiment of HECTOR is outstanding. Staff - Ms. Waring is always beyond helpful, but especially these last few months. She manages to make it to all of LASD’s events so we all get a chance to see the amazing things happening across the district. We’re all lucky to have her and her iPad!

JH/HS Announcements:

Thank you to everyone who participated in the 91st SFTD Parade on Friday! Here are the parade entry awards: #HappyTrails

We hope everyone enjoyed the 91st Annual SFTD! We are so proud of our high school classes and sponsors and all the hard work they put into their floats this year, they looked great!!! 💙 The placings for the classes were: Class Floats: 1st: Juniors 2nd: Sophomores 3rd: Seniors 4th: Freshmen Class Placings Overall: 4th- Seniors 3rd- Freshmen 2nd- Sophomores 1st- Juniors

Tomorrow is the day!!! 2025 "Adopt A Senior" - flyers will be posted on our Facebook page at 10 am on Monday, April 28th. Thank you for celebrating the class of 2025 with us.

LASD Board of Education Meeting 4/28/25 - 6:00 p.m.

👏 Big shout out to Mr. Kale Reyher and Mr. Carlos Garcia for streaming the Santa Fe Trail Day Square Dancing and Awards Ceremony live to the school’s YouTube Channel. Watch it here: https://www.youtube.com/live/QxxTp4uHBSE?si=qvrhogumdgdTydrC

LAHS STUCO chose Ms. Susan Waring as the 91st SFTD Citizen of the Year. “Ms. Waring is always there when we need her. Between taking pictures for the school district, running Pure Gold, and helping organize the square dancing chaos. She always shows up and supports the students. Thank you for 25 years of dedication to the school and the students of Las Animas”

Good Luck To Our State Bound FFA Teams: Floriculture Team Emma Russell Mayela Magana Makayla Marfil Bria Gardner Livestock Team Roree Willbanks Jadann Eck Cody Netherton Tayton Coulter Ag Mechanics Logan Servaes Jesus Aguilar Kree Wallace Vet Science Team Darian Mondragon Izabell Trujillo Tatum Marlow Matthew Dowell

Lilly Lane won the shot put today in Harrison with a PR of 34’11”

We had so much fun at the 91st SFTD! Thank you to all the judges who helped at the King Contest on Thursday, the costume contest and king/queen interviews on Friday. #HappyTrails

Today during Santa Fe Trail day, the Jr. high school students took a field trip to the National Cemetery at Fort Lyon. Students learned about the flag code and how weathering affects gravestones. They also looked at gravestones for information about the deceased buried there and created maps of the important features of the cemetery. Afterwards, students ate a sack lunch at Fort Lyon. Thank you Mr. Yoder for sharing the pictures!