JH/HS Announcements:

2024 Santa Fe Trail Day King & Queen Candidates: there will be a parent meeting tonight at 5:30 pm OR Friday at 10:00 am at the high school (pictured are the 2023 SFTD King & Queen: Mia Quintana and Kevin Nevland)

Due to extreme cold, Las Animas Jr. High and High School will have a 2 hour delay tomorrow (1/15/24). Staff will report at 9:30 am and school will start at 10:00 am. No breakfast will be served.

Jr. High & High School Bus Students: We will NOT run any morning routes in the morning (1/15/24) due to the extreme cold & risk of exposure. Parents/Families, if you can not transport your student to school, please call the office and let them know; 719-456-0211. Afternoon routes will run on normal schedule

Due to a broken water pipe in the elementary school - there will be NO elementary school OR Daycare tomorrow, Monday, Jan. 15. At this time, the Jr. High & High School will be on regular schedule.

Thank you to all our families who joined us for the JH/HS Celebration Assemblies!





LASD Spotlight:


LASD is in session on Monday, January 15 on Martin Luther King Day

New Staff Spotlight:

Here are some upcoming events at LASD: Check our district calendar for more dates & times: https://www.la-schools.com/

High School Science Olympiad practice will be on Friday starting at 9. We only have 8 practices until Regionals on March 2nd!

There will be Friday school tomorrow from 8 - 12 for JH/HS students

Winners of the Big A for December was.......the Juniors! They had the highest attendance percentage rate for December.

December Perfect Attendance for JH & HS:

Parents/Families if you attended the JH or HS Assembly this morning, don’ forget to scan the P.I.E. QR code to check in and earn a FREE pie! 🥧 Reminder, you can do this anytime you attend an event/meeting/activity in any of our schools!

4th grade is in need of cereal boxes - please drop off any empty boxes at the elementary office this week.

HS December HECTOR of the Month: Appy Romero, Andrea Lopez, Damian Hedglin, Pace Wallace, Jesus Lopez, Caleb Mobley, Janaya Baca, Grace Gardner, Alexis Greenbank, Jay Skadberg, James Six, Matthew Watkins

Big shout out to our custodian/maintenance crews for doing an outstanding job over Christmas break on the gym floor - it looks amazing! 👍👏. If you are in the high school and see any of these guys, please help us thank them…….Joey Garcia, Carlos Garcia, DJ Magana, Gary Tyscka.





JH December HECTOR of the Month: Mia Mora, David Steward, Felipe DeHerrera, Audali Martinez (not pictured: Maria Ensong)

Las Animas School District is aware that some area school districts are receiving threats. At this time, we have not received any and are monitoring the situation.

