LAES Student Council Members & Officers:
President: Evan Netherton
VP: Amaya Eddings
Secretary: Melony Medina
Treasurer: Sloane Lockhart
Historian: Caleb Dockter
🆓 🍽️. FREE Dinner, FREE Childcare, Door Prizes! A school district evening unlike any you have attended in the past. Please join us for district accountability, knowledge sharing, food, conversation, and school community engagement opportunities. Everyone Welcome 😊
Merry Christmas from all the staff at Las Animas School District!
Thank you Hat & Spur Hardware for the LASD employee's gifts and coupons!
Don't forget if you shop at American Furniture Warehouse, you can give back to our schools!
Explore Careers in Construction Training for FREE @ Otero College. When: Jan 2 - Jan 12 8:30 am - 4:30 p.m. Scan the QR code on the flyer to register.
LASD Spotlight:
Congratulations to the Jay & Esmeralda Snow family! They won the drawing at the Amazing Family Challenge for tickets to the North Pole and a gas card.
Alicia Deatherage, LAHS Senior, was nominated by her coach and selected by CHSCA as one of the top senior spirit athletes in the state of Colorado! She has been invited to participate in the 2024 CHSCA All State Games!
Yum! 😋 Here are some of the HS Food Science Finals:
Thank you La Junta Rotary Club presented dictionaries to all of the third grade students!
How cute are these snowman that JS Early Learning Center kids made! ☃️
Kindergarten is full of a bunch of grinches!
Reminder for Parents/Kids of Ms. Unnique’s Preschool Class Only:
LAES 6th graders partnered with Giving with Grace to write Christmas Cards to patients in hospitals and nursing homes around the nation. 6th graders love spreading joy this holiday season.
Mrs. Hines's class earned donuts for all their hard work on NWEA! They had amazing growth, she is so proud of them.
Athlete of Week
Brander Nichols - he played well in all 3 league games last week including scoring close to his career high with 20
against Fowler.
Evan Maes - is always ready to play and goes in and works hard. He had 8 points in a very exciting game vs. Hoehne.
The girls basketball Athletes of the Week are Chanel LaBarge and Ava LaBarge. These sisters are learning how to work on and off the court. Last week, they helped lead the Trojans to 2 league victories while battling through fevers and congestion. Chanel hit 2 free throws to seal both victories while Ava leads the team as a Freshman PG. Our season is off to a good start!
There will be JH/HS Friday school this week from 8 - noon
November K-4 Improvement Winners:
Braydon Ramos, Kendrick Lebron Perez, Sophia Maes, Shadow Rich, Hazel Pinson
5-6 Improvement Award: Angel Martinez
HECTOR of the Week
Staff - Carlos Garcia as he is very helpful in getting me out of computer problems and he is always willing to help as I
need other things done in the office.
JH - Evanni Enriquez-She is super helpful to teachers. She works very hard in class, and even asks her teachers for extra work. She has a fun
personality. She is very cheerful. She has a great sense of humor. Evanni is a great asset to Las Animas Schools!
HS - Olivia Banister is a true example of HECTOR. She has given her all in class over the course of the
semester in academics and cheer. Her excellence and respectful nature are amazing and noticed every day. Keep
it up Olivia!
