Esports Update: The fortnite awesomeers swept their opponent 2-0, jamie has been putting in some good practices and it showed today, good job guys!!!
Ashley Montes named 2025 Colorado Council for Learning Disabilities Teacher of the Year Award!
Ashley Montes is a Special Education teacher at Las Animas Elementary School. Ashley has a passion for all students, but especially those that learn in different ways. She has worked tirelessly to develop a Special Education system at LAES that includes push-in support, a Resource Room and an SSN room. Ashley supervises, trains and coordinates scheduling for 8-10 paraprofessionals each year and leads with a kind, firm heart and mind. Our special education department continues to innovate in our service model and our in-group achievement percentile for students on IEPs on the 2024 CMAS was 69ile for math and 61ile for ELA (if you know CMAS results, this is a big deal!). Las Animas School District is incredibly grateful for Mrs. Ashley Montes.
Photo Credit: Sarah Huffman
Esports Update: Max won his Madden 25 game 2-1, they were some very good games and he got the "W" and he is 5-2!!!
Congratulations to Mrs. Koch's 6th hour class for having the winning theme for SFTD!
Staff Spotlight
Order your SFTD shirts before April 10th - contact any HS STUCO member OR call the high school office at 719-456-0211 (please don't comment on post to order)
HS Baseball vs Holly - Saturday, March 29th @ 10 am. 👒🧢 The theme is: "Sun Hat" find your favorite sun hat and come watch some Trojan Baseball! ⚾⚾
HS Girls Basketball Fundraiser:
Post Prom - April 12th from 11:30 pm - 3:00 am at LAES - HS students: pick up your waiver in the HS office.
Natalie Torres, LAHS Freshman, is the winner of the SFTD shirt design. As the winner, she got to pick 3 colors that she thought her design would look good on. She picked black, dark blue, and maroon. Congratulations Natalie! (watch for SFTD t-shirt order form to be posted soon!)
The Lady Trojans Varsity Golf Team competed in 2 tournaments this week. Although only four LA golfers competed in these tournaments, the whole team has shown much improvement in the short time they have been practicing. Tournaments can be followed in real time through the CHSAA Golf App. This weeks results are as follows:
The first tournament was the Swink Girls Golf Classic held at La Junta’s course on March 24th. There were total of 56 golfers and 15 teams. The Lady Trojans placed 8th overall as a team. Individual results:
Emma Netherton - 106 (12th place)
Mya Marfil - 119 (27th place)
Roree Willbanks - 122 ( 31st place)
Espi Marlow - 128 ( 44rd place)
The second tournament of the week was held at the Golf Course in Trinidad on March 26th. There were a total of 24 golfers and 7 teams. The Lady Trojans placed 4th overall as a team. Individual results:
Mya Marfil - 105 (10th place)
Emma Netherton - (12th place)
Espi Marlow - 116 (18th place)
Las Animas High School Student D-HAC (district health advisory council) and their sponsor, Mrs. Ronda Bucholz attended the quarterly HRSA meeting in La Junta today.
JH & HS Cheerleading Team: (next year's incoming 7th graders are invited)
LAHS Girls Basketball Fundraiser!
Elementary kids are ready to get going with Jr. High cheer!!!
Happy Birthday Mr. Japhet! Mrs. Japhet and his science class surprised him with an ice cream cake today!
Good Luck to Mrs. Netherton, Las Animas FFA Sponsor, and her Regional CDE Teams as they compete in Lamar today!
ESports Update: The Splatoon 3 team won their game 3-1, good job guys!!!
Trojan Baseball starts at 3:00 p.m. today vs Hoehne. Scan this QR code for the program.
The Following athletes and official represented Las Animas High School at the College Classic Basketball Showcase held at La Junta High School on Sunday March 23. 50 of the top players in Southern Colorado were selected to participate. Emma Netherton and Jadann Eck competed in the girls game, Aaron Vargas was a participant in the 3-point contest and Mr.Tyson Vigil was one of the officials. Congratulations to our Trojans for representing LA in a positive way. GO TROJANS! Photo Credit: Laura LaBarge
