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!
Tomorrow's High School Baseball game will be played at Otero College baseball field. Start time is 10:00am.
Congratulations to the 2025 Santa Fe Trail Day Queen & King-
Lia Cadenas & James Six. #HappyTrails
#HappyTrails…..Can anyone identity this “passenger” spotted in the parade ??? Lol 😊
Happy Trails!! Be sure and check out the Mike Montoya shirt collection hanging in the high school today.
91st Annual Santa Fe Trail Day is tomorrow, Friday, April 25th! When you are at the high school, check out all the t-shirt designs that were submitted for this year. Mr. Harry Marlow, JH/HS Art Teacher was in charge of the t-shirt design contest this year. 🎨
SFTD RanchBurger Lunch tomorrow from 11-1 in the high school cafeteria. Come support the Sophomore Class for their fundraiser. Buy tickets from any Sophomore or at the door for $10 each. The RanchBurger sponsor is Mr. David Armstrong.
"Slide Into Trojan Baseball Themed Games!" Saturday, April 26th theme is "Floatie on the Field" Wear your favorite swim floatie! Please find Mrs. Wallace to put your name in the drawing for a prize!
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Good luck to our 2025 King Candidates, they are getting ready to start their skills contest at the bus barn! Come on down and watch! The King/Queen will be announced during the awards ceremony tomorrow at 2 pm in the HS gym. #HappyTrails
The FBLA state qualifiers competed hard this weekend in Denver at the state leadership conference. The competition was tough this year, Kevin Nevland worked hard to crack the top ten, coming up one spot short of qualifying for
nationals placing Fifth place in Computer Problem Solving. We are hungry to continue to work hard for our events next year. If you have any questions about FBLA or how to join feel free to reach out to a chapter member or Mr. Gallegos.
Congrats to Kennedi Olson, one of our Mighty Trojan First Graders in Mrs. Hines class on making it to state gymnastics this weekend! Good luck!!!
Bring home the gold! 💙
Santa Fe Trail Day is this Friday, April 25th! A big shout out to Mr. Cody Allen for coaching all the square dancers this year, we appreciate all the time he volunteers to do this. All these kids have been practicing since February to dance at SFTD - please come support them at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. 👏
Santa Fe Trail Day is this Friday, April 25th! Check out the SFTD Queen/King & History Timeline hanging in the high school cafeteria! There are pictures and history from the first SFTD Queen in 1934 - Jewel Meyer to 2024 King & Queen - Espi Marlow and Jesus Aguilar Castro. The History Timeline was created by Mrs. Koch’s Otero US History Class.
A message from Las Animas School District Superintendent, Mr. Toby Melster:
Wish these ladies a great day today and thank them for all their hard work 👏
Anyone interested between the ages of 18-24 please apply. The fall season starts Sept. 2 - Oct 31, and we need 8-10 young adults ages 18-24 to complete projects during that time. Contact: Tara Castaneda, Program Manager @ 719-877-2732 for more info
Athletes of the week:
Calhan - Logan Servaes pitched a complete game shutout with 8 strikeouts in the 10-0 win.
Buena Vista - Travis Arrona hit a walk off RBI double to seal the 4-3 comeback victory.
Rocky Ford - Nicholas Duran was 2 for 3 with 4 runs scored and had a sweet diving catch in the Trojans 19-9 win.
Hoehne - Josiah Avila was 2 for 4 with 2 runs scored in our 11-0 victory. He also pitched a no-hitter in the JV game.
La Junta JV - Emilio Baeza-Tafoya has made huge growth this year and is a positive teammate on the field. He is
swinging the bat well and we are excited about his future.
Update from Coach Baca:
⛳️ The Lady Trojans competed in the Fowler Invitational on Friday, April 18th at Cottonwood Links Golf Club. It was a very cold day and the Trojans played hard through the frigid temperatures. There were 11 total teams and the Trojans placed 4th overall with a score of 341. (Not Pictured: Espi Marlow)
Individual Results:
Espi Marlow - 109 (7th)
Emma Netherton - 113 (15th)
Roree Willbanks - 119 (22nd)
Bria Gardner - 137 (44th)
Mayela Magana - 139 (46th)
Mya Marfil 132 (40th)
SFTD Square Dancers: We will have practice on Tuesday AFTER your track/golf/esport practice and/or AFTER the baseball game - come to the HS gym as soon as you are done.
Grab a bite to eat, we won't plan on food.
