5th/6th Grade “Give Back” - a group went to the Food Bank to help:
5th/6th Grade “Give Back” - some of the students helped in the JS Early Learning Center:
5th & 6th graders did their annual “Give Back” Activities before Christmas Break! Here is the group who went to Boggsville to help with clean-up:
LASD Staff Spotlight:
FREE Movie, everyone invited! Saturday, Dec. 21 at 5:30 p.m. - Bent County Community Center
One of Mr. Montoya's 8th graders left him a surprise on his chalkboard! (great work Dallee Nichols)
Reminder: JumpStart ELC will be closed on these dates for the holiday:
Ms. Jasim's Jr. High Advisory's little act of kindness @ community center delivering their thank you cards and snacks for the community center staff.
😇🎄 Las Animas School District is so proud to partner with Bent County on the Christmas Angel Program! This year the program helped 60 families for a total of 121 children! Thank you so much to ALL the Christmas Angels who filled slips, donated items and money, helped transport gifts, helped hand out the gifts. Bent County should be proud, thank you so much for stepping up! 👏
LAES Hot Topics for Dec. 19
JH/HS hosted a potluck today for their staff:
Trojans vs South Baca - JV starts at 4 pm
Watch tonight's HS Trojan Basketball games vs South Baca on this link for FREE:
https://fan.hudl.com/usa/co/las-animas/organization/128596/las-animasscho-high-school
LAES Student Council is selling hot chocolate during lunch this week for a fundraiser!
Mrs. Netherton's Senior Advisory Class had a great time making a stocking tree today as they worked on self-care and stress relief.
Jr. High & High School Winter Athletes: sports pictures will be tomorrow, make sure you have your jersey. Here is the schedule:
Athlete of the Week
JV - Braley Spitz worked hard defensively this past weekend he averaged 7 rebounds and 2 steals with the energy he brought. Keep it up!
Varsity - Logan Servaes. Logan played a great game defensively on Friday night, then turned around on Saturday getting to double digits for the first time this year. Keep it up Logan.
JV-Bria Gardner is the JV athlete of the week. During practice, she works to improve and get stronger underneath. At the Border Wars, she contributed on both sides of the ball. We look forward to good things from this freshman.
Varsity- Jadann Eck When defenses scout our team, they usually lock in on Jadann. She has to overcome tight defense to score. She also steps in as the back-up PG when needed. During the Border Wars, she kept putting the ball up and kept the team going.
Boys wrestler of the week is Orion Martinez. Orion has been working hard in the room and it is showing in competition. He beat a tough opponent from Holly (avenging a loss from Regionals freshman year) and won the Salida tournament with all pins.
Girls wrestler of the week is Bella Martinez. Bella has done a great job of balancing wrestling and cheer. After competing at State cheer, she won the Salida tournament and was selected as Outstanding Wrestler of the tournament for the lower weights.
JH/HS Announcements:
Las Animas High School basketball schedule changes.
We have added a JV game,
Thursday, December 19th JV boys and girls will travel to Hoehne @4:30
Friday, December 20th @ Ellicott is moved to Saturday, January 11th
HECTOR of the Week
JH - Valencia-Valencia has really stepped up in every class. She works very hard in class. She is very coachable in class and as a student-athlete. She has made huge gains in terms of her knowledge and effort. Valencia has a great sense of humor, and she makes her classmates feel good as well as her teachers. We are all proud of how Valencia shows HECTOR in our school.
HS - Gabriel Martinez- He is always on time and doing his work. He also always works hard and rarely needs to be redirected. He is honest in all of his doings and coachable in every class.
Staff -Ms. Kimberly Palomino We would like to nominate the HR department. Kim works each month to ensure that the staff are paid in an efficient manner as well as exercising great care to ensure it is accurate.
