HECTOR of the Week
Staff- Mrs. Armstrong: Mrs. Armstrong has done a tremendous job changing the atmosphere of the small group room.
The students who are in there to catch up and do their work feel welcome, calm, and have a room where they can be
productive. On the flip side, students who are assigned the classroom for ISS do not feel like it is a cool place to hang out
as she maintains strict ISS expectations, ensures those students stay awake, and ensures they have work to complete
during their time in ISS. Keep up the great work Mrs. Armstrong
HS - Jacob Gearhart: Jacob is a bright kid when he decides to be. He has been a star in the Ag shop and has been a pillar
of the Ag industry in Las Animas throughout his high school career. He is an excellent representation of HECTOR as he
helps folks in the community and we are looking forward to seeing where his path takes him.
JH - Melina Russell-Melina has given excellent effort in all of her classes. She remains on task and works well with
others. She shows up to class ready and with a positive attitude. She is very respectful to her teachers. She also works
very hard in sports and is improving daily in track. We are all very proud of how Melina shows HECTOR in our school!
JH/HS Announcements for 4/14
Amazing Family Challenge this Tuesday!
SFTD Costume Contest for community members and JH/HS students! Friday, April 25th at 8:00 am in the HS cafeteria. Start planning your outfits now! #HappyTrails
Save the Date! Springs Sports Senior Night
Congratulations 2025 Prom Queen & King - Analyce Wilson and Damien Baca! (Photo Credit: Julie Thomas)
Reminder: 91st Annual Santa Fe Trail Day is Friday, April 25th. Call the Las Animas High School Office to signup for the parade that will be at 10:00.
719-456-0211
Save the date for the Winter & Spring JH/HS Sports Banquet!
Staff Spotlight:
LAES Hot Topics:
Congratulations to the 2025-26 JH Cheer Squad!
The Baseball game at Hoehne has been rescheduled to Monday April 21,
1 varsity game, 3 pm start. Game is in Trinidad.
This game was originally scheduled for Tuesday April 8.
JumpStart Daycare will be closed this Friday:
Media Release from Las Animas School District:
Congratulations to the LAHS students who won ribbons at the Otero Arts Festival that was held this weekend in La Junta. Zeke Melendez, Analyce Wilson, and Mackenzie Hedglin each received a first place ribbon. Mia Mora received a 2nd place ribbon and Melia Medina took home an honorable mention.
This past Thursday, Trojan Track and Field competed in the Santa Fe League Meet Top 8 placers score points. Results
are as follows:
Girls:
400M Dash: 4th Place: Audrey Busenitz; 5th Place: Analyce Wilson
300M Hurdles: 3rd Place: Essence Danner; 4th Place: Lillian McDaniel
7th: 4x200M Relay: Essence Danner, Ava Hlinovsky, Lia Cadenas-Ayala, Emma Russell
4x400M Relay: 2nd: Audrey Busenitz, Lillian McDaniel, Emma Russell, Analyce Wilson (Currently ranked 18th in
state!)
Discus: 2nd: Lilly Lane
Shot Put: 2nd: Lilly Lane (Currently 8th in the state!)
Boys:
200M Dash: 7th Darian Mondragon
400M Dash: 4th: Darian Mondragon
800M Run: 7th: Deon Wilson
300M Hurdles: 2nd: Kevin Nevland
4x800M Relay: 3rd: Darian Mondragon, Deon Wilson, Scott Banister, Kevin Nevland
Shot Put: 2nd: Scott Banister
HS Girls Golf & HS JV Baseball schedule update:
High School girls golf vs Lamar will be on April 8th with a start time of 9:00am.
(* this is back on original date)
There will be a JV baseball game vs Lamar here on April 10th with a start time of 4:00pm.
Jump Start kicked off the Week of the Young Child by listening to the story "Sprout Branches Out" The story was read by Mrs. Cathy Coy.
JH/HS Announcements for April 7
First Annual John Adbulla Memorial Basketball Tournament - sign up now!
