Attendance Counts! Las Animas Elementary Students: earn a FREE small cone at DQ 🍦🍦
Tiny Trojan Cheer: Schedule Change-
Bent County Health Care is hosting their 1st Annual: Valley Talent Show!
Remember, Mr Armstrong will host a meeting about the 2026 Costa Rica tour today at 7pm in the high school cafeteria. Remember, the FFA meeting takes precedence.
Parents, please come to learn about the club and what all is involved. If you cannot be present, but would like to know more, please log in to our Google Meet for the meeting:
The Trojans played in two different tournaments at Hollydot Golf Course in Rye. The first tournament was the Thunderbolt Invitational on 9/25. This tournament had 65 golfers and 29 teams. This Trojans had to battle tough competition and even tougher weather. As a team, the Trojans placed 9th. Individual results:
Damien Baca - 74 (3rd place)
Kree Wallace - 97 (45th place)
Cody Netherton - 100 (51st place)
Matthew Dowell - 105 (tied 59th)
The second tournament in Rye was the Santa Fe League tournament on 9/10. The weather was much better for this tournament. The Trojans struggled off and on throughout this tournament, but didn’t give up and finished strong.
Damien Baca won this tournament, making him a
3x Santa Fe League Champion!
There are 8 teams in the league and the Trojans placed 4th. This tournament included 30 golfers. Individual results:
Damien Baca - 73 (1st place)
Cody Netherton - 92 (tied for 10th place)
Matthew Dowell - 99 (17th place)
Keee Wallace - 101 (20th place)
Thank you to all our families who attended the JH/HS Celebration Assembly last week - we love celebrating with you 💙
Jr. High School August HECTOR of the Month Students - Congratulations! 👏👏
👍👍Congratulations to our JH & HS students who had Perfect Attendance for August (no unexcused absences or tardies)
There will be an FFA Meeting tonight at 7:00 pm
High School August HECTOR of the Month Students - Congratulations! 👏👏
LASD Students Grades 3rd - 12th: Sign up now to join the Ark Valley Community Concert! LAES students, if you didn't get a chance to sign up at the Ice Cream Social - please see Mrs. Cathy Coy. JH/HS students: sign up in the office by Monday, Sept. 16th.
Join Our Team @ LASD!
Saturday's Jr. High VB Tournament Info in Lamar:
9am - Lamar vs Las Animas
10am - Trinidad vs La Junta
11am - Loser Game #1 vs Loser Game #2
12pm - Winner Game #1 vs Winner Game #2
The A teams will play at the Community Building and the B teams will play at the middle school. We will keep the same schedule in both gyms and do our best to stay on schedule. We will have concession stands in both gyms. Admission is $3.00 for adults and $2.00 for students and senior citizens. CHSAA passes will also be accepted if presented. Coaches and bus drivers are considered part of the team. One gate admission gets into either gym.
HS Volleyball athletes of the week: Varsity: Analyce Wilson - C Team: Kinley Reyher - JV: Roree Wilbanks
High School Football game info for Saturday, Sept. 14 - Las Animas vs Soroco *played at Clear Creek High School. Here is the address of the game:
Clear Creek Football Stadium: 185 Beaver Brook Canyon Rd, Evergreen, CO 80439
There will be an informational Science Olympiad meeting for high school on Wednesday at lunch. Lunch will be provided.
JH/HS Announcements for 9/9:
HECTOR of the Week JH - Esperanza Zarate Gonzales - She has a great attitude. She is very positive and optimistic. She greets all her peers with a smile. She works very hard in class and is eager to learn. She is an excellent addition to our school and a great example of HECTOR.
Staff - Ms. Jenn Pointon - She is an incredible person who has always been there to help everybody at her most capacity. She truly cares about students' successes and making sure that they are ready for life in the real world. She's always been a mother, sister and a guardian of each student here in Las Animas.
HS - Jordan Dupree is eager, excellent, and loves Ag class. She has been far more honest with her grades and respectful toward her teachers. This has culminated in her being a very coachable student and HECTOR in many ways.
August reading stats from Mrs. Boyd at LAES!
Athlete of the week for cross country is Analyce Wilson. Analyce ran her first ever 5k on Friday at Harrison and got 11th overall with a time of 26.02. Keep up the great work Ana!
