🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to the HS & JH 2024-25 Cheer Squad: There will be a parent meeting on Monday, May 6 @ 6:00 p.m. at the high school.
⚾⚾⚾ Las Animas Trojans vs Calhan Bulldogs today @ 3:00 p.m. (Var & JV)
HS Track Update: The Cheyenne Wells track meet will be held in Burlington on April 29 and will start at 10:00 a.m
HECTOR of the Week HS - Matthew Dowell - Reliable, and know the school expectations and gets all of his work done in a timely manner.
Staff- Mr. Japhet- Few are able to show HECTOR more than Mr Japhet. He has worked tirelessly on MTSS and keeps us updated on what we need to do to reach our goals. He's a valuable part of the admin team and is always willing to listen and bounce ideas off of.
JH - Brynlee Perez is an outstanding young lady. She shows HECTOR everyday. She comes to class prepared and ready to go. She is coachable and gets along with all her peers.
Santa Fe Trail Day Square Dancers: Dress rehearsal for square dancing will be Wednesday evening at 7:00 p.m. - you need to wear what you plan to dance in on Friday. (bring extra clothes to practice in) There will be no meal on Wednesday since we are starting at 7 pm. It is mandatory that ALL dancers be there.
Sophomore Families: Please remember to send 1 dessert 🍰 and 2 family size bags of potato chips with your students on Friday to help with Ranchburger. Also, we can use parent volunteers throughout the time from 10:30-1:30. Thank you!
The High School Food Science Classes have been working hard on ideas for new menu items for the school! Yesterday, they had a "taste testing" with all the HS students, who then got to vote for their favorite. And the winner of the taste test was................The Cilantro Lime Rice Chicken Burrito Bowl!! They will now work with the kitchen staff to see about adding it to the school menu for next year.
JH/HS Announcements for 4/22:
Athlete of the week for Trojan Track and Field this week is Roree Willbanks. Roree has set new personal records in the 200 in each of the last two meets, the 100 at league, and been a part of the 4x200 that continues to improve and PRed at league. We look forward to what the rest of the season holds for Roree and all of the Trojan Track and Field Squad. Keep it up, Roree!
JH/HS Families: This is the last week of state assessment. 8th graders will take the science test and any make-ups will be conducted this week as well. Don't forget Friday is Santa Fe Trail Day and all students should be at school.
JH Baseball Pictures: May 1st at 1:45 pm
High School Families: Please join us for our End of Year Awards Assembly on May 9th @ 10:00 am.
JH Families: Please join us for our End of Year Awards Assembly on May 16th at 10:00 a.m.
Square Dancers: we will practice on Sunday at 4 and Monday at 6:30 p.m. (pizza will be provided on Monday)
Dress rehearsal will be next Wednesday evening (4/24) at 7:00 p.m (no meal). - you need to wear what you plan to dance in on Friday.
Help us celebrate the Class of 2024! You can "adopt" a senior when I post their pictures on Monday (4/22) at 10:00 a.m. on the school's Facebook page! Have you picked your senior yet?? Here is the list:
Carrillo, Luis
Deatherage, Alicia
Diaz, Danika
Frausto, Cora
Gardner, Grace
Hall, Kevin
Hogue, Jesslyn
Huffman, Madison
LaBarge, Chanel
Lopez, Andrea
Marfil, Antonio
Nichols, Brander
Ortiz, Taylor
Reisch, Cordell
Romero, Apollonia
Turner, Cylen
Turner-Marlow, Derrick
Tyler, Conan
Wagner, Caleb
When most of the JH/HS kitchen staff has to be gone, look who jumps in to help! 👍😊
Reminder: Kindergarten Round Up is April 25 -NO school for Kdg & JumpStart Preschool (daycare will be open and on normal schedule)
LASD's Amazing Family Challenge: a FREE event for the families of Las Animas School District: Thursday, May 2nd from 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
State FBLA Results:
Madison -Accounting 1 - 2nd
Lilly - Business Law - 25th
Isiah - Entrepreneurship- 9th
Preston and Richi- Graphic Design- 13th
Chanel- Healthcare Administration- 29th
Jesslyn-Human Resource Management-26th
Grace- Insurance and risk management- 8th
Kree- Insurance and risk management- 15th
Scott- Intro to Business concepts- 29th
Orion-intro to financial math-32th
Logan- Intro to financial math-37th
Braley-Intro to financial math- 38th
Janae- Intro to marketing concepts- 30th
Mia-Intro to public speaking-9th
Bree - Parli Pro- 9th
