Las Animas School District

Start planning your outfits! Here are the HS Volleyball and Football game themes for this year 👍

High School First Aid class!

Athlete of the Week
New to varsity volleyball, Bria Gardner has stepped up whenever needed—serving, playing, and leading with confidence. She
communicates well on the court and brings great energy and support from the bench. A true team player and emerging
leader!
Athlete of the Week for Cross Country is Bella Martinez. Bella is always smiling. Even though her asthma tried to stop
her, she PRed this week at Lamar cutting almost a minute from her time for this year. Keep it up Bella!
Dustin Clark started against Soroco being very efficient. Clark was 3 for 3 with 43 yards passing and 2 touchdowns.

Homecoming Activities:
Sunday 9/14
Hall Decoration 1-4, Sponsors @ event
Monday 9/15
Rollo (Over and out of bed)- PJs
Tuesday 9/16
PayDay- Dress for your future career
Wednesday 9/17
Twinning Twizzler- Twin with a friend
Thursday 9/18
Rock Candy- Blue and White
Parade @ 10 AM
Pep Rally @1:30
Burning of the LA after the Varsity Homecoming VB game
Friday 9/19
Rest :)
Saturday 9/20
Homecoming Tailgate Party 11-12:30
Homecoming Football Game @ 1, crowning royalty after the ball game, Sponsors encouraged to be @ event
Homecoming Dance 8-11 @ LAHS Cafeteria Sponsors @ event
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Happy Homecoming Week! The Senior class kicked off their week with breakfast in the parking lot!

JH/HS Announcements for 9/15

Don’t forget to get signed up for Tiny Trojan Cheer Camp 📣

Trojan Cheerleaders! 💙

Cancelled: JH Volleyball @ Trinidad, Friday, Sep 19 (will be rescheduled at a later date)

LAHS Homecoming is next week! Everyone is encouraged to participate and dress up! The parade will be Thursday at 10 am (regular parade route)

Here's some AR info from Ms. Vida (look for the complete article in the Bent County Democrat coming soon) Here are some pics of this year's decorations (Welcome to the Jungle) and some of past years.......
For the past 20 years Las Animas Elementary School’s hallway has been a passage into the life of independent reading for students, inspiring them to read as they journey through different worlds. The students of LAES are immersed in the creativity, art, and hard work of our teachers and staff who design, create, and decorate sections of the main hall. This is our school’s tracker for students’ progress toward their individualized goal reached by independently reading, then earning points after accurately passing a comprehension quiz on Accelerated Reader.
Accelerated Reader (AR) is the program used to manage student data and measure the accuracy of the AR tests they’ve taken.
Here are the stats from last year:
Last year there were 30,466 checked-out books, so in the 20 years the AR Hallway has supported approximately 609,320 check-outs.
225 students per year reading an average of 30 minutes a night for 145 school days is 978,750 minutes read..that’s almost a million minutes of reading!
Finally, the total number of life lessons, memorable characters, historical tales, informative articles, or living the imaginary life of inspirational heroes is immeasurable.

LAES Families: This Sunday 🎣🐟

Staff Spotlight:

Las Animas School District was spotlighted 2 times in the Colorado Department of Education 2025 Promising Practice Book !

There will be an FFA Meeting tonight at 7:00 pm!

Jr. High Volleyball Tournament @ Lamar on Sept. 13:

⛳️The Las Animas Trojan Golf Team played in the Santa Fe League Tournament today in Colorado City at Holly Dot Golf Course. There were 78 golfers total. All players did well. Results: Matthew Dowell shot a 93 and placed 23rd. Kree Wallace shot a 97 and placed 30th. Logan Serves shot a 115 and placed 61st. Isaiah Gallegos shot a 129 and placed 71st.
Go Trojans!!!

Athlete of the Week for football, Orion Martinez had a great night against Walsenburg Friday. Orion had 246 yards
rushing with 4 touchdowns on offense. Defensively Orion had 7 solo tackles along with 4 assists.