Schedule of high school basketball games in Cheraw on 2/4.
4 pm-JV girls (2 - 10 minute halves, running clock)
followed by JV boys (2 - 10 minute halves, running clock)
Varsity girls and varsity boys to follow.
Congratulations James Gallegos, he was the winner of tonight’s drawing for fan participation of the basketball theme “Space Jam”
Trojan Booster Club is selling chances to for a Trojan Quilt, Trojan wooden carving and Trojan metalwork. Tickets are $5 each or 5/$20. To purchase, stop by any home basketball game during the month of February or contact Lana Gardner at lana.gardner@la-schools.net or 719-456-1862.
LASD Students in grades 3 -12: Do you like to sing? Come & be part of the Ark-Valley Children's Chorale! Las Animas School District will provide the transportation to the rehearsal practices on Fridays (see the attached flyer for date) Questions?? Email Mrs. Cathy Coy at Las Animas Elementary School - Cathy.Coy@la-schools.net
LASD Staff Spotlight:
High School Basketball on Saturday, Feb 1st vs Swink!
Game will start at 4:00 pm, there is no JV girls so we will play all 3 games in the HS gym.
**Theme: Space Jam
🥸 The second graders are reading the story “Big Bushy Mustache.” This includes the vocabulary mustache, disguise, bushy, and costume!
There will NO Friday School tomorrow, Jan 31st for JH/HS students (*JH/HS Friday school is held for students to make up hours and/or work)
Congratulations to our winner at the HS Basketball game on Tuesday, Mrs. Valorie Stephens! For dressing up for the game theme " White Out", she was entered into a drawing for a hand -made mug full of goodies! We'll have another drawing on Saturday for the Swink game - "Space Jam" is the theme!
LASD Board Agenda for Friday, January 31st @ 12:00 pm
The High School Wrestling dual scheduled for Thursday Jan. 30 will be cancelled due to Swink experiencing illness and injuries.
Senior night will be held during the last home basketball game (Feb 21)
Cultural cooking unit! Mrs. Tillie is teaching the food science students how to make tamales!!
Congratulations to our School Spelling Bee Winners!
LAES: 1st: DJ Mayfield, 2nd: Leah Lucero, 3rd: Gideon Licono, 4th: Ava Lawrence-Perez
Jr. High: 1st: Audali Martinez, 2nd: James Linenberger, 3rd: Esperanza Zarate, 4th: Bradley Anderson
The top four from each school will compete in a District Spelling Bee on Wednesday, Feb. 5 at the Jr. High School. After the students enjoy a pizza lunch at noon, parents & families are invited to come watch the Spelling Bee at 12:30 pm in the Jr. High Lab. (1021 Second Street)
Congratulations to our 2025 Winter Sports Royalty: Prince & Princess: Kree Wallace & Remia Alvidrez; King & Queen: Tayton Coulter and Emma Netherton. They were crowned by Mr. & Ms. Trojan - Kevin Nevland and Analyce Wilson.
Staff HECTOR of the Week - Mrs. Janeen Lopez. She is understanding and very welcoming to all students. Her loving and accepting character makes it easy for students to come to her with problems or concerns knowing there is no judgement. Mrs. Lopez shows Hector every day by being excellent and respectful.
High School Students: it is time to gear up for Santa Fe Trail Day Square Dancing! We will start practice on Sunday, Feb 2 in the high school cafeteria from 3 - 5 pm.
Bring a friend and come join the fun.
See Ms. Waring if you have any questions.
💙 Thank you Otero College for sponsoring water bottles for our Winter Sports Basketball game tonight! Trojan Fans, pick your FREE water bottle up at the basketball gate tonight! Girls Varsity starts at 4 p.m. then Winter Sports Royalty will be crowned followed by the Boys Varsity game. #GoTrojans
Seniors just a reminder that tonight is FASFA night at 5:30 pm.
JH/HS Announcements for 1/27:
Wrestling athletes of the week are Caleb Mobley and Richie Hernandez-Alvarado.
Caleb Mobley has emerged as a captain and leader on our team providing guidance to the rest of the team.
Richie Hernandez-Alvarado has been working hard coming back from an injury. He had a runner up finish this weekend and will be looking to improve going into the post-season.
