Middle School students attended the SLV Spelling Bee at ASU today. 8th graders Jacob Portillo and Kayo DeLeon both made it to the verbal portion of the Bee and took 6th and 5th respectively. Kayo will now represent Sierra Grande at the State competition at the end of the month.
Reminder: Parent/Teacher Conferences are next Thursday, February 15th from 2pm-7pm. Students will have early release at 1PM. Please make plans accordingly.
The Elementary celebrated our students of the month for January. The following students earned student of the month honors for being self-motivated:
Zaniyah Sandoval
Marina Singer
Janae Gonzalez
Alonzo Davison
Dayanara Esquer
Audrina Esquivel
Isabella Mills
Ariana De Luna
Jordin Portillo
This week is National School Counseling Week and Sierra Grande would like to recognize our amazing school counselors, Ms. Anne Gile and Ms. Dana MacFarlane! We couldn't be more thankful for all of the hard work they do for our students!
The Scholastic Book Fair is coming! SAVE THE DATE for February 12 - 15 and get ready to empower your reader with book choice. Start exploring together: https://bookfairs.scholastic.com/bf/sierragrandeschool
#ScholasticBookFairs
The next Board of Education meeting will be held Monday, February 12th at 6:00PM in the Innovation Lab. Board meetings are open to the public and are encouraged to attend.
SG- student, parent, teacher, and superintendent attended the Nathan Yip Chinese New Year fundraiser last evening as a featured project. The organization supports SG and their home visit/champion process. www.nathanyip.org
HS Bball postponed until February 17th @ McClave.
Free Fax Machine. If you are interested, please call the school office.
Congratulations to our 5th graders for another successful science fair! Here are the results from judging and the 14 kids headed to Regional Science Fair March 1st. *Placement is determined by the final score average.
Biomedical 2nd Place - Lyla Gerardo,
Botany 3rd Place - Lupita Garcia Lopez,
Chemistry 1st Place - Dariel Santillano,
Chemistry 3rd Place - Damicio Rael,
Chemistry Honorable Mention - Charlee Torres,
Consumer Science 1st Place - Kylee Simpson,
Engineering 1st Place - Jose Banuelos,
Engineering 2nd Place - Jessamy Corona,
Engineering 3rd Place - Leedrik Porter,
Engineering Honorable Mention - Lazailo DeLeon,
Environmental 1st Place - Dale Herch,
Math & Computer 1st Place - Daniel Gonzalez,
Physics 3rd Place - Jordin Portillo,
Zoology 1st Place - Jayir Gonzalez,
Thank you to everyone that helped and supported 5th grade this year! Stay tuned for Regional results and the final report in March.
A parent meeting will be held Monday, January 29 at 6:00 p.m. outside the wrestling room to discuss concessions and duties to help our hosting this Friday be successful. We hope to see you all there this evening. Thank you.
We welcome Nina Atencio to the SGSD family! #gopanthers
Congratulations to our Science Fair students!
January is School Board Appreciation Month! Sierra Grande would like to say Thank You! to our amazing school board members for everything they do for our district.
Check out these awesome work based learning opportunities for our students!
The Boys and Girls Club of the San Luis Valley is looking for High School students interested in becoming a Teen Peer Intern. See flyers for more info or contact Nancy Molina at prevention@bgcclv.org.
SG staff members volunteered today for a Youth Mental Health Training for OUR students and staff. If you ever have suicidal thoughts. Please find someone to talk to! We care!
UPDATE: The Middle School Girls Basketball game against Sangre de Cristo has been moved from a home game to Sangre this afternoon.
Sierra Grande Superintendent Jones represents CASE- Day at the Capitol. We are here to have a voice for our educational systems.
Reminder: School is in session tomorrow, January 15th. See you in the morning Panthers!
