Weekly Newsletter, wk 24
Week of Jan 13, 2025
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🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs and Celebrations
Cheer - 1st Competition
Congratulations to Coach Castillo and Coaching staff on guiding and supporting the athletes on their 1st place cheer with music at the Rocket Spirit Blast
Prom 2025 - A Night Under the Stars
Thank you Ms. Valencia and Mr. Cardona
A Big THANK YOU to Class Sponsors Ms. Valencia and Mr. Cardona for providing music and activities for our Desert Warriors during lunchtime!
NMHSCA - All State Team
A big congratulations to these three ladies on being selected to the 2024 All-State team!
- Kimberly Santoscoy
- Laisha Peralta
- Kayla Marquez
All State Team
Congratulations to our soccer boys who got 1st team all district, 2nd team all district, and all district MVP!
- Raul Carrillo
- Zureck Pichardo
- Ricardo Ramirez
- Diego Beker
- Nathan Fuentes
- Edgar Apodaca
- Matteo Franco
- Nathan Fuentes
Las Cruces JV Invitational
Our individual medalists are as followed:
Osvaldo Chavirra 🥇
Sergio Perez🥇
Emmanuel Luna 🥇
Aiden Lopez🥇
Eduardo Rodriguez 🥇
Adrian Garcia🥇
Hector Caro 🥈
Adrian Pacheco 🥈
Matthew Sanchez🥈
Victor Muñoz 🥉
Las Cruces JV Invitational
Our individual medalist are as follows:
Abi Jensen 🥇
Rachael Gonzalez 🥇
Mia Gamez 🥇
Abigail Banuelos 🥈
Brezeira Prieto🥈
Maryann Gomez 🥈
STHS Wrestling
Coronado Triangular on Friday and the Gage Memorial Tournament @ Franklin High School on Saturday! Desert Warrior placers are as followed
- Anahi Parra 114 4th
- Nia Esparza 145 🥈
- Mia Gamez 165 🥉
- Roxy Herrera 185 🥈
- Victor Rivera-Caro 132 🥈
- Isiah Sanchez 157 🥇
Steve T. Warren - Assistant Principal
We want to welcome Mr. Steve T. Warren to STHS. Mr. Warren is the new Assistant Principal at STHS. His email address is stwarren@gisd.k12.nm.us and his office phone is (575) 589-5320
STHS Alum - Shout Out
Congratulations to Alum Isaiah Fragoso, Tribe of 2024, who has decided to serve in the United States Marine Corps. Thank you for serving our country, Private Fragoso.
STHS Alum -Shout Out
Congratulations to Alum, Maggie Salinas Tribe of 2021, for sharing her story with our Desert Warriors about how a young lady from Sunland Park NM is now set to graduate from Columbia. Wishing Miss Salinas the best on her next chapter. Black, White, Turquoise…Loyal Forever! Keep the great news coming Desert Warriors, let’s us hear from you.
If you want to share what you have been up to since you graduated from STHS please email us directly at gsuggs@gisd.k12.nm.us
STHS ALUM - Shout Out
A big shout out to Alum Ezequiel Rodriguez Tribe of 2024 on his accomplishment of graduating from Suncity Welding Academy. Wishing him only the best on his next chapter. Black, White, Turquoise…Loyal Forever! Keep the great news coming Desert Warriors, let’s us hear from you.
If you want to share what you have been up to since you graduated from STHS please email us directly at gsuggs@gisd.k12.nm.us
Desert Warriors of the month of November
Katea Lomanivere and Marcos Torres
Congratulations to the "Seniors of the Month" for November, Katea Lomanivere and Marcos Torres.
Gemma Vazquez and Josiah Rodriguez
Congratulations to Gemma Vazquez and Josiah Rodriguez on being the Junior Desert Warriors of the Month of November.
Sylvia Perez and Luis Valente Garcia
Congratulations to Sylvia Perez and Luis Valente Garcia on being the Sophomore Desert Warriors of the Month of November.
Zoe Camila Morales and Cesar Anguiano
Congratulations to Zoe Camila Morales and Cesar Anguiano on being the Freshmen Desert Warriors of the Month of November.
For Your Information 📰
GISD Equity Council Meeting
We are excited to announce that our monthly Equity Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 14th, at 9:00 a.m. in the Chaparral High School Community Center.
SmartPass @ STHS - Student
Please take a few minutes to review the video below on how to use SMARTPASS on your chromebook. You will look for the APP via CLEVER
Early Out Wednesday - Jan 15th
We have our first Early Out day this Wednesday on January 15th.
Winter Pep Rally
ACCESS Testing
For approximately 430+ students they will be taking the ACCESS exam on Jan 22-24. ST students take the ACCESS test to measure their academic English language proficiency in our school and throughout our state. This test will take place on Jan 22 and Feb 3
SmartPass @ STHS
We will start using SmartPass at STHS this Spring Semester. This is new to all of us at STHS, so we will small challenges however we will work them out as a team. Please take a few minutes to read the letter of why and how.
Semester 1 Report Card - Jan 17th
Report Cards will be sent home on January 17th. Desert Warriors and Parents the grades are also available on the PowerSchool Portal. Please reach out to Mr. Lorenzo Morales or Ms. Monique Gonzales if you need access.
Observance of MLK Day - No School
On Monday January 20th STHS will be closed and there will be no classes in observance of Martin Luther King Day.
A Night Under the Stars
The Santa Teresa High School Junior Class presents Prom 2025: A Night Under the Stars. Friday April 25, 2025 @ 8 pm Grace Gardens (Grand Hall). Tickets available in room 400 before and after school starting Feb 3rd
Tribe of 2025 - Scholarships
Reminder to all the member of the Tribe of 2025 to join the Google Classroom for Scholarships. Ms. Cobos continues to add new scholarships with deadlines. To join follow the link or the code is: kjtwjit
Perfect Attendance @ STHS
Celebrating Perfect Attendance and Most Improved
We are excited to recognize over 90 students that had perfect attendance in the month of November. From those 90 students we randomly selected 10 students to acknowledge their efforts, they were recognized by ST administration and attendance clerks. We want to thank our parents and Desert Warriors for their effort to be in school every single day.
November
Every month we select four Desert Warriors who have Perfect Attendance for that month. We also want to thank our very generous parent donors for the gift cards. If you are interested in giving back to STHS, please reach out to our Attendance Advocate or Social Worker.
- Delilah Sustaita, 9th
- Adan Rivera, 10th
- Maylen Landeros, 11th
- Arianna Abalos, 12th
Community Events 👪
GISD Equity Council
We are excited to announce that our monthly Equity Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, January 14th, at 9:00 a.m. in the Chaparral High School Community Center.
Winter Pep Rally
Student Council under the leadership of sponsors Ms. Arroyo and Mr. Pacheco will be hosting Winter Pep Rally on January 17th.
Progress Report #3
Progress Report #3 is on Feb 07, Desert Warriors keep up with your grades and Parents please get access to PowerSchool Portal
💡 Reminders
1. Need Access to PowerSchool ❓
If you do not have a PowerSchool account yet, please reach out to Mr. Lorenzo Morales at 575-589-5350 or lmorales@gisd.k12.nm.us For students, they can access the PowerSchool Portal using their Google District Account.