Weekly Community Newsletter, wk 16
Week of Monday, Nov 4 2024
Quick Links🔗
🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs and Celebrations
Ms Lorraine Dominguez Soriano
Congratulations to Ms. Lorraine Soriano in her new role at the district level and thank you for all you did for STHS. We will miss you Ms. Soriano, don't be a stranger! Black, White, Turquoise...Loyal Forever.
STHS GSA and Educators Rising
Cross Country
Congratulations to Coach Solis and Cross Country Athletes for their performance in this weeks Cross Country District 3-4A Championship. All four athletes have qualified for state. Way to go Desert Warriors.
Girls Soccer
Boys Soccer
Las Cruces - Energy Expo
STHS Football
A special thank you to our STHS community and parents for coming out to all the Friday Nights. Your support is greatly appreciated.
Diamond of the Desert and Color Guard
A big thank you to the Diamond of the Desert and family volunteers for all your support this fall season. Its great to have you out in the stands.
Tribe of 2025 and Junior Class
Thank you to the Senior Class officers and Junior Class officer, along with sponsors Ms. Valencia and Mr. Cardona for organizing and hosting this year's Costume Contest.
Desert Warriors of the month of October
For Your Information 📰
Election Day - No School
We want to remind you that there will be no school on Election Day, so take this opportunity to exercise your right to vote! Every vote counts in shaping our future. If you're eligible to vote, visit the New Mexico Voter Information Portal at NMVote.org to find your nearest polling location and make sure your voice is heard.
Parent Meetings
Parent -Admin- Counselor meetings for the 11th and 10th grade students and their parents. Its crucial we all be informed, please make plans to attend.
Turkey Grams
STHS color guard will be selling Turkey Grams, if you can and are able to please support their fundraising efforts.
AP Testing Fees Oct 16 to Nov 6
Students can begin paying for their AP EXAMS this Wednesday, OCTOBER 16TH. The AP Fee will be $5.00 per exam. As you know the district is pushing for students to use MySchoolbucks to pay for their exam. Therefore, please make sure the students have a MySchoolbucks account. The DEADLINE to pay will be NOVEMBER 6TH. Please remind students if they pay after the deadline they will need to pay $40.00.
Weather Fest
Thank you to Ms. Campos and Desert Warriors on their participation in the Weather Fest. Their project Safe Haven was focused on creating clay heat resistant and SPF approved domes that would serve as shelters and cooling stations.
Red Ribbon Activities - Feeder Schools
We want to thank STHS Student Council, STHS athletics and cheer, Diamond of the Desert, STHS Criminal Justice, and NJROTC for supporting all the Red Ribbon Activities that took place this week in Santa Teresa Middle School and La Union Elementary.
Observation of Veterans Day
We want to remind you that there will be no school on Nov 11 in observation of Veterans Day. This day is a federal holiday in honor of the military veterans of the United States Armed Forces.
Tribe of 2025 - Jostens
Jostens will be at STHS on last time to take your graduation regalia order before the prices go up. Mark your calendar, if you have questions please see your Senior Class officers or sponsor Ms. Valencia.
AVANT Testing Coming Soon
We have AVANT testing for a selected group of Desert Warriors, stay tuned for details.
Perfect Attendance @ STHS
Celebrating Perfect Attendance
This Friday, STHS got an opportunity to randomly select 20 students that had perfect attendance in Aug or Sept. 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.
October
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.
Community Events 👪
City of Sunland Park Christmas
Looking forward to the annual Christmas Parade, stay tuned for more details.
Estemos Unidos Festival
City of Sunland Park Event
💡 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.