Weekly Community Newsletter, wk 18
Week of Monday, Nov 18 2024
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🙌 Weekly Shout-Outs and Celebrations
Emma Fernandez
Made it into the NM All-State Treble Choir. The audition consisted of a solo in Italian, a choral piece in Latin, and sight-reading an 8-measure example she had never seen before. She will be rehearsing/performing with her choir January 8-11 in ABQ
Raul Villagrana
Congratulations to Mr. Villagrana who this past week was able to present in La Cosecha, the topic: El Sello de Biliteracidad en la Education: Beneficios Profesionales y Academicos.
Volleyball - District Champions
MESA Buddies
A huge thank you to ST MESA Buddies that under the guidance of Ms. Sanchez visit with Riverside Elementary students on a weekly basis and conduct STEM related projects.
Diamond of the Desert and Color Guard
A big thank you to the Diamond of the Desert, Color Guard, Director Castillo, Ms. Granados and family volunteers for their showing in this year's Veteran's parade in Downtown El Paso.
STHS - ESports
Congratulations to ESport Coaches Ms. Sanchez and Mr. Lozano along with the STHS Mario Kart Varsity for making the playoffs! Wishing them the Best of Luck
Community Service Volunteer
We would like to thank Ms. Hudspeth, Ms. Valencia, Mr. Rodriguez, and Mr. Carrillo for having the NHS, Senior Class, Criminal Justice Team and the Diamond of the Desert out at the annual RaceHorse Marathon in our very own Sunland Park Community. We look forward for other opportunities in which our Desert Warriors can give back to their community.
NM Vistas
NM Vista information has come out! There was growth in all areas: Graduation, Math, Reading, and Science. Thank you all for your continuous support of all our initiatives and priorities at STHS. Please take a few minutes to do a mini celebratory dance with your student.
Attendance and Grades - Updated for Progress Report 2 Nov 15
Share that grades and attendance have been updated for the midpoint of the 2nd-9wks. Please take a few minutes to review updated PPT. We want to congratulate the 157 students have maintained A and B's. Keep up the great work! We still have 4 weeks left in this semester, so let's finish strong.
Desert Warriors of the month of October
Emiliano Lexi Acosta and Emiliano Mata
Congratulations to the Seniors of the month for October, Emiliano Mata and Lexi Acosta.
Britney Saldana and Dante Montes
Congratulations to the Juniors of the month for October, Britney Saldana and Dante Montes.
Jenna Acosta and Luis Rosales
Congratulations to the Sophomores of the month for October, Jenna Acosta and Luis Rosales.
Arianna Fierro and Ediberto Escandon
Congratulations to the Freshmen of the month for October, Arianna Fierro and Ediberto Escandon.
For Your Information 📰
Volleyball PowderPuff Game
It’s that time of the year, it is time for the 4th annual volleyball game between the seniors and the juniors. Sign up form opens today at 12pm check Google classrooms.
Turkey Grams
STHS color guard will be selling Turkey Grams, if you can and are able to please support their fundraising efforts.
AVANT - Week of Dec 2
We have AVANT testing for a selected group of Desert Warriors during the week of Dec 2. If you have any questions please reach out to Mr. Villagrana.
Pre-Registration for SY 24-25
During the week of Dec 9 our academic counselors will be working with the 9th to 11th graders to have them select their courses for next year. It critical that the students show up with their charged chromebooks. Please stay tuned for more information.
ASVAB - Dec 10th for Sophomores, Junior, and Seniors
Testing will be on Dec 10th in the cafeteria for Sophomores (mandatory), Juniors and Seniors (voluntary). The purpose of this test is career exploration, planning of future courses and identifying strengths and weakness.
FAFSA - Assistance
Receive assistance from DACC and NMEAF advisors in completing the Financial Aid Application for the upcoming 24-25 school year for college, university or trade school.
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
Prince Rabbit - STHS Theatre
Cafeteria @ 7 pm on Nov 21
💡 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.