By Page Gandy RHS Chess Teacher Some 48 Raton High students participated in the fourth annual Raton High Chess tournament on Tuesday March 19, in the RHS Krivokapich Media Center. Twenty four of those students went on to amaze spectators in an exciting second match. After Spring Break, the third and…
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Donavin Myles Mendez, a graduating senior at Raton High School, has been named one of the 621 semifinalists in the 2019 U.S. Presidential Scholars Program. The semifinalists were selected from nearly 5,300 candidates expected to graduate from US high schools in the year 2019. There were 3.2 million initial applications…
April 18, 2019 TRINIDAD, Colo – Each year Trinidad State honors two students believed to be on the path to great success in the future. These Rising Stars for 2018-19 are Megan Nunez on the Trinidad Campus and Joelle Valdez from the Alamosa Campus. Nunez came to Trinidad State as…
Wednesday, April 17, 2019 San Isabel Electric awarded a total of $33,000 through its newly expanded scholarship program on Wednesday, April 17, at 6:00 p.m., at a scholarship banquet at John Mall High School in Walsenburg. Scholarship funding comes from unclaimed capital credits, money that the electric co-op tried to…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Greg Boyce greg.boyce@trinidadstate.edu 719 846-5530 April 16, 2019 Written by Margaret Sanderson (TRINIDAD, COLORADO) As a new student at Trinidad State, Destiny Calderon-Ruiz jumped right in to student government. “I love to be involved. It’s such a small campus and things are hands-on, up close and…
Sydney Turner has been selected to represent the NMAA in Indianapolis this July. She has been a student ambassador for the last year and will share her experience with other student athletes across the country. Congratulations, Sydney!
Raton High School and Raton Elks Lodge #865 are pleased to announce the Students of the Month for April 2019. Jesse Kelley—Academic Award, Joey Valdez—Most Improved Award, Guilian Martinez-Colin—8th Grade, and Samantha Phillips—7th Grade. Taylor Aragon—Service Award Congratulations to all the students, we are proud of you! Keep up the…
On Saturday, March 23, 2019 the State Knights of Columbus Free Throw Contest was held in Bernalillo, NM. Abigail Eppler, a 5th grader from Springer, New Mexico, placed 2nd at the state competition. With nine participants in the 11 year old division, Abigail made 18 out of 25 baskets. The…
By Dave Kavanaugh Area high school juniors and seniors are invited to the Luna Community College campus for a fun, informational day that will include a guided tour of the various academic and vocational departments, free lunch and optional excursion to Rough Rider baseball and softball games. The event, Look@Luna,…
*Desmond Cates, Sophia Green, and Harper Taylor* Sue Vincent and her students from Des Moines Schools went on a field trip! Here is a picture from their visit with our friends at the Des Moines Senior Center. The students ate lunch with their senior companions.Then the students explained how…