Dear Cowboy Community,
Congratulations to all of our Seniors who earned honors and awards at our annual Honors Ceremony earlier this week. The Class of 2026 has been awarded upwards of $7.5 million in scholarships for post-secondary education. Congratulations, too, to our Valedictorian Aaron Baca and Salutatorian, Caroline Sudderth, both of whom will address the Class of '26 at our annual Commencement Exercises. Mark your calendars for graduation on Sunday, May 17th. The ceremony will take place in Western Colorado University's Paul Wright Gymnasium at 2pm.
Thanks to NHS and sponsor Mrs. Danos, for putting on a great awards ceremony. Senior NHS President Aubrey Welfelt did a wonderful job of hosting the event, as did her fellow NHS members Madelaine Bacalis, Rose Kowal, and Haisley Summer. Mrs. Macort, Mrs. Vogan, and Mrs. Bjornstad were integral in putting together the program, as well.
Congratulations to Mrs. Janet Welsh-Crossley, who earned the GHS Teacher of the Year Award. Mrs. Crossley will be retiring at the end of this year. Congrats, too, to Mrs. Vogan, who was named CU Outstanding Educator at GHS.
SpringFest was a hit. Senior Axton Cummings and his band performed in the afternoon, and students were able to enjoy activities before AP exams and finals. Those AP Exams will take place next week at GHS. Just a reminder to students--please remain quiet in the hallways during testing to support your classmates in creating the best conditions possible for a great performance on exams!
May 4th-8th is National Teacher Appreciation Week. Our teachers at GHS--and throughout GWSD--put in so much hard work to serve students and, as a father myself, I want to say, "Thank you!" Students and families, I encourage you to reach out to say thanks to your teachers--and all GHS staff-this week!
We typically distribute yearbooks during SpringFest, but this year, our team discovered that the first batch of yearbooks were damaged due to the company's printing process. All of those books were returned to the vendor and we will be receiving our replacement books before the end of school. We will be distributing yearbooks on Friday, May 29th after the completion of first period finals at 10am. Students may pick up their books and stick around school to have them signed!
Our finals schedule can be found here for all 9th, 10th, and 11th graders. Families, if your child will be gone during any of the finals, please contact the office to discuss an early finals plan next week.
Congratulations to the FFA Judging Team, who participated at the State Judging Competition at Colorado State University in Fort Collins. The Horse Judging team finished with a Bronze medal and both Josie Whinnery and Dalilah McDermott earned individual bronze medals, as well.
GHS Track & Field performed incredibly well at the 3A/4A Western Slope League Championships, with the Girls' Team taking 2nd overall, and the Boys' Team taking 6th! Top 10 finishers included Ian Baker (1st 800m, 2nd 3200m), Jordan Callahan (1st 3200m, 2nd 1600m), Zair Daniel (9th Shot Put), Emma Bogart (2nd High Jump), Marco Escobedo (7th Shot Put), Susan Espinoza (10th Discus), Elora Jones (3rd 1600m, 5th 800m), Cooper Mickelson (6th 110m Hurdles, 6th Triple Jump), Sam Sawyer (4th 400m and 6th 200m), Caris Stoerkel (8th 3200m), Caroline Sudderth (2nd 300m Hurdles, 10th 110m Hurdles), Autumn Terry (1st 100m, 1st 200m), Aubrey Welfelt (4th Triple Jump, 4th Long Jump), Gianna Wickenhauser (7th 400m).
Mr. Mueller and the Show Choir headed to the CHSAA Show Festival in Pueblo and received high marks from judges.
Baseball hosts their final games this weekend at Cowboy Memorial Field. They'll take on #4 ranked Aspen at 11am and 1pm. You can catch our Golfers at Dos Rios on Monday. They'll host their lone home tournament of the season as they prepare for State.
Have a wonderful weekend and good luck to all of our students taking AP Exams next week!
