Congratulations to Zoie Hoben- JEFFCO Female MVP

Congratulations to Senior Zoie Hoben as she was voted the Femall MVP/Athlete of the year for JEFFCO schools.  She along with her family attended an MVP brunch where players of the year, coaches of the year along with hall of fame inductees were honored last week.  What a tremendous honor to have another Gator representing JEFFCO athletics- 

Student athletes, State Championship game, and Letters of Intent

We have mutltiple SLHS student athletes that parcicipate on the Wheat Ridge Lacross team who plays for a state title tomorrow afternoon at 2:00pm at Sports Authority Field- 

Congratulations to the following student athletes who signed letters of intent to play college athletics-

Marcus Washington- Ottawa University- Track and Field
Haley Lopez- Grinnell College- Basketball
Eric Ung- Evansville University- Swimming
Dylan Sherry- Adams State University - Baseball

I also want to send a warm thank you and congratulations to Coach Gary Allen as he is retiring this year from baseball.  Gary served as our head coach for the past 5 years.  Best of luck on your next endeavors Gary! 

Awards and Accomplishments

Hello SLHS community,

I cannot belive the month of may is half complete, but that means a very busy season of student achievement recognition is underway along with preparations for our commencement ceremony. 
We held our annual academic awards night this past Monday and I am once again impressed with the diverse representation of awards and recipients from this school community.  We have such a talented group of young men and women and to see them be recognized by staff for their hard work is extremely fulfilling. 

- The senior class of 2013 has earned to date a total of $1.3 million in scholarships with nearly half of that amount being earned by the 24 IB graduates.

- 41% of our entire student body this year was enrolled in at least one honors or above course! 

- Danielle Benton was awarded the Pro Start student of the year and recognized at the annual state awards banquet.

- We have our first acceptance to Standford in the history of SLHS- Katlyn Alapati

- Multiple Ivy league acceptances with one that will be attending Yale next year- Evan Narvaez

- Our athletic awards will take place next Monday May 20th and will recognize the amazing year in sports for our teams.  We just recently learned that 5 of our athletes earned JEFFCO MVP status at the league awards banquet with Zoie Hoben earning Female Athlete of the Year!!! 

- We've had fifteen student athlete letter of intent signings with a record five division one scholarships for athletics. 

This has been a year full of celebrations, sadness, and fear at times, but as always we persevered through to once again put another notch in the wall on the road to excellence. 

SLHS Pro Start Featured in DENVER POST today-

The amazing Pro Start culinary program at SLHS received some very good press today as they were featured in the Denver post- Listed below are the culinary results and a link to today's featured article.

http://www.denverpost.com/news/ci_23128300/more-colorado-high-schools-cooking-up-recipe-culinary

Congratulations to the following FCCLA Food Event winners from the State FCCLA Conference:

Silver Medal Winners

Meghan Sheehan, Baking and Pastry

Annie Wong, Knife Skills

Gold Medal Winners

Alexx Blasczyk, Gourmet Sweet

Jacy Potter, Themematic Table Setting

Sabrina Nunez, Baking and Pastry

1st Place Gold Medal Winners and National Qualifiers

Danielle Benton, Culinary Star

Amber Harrison, Culinary Star

Brendan Underwood, Culinary Star

Day Without Hate- Friday April 26th

SLHS Community,

As many of you are aware, tomorrow is the annual Day without hate event not only at SLHS but across the district, state and has even taken off in some other states.  We have recently seen colleges take an active role in promoting this annual event as well.  What is DWOH? 

“A Day Without Hate is a student-led, grassroots organization that promotes nonviolence, respect, and unity within our schools.”

This annual event started right here at SLHS in 2007 after a group of students saw the massacre on the Virginia Tech campus.  The students in Mr. Ben Reed's class made a pact to inform, educate, and promote non-violence to the school and eventually to the state and across the nation.  The event has grown each and every year and has made it way across the state and into others as well. 

SLHS would like to encourge parents and community members to wear white tomorrow Friday April 26th in support of this tremendous event.  Below are some specific details and information regarding the 2013 event. 

1. The Rally is at Jeffco Stadium (6th Ave and Kipling). Gates open at 5:00. Admission is free to all Jeffco high school students and staff wearing any DWOH t-shirt. Shirts will also be sold at the gates for $8.

2. The Rally features music from Flobots and Zach Heckendorf and speakers from MTV's The Buried Life.

3. Governor Hickenlooper is proclaiming April 26 as a Day Without Hate for the state of Colorado. The State Senate has written a tribute to DWOH, as well. State Senator Andy Kerr will read the proclamation and the tribute at the rally.

4. The following City Councils are also proclaiming April 26 as a Day Without Hate for their cities: Golden, Lakewood, Westminster, and Wheat Ridge.

5. Over 13,000 shirts were sold across Jeffco, Colorado, and several states.

6. At least $4,000 in scholarships will be given away to students working to promote peace and nonviolence in Jeffco schools.

IB Art Presentation by Mirana Samon

I was extremely excited and proud to witness the mirage of art exhibits all completed by our IB art student Miranda Samon.  The timeline and process she worked through to accomplish these amazing pieces was powerful to witness.  The night was filled with classmates, teachers, mentors, community artists all showing up in support of the work Miranda accomplished.

Pictures below

Congratulations to the SLHS Poms Team!

The SLHS poms team recently returned from their trip to the national competition in Florida.  I am extremely proud to inform you that not only did they return to the Swamp, but they brought back some serious hardware with them! 
Their incredible 4th place finish out of more than 30 teams in the JAZZ competition was a first for any poms team in the history of SLHS.  They not only completed that top 5 finish in the JAZZ competition, but they topped the competition off with a top 10 (9th place) finish in the Pom competition!  What an amazing feat and trip for our talented young ladies and their coaches-   SEE THEIR PICTURE TO THE RIGHT

STUDENTS-

Ayla Schuetz 

Brittany Marks

Brandi Fenimore

Carrie Bumgardner 

Danielle Lombardi

Hailee Frazier

Jazlin Hanson

Julia Connolly

Mary Pankow

Morgan Kreiger

Taylor Frandsen