🏆🏃♂️ WPHS Shines at Colorado State Track and Field Championships! 🏃♀️🏅
From May 16-18, 22 talented athletes from our track and field team competed at the Colorado State Championships, bringing home incredible achievements!
🥇 Jaedyn Kohn: Back-to-back State Champion in Discus with a personal-best throw of 129 feet 7 inches and State Champion in Shot Put with a throw of 40 feet 9.25 inches!
🏅 Caden Howard: 5th place in the 300m Hurdles with a time of 40.41 seconds!
🎉 Girls Sprint Medley Team (Stella Schroeder, Toni Cicarelli, Piper Calderwood, Lily Hood): 9th place finish and a new school record! 🥳
🏅 Aiden Bates: 9th place in Triple Jump (41 feet 7.75 inches) and 12th place in Long Jump (19 feet 9.5 inches)!
🏅 Boys 4x800m Relay Team (Dawson Tisdall, Sam Godwin, Ben Godwin, Joseph Begley): 10th place with a time of 8:27.56!
🏅 Jonny Sarmiento: 11th place in Pole Vault with a height of 12 feet 8 inches!
🏅 Joe Johnson: 11th place in 110m Hurdles with a time of 16.39 seconds!
🏅 Mason Johnson: 13th place in Discus with a throw of 130 feet 3 inches!
🏅 Girls 4x800m Relay Team (Stella Schroeder, Nora Scicluna, Danielle Taylor, Tor Stein): 13th place with a time of 10:31.19!
🏅 Boys 4x100m Relay Team (Cole Bodie, Caden Howard, Trey Reed, Evan Bamesberger): 13th place with a time of 44.59 seconds!
🏅 Evie Gutierrez: 13th place in Pole Vault with a height of 8 feet 1 inch!
🏅 Toni Ciccarelli: 16th place in High Jump with a jump of 4 feet 9 inches!
Congratulations to all our amazing athletes for their hard work and stellar performances! 🌟💪
✈️🍽️ Last month, our ProStart 1 class had an incredible field trip to the Airplane Restaurant in Colorado Springs! 🏔️✈️ They got to explore this unique dining experience, learn about the aviation-themed decor, and see how they blend creativity with culinary excellence. It was an inspiring day for our future chefs and restaurateurs! 👩🍳👨🍳
🎉 Congratulations to the Class of 2024 Academics, Athletics, and Activities Award recipients! 🎉
We are so proud of your outstanding achievements, which were recognized at Monday's award ceremony. Your dedication, hard work, and passion set you apart. Whether you excelled in the classroom, on the field, or in extracurricular activities, your accomplishments inspire us all. Go Panthers!!
🤩Highlights from last Saturday's baseball game against Manitou Springs! 💚 The team travels to Widefield today for their last game of the season; the game starts at 4 pm--wish them luck!! ⚾️☘️
📸credit: WPHS student Brooklyn McCorkell
🎶👏 Our combined middle school and high school choir has achieved something remarkable.🌟 In just 8 hours of rehearsal, they mastered two pieces of music, and on Saturday, they showcased their talent at Elitches. 🎤✨
🚀 Their performance earned a Superior rating, the highest honor possible--clinching 1st place in their division! 🏆🎵 To top it off, they were honored with the ESPRIT DE CORPS award for representing their school the best, showcasing professionalism, and exemplifying respect throughout their performance. 🙌🎖️
A huge shoutout to our dedicated choir members for their hard work and passion and to Choir Director Jeff Hemingson for his commitment and inspiration! 🎶👏 Go Panthers!!
🎵🎉 Shoutout to the talented musicians and director of the WPHS Symphonic Band!
🎶✨ Last Friday, they wowed audiences at the Colorado Bandmasters Association's Small School Festival with their exceptional performance. 🌟
🎺 Two judges awarded them an "Excellent" rating, and one granted them an even higher "Excellent Plus" rating!! 👏
💫 Special thanks to the clinician who collaborated with them, contributing to their fantastic showing. 🙌 Go Panthers!! 💚🐾
🎶🏆 What a day at the Large Group Festival yesterday! 🏆🎶
Our talented choirs showcased their incredible skills at Doherty High School, leaving everyone in awe. Here's a quick recap:
🎵 Men's Ensemble: Received a "Good" rating for their performance and an "Excellent" rating for their sightreading. Way to go, gentlemen!
🎵 Select Ladies Ensemble: Pulled off straight "Superior" ratings for both their performance and sightreading! Such an outstanding achievement, ladies!
🎵 Madrigals: Absolutely smashed it with a "Superior" rating for their performance, and an "Excellent" rating for their sightreading. Incredible work, Madrigals! Earning the title of the best choir of the day! 🥇🎉
A huge congratulations to all our choir members and directors for their hard work and dedication. Your passion for music truly shines through! 🌟 Go Panthers! 🐾💚
Congratulations to Summit's Destination Imagination teams. They competed at the regional competition last weekend. The 4th grade team got FIRST place in their Scientific challenge and the 5th/6th graders got SECOND place in their Technical challenge! Both teams will head to State in April!!!
Now, while this is super news, the best news is how hard they worked, persevered under pressure as a team, and how well they represented Summit! They were truly respectful, purposeful and made everyone PROUD 👏
After diving into the captivating world of Eric Carle's "The Very Busy Spider," some of our kindergarten students embarked on a thoughtful journey, reflecting on their own bustling school day activities. Embracing their inner creativity, they each selected a task that keeps them "very busy" and shared it using the sentence starter, "I am very busy..."
We're thrilled to congratulate all the amazing Gateway students who received a "shout out" during the month of January! 💚
As a special reward, these outstanding students got to putt for a prize! ⛳️🏆 Keep up the fantastic work, Gateway stars! 🌟👏