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Swink School District is happy to welcome Katie Hershey as our new business manager, who will start on April 1. Katie comes to us from Oliver Manufacturing after graduating from the University of Northern Colorado with a Bachelor's in Business Administration and Finance. Katie is also a graduate of Crowley County High School. She lives with her husband and two young children here in Swink. Katie will work alongside Janell Wood, who has served as our business manager for the past 10+ years, through the end of June, when Janell will officially retire. We are so thankful for everything that Janell has done to help improve and grow the district over her tenure, and we are going to miss her greatly. Congratulations and thank you, Janell, and welcome to the Lion Family, Katie.

Mr. Krueger's Junior High Woods class shows off their self-designed and built lamps. Very creative young adults.

Lions Life for the Week of March 9, 2026.
#SwinkLions #GoLions

March Artist of the Month is Carter.
Carter is an asset to both graphic design and Ag.
Both programs and teachers celebrate him this week as he creates the shirts for the Hired Hand auction.

Meet the 2025-2026 Yearbook Editors:
Rylie, Bobbi Jo, and Analeia are learning how to take Digital photos in studio lighting by taking sports team photos and individual photos. Thank you to the coaches who supported the CTE Digital Art Class. Here are some examples of their work.

Swink School District would like to give a huge shoutout and enormous Thank You to Black Hills Energy for assisting the district in changing out light bulbs at the baseball and football fields.

Swink School District is currently taking applications for the following positions for the 2026-2027 school year:

Elementary Teacher

Special Education Teacher-The district will work with the individual to get fully licensed if necessary.

High School Assistant Volleyball Coach

Applications can be found at the following website:
https://www.swinkk12.net/page/employment-opportunities

Swink School District is calling for nominations for Teacher of the Year. The school district will be recognizing a teacher within our district.

Additionally, the Swink School District will recognize a classified staff member of the year. The classified staff will include our paraprofessionals, secretaries, maintenance/custodians, nurses, cooks, and bus drivers.

Nominations may be made by students, parents, staff members, and/or community members. A nomination should consist of a two to three-paragraph statement as to why the teacher should be selected as Teacher of the Year or Classified Staff selected as the Classified Staff of the Year.

Questions can be submitted to Mr. Lyder by email at larry.lyder@swink.12.co.us or 719-384-8103. All nominations must be submitted by March 23, 2026, by 4 pm.

Please use the following link to make your nomination:
https://forms.gle/oR2KVrfYJ1uck4Sq6

Lions Life for the Week of March 2, 2026.
Another busy week for students and athletes.
Come out and support all the Lions.
#SwinkLions #GoLions

The Mock Trial Team did not make finals; while they learned a lot and had fun while competing against large schools from Colorado Springs and Pueblo. Congrats to Katie for being named one of the Top 6 witnesses of the tournament.

The Mock Trial Team is at the El Paso County Courthouse in Colorado Springs this weekend for the regional competition. They are doing amazing at performing as attorneys and witness in the courtroom. Come out Thursday night at 6:30pm in the conference room to see their talents and expertise.

Today marked the 100th day of School for Swink School. Some students and teachers wanted to share in the fun by dressing up today as elderly individuals. They did an awesome job recognizing the 100th day of school.

The Gifted and Talented Students united with the STEAm Club Students to attempt to " Beat The Bomb." Students utilized and enhanced their problem-solving skills, teamwork, communication, and numerous other skills to solve a variety of STEM, memory, and maze challenges. The students also had a STEM Lab Activity that involved making slime. Learning and Fun was had by all throughout the day.

The seniors wanted to pose with their senior portraits. Thank you again to Mrs. Bickel and the elementary art students for creating the portraits. Getting all the seniors together at once is almost impossible, so we have a few individuals.
#Seniors2026 #SwinkLions

Mr. Krueger's woods class shows off their bird houses that they made and painted.
Hope the birds enjoy their new homes.

Lions Life for the Week of February 23, 2026.
#SwinkLions #GoLions

Come out this Saturday and Sunday at 3:00 pm to enjoy the music of the Swink K-12 Musical "Charleston."
You will definitely be delighted with the talent of these students.

Elementary students create Kindness Bookmarks in Mrs. Bickel's art class for Kindness Month.

Students in Mr. Ritter's Anatomy class built the major muscles of the body using clay. Such a cool hands-on learning experience.