Check out our Middle School Math student placing 6th in the state of Colorado using their online prodigy math program!!! Shout out to Mrs McBrain and all of her students!
Go Lions!!!
Swink School will have three board member seats up for election in November. Come out on April 23 at 6:00 pm to BOCES to learn more about a member's responsibilities and duties. Hear from experienced board members on the role and impact that you can have. Please RSVP to 719.383.2623 or natalie.brown@sftboces.k12.co.us. Food will be provided.
Attention 2025, 6-12 graders interested in volleyball for next season. Please fill out the informational survey linked below.
This includes home school and Pioneer School Swink athletes as well. Thanks.
https://forms.gle/t7h4r94V1uxLA4KV6
Congrats to Derek and Emma for their award winning performance at the Otero Arts Festival. Derek placed 1st with his vocal solo and Emma placed 2nd with her instrumental solo. Both are such amazing musicians.
Saturday's baseball double header vs Crowley County has been moved to this Friday Apr 4 at 10am in Swink. Go Lions!
Due to High Winds today's baseball game vs Fowler has been rescheduled to tomorrow at Home 4/2 - 4 pm. Go Lions!!!
Newsletter brought to you by the BOCES School Health Professional Grant
Here we have Mr. Nick's reading club sharing a book with our Kindergarteners!!! Nick is a Senior at SHS. It's really cool to see our older Lions giving back to our Lion Cubs!!!
FFA Rent a Hand is April 24. Come enjoy a great meal and bid on all the great auction items.
Please go check out our students' art projects at the Otero Art Show.
Congrats to our Swink Track Athletes for a great day this Saturday at the Lamar Invitational!!! Here are winning results:
Girls
Adalynn Hart, Laney James, Jocelynn James, Karlee Knabenshue- 4th place 4x100 M Relay
Adalynn Hart-2nd place Long Jump
Rio Jensen-4th place 1600 M Run
Adalynn Hart-5th place 100 M Hurdles
Rio Jensen- 1st place 3200 M Run
Karlee Knabenshue- 3rd place Long Jump
Karlee Knabenshue- 3rd place 100 M dash
Boys
Kathir Sasikumar- 7th place 800 M Run
Kale Rouleau- 7th place Triple Jump
Kathir Sasikumar- 4th place 1600 M Run
Javin Summers- 1st place High Jump
Javin Summers- 1st place Long Jump
Go Lions!!!
Lions Life for the Week of March 31
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The Ray Headley Track meet is scheduled for Friday, April 11 at Swink. The date changed from April 4 a few months ago due to scheduling conflicts with the timing system. We apologize to those who may not have known of the date change.
Congratulations to the Swink FFA on their huge success at districts on Wednesday, as all teams qualified for State at the end of April in Ft. Collins.
The horse team was 5th in the district with only half a team.
The livestock team was 5th in the district with only half a team.
The food science team was 4th in the district with only half a team.
The floriculture team was second in the district, with Jennifer Gardner taking 1st place in individual scores. This team will take the 4th-highest placing scores to state.
The farm business management team was 2nd in the district.
The milk quality evaluation team placed 1st in the district.
The field crops team was 1st in the district.
Good Luck at the state competition.
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What a BEAUTIFUL DAY for baseball at the Ray Headley Athletic Complex as your Swink Lions host the Limon Badgers for a Double Header beginning at 10 am. Today's game is brought to you by High Plains Audiology. The Swink Athletic Department appreciates your support!!! Our concession stands are open so come on out grab some snacks and CHEER on our Lions to Victory today!!! Go Lions!!!
Our stakeholders are diligently working hard tonight on developing Swink's Strategic Plan. Thank you to all of the stakeholders for their time and important input.
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Be sure to get signed up for the FBLA Cornhole Tournament. It is March 29 and begins at 9:00am. Use the link below to register your team.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScy8WqEJ9d7Xe2iqibxI8-0bN4shbAd2gsSypLm8EiHYiGK2A/viewform
Blake holds his hit record! Students learned how to work with digital programs to create cool layer stencils for this assignment. The layers are then spray painted on old records along with cool texture techniques.
The 2025 Swink Girls Golf Classic is off and running at the LaJunta Municipal Golf Course!!! What a beautiful day for our Lady Lions to kick off the season.
Good Luck to Coach Pearson, Coach Gilbert, and our girls team!!!
Go Lions!!!
Your Swink Lions Baseball Team wins 2 out of 3 at the Las Animas Tournament!!!
They move the 2025 Season Record to 4-1. Great start to the season!
Go Lions!!!
