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Artist of the Week is Mia. Mia made a beautiful butterfly hand cut copper pendant.

More pics that came in from this great weekend for our girls: Congratulations to Mia Mendoza and Jaylee Nily for both taking 3rd Place and Melany Garcia-Castillo taking 4th place this weekend in Denver!!! They lead their team to an overall first place finish!!! Go Lions!!!

Here are your Swink Senior Swimmers Sol Jensen and Emily Brusuelas!!! Go Lions!!!

Congratulations to Mia Mendoza and Jaylee Nily for both taking 3rd Place and Melany Garcia-Castillo taking 4th place this weekend in Denver!!! They lead their team to an overall first place finish!!! Go Lions!!!

Congratulations to our Swink Wrestlers for their 3rd Place finish at The Custer County Tournament this weekend! Thomas V - First and outstanding wrestler, Kathir - second, Logan 4th, Dalton 4th, Keegan - first, Lincoln second, Daniel 5th. Go Lions!!!

Lions Life for the Week of January 27. #GoLions #SwinkLions

Enjoy some pics from our Awesome Winter Sports Pep Rally!!!! Go Lions!!!

Congratulations to our Girls and Boys Basketball Teams on their victories over Walsenburg last night!!! Girls Won 54-20 Boys Won 61-16 Go Lions!!!

Congratulations to our 2025 Winterfest Royalty and our King and Queen Luke Hanagan and Olivia Preston!!! Go Lions!!!

Your 2025 Swink High School Winterfest Royalty!!! From Left to Right : Top: Luke Hanagan, Landon Mills, Boz Zavala, and Nate Cabrera Bottom: Aubrey Stover, Adalynn Hart, Olivia Preston, and Abbey Bauserman

Congratulations to our Girls Basketball Team on their 40-21 Victory over Swallows Charter School!!! Join them and our Varsity Boys in action at home vs Walsenburg tomorrow evening starting at 4:30 pm!!! Go Lions!!!

Swink Athlete of the Week in Wrestling - Dalton Casper!!! Dalton took 1st Place at the Santa Fe League Tournament and continues to battle tough for the Lions on the mat!!! Great Job Dalton!!! Go Lions!!!

Swink Athlete of the Week - Girls Basketball - Junior Jocelynn James!!! Jocelynn leads the Lady Lions in scoring averaging double digits and running the point guard position. She tirelessly plays lots of minutes giving Swink her best at all times!! Go Lions!!!

Swink Athlete of the Week in Boys Basketball - Senior Nate Cabrera. Nate continues to impress. He led the lions in scoring over the past few games, controls the tempo of the game from the point guard position, and has been a positive leader in practice! Great Job Nate!!! Go Lions!!!

Swink School District is calling for nominations for Teacher of the Year. The school district will be recognizing a teacher within our district. Additionally, 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 February 13, 2025 by 4pm. Please use the following link to submit a nomination: https://forms.gle/S84ozrHqYvsktZgr8

Your Lions Boys and Girls basketball teams are in action at Home for 2 after school events this week!!! Swink vs Swallows Charter School Tues 1/21 @ 4:30pm Swink vs Walsenburg Thurs 1/23 @ 4:30 pm A school pep rally kicks us off Thursday at 3:30 pm!!! Come pack the Lions Den and cheer our teams to victory this week!!! Go Lions!!!

Congrats to our Lions Wrestlers for placing at the Santa Fe League Meet!!! Thomas 1st - 120 lbs Keegan 2nd - 215 lbs Lincoln 1st - 285 lbs Daniel 3rd - 285 lbs Logan 3rd - 132 lbs Kathir 4th - 126 lbs Dalton 1st - 160 lbs Jadon 5th - 145 lbs Go Lions!!!

Due to the forecasted extreme cold temperatures and windchill, Swink School will have a two hour delay on Tuesday, January 21. No Breakfast will be served. Bundle up and stay warm.

Artist of the Week: Austin is seen here holding his 3D painting of treacherous seas. He has used a mix of mediums to construct this work of Art. His portfolio concept centers around pops of color. Austin is working hard on his portfolio for the Otero Competition.

Swink School will have a two-delay on Monday, January 20, due to weather conditions. No Breakfast will be served.