Order your favorite Moonlight Pizza from June 30 - August 3 and support Salida Middle School! This fundraising event will help us to add activities that engage students and encourage less screen time. Thanks for your support!
Dear Community members, School members & Families:
The Salida Early Childhood Center is participating in the Child Abuse Prevention month
(CAPM), in partnership with Family Youth Initiative (FYI). The 2025 theme is powered by hope, strengthened by prevention. The VISION is a world where all children and family are living a purposeful and happy life with hope for the future. By ensuring families have the support they need before challenges become crises, we can create a future filled with hope and opportunity!
For the month of April we are encouraging schools and community members to participate in Child Abuse Prevention Month, through showcasing youth art projects.
○ Our ART idea this year is KINDNESS ROCKS!
○ Please encourage youth and families to pick out a rock in their yard and paint it
(the color blue or with a powerful prevention statement or pinwheel painted on it)
○ Schools could implement this, by having the kids paint rocks at the school (with
washable paint)...then showcase the kid’s artwork
○ As well, an idea is to play “hide and seek” with the decorated rocks & to share in
their joy for PLAY!
Pictures of youth artwork are encouraged to be sent to Savanna at FYI:
smoorefield@chaffeecounty.org who will post them on FYI’s social media
Salida Middle School is having a dance!
Night In Paris!
February 20
5th & 6th Grades: 4:30 - 6:00 pm
7th & 8th Grades: 6:30 - 8:00 pm
Tomorrow, February 5, Salida Middle School will be hosting its first ever student conference: Stories to Engage & Inspire. Over 20 speakers will be presenting on lots of different topics. We are excited to offer this unique opportunity to all of our students.
The SMS music programs are celebrating the talent and success of our students!
Regional Honor Band - Congratulations to Kassy Early, Makenzie Jefferson, Evey Hart, Elli Veltri, Ellie Covey, Dakota Boggs, Jackson Armstrong, Chris Arbour, Lucas Wells, Emily Cuiksa, Cooper Haro, and Gio Paintin for being accepted into our Regional Honor Band! That means they were chosen as some of the strongest middle school players on their instruments in our entire region (Bailey, Fairplay, Buena Vista, Alamosa, Monte Vista, and Salida)
All State Choir - Congratulations to Jimmy Criswell, Paityn Smith, Addy Bungay, Makenzie Jefferson, Sean Jefferson, Dakota Boggs, Elli Veltri, and Zara Boone for being accepted into All State Choir! That means they were chosen as some of the strongest singers in the entire state of Colorado and will get to represent Salida on stage in Denver in February.
SMS Music Events: All at the SHS Auditorium, all free to attend!
Thursday, December 5th Band Concerts. - 5:30 p.m. for 5th Band and Level 1 band, 7 p.m. for Jazz Band and Level 2 Band
Wednesday, December 11th SHS Choir and SMS 5th & 6th grade choir concert at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, December 18th, SMS 7th & 8th Grade Choir present Frozen Jr. at 7 p.m.
Did you know that F Street is the place to be on Halloween, and that some residents have as many as 900 trick-or-treaters visit their home?
To support this impressive coming together of ghosts, ghouls, princesses, super heroes, and other creatively clad hopeful Halloweeners, the community has come together to gather a bunch of treats to make sure this event lives up to all the expectations!
If you are interested in making a donation to support our F-Street community, candy can be dropped off at:
Salida Early Childhood Center
The Crest Academy
Salida Montessori Upper School
Salida Middle School
The City of Salida, Touber Bldg
The Salida Hot Springs Pool
The deadline for donations is Wednesday, October 30th, 2024.
Before the spoils of the collections are shared with F-Street, the students at the Crest Academy will incorporate the bags of candy into a number of learning opportunities, creating data about the types of candy, including weight and volume to use for graphing, and the 8th graders will map F Street as well.
The Salida Booster Club 2024 online store has been launched!
The store is only open for a short time and is your opportunity to add some Spartan purple to wear to all of your favorite games, events, and gatherings. The online store offers many items that are only available during this window, and allows you to order the perfect size for you and your squad (including many youth sizes).
The store is open now until Sunday, Oct. 13th at midnight. Orders will be processed on Monday Oct. 14th and then delivered to the Booster Club for distribution to you sometime between Oct. 28th & Nov 4th.
The direct link for the store is: https://colosports.chipply.com/SalidaBoosterClub/ Please contact Micki Thompson with the Salida Spartan Athletic Booster Club at ssabclub@gmail.com with any questions. Thank you for supporting the SSABC and their dedication to our Spartan athletic community!
We are thrilled to announce the new app for Salida Schools! It's everything Salida Schools, in your pocket!
Download for Android at http://aptg.co/_HS595
Download for iPhone at https://aptg.co/F0PmY4
Check it out!
Salida Schools Hosts Local First Responders for Active Shooter Training on 7/10
The Salida School District Board of Education will not be holding their normal monthly meeting for the month of July 2024.
Salida Schools Host Local First Responders for Active Shooter Training on 7/10
Local First Responders will conduct a multi-agency active shooter training at Salida High School on Wednesday, July 10, 2024. The community should expect to see an increased number of emergency vehicles and first responders in the area before and during the drill.
The training exercise will focus on coordinated emergency response to an active shooter on campus and is being organized by the Salida Police Department in collaboration with other agencies including Salida Fire Department, Emergency Medical Services (EMS), Colorado State Patrol (CSP), Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW), and Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office.
Jones Avenue, New Street, and State Streets will be closed in preparation for and during the drill.
No students will be involved in the drill. Some school district personnel will be on hand to observe, but will not participate in the drill. Because of the sensitive and tactical nature of the activities, the training is also closed to the general public and any media presence.
As part of the ongoing efforts of the school district and first responders to student safety, the drill aligns with the protocols of the Emergency Operating Plan that guides these partnerships. Salida Schools will also conduct reunifications drills after students return for the ’24-’25 school year, in addition to required routine drills throughout the year.
For additional information please contact Kim LeTourneau at 719-530-5225 or kletourneau@salidaschools.org.
Horizon's Exploratory Academy celebrated graduation on May 18, 2024 at The SteamPlant Event Center. Thirteen of the sixteen graduates participated in the ceremony, recognizing the largest graduating class from HEA in at least the last 10 years.
Huge congratulations to the dedicated group of students and a thank you to the teachers and staff who help guide these young minds to their next chapter!
