Conifer Weekly Announcements
Hello Conifer Family and Friends, this is Principal Paxton with your weekly update on news and information for the week of Monday, March 12th through Saturday,
March 17th.
Here are some special announcements for this week …
A HUGE thank you to the staff and parents that volunteered to help with last
week’s Winter Dance. On behalf of Student Government, your help made
the dance a safe and fun event for the four-mountain area high schools.
Congratulations to Ellie Hislop for being awarded the Citizen Citation of
Merit by Sheriff Shrader last week. She prevented a high school student
from committing suicide last summer. She was recognized along with her
co-worker, Luke Schultz.
Attention Students and Parent: There are many concerns about the very dry
and windy conditions in our mountain foothills. With the significant number
of fire alerts around the state, we want to remind parents and students to
NOT SMOKE around the school property. We appreciate your support!
Congratulations to our 42 Conifer HS DECA students who competed at the
State DECA Conference on February 24th through 27th in Colorado
Springs. Competing at State puts these students in the top 20% of DECA
competitors state-wide. We had an incredibly successful competition and our students were outstandingly considerate, professional and all around exceptional young people.
The following 15 students qualified in the top 5% of Colorado DECA students and have earned a competitive spot in the International Competition April
20th through 25th in Atlanta, Georgia:
1st place in Advertising Campaign – Sawyer Halingstad, Piper Richey
and Cole Hollander
1st place in Entrepreneurship – Eirik Skildheim
2nd place in Sports & Entertainment Team Decision Making – Mark
Studer and Cole Hollander
3rd place in Innovation Plan – Hattie Dahlin, Reece Miller and David
Jacobson
4th place in Business Law & Ethics Team Decision Making– Alissa
Searcy and Reece Miller
5th place in Fashion Merchandising Promotion Plan –Rachael Long,
Lena Heaney and Kelly Powers
Adam Westfall was elected to serve as the DECA State District 5
Officer for this next year. Our Chapter received overall Achievement Awards for District 5 for the Most
Community Service Hours and Most Money Donated.
Conifer DECA qualified 21 students for finals at State Conference this year (6 who double qualified). 50% of our State attendees were recognized on stage during awards. Making it into the finals puts these students in the top
10% of DECA Competitors in Colorado.
Congratulations to all the additional Role Play Finalists:
Nicole Renaud and Kelly Powers - Buying and Merchandising Team
Decision Making
Clarke Shaffner – Automotive Services
Hudson McCarthy – Hotel & Lodging Management
Congratulations to all the additional Written Event Finalists
1st Alternate for ICDC - Innovation Plan – Atticus Pond, Hunter Aho
and Eirik Skildheim
2nd Alternate for ICDCSports and Entertainment Promotion Plan –
Mark Studer, Alissa Searcy and Nicholas Faraco-Hadlock
Fashion & Merchandising Promotion Plan – Hailey Janson & Merisa
Trujillo We are all so proud of Conifer DECA for representing us so well as
competitors and as considerate, mature and professional young adults.
Thanks for your support and encouragement of our students! Kudos to
Amber Hall for leading these fine young men and women in their endeavors.
The Conifer High School Snack Shack is officially open! The Snack Shack is a
student run enterprise run by Conifer High School DECA Program from 1:30
p.m. to 3:00 p.m. each school day. Store sales help support our DECA
program and profits made between now and April 13th will be directly
applied to ICDC competitors trip costs. We sell a variety of apparel including
sweatshirts, zip-up hoodies, long and short sleeve shirts, hats, coffee mugs
and more. We also sell snacks and drinks such as water, Gatorade, Izzes,
soda, fruit snacks, chips, muffins, gum, and cookies. We currently accept
credit/debit cards, checks and cash. Starting next week, we will offer
refillable gift cards that will be available for purchase. We are a separate
business from the cafeteria so we cannot accept lunch numbers for
payment. We appreciate you, and your students support. Come check us
out!
If your son or daughter is currently in an Advanced Placement class and
wishes to take the College Board AP exam, the exam needs to be ordered
and paid for through Jeffco Connect or in person at the Conifer Financial Office. The deadline to pay for these exams is Friday, March 16th. Please
contact your student’s counselor for more information.
Here are some announcements of events at Conifer this week …
On Friday, March 9th and Saturday, March 10th, the Conifer Theatre
Company will be performing the musical ‘Pippin’ in the Conifer HS
cafetorium 6:30 p.m. each evening and a matinee on Sunday, March 11th at
2:00 p.m. Tickets will be available at the door for $10 for adults and $8 for
students.
On Tuesday, March 13th at 6:30 p.m., our Conifer PTSA is hosting their
March meeting at Carreta Vieja restaurant. We would appreciate parent
input as we plan this year’s After Prom. Staff and parents are welcome to
attend.
We have fielded questions regarding the student walkout, which is planned
for Wednesday, March 14th at 10:00 a.m. Parents with questions are
encouraged to reference the following three Board Policy that pertain to
student walkouts:
District Policy Student Rights and Responsibilities
District Policy Staff Conduct
District Policy Teaching about Controversial/Sensitive Issues On Saturday, March 17th, the Conifer Instrumental Music Program host this
year’s Jazz and Orchestra Dinner Dance starting at 5:30 p.m. This year’s
event includes the Concert Orchestra, Chamber Orchestra, Jazz Band and
School of Mines Jazz Band. Tickets can be purchased at the following
link: https://tinyurl.com/LoboDinnerDance
On Tuesday, March 20th, from 6:00 until 8:30 p.m., the Jeffco Public Schools
Superintendent Dr. Jason Glass will moderate a panel discussion at
Lakewood High School (9700 W. 8th Ave) regarding school safety and
security. There will be local law enforcement and other community partners
at the meeting to share information on how we all work together on school
safety. Attendees will also have an opportunity to ask questions and discuss
issues. The meeting will also be livestreamed
(https://livestream.com/accounts/10429076/events/3542310). Contact
the superintendent’s office if you have questions 303-982-6800. Interpreters
will be present.
Senior parents, please drop off your flower pots at TaTonka Farms on March
10th, 11th, 17th, and 18th from 10:00 a.m. until 2:00 p.m. These flower
arrangements will be used to decorate the graduation ceremony for the
Class 2018 on Saturday, May 19th.
In Sports… Tuesday, March 13th
Baseball will host Thornton High School for their home opener. The
game will be played at All Star Park in Lakewood with the first pitch at
3:30 p.m.
Wednesday, March 14th
Boys Lacrosse will play Evergreen AT Evergreen H.S. at 6:00 p.m.
Thursday, March 15th
Girls Tennis will host Golden High School for their first game of the
season starting at 3:30 p.m. on the LOBO tennis courts.
Baseball will host Golden High School on the LOBO baseball field for
the Game of the Week! First pitch will be at 4:00 p.m.
Girls Soccer will host Green Mountain High School at Lakewood
Memorial Field starting at 4:00 p.m.
Friday, March 16th
Boys Lacrosse will host Legend High School on the LOBO Field for
their home opener, with the face off at 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, March 17th
Girls Soccer will travel to Evergreen H.S. for their game at 6:00 p.m.