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

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 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.